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

[Ron Notarius]

I've noticed this too, but it's something that has been ongoing for a long
time.

I suspect that in many cases, when a QSL manager is dealing with a large
volume of QSL requests and SAE/SASE's, they simply don't bother or forget to
stamp all the envelopes.  And that's assuming that they have a stamp; if
it's a label that has to be stuck on, then it's one or more additional steps
that have to be performed...

What I've been doing of late is simply affixing my own return address on the
SAE/SASE.  This way, if something happens to the postage on the envelope
enroute, I still have a decent chance of getting the envelope back.

However, since I started doing that, I'd say about 20 - 25% of the envelopes
come with the manager's stamp or label either on top of my return address,
or below it, or on the back of the envelope.  In most of these cases, my
address (if it isn't already obscured by a label) is crossed out or blacked
out.  Which goes to prove, no matter what you do, you can't win, because
every situation is a little bit different from the next!

73

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Zack" <k7acz at cox.net>
To: "DX QSL" <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "GOLIST REFLECTOR" <golist at yahoogroups.com>; "DX List"
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Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 3:12 AM
Subject: [Dx-qsl] Return address on QSL's mailed


> 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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> Alan Zack
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