[Dx-qsl] Missing International to USA QSLs

[KB8NTY]

Very Interesting......
Take a look at this from the Associated Press, which was in the Cleveland 
Plain Dealer Newspaper just today!.

http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/1232530375284810.xml&coll=2


73-KB8NTY


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wa3frp at aol.com>
To: <alitalian39 at juno.com>; <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Missing International to USA QSLs


> Hi Al,
>
> Thanks for your e-mail and suggestions. We are on the same path. I visited 
> the West Chester, Pennsylvania Post Office this afternoon.?
>
> After my visit to the Post Office,?I sent the e-mail to the the DX-QSL 
> reflector.? The supervisor at West Chester has been very helpful in the 
> past and helps keep IRCs available for me.
>
> In this case, she suggested that I bring this to the US Postal 
> Inspectors.?
>
> Just to clarify, my outgoing QSLs are being received at the distant 
> locations with GS or IRCs plus SAE undisturbed.?
>
> Somehow, the QSL cards are being pilfered / destroyed?on the return trip 
> and I have no idea why this would happen.? LoTW is looking?better to me 
> each day but I really do enjoy
> receiving the QSL cards.
> ?
> I took the suggestion and reported the problem to the US Postal 
> Inspectors.?
>
> The following sentence appears on that Website - "...U.S. Postal 
> Inspectors base their investigations on the number, substance, and pattern 
> of complaints received from the public..."
> ?
> I'll see if anything happens but I am not holdong my breath.
>
> Thanks Al,
>
> 73
> Russ WA3FRP
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alfred J Cammarata <alitalian39 at juno.com>
> To: wa3frp at aol.com
> Sent: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 5:49 pm
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Missing International to USA QSLs
>
>
>
> Russ, YES! it is with the postal system.  I have had numerous problems in
> past and have even complained to us postal inspectors. Yawn!
> There is no accountability from top to bottom - nor do they care even
> when you bring the evidence such as an opened/pilfered registetred
> airmal envelope delivered to a ham in Brazil who emailed me that he rcvd
> the envelope "opened, contents removed". I took it to postal
> inspectors and they said they wouldnt be able to find who it was - BS I
> sat!  registerd mail has to be signed for at each post office.
> seems to me it could be found. For starters, you might want to go to the
> supervisor of your local PO and bring your emails and explain that you
> are not receiving mail and suspect something is going on -  if things
> dont get better, then its time to go to your main PO and complain.  gl 73
> Al w3awu
>
> On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:33:07 -0500 wa3frp at aol.com writes:
>> Just to clarify that I know that the problem is not with the QSL
>> managers.? Each is doing an excellent job.
>>
>> I strongly feel that the problem is with the Post Office system.?
>>
>> I don't know, at this point, if this is a problem with International
>> mail coming via Philadelphia or a larger problem.?
>>
>> >From my previous post, you can see that both EU and SA are
>> involved.??
>>
>> Thanks again and 73
>> Russ WA3FRP??
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nenad Stevanovic <nenad at nortel.com>
>> To: wa3frp at aol.com; dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
>> Sent: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 4:08 pm
>> Subject: RE: [Dx-qsl] Missing International to USA QSLs
>>
>>
>>
>> 3V8BB  sent at the same time. Already recived.
>> 6W1SJ  sent to E73Y. Confirmed receiving, waiting QSL
>>              via bureau (E73Y is the E7 QSL Bureau manager)
>>
>>
>> 73  Nenad   VE3EXY...
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: wa3frp at aol.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:54 PM
>> To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [Dx-qsl] Missing International to USA QSLs
>>
>>
>> Anyone have a comment or share a similar experience to mine?
>>
>> I'm starting to see a patte
> rn of increasing missing QSls incoming
>> from
>> various locations.
>>
>> Some examples:
>>
>> sent 3V8BB via YT1AD on 10-01-08 - qsl confirmed received by YT1AD.
>> nothing
>> received here.
>>
>> sent 6W1SJ  via E73Y on 10-01-08 - QSL confirmed received by E73Y -
>> nothing
>> received here.
>>
>> sent CX3CCC via CX2ABC on 10-01-08 - QSL confirmed received by
>> CX2ABC -
>> nothing received here.
>>
>> sent OA4O direct on 2.12.08 and second time on 10-02-08 - QSL
>> confirmed
>> received by OA4CN - nothing received here.
>>
>> Thanks and 73
>> Russ WA3FRP
>>
>>
>>
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>
>      ALFRED CAMMARATA
>                  W3AWU
>
>
>


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