[Dx-qsl] IRC's revisited

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

Well, if I understand the bureaucracy-ese correctly:

(1)  Old (pre-2002) IRC's are still theoretically exchangeable for postage;
(2)  When we turn an IRC in to our postal people, the coupon eventually ends up being exchanged between the receiving postal people and the issuing postal people;
(3)  If there is no longer an agreement between the governments of the two different groups of postal people on how to exchange them, they may decline to exchange them;
(4)  Therefore if there is no agreement, you as a user may not be allowed by your postal people to exchange the IRC for postage because they have no way of redeeming them for current value;
(5)  And, (sarcasm mode on) that serves you right for still using a 4+ year old IRC, what's wrong with you anyway (sarcasm mode off)

Ain't da government wonderful?

73, ron w3wn

From: Dx-QSL <dx-qsl at m5aav.org.uk>
Date: Tue Jul 11 10:06:46 CDT 2006
To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] IRC's revisited

Quoting from the message of Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:46:52 +0200 from "Osten
B Magnusson" <sm5dqc at areteadsl.se> :


> That means these are exchangeable BUT also that they
> are not, a new way of "How to understand the rules"...

Thats about right, although I am confused about with whom they are
exchangable.

If I cash any IRC in at the PO counter, I get the postage. SO who does
the PO exchange it with ?

Unless.......as an example. I get an IRC issued in Japan, change it in
the UK, and the PO then 'exchange' it with Japan. Now that would require
[by my understanding] an arrangement between the UK and Japan. If that
does not exist then the UK PO are stuck with it.[and hence the loss]

It sounds as if all these countries who are now not willing to accept
'yellow' IRC's have no reciprocal arrangement for reimbursement with the
issuing country. OR more likely - Nobody has, but a lot of Postal
Authorities do not yet realise it. Those who do realise it have stopped
accepting them.

-- 
73 Graham, M5AAV

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