Author Topic: MSG-PPPE-01 (personal photo postcard exchange) #1 (Read 41661 times)

cathyslife · « **Reply #100 on:** February 10, 2011, 23:38 »

Mine went into the mail today, so be on the lookout. Let me know if you don't receive one, I can send another.

madelaide · « **Reply #101 on:** February 11, 2011, 06:40 »

Mine will be the last to be posted.

leaf · « **Reply #102 on:** February 11, 2011, 07:38 »

I just got mine in the mail from Zazzle today. I printed them because I thought if I was going to do it myself I would put it off so long i wouldn't get it done. In retrospect I wish I had printed it myself. Nonetheless my cards will be going out soon.

Opla · « **Reply #103 on:** February 11, 2011, 08:04 »

Received Elvinstar's today, thanks!
Nicely scratched and battered. It only took 4 days!
Great pic of a small waterfall.

madelaide · « **Reply #104 on:** February 11, 2011, 08:09 »

Leaf, did you like the quality of their postcards?

leaf · « **Reply #105 on:** February 11, 2011, 08:18 »

Quote from: madelaide on February 11, 2011, 08:09

Leaf, did you like the quality of their postcards?

the print was a little dark, but that could be my fault. it is frustrating not being able to tweak the image after it's printed and print again (which was perhaps one of the reasons I just had it printed by them.. I can spend hours printing and tweaking

) The paper quality and texture is fine though.
I was also disappointed by the big zazzle logo on the back though. If I pay for an post card to be printed I don't expect it to contain a big branding logo (ok, not that big, but plenty big). If I was ever going to use post-cards as some promotional item or christmas letter thing for a business i wouldn't get them printed at zazzle for that reason alone. I went through the check-out fairly quickly so maybe there was a notice about the logo on the back of the card, if there was I didn't see it. If I had seen it I would have printed the cards myself.

so overall, reasonably satisfied but disappointed about the branding.

corepics · « **Reply #106 on:** February 11, 2011, 10:29 »

Opla, Got your card today! Thanks for the second try after I messed up my postal code in Race's list. Although I consider my eyesight to be pretty decent, I did need a magnifying glass to read the text...

Nice photo, and an interesting story, indeed!

madelaide · « **Reply #107 on:** February 11, 2011, 10:35 »

Leaf,
I'm almost sure their logo can be removed in the Customize function.

Mellimage · « **Reply #108 on:** February 11, 2011, 11:02 »

I am working on mine as we speak and I already received two - thanks Opla and Elvinstar.

Karimala · « **Reply #109 on:** February 11, 2011, 12:23 »

Quote from: madelaide on February 11, 2011, 10:35

Leaf,
I'm almost sure their logo can be removed in the Customize function.

Yes...that's true.

RacePhoto · « **Reply #110 on:** February 11, 2011, 12:46 »

Quote from: Opla on February 11, 2011, 08:04

Received Elvinstar's today, thanks!
Nicely scratched and battered. It only took 4 days!
Great pic of a small waterfall.

In case no one noticed, Opla sent out a 4x6 photo, with a descriptive line down the middle to break the card up, which is fine with postal regulations as a postcard. Yes, the machines mangle everything on an equal basis. His photo may have made it through better than my dye-sub Selphy prints on "postcard" paper. I'll find out today, since I mailed myself one for tracking.

Just something to keep in mind if you are ever on the road and want to send someone a quick photo postcard. Take the shot. Go have it printed 4x6 at some corner store, draw a line down the middle, text on the left, postage and address on the right. There you are! Under 20c probably. The postage is more than the card!

ann · « **Reply #111 on:** February 11, 2011, 12:57 »

RacePhoto - I was puzzled seeing Karimala's post yesterday, and now realize she's on an updated list, so I'll send one to her and to Hugo's updated address.

If you think someone else might have missed updated info posted here, perhaps a new message with that link would be good idea?

RacePhoto · « **Reply #112 on:** February 11, 2011, 13:43 »

Quote from: ann on February 11, 2011, 12:57

RacePhoto - I was puzzled seeing Karimala's post yesterday, and now realize she's on an updated list, so I'll send one to her and to Hugo's updated address.

If you think someone else might have missed updated info posted here, perhaps a new message with that link would be good idea?

Yes, my error thinking that everyone would read the forum and see that the list had been updated, and it was still at the same link/location as before. They might not have their PM from MSG saved.

If anyone wants the additional address and the postal code change and you don't have the link that was sent to everyone, please ask...

Opla · « **Reply #113 on:** February 11, 2011, 15:31 »

Quote from: RacePhoto on February 11, 2011, 12:46

Quote from: Opla on February 11, 2011, 08:04
Received Elvinstar's today, thanks!
Nicely scratched and battered. It only took 4 days!
Great pic of a small waterfall.

In case no one noticed, Opla sent out a 4x6 photo, with a descriptive line down the middle to break the card up, which is fine with postal regulations as a postcard. Yes, the machines mangle everything on an equal basis. His photo may have made it through better than my dye-sub Selphy prints on "postcard" paper. I'll find out today, since I mailed myself one for tracking.

Just something to keep in mind if you are ever on the road and want to send someone a quick photo postcard. Take the shot. Go have it printed 4x6 at some corner store, draw a line down the middle, text on the left, postage and address on the right. There you are! Under 20c probably. The postage is more than the card!

Hey, they cost me 32 euro cents a piece! And the line in the middle was accidental. I had 15 glossy and 15 matte printed, just to see what would work better. The glossy's had the text printed down the middle of the long sides, the matte ones had it printed perpendicular to it. I sent the glossy's to all of you, and a matte to one. Anyway, hope they all arrive!

RacePhoto · « **Reply #114 on:** February 12, 2011, 00:38 »

Worked out perfect. I wish I knew a way to have the text printed down the middle like you did. Instant postcard! Good choice, the glossy with the subject works out just right.

By the way, the post office here put a big white smudge on my postcard. I got mine from myself today. The two that I got so far that are photos, have minimal destruction. Something I need to consider for the future. Photos work better and cost less!

The price comment is based on just shooting them out to Walgreen's and the standard 4x6 prices. They also have a buy 25 prints get 25 free offer that runs about once a month, but what do I want with 25 prints of anything? Same Fuji Frontier commercial machines that most places have.

I don't even print my photos anymore, just digital and save digital, upload digital and sell digital. Pretty odd when I think about it. I do print 8x10s sometimes for a small collection album I sometimes show to people. Now and then I remove a shot and replace it with something else, but there's a limit and that keeps it from becoming a big overwhelming selection. The old prints go into a file that I expect no one will ever see again.

Quote from: Opla on February 11, 2011, 15:31

Quote from: RacePhoto on February 11, 2011, 12:46
Quote from: Opla on February 11, 2011, 08:04
Received Elvinstar's today, thanks!
Nicely scratched and battered. It only took 4 days!
Great pic of a small waterfall.

In case no one noticed, Opla sent out a 4x6 photo, with a descriptive line down the middle to break the card up, which is fine with postal regulations as a postcard. Yes, the machines mangle everything on an equal basis. His photo may have made it through better than my dye-sub Selphy prints on "postcard" paper. I'll find out today, since I mailed myself one for tracking.

Just something to keep in mind if you are ever on the road and want to send someone a quick photo postcard. Take the shot. Go have it printed 4x6 at some corner store, draw a line down the middle, text on the left, postage and address on the right. There you are! Under 20c probably. The postage is more than the card!
Hey, they cost me 32 euro cents a piece! And the line in the middle was accidental. I had 15 glossy and 15 matte printed, just to see what would work better. The glossy's had the text printed down the middle of the long sides, the matte ones had it printed perpendicular to it. I sent the glossy's to all of you, and a matte to one. Anyway, hope they all arrive!

Mellimage · « **Reply #115 on:** February 12, 2011, 07:49 »

OK, mine are in the mail. Hope they get to you soon.

cathyslife · « **Reply #116 on:** February 12, 2011, 15:10 »

got cards today from racephoto and elvinstar. Thanks, they are awesome. Thanks for the little bit of history on your photo, race!

elvinstar · « **Reply #117 on:** February 12, 2011, 15:32 »

Got the postcard from RacePhoto today. +1 on the history. I wish we would have done something similar!

Artemis · « **Reply #118 on:** February 12, 2011, 16:42 »

Yipes, your postmen work on saturdays? No mail here in the weekends

elvinstar · « **Reply #119 on:** February 12, 2011, 18:06 »

They do for the time being. There's talk of cutting out a weekday when the volume is low to save money.

Artemis · « **Reply #120 on:** February 12, 2011, 18:38 »

Ahaa, here they just save money by forcing up ridiculous schedules for the mail deliverers and by closing one post office after the other forcing us to go a few kilometers extra when we need postal services... but even then mail in the weekends seems 'unsustainable'

cathyslife · « **Reply #121 on:** February 12, 2011, 19:08 »

Quote from: Artemis on February 12, 2011, 18:38

Ahaa, here they just save money by forcing up ridiculous schedules for the mail deliverers and by closing one post office after the other forcing us to go a few kilometers extra when we need postal services... but even then mail in the weekends seems 'unsustainable'

Post offices here now don't open until 10am. It used to be 8 or 8:30am.

ann · « **Reply #122 on:** February 12, 2011, 19:32 »

total of 5 amazing photos, many with info, have arrived:
Olpa, Elvinstar, RacePhoto, CorePics, PixArt
(again, forcing myself not to make specific comments, since they're landing different places at different times)

smiles aren't enough - it's time for MSG-PPPE-01's Group-Hug-01

RacePhoto · « **Reply #123 on:** February 12, 2011, 22:33 »

Quote from: cclapper on February 12, 2011, 15:10

got cards today from racephoto and elvinstar. Thanks, they are awesome. Thanks for the little bit of history on your photo, race!

Of course the day after I mailed them, I found out the correct date for construction was 1905 not 1800s. $:-\$

It's a subject I visit every year for Thanksgiving. Hoping to go again next year and add in the ghost town of Rush, Arkansas also. As it was, we spent almost all the free time for two days, scouting and visiting resale shops.

lots of sleeping late since it was Thanksgiving vacation.

Karimala · « **Reply #124 on:** February 14, 2011, 02:17 »

Thank you Pixart and CorePics!!!

Got mine all printed up and addressed...now to write a little note, get some stamps and stick 'em in the mail.

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