[Dx-qsl] buro cards

[Alan Zack]

My own opinion on the matter is that if you want the other guys card then 
send your GS's and/or SAE or SASE.  Maybe even send an extra GS as a Thank 
You to the mgr.
But then it makes me wonder.  If I get someone else's QSL via my buro asking 
me to PSE QSL, and I reply via the ARRL outgoing buro, and if that person 
uses a QSL Mgr, will that mgr be burdened to get it to back to the person 
who sent it to me in the first place?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Wheatley KU9C" <ku9c at ku9c.com>
To: "dx-qsl-mailman.qth.net" <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] buro cards


> 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