[Dx-qsl] QSL cards NOT received

[Dick Flanagan]

At 09:32 AM 3/17/2007, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
 >Let me be more specific:  The issue here is the allegation that TG9NX
 >unreasonably demands green stamps in return for a QSL card, right?

I doubt it, Ron.  I think the action that precipitated this thread was not 
his QSL requirements, but the sarcastic and demeaning note he returns using 
your SASE if you don't follow his instructions.  A civil note explaining 
the problem and asking for cooperation would not ruffle anyone's feathers 
(except for some of our distinguished brethren who go through life 
spring-loaded in the pissed-off position, but they're another story).

I am duplicating below the text of the actual note as it was returned to me 
using my envelope and return postage:

"Dear O.M.:

"We need your help to improve our QSLing system. What was it that went 
wrong with you? Why didn't you send enough funds for us to process your QSL 
card?

"To the point of exhaustion, the operator tells everybody:  'If you need a 
QSL card, the information for QSLing is only OK on QRZ.com on the Internet.'

"Please choose from the following options what was the problem:
      1) I didn't hear the information.
      2) I don't know what QRZ.com is.
      3) I ignore what a mail drop is.
      4) I don't have a computer.
      5) It is in my nature to try to get everything for free.
      6) Everything has to be my way.
      7) People who charge for shipping and handling should be put to death.
      8) I trust no one from Latin America.
      9) My budget only allows me to QSL with two 37 cent stamps or by the 
bureau.
      10) It is in my genes to contradict everything.
      11) I was so drunk when I made the contact that I don't remember 
anything.
      12) I believe that the final courtesy of a QSO is a free QSL card.
      13) If I only had a brain!
      14) I'm trying to think but nothing happens.
      15) I am a Moron Tried and True.
      16) W0SF a.k. B0ZO is my hero."

Ron, that kind of response is guaranteed to enflame even the most 
easy-going among us.  From looking at the QSL card I finally received, the 
gentleman is obviously very proud of all the cards he has received 
(10BDXCC, #1HR, blah, blah), but I can only wonder how he would have 
progressed if all those he solicited cards from had been as filled with the 
spirit of ham radio as he is.

I don't begrudge his QSL practices, only his attitude.

73, Dick
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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
k7vc at arrl.org