The post office in my village is the only one for some distance, and while it doesn’t seem at risk of closing down, i thought that about the village bank and that’s gone.
This PO is one of those PO/newsagents owned by a family, not directly by RM.
So I’m wondering, aside from just buying stuff in them, what can I do to support it?
(And, selfishly, make them like me so they’ll maybe hand cancel my postcards)
For example, I read somewhere that asking for proof of postage means that the PO can claim it as revenue, even if the stamps were bought elsewhere. Is this true?
I tell you what I do & is only a suggestion. About 99% of my shipping/mailing/buying stamps, etc. I do at my local branch. After the holidays hoopla is over, in late December, early January, I buy three Amazon gift cards for the (3) counter clerks that handle most of my transactions. I insert the cards inside a thank you note card w/ envelope. That is what I do.
No idea on the proof of postage, but there is a forum, Royal Mail Chat (Message board for Royal Mail employees and customers, also has a section for Post Office)… perhaps you could ask there. I haven’t visited there for a while.
For the non-post office stuff, make use of them as a newsagents, if you are buyer/reader of magazines/newspapers.
