[Dx-qsl] IRC Redemptions -- How To

[Steve Wheatley KU9C]

I've got a few hundred. 

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> On Dec 27, 2013, at 4:38 PM, "Bernie McClenny, W3UR" <bernie at dailydx.com> wrote:
> 
> You can get them second hand from US QSL Managers. 
> 
> Bernie McClenny, W3UR
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> 
> On Dec 27, 2013, at 15:15, "w3bj at juno.com" <w3bj at juno.com> wrote:
> 
> Now  how do you go about buying the new 2017 IRC. I like using them instead of cash.???
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "\(K7ZO\) Scott Tuthill" <k7zo at cableone.net>
> To: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Dx-qsl] IRC Redemptions -- How To
> Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:18:36 -0700
> 
> [Let me try this again. My first attempt at posting got bounced back because 
> the server thought it was spam.]
> 
> I went down to our post office this morning to redeem the last of my 2013 
> IRCs. (Well hopefully the last.) Once again I had a clerk that knew what 
> they were and processed the redemption quickly. I did ask him the question: 
> "For other clerks who are not as familiar with IRCs as you, what 
> instructions would you give them on how to redeem IRCs?" So, here are the 
> basics. The counter terminal system should be the same for all post offices 
> in the US so this general process should work.
> 
> First -- you scan in the Global Forever Stamps you want to buy. It could be 
> exactly the same as the number of IRCs you have or bigger. For instance I 
> bought 20 Global Forever stamps but just had three IRCs.
> 
> Second -- you process the IRC redemption by:
> 
> 1. On the screen select "Stamps"
> 2. Then select "Redeem".
> 3. There should be a selection on the screen which says " Foreign IRC" 
> select that
> 4. You then have to enter in by hand the value of the IRCs which is $1.10 --  
> the equivalent of one Global Forever stamp. This value is not automatically 
> created by scanning in the IRC itself and in fact I am not sure scanning the
> IRC does anything in the process.
> 5. The redemption credit of the IRCs is automatically deducted from the cost 
> of the Global Forever stamps.
> 
> Hope this helps some of you out there if you have a clerk that has never 
> processed IRC's.
> 
> Scott/K7ZO 
> 
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