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, [email protected] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
