[Dx-qsl] buro cards

[Ron]

Ahhh yes Steve and then I get this from a wannabe K5WW.........
"Quit your QSL job, you're a disgrace to the QSL manager's community."
If thats correct, I should just burn 719 thousand log entries ands say 
forget it.. sounds good to me.
Ron


At 08:52 PM 9/19/2005 -0400, Steven Wheatley KU9C wrote:
>Ahhhhh...the proverbial can of worms has been opened.  For the record, I 
>follow Ron and Phil's 'process'....if you've got it on a band/mode, the 
>only way you'll get a second card is via a direct request.
>
>Last count of bureau cards received, where I did a 'serious tally' of the 
>results, showed that about 60% (58 to be exact) were duplicates....being 
>defined as the call I manage had been requested and answered before for 
>the band/mode.
>
>Now, if someone wants to "help"....lets do the math on the next 70 pounds 
>I get....
>
>Roughly 300 bucks for QSL cards
>Roughly 24 bucks for labels
>roughly 40 bucks to get the cards to me
>roughly 280 bucks to get the cards back out
>
>Do that math, and then look at 60% of it due to 'duplication'.  Add on top 
>of that you have to often make a choice with an hour...do direct, or sort 
>thru the burro cards....realizing, also, as Nenad pointed out...many have 
>come via direct as well.
>
>Not having a bad day, just making those that send a card to everything 
>that moves realize what the pain is.
>
>73
>
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