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   Bernard Sheppard (bernardsheppard@mastodon.au)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 17:14:54 JST Bernard Sheppard

   • Deborah Pickett

   @futzle FFS, this is why we need
   a) digital postage (we've already got it for parcels, why not stamps?)
   b) free postage for non-commercial purposes

   I post, on average, one letter every two years, and have to buy supplementary stamps to top up the postage for the stamps I have since they are no longer the right value.

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 17:14:53 JST valhalla

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     • Deborah Pickett

     @BernardSheppard @futzle but digital postage is ugly

     I mean, it gets the job done, but receiving a postcard or a personal letter with a nice stamp that matches your interests / matches the card / sends you on a wikipedia trip to learn more about somebody or something is so much nicer :)

     (OTOH, here we have stamps for the most common formats that no longer have a value printed on them: whenever you have bought them they are valid for the current price of sending that format)

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     Bernard Sheppard (bernardsheppard@mastodon.au)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 17:58:57 JST Bernard Sheppard

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     • valhalla
     • Deborah Pickett

     @valhalla @futzle oh, agreed. Convenient but ugly.

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 18:00:55 JST valhalla

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     • Deborah Pickett
     @BernardSheppard @futzle of course if you're sending non-personal mail, 100% go for digital postage, there is no need to do a trip to the post office just for a *company*