[Dx-qsl] 5R8NL PO Letter Theft

Fri Apr 8 21:10:11 EDT 2011

I recall the K1B operation back in 2002.  The QSL route was via RZ3AA.  
Had two separate requests get "lost" via that route.  I was even more 
angered when they announced their surprise that while they expected some 
theft, it was worse than they had anticipated.  To use a route that you 
already know is going suffer from theft and use it anyway I thought was 
the height of irresponsibility.  In the end they set up an alternate 
route outside Russia that was safe and that one worked.

Robert, N2JTX

On 4/8/2011 9:03 PM, Tom Anderson wrote:
> 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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