[Dx-qsl] none reply from US manager

[Ron Lago]

My waste basket overflowith

On 1/20/2012 12:20 PM, KA2AEV at aol.com wrote:
> And then they get your home telephone number and harass the heck out of
> your family wanting their card
> when you just got the Cards from the printer and don't have the logs yet
> from the operation
> But Hey QSL managers are supposed to just suck it up right?
>
>
>
> In a message dated 1/20/2012 1:02:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> joeyw5tfw at gmail.com writes:
>
> I have a  collection !   :-)
>
>
> OF cards that people NEVER send an  SASE, STAMP or IRC !
> yet they want there card back 2 DAYS before they even  MAIL it !
>
> &  GOD HELP you if you dont put there QSO's ON LOTW within  2 HRS of the QSO
> ! ( I dont even have the LOGS for WEEKS sometimes MONTHS  !!!!!!!!!!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> A.R.S. W5TFW
> Richard  J. Fiero II
> ARRL Awards Manager
> QSL  Manager V44KAI ....
> ETC.....
>
> I think our Members of Congress should  wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers
> so
> we could identify their corporate  sponsors.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Sullivan"<stevekz2i at yahoo.com>
> To: "dxqsl"<dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 11:15  AM
> Subject: [Dx-qsl] none reply from US manager
>
>
> Can someone  explain something to me? Is there an underground market for
> in-USA SASEs?  I've dealt with overseas theft of IRCs and green stamps for
> years. It's  part of the equation. But lately, I seem to be having a
> problem
> with  responses from stateside managers to whom I've sent an SASE. One
> 2-lander  (it's NOT N2OO, for sure!) stands out in particular. I worked a
> station  that he manages (actually operated from, I believe). 3 requests
> since last  June have gone unanswered. Email - no reply. WHAT DO THEY DO
> WITH
> THE  SASE? Do they use it to mail their checks to the bank? Make colorful
> collages or decoupage the coffee table (that one was the xyls suggestion)?
> OR do they relable them and send them to other managers as THEIR  SASEs?!!
>
> Or do I take the high road and assume that they are floating  around the
> USPS
> somewhere, in a postal limbo? I know mail gets lost. I've  had mail go
> astray
> going across town here in Charlotte. It amazes me,  though, that I have
> NEVER
> had a request lost in the mail
> going to the  likes of W3HNK or N2OO.
>
> The only consolation is that at least there  wasn't a $1.05 airmail stamp
> and
> IRCs involved each time.
>
> (geez,  i'm starting to sound like the late Andy Rooney!)
>
> Anyway. Enough  carping. Good luck to everyone in working the Malpelo and
> Pitcairn  operations in the next couple of weeks. And maybe I'll work a C6
> on
> 6m  this weekend in the contest from whom I CAN get a qsl.
>
> 73 de Steve,  KZ2I
> Charlotte, NC
> Carolina DX Association - South Jersey DX  Association
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