[Dx-qsl] RE: SASE not always the way

Thu Oct 26 15:37:06 EDT 2006

Graham has a very good point. Sticking mint UK stamps on the envelope 
is one of my pet hates too. *PLEASE* supply them loose!!!! Any surplus 
can be used for bureau postage, stationery costs etc. Those few pennies 
surplus between the cost of the return postage and the value of the IRC 
or "green stamps" are put to very good use, believe me.
I would never refuse to return a card, even when the request does *NOT* 
enclose a SAE or is accompanied by US 1ドル coins, 1 Euro coins (both of 
which are valueless in the UK) or other currencies. Even those 
accompanied by only US 1ドル for destinations outside Europe go back via 
surface mail! However, the sender will receive a note requesting him to 
mend his ways.....
73
In message <ft01k2pfh781ob1dmrd7r2pfgilhcerh6s at 4ax.com>, Graham Ridgeway 
<m5aav at btinternet.com> writes
>>>>Unfortunately........QSL managers have the product you (and I)
>>desperately want - so they are ALWAYS right! Pink envelopes? - Yes
>>sir!
>>Pink is alright.........but I wish people would fold the return
>envelope in half rather than just crease up 1/8th inch along two sides
>to squeeze it into the original envelope.
>That is guaranteed to screw the sorting machines.
>>>But I really do question the concept of sending mint stamps. How can
>>you possibly keep up with the weekly rate changes around the world?
>>You must keep a full post office going at home! Two U.S. green stamps
>>plus nested airmail SAE has worked perfectly for me.
>>>>I do state 'not stamps please'. I will never refuse a response if that
>is the way a request is sent. What I REALLY hate are the smart alex's
>who stick stamps on the return envelope of the wrong value - Usually
>way too much !!
>>OK if you want to send 99p worth of stamps - send 'em loose, because
>given the chance I will only steam them off and affix the correct
>postage <smile>
>>>>73 Graham M5AAV
>>&quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've 
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