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A mistake on a stamp cost the Post Office $3.5 million buckaroos. Wanna know why?

The dumbheads didn't use the ACTUAL Statue of Liberty in New York but the REPLICA statue outside of the New York New York Las Vegas Casino. Dumbheads at work. Took them awhile to figure it out. SIGH. Well dumb costs a lot of money.

Posted - July 6, 2018
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  • 35082
    Did they scrap the stamp? If they did that was stupid....should have still used and sold them. 
      July 6, 2018 10:29 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    So you have no idea how the $3.5 million cost was incurred, I see.

    And so you would have no idea why they might not have been able to use the stamp---(not a question, rather a declarative sentence).




    This post was edited by tom jackson at July 7, 2018 3:00 AM MDT
      July 6, 2018 3:39 PM MDT
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  • 35082
    As you can see I was asking a question....no I have not bothered to google it....I don't care that much. 
      July 6, 2018 6:16 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    :):):)
      July 7, 2018 3:00 AM MDT
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  • 11430
    I imagine they couldn't legally  use the stamp because the image belonged to the casino. Cheers and happy weekend 
      July 6, 2018 5:50 PM MDT
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  • 35082
    If the imagine is outside in public view....anyone can take a picture of it. So unless they took an actual copyrighted picture owned by someone else ( casino or other) the picture should still have been able to be used. Or perhaps they could offer a usage fee to the owner of the copyright if that is the case. 
      July 6, 2018 6:15 PM MDT
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  • 10801
    And I'll bet they'll raise the cost of postage to cover the loss.
      July 6, 2018 5:37 PM MDT
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  • 113301
     I didn't think of that but I bet you're right Shuhak. The customer always pays for the mistakes of the business. That's the nature of capitalism isn't it? I think it is such an embarrassing error to make. They couldn't distinguish the real thing from a phony baloney replica. Typical! Thank you for your reply and Happy Saturday! :)
      July 7, 2018 2:59 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    Who cares what on a stanp as long as you can post a letter....The English use mostly franking machines if sending out loads of mail....Why such a Woo Ha over a soppy sq inch of sticky paper with a picture on it...:( 
      July 6, 2018 5:46 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thank you for your reply and Happy Saturday.
      July 7, 2018 2:54 AM MDT
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