[Dx-qsl] Rec'd: HK3CQ

Wed Dec 21 16:03:18 EST 2005

At 15:39 21-12-05, HK3CW wrote:
>Peter,
>>The US $ 2 required from HK3CQ, a class act ham- BTW, is just a part of the
>payment from the mail drop to send the mail into HK and hand delivered to
>his doorstep. Otherwise he will never get the qsl. Would you prefer a 1
>dollar request and get nothing?
>>Unfortunately if you send the request to HK directly it will get pilfered
>and probably you will never get a QSL. The 37 stamp yes ...but how much do
>you think it costs to send the qsl through this service to the States again
>and have them put it in the US mail system?

It is unfortunate that the costs are so high and the local post 
office has those problems. I wonder, though, would it cut down on the 
theft if one used an IRC or even better, HK stamps that we can get 
here in the US from a stamp dealer? I usually prefer to use mint 
stamps for most of my QSLing, but no mention was made on his site, so 
I didn't want to take the risk. I wonder, how do most Colombians send 
things through the mail to each other without having everything stolen?
I personally don't mind 2ドル for a card, just so long as I know that's 
a fair approximation of what the costs are to get it back to me. 
There are too many hams who just collect green stamps out there. I 
don't look at it as buying a card, just a way to not put the DX 
station out of pocket for the cost of sending a reply back to me.
- Peter
W2IRT