[Dx-qsl] 5R8NL PO Letter Theft

Fri Apr 8 21:13:26 EDT 2011

I GRIT my TEETH,  everytime I send anything to  Mother Russia.

Most never get to there destination.

                                                                           Joey

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert G. Schaffrath" <robert at schaffrath.net>
To: "Tom Anderson" <andersonww5l at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] 5R8NL PO Letter Theft

>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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