[Dx-qsl] Postage payment via PayPal?

[Jan PA4JJ]

I have this on my website for almost 4 years for my C56JJ dx-pedition but up 
to now no body has make use of this.
 http://c56jj.pa4jj.nl


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leonard Kay" <len at k1nu.com>
To: "Bill -K3WI" <k3wi at comcast.net>; <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Postage payment via PayPal?


>I agree. It's a great idea and I'd gladly pay the ~5% surcharge.
> It's peanuts compared to how much we've all spent over the years
> in lost postage.
>
> I'm surprised more QSL managers haven't caught on to PayPal already.
> I've been using PayPal for over 6 years for all my interface cable sales.
>
> 73 & HNY
> Len K1NU
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill -K3WI" <k3wi at comcast.net>
> To: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 2:44 PM
> Subject: RE: [Dx-qsl] Postage payment via PayPal?
>
>
>> Let the QSL manager do an add on to compensate for the PayPal fees.
>> There are no fees to the sender.
>> It may appear costly from a percentage standpoint but its offset by:
>>
>> -No Air Mail Stamp(.90 US and rising all the time)
>> -No QSL card(.06 to .10 per card) to send (e.g. 5L2MS and 5H3EE you 
>> simply
>> had to state your QSO info)
>> -No wondering if your card was ever received (that's got to be worth
>> something!)
>> -Potentially faster turnaround time
>>
>> That's about a $1 a card in addition to the $2 or 1-2IRC's or so 
>> generally
>> required for a return card. Although I know what the fee structure is for
>> PayPal stateside, I can't imagine that elsewhere the fees amount to $1 on 
>> $2
>> sent.
>>
>> Finally, there's nothing that says that a QSL manager can't offer both.
>>
>> 73,>
>> Bill
>> K3WI
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>> [mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On Behalf Of Robert G. Schaffrath
>> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 2:06 PM
>> To: Boris Knezovic T93Y
>> Cc: QSL Reflector
>> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Postage payment via PayPal?
>>
>> Considering the amount of fees that Paypal collections on transactions,
>> such micro-payments become extremely expensive.  For any transaction
>> under US$5.00 to $US10.00, the fees as a percentage of the money being
>> transferred are enormous.
>>
>> HNY
>> Robert, N2JTX
>>
>> Boris Knezovic T93Y wrote:
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> I am wandering what are the list subscribers opinions about postage
>>> payments through PayPal? It looks quite "commercial" to me but if
>>> majority does not see anything wrong with it I might give it a try.
>>>
>>> Happy New Year from Sarajevo!
>>>
>>> 73's Boris T93Y
>>
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>
>
>
> &quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've 
> got...till it's gone.&quot; from Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) but also 
> true about QSL.NET if more users don't open their wallets and help 
> financially. Please contribute TODAY !!
>