[Nodxa] IRC redemption revisited

[wb8k]

Be prepared!. I took my own advice & went to the North Royalton post 
office to redeem my IRC's. It turned out to be an interesting, albeit, 
frustrating experience. To save some time & frustration, if you live on 
the southwest side of Cleveland, DO NOT go to the North Royalton or 
Parma (Day Drive) post offices. They do not have a clue & at Parma they 
were very rude.

 I called the Strongsville post office & had no problems. They did know 
what an IRC was and were familiar with the redemption process. I stopped 
in & the clerk, Sharron, took the IRC's, knew the redemption amount and 
proceeded to redeem them. No hassle & no problems.

BTW, I did take a copy of the 372.4d to both the North Royalton & Parma 
post offices. At both places they said their copy of the regulation 
dated July of 2006 did not indicate that IRC's issued prior to 2002 were 
still valid. What is even more interesting is that at both places they 
only read half way through the first sentence in subpart d, they stopped 
reading when they got to the part that said 'not be redeemable'. They 
never got to the end of the sentence that said "after January 1, 2007".

Good  luck to all,


Denny  WB8K



 > Thanks for the tip!  I was able to find about 50 of them old suckers 
(most from QSLs from my travels in the late 70s and early 80s) and took 
them into the Beachwood Post Office on Tuesday.  It took them 2 > days 
to figure out what to do with them, but they tell me I'll have a bunch 
of new stamps to take their place.
 
 
 
 
 
 > In a message dated 12/23/2006 1:31:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
wb8k at adelphia.net writes:
 > A recent item  from Frank W3LPL & published in the Daily DX gives some
 > information about redeeming your old IRC's. The old style IRC, those
 > issued after January 1, 1975 may be redeemed up *until December 31,
 > 2006.  *After that date they will be worthless.