[Dx-qsl] Does card style matter ?

[Kz2i at aol.com]

Personally, I use plain one color on white vellum card  from W4MPY.  All 
information on one side - easy to read (do you hear the  managers cheering?).  
Adaptable to computer label if I wish.  Unless  the card is attached to $2 bill, 
most stations overseas couldn't care less what  ANOTHER American card looks 
like.  As long as it is readable and counts for  WAS, USA-CA, IOTA or something. 
 And the stations that don't reply  aren't replying to the boys with the 
photo cards either.
 
My all time new DXCC-mixed are up on the wall.   All others in boxes.  So 
most cards I receive nowadays could be printed on  the back of used fish cartons 
as long as the data is correct (uh oh - can't wait  to see the qsls i get 
now!).  For the longest time, the only qsl I had from  9Q5 was typewritten on 
plain paper that i mounted on a piece of cardboard for  preservation sakes, but it 
counted.  As did all the mimeographed (ask your  grandfather what that means) 
ones from the USSR.  I would prefer that the  common euros would stop using 
the pretty 4 sided, 256 color photocards and go  back to the cheap, flimsy 
ones, especially if they are sent via the buro.   The W2 buro basically charges by 
the weight, so I could get 4 cheap qsls from  them for what it costs me for 
one of the super-duper  cards.
 
But that's just me.  If I have a friend overseas,  I would rather receive a 
note and picture from them than a fancy  qsl.
 
 
73 de Steve, KZ2I
Charlotte, NC
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