[Dx4win] RE: K0PP and eQSL -> 10-10

[Gary McConville]

10-10 a big money maker???   I don't think so...

Gary - WB4SQ


--- Ken Kopp <k0pp at ixpres.com> wrote:

> There's nothing wrong with making a profit, and I didn't
> say there was.  When something is "sold" it is assumed
> that the buyer will receive something of "value" and an e.QSL
> doesn't have "value".  There's no "gold standard" to back it
> up or underwrite it.  It has no "value" outside the eQSL
> business environment.
> 
> I don't understand why anyone would pay to download,
> and ... I assume then print ... a qsl that is of no use.  You can,
> of course ... for a fee ... claim (read "buy")  various "awards" from
> the e.QSL company.  e.QSL's are like the money in a Monoply
> game ... "pretend" QSL's.
> 
> At least for my $2.00 bill and an s.a.s.e I (usually) receive a 
> legitimate,
> recognized QSL that I can "take to the bank".  A stack of e.QSL
> "qsl's" is perhaps akin to counterfit money.  Stuff your mattress
> with 
> it,
> but don't expect to buy anything with it.
> 
> Anyone want a rare DX  QSL?  I'll send you anything you want via
> e.QSL!  They'll accept it and pass it on to you ... for a fee.  Just 
> don't
> expect it to be recognized anywhere else.
> 
> I have about 13K QSO's ready to dump into LoTW.  It's taken me
> several years to enter 54 years of logbooks into my DX4WIN.
> There's no way I'm going to give them to e.QSL to sell to others.
> 
> BTW, 10-10's another BIG money maker!  I only wish I'd thought
> of it! (:-))
> 
> 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
> k0pp at arrl.net
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