On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 07:58:27 -0000 (UTC), Scion
wrote:

On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:19:11 +0100, Scott wrote:

On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:23:16 +0100, Davey wrote:

Our postie dropped off a card stating that they had an item to deliver,
but it was £1.50 short on postage. I could use any one of various
methods of payment, but since I have no plans to visit the Post Office,
and I don't have stamps to the value of £1.50 to hand, I chose Pay
Online.
Which was all very well, until I was informed that this was only
possible for charges of at least £8.01!
My local council, and NHS car parks, can take values as low as £0.25, so
why this discrimination? Maybe it's part of their Horizon project.

I have a Christmas stamp worth £1.70, using that will be cheaper than
driving to town. And I have no idea what it is, and they won't tell me.
My new laptop isn't ready yet.

I was amused when our Residents' Association posted the newsletters in
A4 sized envelopes but did not pay postage as Large Letters. The
delivery staff left postcards and a large number of local residents had
to troop to the sorting office to pay the surcharge. The person
involved was highly apologetic.

I once completed a telephone survey with a company I was a customer of and
"won a prize!". It was sent with insufficient postage; after paying the
surcharge I was less than thrilled to be the proud owner of a branded
ballpoint pen.

My worst was many years ago when I saved up a vast number of
Barclaycard points and was able to buy a phone for £10. I felt
pleased with myself until my work had same phones delivered for the
office and I discovered they cost £10 each.