[Dx-qsl] buro cards

Tue Sep 20 10:39:02 EDT 2005

I QSL every QSO for which I want a card, and I answer every card I get that wants mine. If I get a 
card request thru the buro or without an SASE, I know they're not in a rush and I respond via the 
buro. If it's me that wants the card, it's me that should pay the freight. If the DX has a manager, 
that's a blessing. If it's a stateside manager, it's a super blessing. For stateside managers, in 
the past I always included an SASE, but I haven't always included a green stamp... gotta change 
that. I guess these guys work for satisfaction, a feeling of contributing, and other motives of 
their own... but it seems only fair that we who want the cards should help them minimize their 
out-of-pocket.
My 2 cents...FWIW... 73, Jerry K3BZ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "NK0S" <nk0s at ec.rr.com>
To: "Ron" <ron at pacinfo.com>; <bernie at dailydx.com>; <ku9c at ku9c.com>; "'dx-qsl-mailman.qth.net'" 
<dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] buro cards
>A QSL card is the final courtesy for a QSO . . . I missed 5BWAS from YS land
> because the only contact I had with RI on 20m was with a HAM who "didn't
> believe in QSLing"....but I noticed he never sent back the YS9HH cards I
> sent him.
> Hutch, NK0S
> (hp1xhh, ys9hh, hl9hp)
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron" <ron at pacinfo.com>
> To: <bernie at dailydx.com>; <ku9c at ku9c.com>; "'dx-qsl-mailman.qth.net'"
> <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 10:07 PM
> Subject: RE: [Dx-qsl] buro cards
>>>> Hi Bernie, I doubt that most people would be willing to spend the time
> that
>> managers do...let alone the money spent from our own pockets just to get a
>> card to someone. A lot of these guys think its a money making deal to be a
>> manager...for those of you who do... come back to reality.
>> When I got that email from K5WW, I should have just rolled with the punch
>> but I didn't. I just want to say "I am sorry for telling him to do to
>> himself what is humanly impossible"
>>>> At
>>>> 09:50 PM 9/19/2005 -0400, Bernie McClenny wrote:
>>>>>> >Steve and everyone else. It's not just the money but the time also! And
>> >that is more valuable than the money.
>> >
>> >Bernie
>> >
>> >
>> >Bernie McClenny, W3UR
>> >
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>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> >On Behalf Of Steven Wheatley KU9C
>> >Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 20:52
>> >To: dx-qsl-mailman.qth.net
>> >Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] buro cards
>> >
>> >Ahhhhh...the proverbial can of worms has been opened. For the record, I
>> >follow Ron and Phil's 'process'....if you've got it on a band/mode, the
> only
>> >way you'll get a second card is via a direct request.
>> >
>> >Last count of bureau cards received, where I did a 'serious tally' of the
>> >results, showed that about 60% (58 to be exact) were duplicates....being
>> >defined as the call I manage had been requested and answered before for
> the
>> >band/mode.
>> >
>> >Now, if someone wants to "help"....lets do the math on the next 70 pounds
> I
>> >get....
>> >
>> >Roughly 300 bucks for QSL cards
>> >Roughly 24 bucks for labels
>> >roughly 40 bucks to get the cards to me
>> >roughly 280 bucks to get the cards back out
>> >
>> >Do that math, and then look at 60% of it due to 'duplication'. Add on
> top
>> >of that you have to often make a choice with an hour...do direct, or sort
>> >thru the burro cards....realizing, also, as Nenad pointed out...many have
>> >come via direct as well.
>> >
>> >Not having a bad day, just making those that send a card to everything
> that
>> >moves realize what the pain is.
>> >
>> >73
>> >
>> >&quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've
> got...till
>> >it's gone.&quot; from Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) but also true about
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >&quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've
>> >got...till it's gone.&quot; from Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) but also
>> >true about QSL.NET if more users don't open their wallets and help
>> >financially. Please contribute TODAY !!
>>>>>>>> &quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've
> got...till it's gone.&quot; from Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) but also
> true about QSL.NET if more users don't open their wallets and help
> financially. Please contribute TODAY !!
>>> &quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got...till it's gone.&quot; from 
> Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) but also true about QSL.NET if more users don't open their wallets 
> and help financially. Please contribute TODAY !!
>