KoanYorel
May 27 2007, 08:51 AM
Bleeping Computer is happy to announce the availability of a custom made
bumper sticker (BS) to show off the BC.One BS is free to any member sending a #10 self addressed and stamped envelope (SASE) to the address noted below.
We're sorry, but only one BS is available per member at this time.
(A #10 envelope is 4 inches deep by 9 1/2 inches wide.
Please remember the USPS First Class postal increase to $.41 on 14 May.)
These BS are a vinyl product (no paper) 3 3/4" deep and 7 1/2" wide.
They are easily removable, repositionable, and leave no adhesive residues.
Send your SASE to:
BC Bumper Sticker
Bleeping Computer LLC
PO BOX 20293
New York, NY 10021-0064Quantities are limited.
KoanYorel
May 28 2007, 03:15 PM
A note to members looking at the BS above.
Please don't try to peal that BS off of your screen.
You'll just mess up/damage your screen!
fozzie
May 29 2007, 01:31 AM
Perhaps it would be an idea to also set 1 distribution point in Europe, since a large amount of the membership originates from there. I would be happy to function as a distribution point.
Grinler
May 29 2007, 07:07 AM
Would that really help that much with distribution? I honestly do not know much about sending from one country to another country when overseas. Is it any different than sending from the US to that country?
fozzie
May 29 2007, 07:40 AM
It is much more a cost - and time thing than anything else. I can send an enveloppe to any country in Europe for
around EUR. 0.72 ( USD.091) per envelope. I have no clou what it costs to send it direct from US to Europe. I imagine that intercontinental postal fees would be a lot higher. Certainly if you would send let say 100 pieces in 1 go depending on interest from the European members.
rowal5555
May 29 2007, 03:10 PM
I can see Fozzie's point here.
I would love to have one but I don't know how the USPS would view an envelope with a local stamp?? (How about I VISA a donation, and you send me a sticker? Win/Win)
Great idea though. Congrats to the designer.
Animal
May 29 2007, 04:56 PM
Here is a link to the USPS postage calculator.
http://postcalc.usps.gov/For destination use the pulldown for your particular country to find out what the US postal rate is. As for purchasing a USPS stamp to put on the return envelope? I don't have a clue.
rowal5555
May 29 2007, 08:55 PM
Thanks for that Animal.
Checked up with local NZ Post. Local stamps can not be used, but I can send a $NZ3 reply coupon which can be used to purchase a stamp in the currency required. FWIW
Grinler
May 29 2007, 09:05 PM
I am going to try and look into it.
Pandy
May 30 2007, 07:30 AM
I sent my SASE out yesterday.
*Pandy waits
Grinler
May 30 2007, 07:33 AM
I prob wont get to the PO box till tomorrow.
Pandy
May 30 2007, 12:49 PM
I was teasing! No hurry.. probably it isn't even there yet.
need TOS
May 30 2007, 01:07 PM
I'll be sending one soon, so I can put it on my car when I get my license this summer.
jwinathome
May 30 2007, 01:09 PM
Personally, I would like to see a slogan that sort of throws it in the face of people that develop spyware/adware....I don't know how many of them are driving around, but I would love it to be along the lines of destroying everything they create.
Good job on getting one at all though.
mz30
May 30 2007, 01:13 PM
can we get the bumper stickers in the u.k?
also was thinking of asking my friend (who prints t-shirts) to make me a b.c t-shirt and i will take a picture and post it in b.c family album and maybe send a couple of to grinler to give out to admin and mods or whoever he sees fit.
watch family album next week i will post apicture when they're ready
yano
May 31 2007, 01:20 AM
On a funny note. I can't help laugh over all the talk about the "BS."
On a brighter note, though, it seems like a good idea! Now if only there was a way people with iPhone's or like devices could point at the bumper sticker and then instantly be able to go to our website!
Grinler
May 31 2007, 11:29 AM
QUOTE(yano @ May 31 2007, 02:20 AM)
On a brighter note, though, it seems like a good idea! Now if only there was a way people with iPhone's or like devices could point at the bumper sticker and then instantly be able to go to our website!
That would be very cool. Web site bar codes
Scarlett
May 31 2007, 12:24 PM
That would be cool!
Please save one for me. I wont be able to send off SASE till next week. I am going out of town first thing in the morning.
cowsgonemadd3
May 31 2007, 02:18 PM
Sending to china wont be that long. I bought something from china on ebay, the guy sent it first class and it only took 5 days to get it I think. I have had things take longer from CA here in the USA.
jwinathome
May 31 2007, 02:24 PM
QUOTE
cowsgonemadd
Please don't insult the US postal system.
Shame on you.
/sarcasm
KoanYorel
Jun 1 2007, 12:33 PM
QUOTE(mz30 @ May 30 2007, 02:13 PM)
also was thinking of asking my friend (who prints t-shirts) to make me a b.c t-shirt and i will take a picture and post it in b.c family album and maybe send a couple of to grinler to give out to admin and mods or whoever he sees fit.
watch family album next week i will post apicture when they're ready
mz30 - "
© 2003-2007 All Rights Reserved Bleeping Computer LLC."
Unless you have the Grinler's express permission, no one may use or reproduce the BC's name.
Grinler
Jun 1 2007, 01:07 PM
I don't have a problem as long as they are not sold
Heck if the t-shirts are nice, I may buy some from your friend to give out here at BC.
JohnWho
Jun 1 2007, 05:38 PM
I know a Peliguin that would love to be on those T-shirts.
rowal5555
Jun 29 2007, 05:54 AM
SAE and International Reply Coupon on the way.
Grinler
Jun 29 2007, 07:24 AM
QUOTE
International Reply Coupon
Can you tell us more about this? What is an International Reply Coupon?
JohnWho
Jun 29 2007, 08:14 AM
I got my PayPal account ready to go.
Now, where are those t-shirts?
And hats?
Coffee mugs?
Boxers or briefs?
Budapest
Jun 29 2007, 08:25 AM
From Wikipedia:
QUOTE
An international reply coupon (IRC) is a coupon that can be exchanged for one or more postage stamps representing the minimum postage for an unregistered priority airmail letter sent to another Universal Postal Union (UPU) member country. IRCs are accepted by all UPU member countries.
UPU member postal services are obliged to exchange an IRC for postage, but are not obliged to sell them.
The purpose of the IRC is to be able to send someone in another country a letter, along with the cost of postage for them to reply. If the addressee is within the same country, there is no need for an IRC because a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) will suffice; but if the addressee is in another country an IRC removes the necessity of acquiring foreign postage or sending appropriate currency.
Grinler
Jun 29 2007, 10:24 AM
Thanks for the info.
TMacK
Jun 29 2007, 02:25 PM
Interesting
rowal5555, had never heard of an International Reply Coupon before.
Do you purchase this at the Bank or at the Post Office?
Presumed a U.S. Money order would work for the cost of postage.
boopme
Jun 29 2007, 02:49 PM
Got my BS within a week of mailing for it. Now still deciding where to put it.
JohnWho
Jun 29 2007, 03:39 PM
QUOTE(boopme @ Jun 29 2007, 03:49 PM)
Got my BS within a week of mailing for it. Now still deciding where to put it.
I'd tell you to take it and
stick it on your bumper,
but someone might accuse me
of being impolite in this thread.
boopme
Jun 29 2007, 04:10 PM
Actually was waiting to get my new car. But thinking I may want to put it on my offices window..I think more people will see it there.
Asked the bride if I ...err need 2 ... forget it
rowal5555
Jun 29 2007, 04:12 PM
As mentioned in post#8, I rang the local Post Office and found out about the International Reply Coupon. Budapest has explained it very well. It was a straight forward transaction at the Post Office when I did it yesterday.
Simply put, it is an internationally agreed method of prepaying for postage from a different country. The only limitation is that the price is preset at $3 each locally, which would equate to about $US2 each. For larger items you may have to buy several.
Cheers
BlackSpyder
Jun 29 2007, 04:41 PM
Will send mine off as soon as I find my last stamp. (It'll go on my laptop case, I dont put Bumper stickers on my vehicles)
Grinler
Jun 29 2007, 06:55 PM
Tmack, yours is going out tomorrow. I will try and send out any others that may be in the PO box tomorrow when I check it
TMacK
Jun 29 2007, 10:11 PM
Great news!
Thanx for the update Grinler
Now just where shall I put my BC BS........
Pandy
Jun 29 2007, 10:17 PM
I think I am going to have to buy a car soon, so when I do I SO am putting my BC BS where it was intended to go.
lol
TMacK
Jun 30 2007, 10:51 AM
To be honest, I'm not one for putting bumper stickers on my vehicles either, but after thinking about it, just
might make an exception in this case.
When I went to get the money order to send off to for the BS, even the bank teller was quite interested in what Bleeping Computer was all about!
Living in a fairly small town, we have one computer tech store (
to which I have never graced the entrance), so IMO there is obviously a need to get the word out about Bleeping Computer.
Grinler
Jun 30 2007, 11:58 AM
Tmack, yours went out today.
yano
Jun 30 2007, 12:08 PM
QUOTE(Grinler @ May 31 2007, 12:29 PM)
QUOTE(yano @ May 31 2007, 02:20 AM)
On a brighter note, though, it seems like a good idea! Now if only there was a way people with iPhone's or like devices could point at the bumper sticker and then instantly be able to go to our website!
That would be very cool. Web site bar codes
Actually anybody remember these:
http://cuecat.com/ (that was the first of it's kind, of what we I first mentioned).
TMacK
Jun 30 2007, 12:23 PM
QUOTE(Grinler @ Jun 30 2007, 09:58 AM)
Tmack, yours went out today.
Thanx
Grinler *TMacK sits by mail box waiting.........*
KoanYorel
Jun 30 2007, 12:29 PM
Just to assuage those that might be reticent to put the BC BS on a vehicle due to possible finish damage:
QUOTE
These BS are a vinyl product (no paper) 3 3/4" deep and 7 1/2" wide.
They are easily removable, re-positionable, and leave no adhesive residues.
I've had some extensive experience with this product in USA Election Years.
I have removed them from vehicles and put them on others - actually several times.
BTW - mild auto finish cleaning products easily remove that little surrounding square of dirt that might develop at the edges when one washes a vehicle.
(As will WD-40 or plain PAM cooking spray.)
rowal5555
Jul 22 2007, 10:59 PM
One bumper sticker arrived safely today. Thank you very much.
KoanYorel
Jul 22 2007, 11:08 PM
YEAH!
BC BS is a good thing!
TMacK
Jul 22 2007, 11:30 PM
Gosh, with all that was going on here at BC, I forgot to post at this thread when I got
my BC BS!
But I did pm the boss man a little Thanx.
Was pleasantly surprised that the BC BS arrived exactly one week after it was mailed.
Yeah!
DocSatan
Oct 26 2007, 04:27 AM
Is this BC BS deal still going on?
I'd like to get one of my very own!
KoanYorel
Oct 26 2007, 08:47 AM
BC BS are still available DocSatan. Please follow the instructions in post #1.
mz30
Nov 1 2007, 11:40 AM
I recieved mine today will post pics of it on my jeep at the weekend.
and a big thanks to koan for sending it out
T-shirt is next
KoanYorel
Jan 15 2008, 06:08 AM
Grinler?
My GrandDaughter is sending you a USPS note about the BC BS.
I have no control over the foul-mouthed 9 year old.
Beware!
//edit: I do plead guilty to giving her a stamp for the letter. You may not laugh.
Grinler
Jan 15 2008, 11:16 AM
Heheh...ok will be careful when opening it
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