I was looking into getting tickets for the Ceremony of the Keys at The Tower of London. I had a horrible time getting the International Reponse Coupons. I went to 9 different post offices in Mississipi and Louisiana. Reponses ranged from they do not exist, they are only sold at the main post office, and we are out. The post master at the McComb post office finally ordered some for me. Has anyone else had any problems with this?
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Denver, Colorado, USA
713 posts
Thanks for letting us know the IRCs are available to buy online. That's incredibly helpful!
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Troy, Oh, USA
2804 posts
There have been people here on this site that have posted about having trouble finding them. It seems liked a lot of employees of the post office do not know what a International Reply Coupons (maybe it confused them if you said International Reponse Coupon)are. I've been to the Ceremony of the Keys 5 times and have never had trouble getting them, our small town post office always have them.
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Spokane Valley, WA, United States
10 posts
My post office knew exactly what I was talking about, but then we (luckily) realized that the ones they had on hand were an older version that are no longer valid (the item number on the coupons did not match the item number in the computer system--the correct item # is 330800). They said they would order the new version promptly. I just decided to go to usps.com and I ordered them there with no problem and prompt shipping. I think shipping cost a dollar. Go to www.usps.com, select "Buy Stamps and Shop", from the "For Mailing/Shipping" menu select "International" and you will see the International Response Coupon ($2.10 each).
I sent the coupons in with my request and got the Ceremony of the Keys tickets within a few weeks.
Just this past week I got a letter from USPS saying that the coupons they sent were not properly postmarked and were not valid! (Luckily, as I said, I had already received my tickets to the ceremony.) So make sure the coupons are postmarked in the box on the left-hand side. They sent me replacement coupons, properly postmarked, which I no longer need--so I'd be happy to send them to you (or to someone else if Susan does not want/need mine) at no charge (send me a private message).
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Jensen Beach, Florida, USA
59 posts
HI...I looked them up on the USPS website and saw them and could order them BUT I asked our mailman here at the office about them he hadn't heard of them but sure enought the next day he brought them into me. He's the best postman!! I sent them off last week and I hope to hear something soon.
Bev
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Sheboygan, Wisc., USA
934 posts
I went to my post officeand the girl knew what I wanted.I sent the letter but received a answer that the tickets for the 3 days I had in London were all sold out.