to think that if someone wants a COPY of your qualifications they should be able to accept an email copy.

[LibrasBiscuitsOfFortune]

This is VERY boring but some office need my qualification certificate to update some details. They want me to send a COPY (not the original) by post, when I asked if I could just scan it in and send it by email they said No. WHAT ON EARTH COULD BE THE REASON BEHIND THIS? They have a printer so I know they could print it out. It makes no sense. It means I have to get off my lazy, biscuit-eating butt and go down to the post office in these bloody awful weather conditions.

they're cutting back so want you to use your paper instead of theirs?
yanbu

well a scanned emailed copy could in theory more easily mask some "amendments" to the original docs than would be the case with a photocopy, where any devious overlaying of changes would be more apparent.

Not saying at all of course that you would do that, but I imagine that's why.

really? bearing in mind my photocopy is from a home printer and not in colour.

It is a reason but it's not a good reason

They don't know how to work their computer that well.

Seriously.

It's easier to amend a digital copy than a paper one.

Of course, it's easy to amend a digital copy, print it out and then send that in.

exactly, and that's what I assume Libra is doing (well not the amending bit, I hope!)

Well I don't see the point in going on courses in future if I can just mock up a copy of the certificate and print it out and then send it in. More biscuit time, hurrah.