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  • @raymondtalke1714
    @raymondtalke1714 2 роки тому +81

    The ads for counterfeit stamps are proliferating on Facebook. Why hasn't the U.S. Postal Inspection Service gone after Meta for hosting these advertisements?

    • @geneaker915
      @geneaker915 2 роки тому +1

      I was wondering the same thing. Furthermore, Facebook deleted my comment that stamps were counterfeit as a violation of community standards. That's right, it's against Facebook's rules for me to warn that the stamps are fake but it's not against the rules to sell fake stamps. Go figure.

    • @youtearmeup
      @youtearmeup 2 роки тому

      I have written twice to my Congressman, senator, and the USPS re stamps on Facebook. Guess what? No one replied. I guess no one in government cares. All the Feds need to do is go after Facebook for their part in promoting sales a counterfit stamps.

    • @kgrfirdjy
      @kgrfirdjy 2 роки тому +6

      youtube is doing the same, including usps website impersonators. i bet federal law enforcement may need to get involved.

    • @henrys3629
      @henrys3629 Рік тому +6

      @@kgrfirdjy I just got hit with those ads on YT when I typed in fake stamps. A 100 stamp roll for under $8? Wrong.

    • @daver1427
      @daver1427 Рік тому

      I see several every day on FB. One day there were at least 8 "sponsored" ads.
      Some social media seem to be exempt from advertising laws that would apply to print media (IE newspapers)

  • @abbiewhite2916
    @abbiewhite2916 2 роки тому +73

    Why was my comment deleted requesting that the USPS prosecute the manufacturers and distributors of fake stamps instead of criminalizing the deceived buyers?

    • @MysticalCCG
      @MysticalCCG Рік тому +7

      This is a very good point

    • @operacarmen
      @operacarmen Рік тому +7

      I think it's an anti-semitic trend to prosecute manufacturers instead of consumers/users

    • @Aksel27
      @Aksel27 Рік тому +2

      They prosecute both.

    • @davidcarson4421
      @davidcarson4421 5 місяців тому +1

      For one thing, the producers are in China and the users are here; “bird in the hand” situation. And people who buy these should immediately be suspicious because of the large discount, which is too good to be true.

    • @spencercorbin8426
      @spencercorbin8426 4 місяці тому

      @@operacarmen to be "anti-semetic" is to simply point out and openly discuss what Jews do.

  • @GarageGeek
    @GarageGeek 2 роки тому +24

    How are we supposed to know if they are fake? So your prosecuting innocent people for federal crimes since we don’t have our own advanced crime lab to verify the authenticity of stamps we are buying? That is so dumb. I hope USPS doesn’t even exist in 10 years. What a corrupt, and ridiculous notion to push this burden on your customers.

    • @tomsullivan2588
      @tomsullivan2588 Рік тому

      fake stamps are the same as counterfeit money. It is illegal to use either one.

    • @thomaskendall452
      @thomaskendall452 Рік тому +1

      Sorry, bubbsie, but you'll get prosecuted if you try to pass counterfeit money, too.

    • @PatrickHames-mj4ro
      @PatrickHames-mj4ro 7 місяців тому

      What is dumb is thinking deeply discounted stamps are genuine.

    • @dieseldragon6756
      @dieseldragon6756 7 місяців тому +1

      Prosecuting innocent people for capital crimes seems to be a postal thing over this side of the pond 🇬🇧 too. I'll say „Royal Mail“ and „Horizon“, and leave it at that...

    • @spencercorbin8426
      @spencercorbin8426 7 днів тому

      what would you expect from such a corrupt govt?

  • @GeorgePatton-fo7gb
    @GeorgePatton-fo7gb Рік тому +11

    Why is the Postmaster General not going after UA-cam and Ebay sellers/buyers by talking to the leadership of both companies? As a taxpayer I expect this person to do their job and protect taxpayer money from theft! How about the Postal service post a video about that instead of telling us it is a huge problem?

    • @lenatemplin-montero8122
      @lenatemplin-montero8122 Рік тому +1

      Stamps/postage aren't taxes

    • @patiencezero-xc9zl
      @patiencezero-xc9zl Рік тому +3

      ​@@lenatemplin-montero8122 You are being obtuse. Taxpayers pay for the losses when people do not buy legitimate postage.

    • @thomaskendall452
      @thomaskendall452 Рік тому

      Because all the trails lead back to foreign countries, mostly to Communist China. We don't have an extradition treaty with them for this type of crime.

  • @staylor2368
    @staylor2368 2 роки тому +8

    A few retailers are authorized 5% discounts, anything else is fraudulent

  • @bearloscuro
    @bearloscuro 2 роки тому +29

    Genuine US postage stamps from the 1930s to the 1990s (pre-Forever) are often available from philatelic dealers at 20% - 40% off of face value because many stamp collectors amassed unused stamps from these decades in plate blocks and whole sheets. Because they are so common and plentiful, virtually every stamp show has a table with partial and whole sheets of common commemorative and definitive postage. I've bought many full sheets of 3 cent, 6 cent, and 22 cent stamps to use on letters, either as make-up postage or to pay for the difference in cost for overweight or oddly-shaped parcels. The auction examples you use in the video of 'counterfeit' postage (time-stamp 50 seconds) are, in fact, genuine postage of old, lower denomination stamps being sold at a substantial discount. Many of these will be gummed and hole-perforated stamps, rather than self-adhesives, but they are genuine. As an example, in the one frame, I can clearly make out a stack of partial sheets of 29 cent Elvis Presley stamps, which were issued in 1993. They're not counterfeit.

    • @henrys3629
      @henrys3629 Рік тому +2

      I do the same. And they take the cancellations better on the older stamps. Win-win.

    • @tomsullivan2588
      @tomsullivan2588 Рік тому +1

      Those old stamps are real though, not the fake ones being sold all over the internet.

    • @henrys3629
      @henrys3629 Рік тому +1

      @@tomsullivan2588 Just used some today. 3c Home of Theodore Roosevelt.

    • @PoanzvcQreanmv
      @PoanzvcQreanmv 4 місяці тому

      @@henrys3629 If you need anything, please contact me.

  • @gailkinney8683
    @gailkinney8683 2 роки тому +11

    I'm so tired of Chinese fake coins & stamps!

    • @josephrobertvanderhoff
      @josephrobertvanderhoff Рік тому

      The only thing I like about the chinese ? Are egg rolls , and Dumplings lol ,,,Now they are sending balloons to spy on us ,,,only to be shot down lol

    • @eddiekulp1241
      @eddiekulp1241 Рік тому

      Everything from China is shoddy or fake

  • @freddaniali
    @freddaniali Рік тому +14

    Just like metering devices, all stamps should be printed on the envelope with a barcode that authenticates it. Digitize all stamps, and the problem is solved. But oh no, the feds would much rather be complacent and hold citizens responsible for knowing if stamps are real or fake.

    • @sherylsmithflower
      @sherylsmithflower 11 місяців тому +3

      So, I can't buy stationery anymore unless it has postage on it? All greeting cards must come with postage prepaid? What if I put something in the envelope that makes it weigh more than one ounce? Then the postage amount would be invalid. I don't understand your idea.

    • @freddaniali
      @freddaniali 11 місяців тому

      @@sherylsmithflower You don't understand because you have never used a metering machine, aka a postage machine. Go look it up because I am not going to explain it to you.

    • @audreymai2773
      @audreymai2773 9 місяців тому

      So everyone should have a postage machine? ​@@freddaniali

    • @audreymai2773
      @audreymai2773 9 місяців тому

      ​@@sherylsmithflowerYou are correct.

    • @ancylostomiasis
      @ancylostomiasis 7 місяців тому

      they simply moved on to make counterfeit pre-paid envelopes, its that simple.

  • @roadreeler57
    @roadreeler57 Рік тому +5

    Why is Facebook & others allowed to advertise fraudulent stamp ads?

  • @mustaffa1611
    @mustaffa1611 Рік тому +5

    so how do you tell if stamps are fake?

    • @nedaltamimi3365
      @nedaltamimi3365 6 місяців тому

      Use your judgement. They sell it to you at fraction of the actual cost. Ask yourself how come??? Stay on the safe side

    • @mustaffa1611
      @mustaffa1611 6 місяців тому

      @@nedaltamimi3365 I bought some one time and they are exactly the same. I even did the black light test and exactly the same. there is no way to tell the difference.

  • @helenrobinson810
    @helenrobinson810 2 роки тому +8

    I bought my stamps (which may be counterfeit) through Walmart!!

    • @tomsullivan2588
      @tomsullivan2588 Рік тому +3

      Walmart and other stores that sell stamps either sell stamps on a consignment basis with the Postal Service, or buy them and sell them at their store. Once bought, they can sell them for any amount the want to, but they then have to charge sales tax if they go this route.

    • @swallowedinthesea11
      @swallowedinthesea11 Рік тому

      I bought my stamps at Nordstrom!

  • @adamhuffman3354
    @adamhuffman3354 Рік тому +1

    I see these ads so so so much! Isn’t it illegal to offer these?

  • @debrashepard6770
    @debrashepard6770 Рік тому +1

    Nothing but Scammers & they need to be prosecuted !!

  • @emmanuelalva6597
    @emmanuelalva6597 2 роки тому +6

    So do they work or not?

    • @staylor2368
      @staylor2368 2 роки тому

      It doesn't matter, it's theft of postal services

    • @davidhenderson3400
      @davidhenderson3400 2 роки тому +5

      They will work but if they are detected the mail that they are attached to can be detained and maybe even destoryed. At the very least your mail will get "lost" for a very long time if not for good if the fakes are detected. Not worth the risk to save a few cents.

    • @Sulfen
      @Sulfen Рік тому +4

      Some of them are made really well that they do go through. But you do risk being charged or detained if you keep using them and a lot of your mail keeps getting investigated. Not really worth fighting federal charges to save a few bucks.

    • @valerieblackthorn13
      @valerieblackthorn13 Рік тому +1

      They will not since May 12. If you buy a stuff and the parcel is using a "fake" stamp, USPS will keep it and they will not deliver it to you or the sender.

    • @andytachibanalover9495
      @andytachibanalover9495 Рік тому +1

      they work

  • @VanIsland.TVNerd
    @VanIsland.TVNerd 6 місяців тому +1

    I used to buy my USPS stamps from their official Ebay store, but they closed it down for no reason. They don't ship to Canada and I don't go down to the US very often these days... so you are forcing people to buy from online sellers. Why?

  • @colleenkennedy
    @colleenkennedy 7 місяців тому +1

    Why not list legal sources outside the USPS. I know if you buy in bulk there must some approved vendors.

  • @yogoombah2356
    @yogoombah2356 Рік тому +11

    Back in March of 2021, I showed a roll of 100 to my Post Office clerk that I purchased on eBay for $9.00 and he said they looked good...THEY CAN'T BE! Not at $9.00 for 100!
    I even tried reporting on a Federal website, and a year later stamps were still being sold on eBay, I just checked right now on eBay and there are still some people selling 100 for about $35...THE P.O. HAS DONE NOTHING!

    • @justicejones5025
      @justicejones5025 Рік тому +2

      Or they're real.. I got a good deal on some from Amazon, a company just had purchased too many and wanted to liquidate..

    • @MarthaDecker1
      @MarthaDecker1 Рік тому

      That was a scam. That "need to liquidate" story is a common scammer tale. NOT real! Watch this video again, dude.@@justicejones5025

    • @John_GGG
      @John_GGG Рік тому

      You don't really believe that do you?@@justicejones5025

    • @PoanzvcQreanmv
      @PoanzvcQreanmv 4 місяці тому

      @@justicejones5025 If you need anything, please contact me.

  • @jcannonfire
    @jcannonfire 9 місяців тому +1

    As a retired USPS employee, I reported the counterfeits for sale on Facebook to Facebook. They blew me off. Maybe they're ok with their social media site selling illegal counterfeit stamps.

  • @craftydrafts3457
    @craftydrafts3457 2 роки тому +5

    But HOW do you know when they are fake or if someone is just trying to get rid of them? I think I'll take mine to the post office -__-

    • @B.H.56
      @B.H.56 2 роки тому +6

      If the ad is on Facebook, they are fake.

    • @craiggerlach5548
      @craiggerlach5548 2 роки тому +1

      Did not watch vid, but if they did the UV test, shine under UV light and they are dull or turned blue, they are fake... yellowish to greenish are what I seen so far..

    • @tomsullivan2588
      @tomsullivan2588 Рік тому +1

      @@craiggerlach5548 It's not so much the color, but the type of ink used in printing stamps. Real ones will register as they go through stamp cancelling equipment, fake ones will be rejected.

    • @thomaskendall452
      @thomaskendall452 Рік тому +2

      @@B.H.56 Etsy, Amazon and many others as well.

  • @swallowedinthesea11
    @swallowedinthesea11 Рік тому +1

    I bought my USPS certified stamps at Nordstrom!

  • @DrawinskyMoon
    @DrawinskyMoon 2 роки тому +9

    So what I’m getting from this video is that the postal office inspects everyone’s mail under a microscope. Very cool, this explains the high price for shipping.

    • @thomaskendall452
      @thomaskendall452 Рік тому +3

      They don't personally inspect. They rely on automatic sensors built into the sorter-facer-canceller machines that all pieces of mail bearing stamps have to go through. There's only a tiny amount of additional administrative cost involved: very close to zero per envelope.

    • @daver1427
      @daver1427 Рік тому

      One of a few security measures.... newer stamps, within a year or so? use fluorescent and phosphorescent inks and dye.

  • @HatmanXIIX
    @HatmanXIIX Рік тому

    Theres this big of a problem over adult stickers

  • @Clearanceman2
    @Clearanceman2 Рік тому

    I don't know so far everything I've bought has worked. I don't have a UV light.

  • @JuanSanchez-ik7wx
    @JuanSanchez-ik7wx Рік тому

    counterfiet but the usps doesnt do anything about it

  • @Iam-me
    @Iam-me 10 місяців тому

    Wow
    Idk
    They re at u tube too

  • @Botanifiles
    @Botanifiles Рік тому

    Put individual QR codes or barcodes on each of them, it's the only way to stop this

    • @Botanifiles
      @Botanifiles Рік тому

      or digitize them

    • @dieseldragon6756
      @dieseldragon6756 7 місяців тому

      We're using barcoded stamps in the UK, and let me tell you: They have *not* solved the counterfeiting problem. If anything, they seem to have made it altogether *worse* ... ⚠

    • @Botanifiles
      @Botanifiles 3 місяці тому +1

      @@dieseldragon6756 Interesting, is there a known solution? Perhaps a country that has solved this somehow?

    • @dieseldragon6756
      @dieseldragon6756 3 місяці тому

      @@Botanifiles The problem (In the UK case) seems to be that the coming of barcodes has also shifted the burden of proof to Royal Mails _digital twin_ system, meaning I could technically buy a sheet of stamps, use that as a master for a pile of fakes, and the first an unsuspecting buyer would hear about it is when their recipient complains about having to pay a fine because the stamp was fake. They _used_ to use various secure inks on them, but now they seem to be reasonably replicatable on any mid-line inkjet printer. 🖨
      A big problem in this respect is that some of these counterfeit stamps are winding up in the drawers at official post offices, meaning Royal Mail has a *massive* problem on their hands.
      About the only way they might be able to address it (Sorry! 🙃) is by „scanning out“ every stamp as it's sold so it's validated as being issued by that post office. The thing is that I use 1p stamps as security seals (Hey! At that price...) and scanning out 500 1p stamps would swallow a _lot_ of time at any overstretched UK post office! 😳

  • @deannaspencer8988
    @deannaspencer8988 Рік тому +2

    All Stores Please lower the cost of all Military and Local for all Brands of Postage Stamps Products and Production Cost Now That's too much $$$ 100,000 The Whole World Now 🙏🙏🙏

  • @williamsmith5515
    @williamsmith5515 2 роки тому +1

    Okay

  • @PezCandyDispensers
    @PezCandyDispensers 6 місяців тому

    I should be good i purchased mine from amazon

  • @lindawilson7137
    @lindawilson7137 2 роки тому

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