Got ours
Sounds like some of you will get theirs next year
Card signed by the coven of witches - do they really need that many twits running this company?
Seems like the Post Office will think you are dumping fakes on them and won't touch them and point you to the 'manufacturer' which is Royal Mail - and that's even if you bought them from the Post Office originally and have a receipt in your hand. I'd say forget about wandering into a Post Office branch and exchanging for cash immediately on the day a pack of stamps with no origin. And if RM need to stick them under a microscope to confirm they are genuine I don't think they'll be happy to have their gift thrown back at them.
Hence you're left to sell them on eBay. However, with there being so many fakes for sale (on eBay and even Amazon) people are suspicious of sellers.
Sell them to your local, or in fact, any Post Office™
They will 'buy them back' at face value without fail.
When was the last time you actually did that?
Last year and every year before that for at least 10 years.
Seems they stopped doing this at least 10 years ago, perhaps following the split between Post Office Counters and Royal Mail according to a thread on MoneySavingExpert — hardly definitive, I know! However, this thread (viewtopic.php?t=72354) also says they don’t do it.
Can you elaborate as to how you got them to do it for you? Assuming you are right, I intend to buy a shitload from Costco at discounted rates and get them changed up for face value at a Post Office like you did.