[Dx-qsl] Return address on QSL's mailed

[Steven Wheatley KU9C]

Alan,

I can give you my view of this.  I don't do it because it is yet another step in the process, and an unnecessary one at the moment (in that the Post Office doesn't mandate it to take the mail...they do on packages, for example).  

Think of mailing several hundred pieces of mail, and think of how long it takes to mark these.  Call me lazy, but I'd prefer to do a few more QSL cards with the time.  For QSL managers, unpaid volunteers, we have so much time to devote to the hobby...for me, I prefer to work the pile of cards.

My recommendation, and I've suggested this earlier....is to put the return address on the envelope you mail to me.  Put mine, put yours, but if you want one, put something there before sending it.  I'm not sure what happens if the mail goes astray, but without a 'return address'...it may go to dead letter.

73
Steve  KU9C

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Alan Zack <k7acz at cox.net>
Date:  Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:12:57 -0800

>I'm wondering if anyone has noticed a trend among some QSL mangers not 
>to use a return address when sending a QSL back to you.
>
>We send a QSL manager a SAE or SASE with our address stamped on it to 
>get the QSL back to us.  But I noticed most QSL managers don't stamp 
>their return address on the envelope we provide.  This is fine UNLESS 
>for some reason our address can't be read because of being smudged or 
>if using a label, the label gets torn off.  then what happens?  With 
>no return address the envelope goes to the dead letter file and is 
>lost forever.  The person who sent the SASE/SAE doesn't get his card, 
>and gets mad at the QSL mgr for not sending it, when he actually did 
>send it.
>
>If a QSL mgr didn't want to use his address as the return address then 
>I suppose we could put our own address on the back flap of the 
>envelope so it would get returned to us.  This would be OK UNLESS 
>someone moved and the forwarding order expired or for some other 
>reason it could not be delivered (Flood, hurricane, house burned down, 
>etc).
>Anyway, I wonder what the QSL mgrs in the group have for suggestions 
>on using or not using their return address on SAE/SASE they receive.
>73
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