[Dx-qsl] 5R8NL PO Letter Theft

[Tom Anderson]

During one of the Aves Island DXpeditions YV0, several years ago, the addressee in YV got my letter, but the $$$$$ were missing, so the DXpedition returned my letter in the QSL return evenlope I had enclosedand they said they weren't sending a QSL without a "donation".  Funny though they had to pay the airmail postage for the return envelope to tell me they weren't sending me a QSL without a "donation."

Apparently I wasn't the only one who had that occur.  The YV0 folks finally opened a mail drop in Miami and an airline pilot picked up the mail and hand carried it to YV-land.  I finally got a YV0 card after
they opened the Miami mail drop.

Tom, WW5L



--- On Fri, 4/8/11, Robert G. Schaffrath <robert at schaffrath.net> wrote:

> From: Robert G. Schaffrath <robert at schaffrath.net>
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] 5R8NL PO Letter Theft
> To: "Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW" <w5tfw at arrl.net>
> Cc: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Friday, April 8, 2011, 2:05 PM
> Just another reason why these
> countries will never be anything but 
> third-world.  If you cannot trust the postal system
> then you cannot 
> conduct reliable secure business and you are doomed to be
> forever backwater.
> 
> On 4/8/2011 2:56 PM, Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW wrote:
> > Hum,
> >
> >   My way of doing this,
> >
> >   I put the GS INSIDE the 2nd security
> envelope,  and the fold DOWN so that
> > when the GUY uses a LETTER opener he doesnt rip the
> MONEY in half !
> >
> >    But no matter what  you do, a thief,
> is a thief !
> >
> >
> >      Joey
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jim WA9YSD"<wa9ysd at yahoo.com>
> > To: "DX-QSL"<dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 1:33 PM
> > Subject: [Dx-qsl] 5R8NL PO Letter Theft
> >
> >
> > I sent a QSL with 2 green stamps and a Self Addressed
> Envelope.
> >
> > I put the QSL inside the SAE in the green stamps in
> the bottom of it. I also
> > put the opening of the SAE to the bottom of the
> envelope, up side down.
> >
> > The QSL was returned to me undeliverable. It came with
> original envelopes
> > All looked good from the out side. The SAE had the
> outer edge came glued
> > where there was none, just a narrow dab. the SAE came
> top side up inside the
> > original envelope and the green stamps were gone.
> >
> > Boy are those guys good at what they do.
> >
> > I resent the QSL to PA7FM this time.
> >
> > Stay on course, fight a good fight, and keep the
> faith. Jim K9TF/WA9YSD
> >
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