[Dx-qsl] When to use IRCs

[Vladimir V. Sidorov]

Ron,

Paying a service before the service is rendered means financing the 
renderer. It costs money. We have pre-financed the postal services, they 
should only be happy for that.

73,

Vladimir VE3IAE


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>I strongly suspect that one of the reasons the expiration date was put on 
>the "new" IRC's was because so many amateurs, like all of us, sell & 
>re-sell them to each other rather than exchange them for stamps.
>
> Just think, at one time an IRC that only cost US$.50 is now "worth" the 
> same as one that costs US$1.85.  Worse (to them), one that was bought for 
> US$.50 can now be redeemed for an $.85 air mail stamp!
>
> Somewhere, some bookeeper must have started noticing that so many IRC's 
> were floating out on the "grey" market & never redeemed, and that got 
> brought to the attention of some bureaucrat, and before you know it...
>
> I just had a thought.  In the state of Pennsylvania, by law, gift 
> certificates can not have an expiration date.  They are good indefinitely. 
> Now, suppose you considered an IRC the same as a gift certificate... yeah, 
> I know, federal statutes would supersede, but it was a thought...
>
> 73
>
>
> From: Kz2i at aol.com
> Date: Mon May 15 15:42:30 CDT 2006
> To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] When to use IRCs
>
>
> yep, no argument from me on that.  but i (and i  assume a lot of the
> aforementioned dorks) buy their ircs from  managers.
>
> and if i buy an irc from a post office after July  1, i SHOULD be getting 
> the
> new version.  right?
>
> so the only danger should be from dorks buying from a  post office before
> July 1 and using them realllly late in the year (5 to 6  months later). 
> or from
> a manager that is still trying to  squeeze the best return out of their
> on-hand supply.
>
> it's up to all of us to educate the  less-knowledgeable.  W3UR has a good
> article in his column  in the June 2006 QST about ircs.  Hopefully, other 
> other
> international  organizations will pick up the ball too.   and maybe a 
> mention
> on the  various reflectors and clusters wouldn't be out of order.  i see 
> more
> newbie dxers using them every day.
>
> hmm, i know it's extra work, but an additional stuffer NOW from  managers
> might help avoid end-of-year problems (steve, bob, joe and a whole  mess 
> of guys
> are muttering at me right now).  maybe a subtle reminder that  the ircs 
> the
> guy just sent won't be valid after 12/31/06, etc etc.
>
> Maybe the new ones won't have an expiration date and we won't have to 
> worry
> about this next time (yeah, right).  well, that's enough of my 2 cents (or
> one old style irc) for now.  let's go work some  dx!
>
>
> 73 de Steve, KZ2I
> Charlotte,  NC
>
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