Well, let's be honest with ourselves... we've all known this day was coming for 5 years now, since the first issuance of the "new" IRC. And we'll be going through it again in another 5 years or so, unless the bureaucracy relents (hah!)
In my case, since I have a small number of cards to go out that have been sitting awhile, I should be OK getting a small quantity of IRC's from Bob and getting them out -- immediately. I suspect things will get VERY interesting come late November and December, and frankly, I don't envy QSL managers who have to deal with procrastinators (like me), or people who don't bother to read the coupons, or people trying to pull a fast one... I wonder if managers still get brown surface IRC's from time to time? (Considering all of the odd stuff they get, I wouldn't be at all surprised!) 73, ron w3wn From: Jim Reisert AD1C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2006/10/06 Fri PM 12:04:08 CDT To: Ron Notarius W3WN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] IRC's For Sale This is a great and timely question, since I'll be sending out a batch of the expiring IRCs sometime this month. That gives the manager only a couple of months to cash them. I don't want to "stiff" the manager, but I also don't want to take a loss on each IRC I'm holding (pay $1.20 but redeem for 0.84). 73 - Jim AD1C --- Ron Notarius W3WN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob's post on about-to-expire IRC's just got me thinking... > > How do QSL managers handle incoming IRC's & GS's? > > In other words, when I send a manager an envelope containing a request, is it > opened right away and any cash or IRC's removed (and duly noted, of course), > or are the $$ etc. left in place until the actual processing of the requested > QSL card? > > I know this may sound like a "dumb" question -- and yes, I know every manager > has their own way of doing things, so YMMV & VWPBL(STn) -- but the upcoming > expiration date on the 1st Generation "New" IRC's makes me wonder. I don't > want to put Bob (or another QSL manager) to the trouble and bother of selling > & sending me IRC's if, by the time the receiving QSL Manager gets his hands > on them to exchange for postage, they will have already expired. > > OTOH, it beats arguing with the local bank branch about needing more than 1 > or 2 $2 bills at a time... or at least crisp $1 bills... especially when > sending to a manager that wants 2 IRC's or US$3 for postage due to currency > exchange fluctuations... (you wouldn't believe how many teller lectures I've > gotten over the years on the dangers of sending cash through the mail. > *sigh*) > > Thoughts? -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
