On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:49:02 -0000, "Terry Palmersheim"
wrote:

I've tried to buy IRC's (International Reply Coupons) at the local P.O.,
even though they have them, they won't sell them! Their screen says: "Not
For Sale" when they are scanned.
This has happened at the main Helena, MT P.O. and Tuesday at the Missoula,
MT P.O.
Anyone else experiencing this problem? BTW, these are the new ones good
until 2009.

Try the attached link to email a complaint to the USPS. (It's so long
that it may get f**ed up by the server if I don't use an attachment.)

It seems to work. Once, when I tried it to complain that the
self-service area of my local PO was closed at 8:15 A.M. when it was
supposed to open at 7 A.M. I got a phone call from the head of that PO
in a day or two.

If you need more than a very small ammount of return postage from any
one country you might consider one of those ham services that sells
mint non-philatelic stamps. They're quite a bit cheaper than IRC's and
the recipient doesn't have to chase down the only post office branch
in the province which redeems IRC's, thus speeding your QSL.

For ham stamp services see

http://www.angelfire.com/md/k3ky/page35.html