Could another scandal be on the way? allegedly

Let’s hope the supermarket ones are kosher, but avoid Amazon.

Absolutely!

Thanks sago. We don’t have a PO very near, and up to now I’ve had no problems with my stamps from our local, independent card shop.
I don’t understand what China have to gain from this.

I expect the Chinese counterfeiters make a profit given the high price of stamps, and it’s yet another way of undermining our economy.

You can buy postage and/or stamps on line.

Over a year ago I bought a book of 1st class stamps from the local newsagent mostly for birthday cards. A couple from the same book of 6 were counterfeit( I found out from recipients being asked to pay fee!) The others weren’t. I wouldn’t buy from my local newsagent now though.

I havent bought a standard first/,second class stamp since I swapped the ones I had (used to use loads but nowadays very few) I didn't keep the receipts.
I've bought a few large letter ones but from a PO
Hope all ok
I had bought the original ones at Costco so a tiny bit cheaper.

I could understand people making false banknotes but stamps ? Must be desperados. Wouldn’t think it was worth it.

It’s not cheap to send a letter these days nanna8

kittylester

You can buy postage and/or stamps on line.

The counterfeit stamps are sold online on sites mimicking the Post Office sites. Also sold in shops.

Sweetness1

Over a year ago I bought a book of 1st class stamps from the local newsagent mostly for birthday cards. A couple from the same book of 6 were counterfeit( I found out from recipients being asked to pay fee!) The others weren’t. I wouldn’t buy from my local newsagent now though.

Clearly if part of the book were classed as fake but not all, the detection system is unreliable. I use very few stamps these days and the ones I currently have were bought in order to send my Christmas cards. No problems so far but next year I shall only buy the Christmas special stamp books and buy from the post office. Most of the things I post are packages which I pay for at the post office and get one of their printed stickers put on. I assume they are safe. I always keep the receipts as they are usually for gifts sent to neices and nephews who live overseas.

Unfortunately, we have very few ‘ real ‘ post offices ‘ now. Most are in corner shops, and they may be buying the fake stamps, albeit unknowingly.

Indeed. Hence my using the supermarket.

My son who lives in NZ has been told that there will be no more postal deliveries after the next two years.
Are we going the same way, a lot of our shop post office counters have disappeared

paid £5 for Christmas card to be delivered the chap who sent it said that some of the stamps he purchased were counterfeit and others in the book weren’t .
Trouble is I didn’t know if the the letter was important so coughed up a fiver

We don’t have a local PO anymore so I was looking online to buy stamps. I was confused at all the different companies advertising stamps and ordered some from the PO official site, they delivered the wrong ones and when I tried to change them at a PO they said it was a different company and they couldn't help.
Had to go back to the PO site and start all over again.

Do they really expect us to believe that China is trying to ruin our economy using stamps? Especially when one poster says 17 used with no problem and suddenly there is. Have Post Office changed their stamp reading hardware or software lately? Is this another computer system supplier problem! Has their system been tested independently, to find out what the problem is? Have Post Office outsourced stamp production to someone new? Is it just another money raising scam?

People are moving away from postage and going electronic. Seems an odd thing for China to do.

In view of the fact we cannot trust the Post Office now - or any company for that matter - these questions need to be answered before accusing China of underhand behaviour.

I never have to pay postage for anything I buy from China. Always free. They just stamp it with people’s republic of China or people’s republic of Taiwan ( the Taiwanese people might not agree,but still ). How do they do it ?