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I have had a lot of bad experiences with post offices recently. Most of them are overcrowded and understaffed, especially at food time, and make pricing mistakes in their favour. However the one in Headington, Oxford recently accused me of being a software pirate!

I sold some software on fleabay the other day, to someone in Kalifornia. This was genuine, unused and unregistered, and did not have any import or export limitations. There were 2 CDs so I put Software (2 CDs) on the customs form. It did not occur to me to put Genuine Software, or some variation of this, since I was not sending illegal software.

Every time I go to this post office, they are extremely reluctant to let me know the weight of the item, and always refuse/forget to fill the weight in the box on the recorded/registered delivery slip. I had to ask them several times to fill in the details correctly, since Royal Mail will not pay any compensation if this information is missing.

I informed them that without the correct information, I could not claim anything, in the event of any loss or damage. The P.Off. bloke said that I was sending software CDs, which is illegal, and so I would not be entitled to any compensation!

I told him that I was sending Genuine software, and that most software is stored on CD, so it is not illegal to send software CDs to America. I told him that he was really out of order for jumping to conclusions, and falsely accusing me of sending illegal software, without having any proof. He then pretended that he had said the word, "IF", which he did not say, since he said, "which IS illegal", and not, "WOULD BE illegal". He did not actually apologise for his unfounded accusation.

I do not think it is acceptable to receive prejudicial behaviour from the post office from small-minded people, who do not know the difference between a CD and a CD-R, so assume that you are selling illegal pirated software. Anyway, it is not illegal to send CD-Rs, if you own the copyright to the data on them.

I expect an impartial, honest service from the post office, but perhaps I have not woken up to the harshness of this reality.

Am I awake... or am I still dreaming?

I think I am awake at the moment, since I am a bit annoyed with the P.Off.

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Every time I go to this post office, they are extremely reluctant to let me know the weight of the item, and always refuse/forget to fill the weight in the box on the recorded/registered delivery slip.

Use your kitchen scales and the postage calculator on the Royal Mail`s site. You can also fill in your own proof of postage slips. Cuts down on the contact you`d need with grumpy PO/queuing.

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Some of these post office clerks are jumped up little s*** bags! Last year I went in to get my road TAX for the bike, handed over all the relevant info and the knob cheese behind the plexi-glass said `ooh you are lucky, your insurance runs out next week` well so f***ing what you interferring twat! (had hard day at work)

Glad now that you can get your tax online.

The people in the three local post offices I use on a semi-regular basis are all dead freidnly and helpful, can`t say I`ve really had a bad experience yet.


What I`m listening to...

personaly, i use my own scales for the weight, i also ask the post office for a bundle of recorded delivery slips & special delivery slips, so i can fill them out at home before i go to the post office, after i fill the form out i partialy stick it to the parcel then stick it on the scales (got the scales from fleabay & they do grams & kilo`s) that way i can work out the postage beforehand & write it in the top corner of the parcel before i hand it over, then if theres a discrepency i can pull them about it, this makes trips to the post office bearable, you only have to que up, then you get served much faster cos your organised, all you gotta do is make sure they actually stamp the reciept end of the slip before you take it from them....

hope this helps.

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who do not know the difference between a CD and a CD-R, so assume that you are selling illegal pirated software.
Doesn`t seem to bother them wether its legal or illegal when it gets "lost" in the post before it arrives in my letter box.

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My local post office is great....the one in the next village however, they`re weird!! They refuse to use proof of postage cards, every time you hand them one, they look at them like they`ve never seen one before, then tell you they`re not used any more. If I insist, they refuse to give me a receipt in case I then fill in the address section on the bottom! :D