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

[Alfred J. Cammarata]

My 2C worth. Since I don't work in volumes, I have always typed the
return address of station I send QSl to on my sase assuming the address i
have is is correct..I try to make it as easy as possible so that the
other guy only has to make out the QSL and put it in the mail box.  73 Al
w3awu 

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:34:15 -0500 "Ron Notarius" <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
writes:
> 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"
> <dx-list at yahoogroups.com>
> 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
> > Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ
> > Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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> 
> &quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've 
> got...till it's gone.&quot; from Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) but 
> also true about QSL.NET if more users don't open their wallets and 
> help financially. Please contribute TODAY !!
> 

ALFRED CAMMARATA
           W3AWU