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Re: [CQ-Contest] Most cost-effective sending of qsl's direct to qsl bure

To: kq2m@kq2m.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Most cost-effective sending of qsl's direct to qsl bureaus via delivery services
From: K3ZJ David Siddall <davek3zj@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:16:37 -0500
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The easiest, cheapest and fastest way to send a print QSL card is to use
QDURE (https://qsl.ure.es/en/) or  DARC'S QSL Shop (https://qslshop.de).

73, Dave K3ZJ

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 3:36 PM <kq2m@kq2m.com> wrote:

>
> Hi All,
>
> I have a total of several thousand qsl's from contest qso's that I need
> to send out to about 20 different country QSL bureaus.  DL, EA, F, G, I,
> JA, ON, SP, etc.
>
> For countries where I have only a few qsl's I will mail them directly in
> an envelope.  But where I have a volume of qsl's for a particular
> country (more than 50) I need a better alternative.
>
> I know the addresses of the various qsl bureaus but I do not know the
> most cost-effective way to send the qsl's direct.  For example:  The
> present USPS rates for 4 lbs of qsl's mailed to Germany is ~ $48.  I
> have noticed some international delivery services like myUS.com that are
> considerably cheaper but I have no idea whether they or other companies
> are reliable.  The ARRL Outgoing qsl bureau is $12 / lb (plus cost to
> get them to the ARRL) which will be fine for the non-volume countries
> but I'm sure that I can do better for the high volume countries.
>
> I would appreciate any information that you can share on what
> cost-effective and reliable services there are out there that you have
> successfully used when sending boxes of qsl's overseas.
>
> Tnx & 73
>
>
> Bob, KQ2M
>
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