Tell HN: I ripped off Dustin Curtis' snail and got slightly different results

Re:Tell HN: I ripped off Dustin Curtis' snail and got slight... by fendale on Friday November 13, 2009 @05:33PM (#940975)

You know, I came up with this idea ages ago, and did exactly nothing about it. I think it came about because I needed to mail a single letter and had no printer, no envelopes and no stamps ... surely there must be many more like me!

Would I pay £1 ($1.60) to send a letter - probably - beats needing to buy a printer (ok, I can use the printer in work) find a stamp, take it to the post box etc.

What about recorded delivery letters? I would need to queue up in the post office for those - maybe there is some why that could be handled in batches.

Also, I think companies who send lots of letters get a discount on the standard stamp price.

You could also have 'printing centers' in various countries around the world for cheaper and faster 'air mail'.

I think this idea has a lot of potential, but it would probably require TV commercials to get it to the masses!

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Re:Tell HN: I ripped off Dustin Curtis' snail and got slight... by paulsingh on Friday November 13, 2009 @09:01PM (#941263)

Question: If I let you pay $1.60/letter, how many would you actually send? :)

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Re:Tell HN: I ripped off Dustin Curtis' snail and got slight... by fendale on Friday November 13, 2009 @09:19PM (#941281)

I don't need to send many letters ... I haven't sent one for about a year now. So for my annual letter sending needs I'd easily pay above the odds, being that I still don't own a printer or stamps! I bet there are many people like me, but I've no real data on that!

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Re:Tell HN: I ripped off Dustin Curtis' snail and got slight... by paulsingh on Friday November 13, 2009 @09:45PM (#941320)

I don't have any hard data either though, anecdotally, it seems that people are willing to pay $3 for their one-off letters.

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