Postcrossing

mirella · Post by **mirella** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:28 pm

Thanks for the link! This is fun!

My postcard will travel to France

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The person who will receive my card is a man who loves cats. He writes: "If you send me a postcard showing a cute baby cat you will really make my day." I will do that

Annie_in_exile · Post by **Annie_in_exile** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:20 pm

helloggs wrote:... but I am not that paranoid, so I will register anyway.

Well, you can call me paranoid, but I have a couple of questions: How are your personal details protected there? When you sign up, do you have actual access on addresses or do you just receive them on request? Aren't you worried about all kinds of weirdos turning up on your doorstep?

(Yup, I do like this sort of projects, I just have some doubts on this one.)

mirella · Post by **mirella** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:28 am

This is so fun that I requested two more addresses.
A woman in the USA (Indiana) and a girl in Portugal will receive my cards

helloggs · Post by **helloggs** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:41 pm

Annie_in_exile wrote: When you sign up, do you have actual access on addresses or do you just receive them on request? Aren't you worried about all kinds of weirdos turning up on your doorstep?

I am not worried, because my name is not at the door leading to my actual flat, it is just on the big door bell panel on the street entrance and on the mailbox

You only get 3 addresses at a time and they are never from your country, so the weirdos will have to make the effort to travel a bit to annoy you. (Unless...they register under a wrong name and a diiferent country, umm...uh oh, the paranoia is coming)

mirella · Post by **mirella** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:07 pm

mirella wrote:My postcard will travel to France

Wow, I just heard that my card has already arrived in France. That was fast!

€€F · Post by **€€F** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:28 pm

joined also..

!Pretfles! · Post by **!Pretfles!** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:50 pm

I also joined,
The first one will be send to The Hague.

soilian · Post by **soilian** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:42 pm

I received the first card from Germany today. So this really works!

susyq · Post by **susyq** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:07 pm

one of three cards I've sent has arrived and I'm now waiting to recive my first one!!!

tiura · Post by **tiura** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:26 pm

helloggs wrote:but I don't like this (excerpt from his terms&conditions):>>I don't get any money from this project, on the contrary, it costs me a lot of time and even some money like the website hosting. I WILL NOT try to profit with your address, but I can't afford to have any losses either.<<

I really don't understand what he means, but I am not that paranoid, so I will register anyway. Some advertisement in my snail-mailbox won't kill me.

I think he means that he wont be paying you any compensations, if somebody gets your address from the site and then breaks into your home and steals your stuff.

Nick6502 · Post by **Nick6502** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:42 pm

I will send a second postcard to Aramaio in the Basque Country in Spain.

!Pretfles! · Post by **!Pretfles!** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:13 am

The first one that I send also arrived.

helloggs · Post by **helloggs** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:26 pm

tiura wrote: I think he means that he wont be paying you any compensations, if somebody gets your address from the site and then breaks into your home and steals your stuff.

Yes, after reading it again I think that's what he's talking about.

This should be no reason not to join this fun-site, the cards I sent to Portugal and the US arrived within a week and I received a short note from those users by e-mail. Now I requested two more adresses, and (surprise, surprise) one is in Finland (Hiirola)

No weirdos on my doorstep yet

, but no postcards in the mailbox so far either.

magpie · Post by **magpie** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:59 pm

I have sent 8 and 5 of them have arrived.

I haven't recieved one yet.

mirella · Post by **mirella** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:14 pm

I received my first card today! It came from Wisconsin, USA