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Re:Tell HN: I ripped off Dustin Curtis' snail and got slight... by jacquesm on Friday November 13, 2009 @05:30PM (#940967)
You should add a 'skypeout' like option to this where it works internationally.

People in the country of destination would print out the items and mail them for the cost of a local stamp and get some compensation for their efforts.

That way you can offer international 'real' snailmail for a tiny bit over the price of a local stamp.

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Re:Tell HN: I ripped off Dustin Curtis' snail and got slight... by superkarn on Friday November 13, 2009 @09:35PM (#941312)
You could do that domestically also. This could be a way to scale it. Allow people to sign up for "mailer" accounts, where they can print out the letters and mail them for a small compensation.

You'll have to work out the privacy issue though.

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Re:Tell HN: I ripped off Dustin Curtis' snail and got slight... by tesseract on Friday November 13, 2009 @10:13PM (#941346)
As I mentioned in the thread about Dustin's app, this sounds like the snail mail version of the RFC 1530 (http://tpc.int) fax service.
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