[Dx-qsl] none reply from US manager

Fri Jan 20 15:26:29 EST 2012

My waste basket overflowith
On 1/20/2012 12:20 PM, KA2AEV at aol.com wrote:
> And then they get your home telephone number and harass the heck out of
> your family wanting their card
> when you just got the Cards from the printer and don't have the logs yet
> from the operation
> But Hey QSL managers are supposed to just suck it up right?
>>>> In a message dated 1/20/2012 1:02:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> joeyw5tfw at gmail.com writes:
>> I have a collection ! :-)
>>> OF cards that people NEVER send an SASE, STAMP or IRC !
> yet they want there card back 2 DAYS before they even MAIL it !
>> & GOD HELP you if you dont put there QSO's ON LOTW within 2 HRS of the QSO
> ! ( I dont even have the LOGS for WEEKS sometimes MONTHS !!!!!!!!!!
>>>>>>> A.R.S. W5TFW
> Richard J. Fiero II
> ARRL Awards Manager
> QSL Manager V44KAI ....
> ETC.....
>> I think our Members of Congress should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers
> so
> we could identify their corporate sponsors.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Sullivan"<stevekz2i at yahoo.com>
> To: "dxqsl"<dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 11:15 AM
> Subject: [Dx-qsl] none reply from US manager
>>> Can someone explain something to me? Is there an underground market for
> in-USA SASEs? I've dealt with overseas theft of IRCs and green stamps for
> years. It's part of the equation. But lately, I seem to be having a
> problem
> with responses from stateside managers to whom I've sent an SASE. One
> 2-lander (it's NOT N2OO, for sure!) stands out in particular. I worked a
> station that he manages (actually operated from, I believe). 3 requests
> since last June have gone unanswered. Email - no reply. WHAT DO THEY DO
> WITH
> THE SASE? Do they use it to mail their checks to the bank? Make colorful
> collages or decoupage the coffee table (that one was the xyls suggestion)?
> OR do they relable them and send them to other managers as THEIR SASEs?!!
>> Or do I take the high road and assume that they are floating around the
> USPS
> somewhere, in a postal limbo? I know mail gets lost. I've had mail go
> astray
> going across town here in Charlotte. It amazes me, though, that I have
> NEVER
> had a request lost in the mail
> going to the likes of W3HNK or N2OO.
>> The only consolation is that at least there wasn't a 1ドル.05 airmail stamp
> and
> IRCs involved each time.
>> (geez, i'm starting to sound like the late Andy Rooney!)
>> Anyway. Enough carping. Good luck to everyone in working the Malpelo and
> Pitcairn operations in the next couple of weeks. And maybe I'll work a C6
> on
> 6m this weekend in the contest from whom I CAN get a qsl.
>> 73 de Steve, KZ2I
> Charlotte, NC
> Carolina DX Association - South Jersey DX Association
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