[Dx-qsl] Dead Beat QSL Stations/Managers

[Steven Wheatley KU9C]

One thing I'd add is require the person that calls someone dead-beat to 'back it up' with facts.  I've been blasted a few times, and I think if you got the full details of how the situation is created, you can make your own decision if the person is a 'dead beat' or not.  I can tell you one thing, a little of this goes a LONG way.   I'd be quite careful of who you put in the dead beat column.  I can tell you one thing, I'd be tempted to bag QSL managing.....life is WAY to short to be skewered for a volunteer job!

73
Steve

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From: Peter Dougherty <w2irt at nac.net>
Date:  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 19:04:11 -0500

>At 11:34 02-11-04, Doug Renwick wrote:
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>>I believe that these Dead Beat Stations/Managers should be reported so that
>>others will not be caught in their game.  I believe that peer pressure may
>>have a bearing on their behaviour or at least may affect their conscience
>>or may remove them from this hobby.
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>>Whenever these stations come on the air they should be challenged as to
>>their improper behaviour!
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>>What do you think?  Am I too soft, too hard, should forget it and let the 
>>'dark
>>side' win, stick my head in the sand?
>>Did I forget something that should be added to my criteria?
>>Should a list like this be posted on Dx-qsl?
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>Hi Doug,
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>Yes, I believe such a list is necessary, but it can't be something only 
>contributed to by 1 or 2 people. Maybe a blog or something? Or a way to 
>tally the number of votes for a particular candidate (the one election you 
>don't want to win, hi hi). I'd vote for my own personal QSL hell in the 
>form of ER4DX. Direct, buro, Not even registered, 5 tries in total, have 
>gotten one from him.
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>One important thing would be that once cards regularly flow again, to make 
>sure his info gets stricken from the list. I.E. single guy who manages a 
>fairly low-volume DX station, gets sick or computer blows up, 
>whatever...situation resolves itself after a while. The problem here is 
>latency on the net. Google Caches might turn up something bad even after a 
>situation was resolved years ago.
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>73 de Peter (W2IRT)
>w2irt at nac.net
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