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Seems very quick deprecation? If they urgently need the barcode why support picture stamps without it. If the don't then supporting both for a year will dramati

• blitzar 4y ago
  They have already been supporting both for a while. Presumably they would like to go 100% to the new workflow in their sorting centres. A longer swap period means more expensive equipment sat there doing nothing or longer period of time supporting two different workflows. Also the distribution of stamps held; people who post a lot - 0 swaps needed. People who hoard - have multiple years supply. People who dont post often at all but have stamps sat around - 10 years supply assuming you can find where that 10 pack of stamps is. 6-12 months to restock all outlets and have companies wind down their supplies of old stamps, and a good amount of time to test the new workflow on an increasing volume, while still being able to back off if the system blows up.
• Symbiote 4y ago
  The new stamps were introduced in February this year, and the old ones expire at the end of January next year.
  • ZiiS 4y ago
    That makes much more sense; "We’re adding barcodes to our regular stamps" is not a super clear way of saying "We added barcodes to our stamps over 7 months ago". I guess not having bought stamps in that time dose mean I am not really the target market.
• Double_a_92 4y ago
  There are huge amounts of fake regular stamps being sold on e.g. eBay. I guess the damage those cause, is higher than the costs of the swapping.