[Dx-qsl] It Never Ends

[Tom Anderson]

Graham:

I also got a packet a couple days ago from a Russian QSL service, but at 
least he included the postage.

I'm sure I'll get flamed for not sending the whole UA packet airmail, 
but I receive enough airmail cards without anything, no envelope or 
postage.  With the $1 or $2 changing in value almost daily I'm sure I 
occasionally might send a few cents, centavos, etc. less than the 
postqage for a card I need, but I at least try to pay for it at the time.

 From a number of JA stations I've gotten an envelope, not sure if it 
was issued by the Japanese Postal System or whoever, indicating that if 
it was  "mailed to Japan" then the airmail postage is prepaid.  Looked 
similar to what we in the states call "business reply mail" where the 
receiver of the card, letter, etc. pays the postage plus a service 
charge.  But for business reply mail here you have to have a permit from 
the U.S. Postal System.
73 de
Tom, WW5L/C91TL

Graham Ridgeway wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:13:57 -0600, Tom Anderson <WW5L at gte.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Doug:
>>
>>That's similar to a packet of cards I received a couple weeks ago from a 
>>UA station for my C91TL operation this summer.  He "sent" a half dozen 
>>UA station's cards airmail that had also worked me, but enclosed a note 
>>that it was "too difficult" to get $1 or IRCs where he and the other UA 
>>stations lived. I just put surface postage on it and dropped it in the 
>>nearest mailbox.  No telling how many years it will take to get back to 
>>UA-land.
>>
> 
> 
> I had a couple of packs like that - as have others. Always the same
> excuse - cannot get IRC's or $.
> 
> Tough - they all went via the Buro.
> 
> I have also had similar from a Russian 'QSL service' - who probably
> charges his clients.
> 
> Almost as good - yesterday I received a pile of 15 cards from an ON
> station [two calls for just about every station I handle] taped inside
> was 1 Euro coin and 2 Euro 50cent coins.
> Foreign coins of any 'make' - as it says on my qrz.com page - are
> worthless - we just cannot change them in the UK
> 
> 
> 73 Graham M5AAV
> 
>