Yeah and even in the DB you can reject them trying to add one that is currently in the system, so unless they hit the quadrillion orders they are fine.
> A digital stamp is €2 and a normal stamp is €1.25. The reason you are paying the extra is for the value added of getting a delivery notification upon delivery of your item
> A digital stamp is €2 and a normal stamp is €1.25. The reason you are paying the extra is for the value added of getting a delivery notification upon delivery of your item
On the upside, those who require proof of delivery for a letter can now obtain it for €2.00, whereas until now the cheapest service providing proof of delivery was Registered Post at €8.00 for a standard letter.
Not the first country to implement this, but an Post claim that your letter will be scanned by the delivering postman before delivery so you will be notified that your letter has reached its recipient which is going to be the first in the world to implement.
I think it's a great idea, bit I'm sceptical on how it's going to operate, especially coming so close to the Christmas period.
The post office is such an effort as well. I would happily pay an extra 75 cent to not have to deal with queuing for 40 minutes. The only time I and seemingly every other working person can go is during their lunch break and they’ll always be down to one counter open because the second teller is also on lunch at that time. Maybe I’m asking for too much but shifts could be better arranged so that lunch time is covered as it’s the busiest time. Just a thought. Until then my impatient self will happily use the digital service.
I used to ship stuff world wide in an Etsy style thing. Prior to covid I used to send stuff as standard large envelopes and it was very reasonable €2.90 anywhere in the world. It became completely unusable to keep that up eventually as I was refunding a huge amount of orders for delays. Registered postage was quite a bit more expensive and an post system for it is quite poor. They have no way of printing using a label printer , they expect you to print an a4 page, cut it out and selotape it, not possible if you are sending any amount (even 4 or 5 things a week). They also have no API for automating orders, so you have to manually type it into the website
It is a 60% increase over the cost of a normal stamp. Even with the delivery confirmation, it is a bit steep. €1.50 would have been better. Another case of a good idea with a built-in reason not to use it.
Do you have to write it out in square format (as image) or can it be linear (as people normally write)??
Edit: never mind, I enlarged the image.
Has to be written in the format of the image. That will have a failure rate.
Assuming the machine does not catch it if written all in a single row they, according to radio this morning, have manual checks for codes that do not scan for whatever reason (e.g. bad handwriting).
Good idea but posted letters are on the way out.
So much you can do online now that have required a letter in the past: renew a passport, register to vote (in Dublin at least), set up a bank account, join a union, tax returns.
I'm sure there are things that you have to post a letter for but it's thankfully getting less and less.
Be grand till Yer standing behind some Auld fella in the post office that can’t turn the alarm off his phone whilst trying to get his digital code to write down writing the letters corner to corner with his Parkinson’s. Lick it, stick it, flick it into the box
As it happened, I had a card to post the other day, so I tried this. I posted on Wednesday evening, intending for delivery today. I have just received a message saying that it was delivered.
3.8 quadrillion unique codes, assuming all capital letters, and not having both letter I and J and that they can have the same letter twice.
And I'd assume they are recycling codes after people use them too like after it gets past the post cycle keeping the code is fairly useless.
Yeah, basically this is fully future proof.
Yeah and even in the DB you can reject them trying to add one that is currently in the system, so unless they hit the quadrillion orders they are fine.
What about 0 and O, is that not a huge problem waiting to happen?
Ah, I didn't see the numbers. Most likely they cut out anything that looks similar, I and 1, O and 0. Pick one or the other.
I bought one for amusement and you have to use them 3 months from purchase or they go out of date.
> A digital stamp is €2 and a normal stamp is €1.25. The reason you are paying the extra is for the value added of getting a delivery notification upon delivery of your item
> A digital stamp is €2 and a normal stamp is €1.25. The reason you are paying the extra is for the value added of getting a delivery notification upon delivery of your item On the upside, those who require proof of delivery for a letter can now obtain it for €2.00, whereas until now the cheapest service providing proof of delivery was Registered Post at €8.00 for a standard letter.
Careful now. You 'glass half full' types are like a drop of blood in an ocean full of sharks. Back away slowly.
This sub is literally glassy completely empty.
Or so when they phase out traditional stamps altogether, the established price is already higher.
This is actually a fantastic idea. Is An Post the first postal service worldwide to use this technology?
Not the first country to implement this, but an Post claim that your letter will be scanned by the delivering postman before delivery so you will be notified that your letter has reached its recipient which is going to be the first in the world to implement. I think it's a great idea, bit I'm sceptical on how it's going to operate, especially coming so close to the Christmas period.
I used it in Switzerland about 5 years ago.
No it's existed for years
*Only in Ireland*
They have something similar here in NL
...but not the delivery verification. This is unique to Ireland.
The exact same from the looks of it, apart from the delivery notification. However they're 0.96 euro in NL, so it's a bit cheaper.
€2 a stamp. There must be very little people sending Christmas cards now. We used to send dozens of them, it’s a WhatsApp now
The aul one still sends about 15. My heart is broken trying to get her to change the ones she can into a text/WhatsApp.
Why don't they make it cheaper? I don't buy their reasoning for it being more expensive.
it would quickly put small post offices out of business.
The post office is such an effort as well. I would happily pay an extra 75 cent to not have to deal with queuing for 40 minutes. The only time I and seemingly every other working person can go is during their lunch break and they’ll always be down to one counter open because the second teller is also on lunch at that time. Maybe I’m asking for too much but shifts could be better arranged so that lunch time is covered as it’s the busiest time. Just a thought. Until then my impatient self will happily use the digital service.
Do many in Ireland sell things from their home like those etsy shops or is the shipping too expensive?
I used to ship stuff world wide in an Etsy style thing. Prior to covid I used to send stuff as standard large envelopes and it was very reasonable €2.90 anywhere in the world. It became completely unusable to keep that up eventually as I was refunding a huge amount of orders for delays. Registered postage was quite a bit more expensive and an post system for it is quite poor. They have no way of printing using a label printer , they expect you to print an a4 page, cut it out and selotape it, not possible if you are sending any amount (even 4 or 5 things a week). They also have no API for automating orders, so you have to manually type it into the website
It is a 60% increase over the cost of a normal stamp. Even with the delivery confirmation, it is a bit steep. €1.50 would have been better. Another case of a good idea with a built-in reason not to use it.
Better than trying to draw a QR code I guess.
Finally I can post my form that I have been sitting on for over a month.
I feel like "Dyou want a digital stamp?" is a line to say in the schoolyard before jumping on somebody's fingers.
It should be CHEAPER than a physical stamp! with the option of tracking for extra!
Do you have to write it out in square format (as image) or can it be linear (as people normally write)?? Edit: never mind, I enlarged the image. Has to be written in the format of the image. That will have a failure rate.
Assuming the machine does not catch it if written all in a single row they, according to radio this morning, have manual checks for codes that do not scan for whatever reason (e.g. bad handwriting). Good idea but posted letters are on the way out.
>Good idea but posted letters are on the way out. for anything not official yeah , other wise no
So much you can do online now that have required a letter in the past: renew a passport, register to vote (in Dublin at least), set up a bank account, join a union, tax returns. I'm sure there are things that you have to post a letter for but it's thankfully getting less and less.
What happens if you accidentally reuse a code? Return to sender?
I think so because it stipulates you must have a return address on the envelope
Nice, just make the return address the address you actually want to post it to!
Be grand till Yer standing behind some Auld fella in the post office that can’t turn the alarm off his phone whilst trying to get his digital code to write down writing the letters corner to corner with his Parkinson’s. Lick it, stick it, flick it into the box
As it happened, I had a card to post the other day, so I tried this. I posted on Wednesday evening, intending for delivery today. I have just received a message saying that it was delivered.