Postcrossing on Dutch TV [EditieNL RTL 4]
'The Modern Penpal'
Here's the link!
http://www.rtl.nl/xl/u/1b7061ea-dcae-49fe-8da5-3c23af64d742/
And I have made a translation for you all, so you can follow everything they say:
They say that we still send a lot of cards, around 300 million! It is around 25 cards per person, 9 Christmas cards and 4 birthday cards.
But who wants to receive more, you can sign up at Postcrossing, to send a card to someone, somewhere in the world, and to receive one back!
The postal companies are very happy with this!
Next they show a Dutch postcrosser (Marion), she reads a card and tells she likes it a lot, especially because it is sent by a 9 years old girl.
Exchanging cards from all over the world, add a little coincidence and you have Postcrossing. It is like a modern penpal, but the difference is that
the computer tells you to who you need to send a card.
Marion tells about the new address she got. It is in Australia and she has not send a lot of cards to that continent.
She says she has always loved sending mail and she really enjoyed receiving mail from abroad.
Postcrossing was invented by a Portuguese student a couple of years ago. Now there are millions of Postcrossers around the world.
To become one you have to create an account and then you can start sending cards!
Reporter Michiel has made an account. He says you will need to send 5 cards at once to become a proper postcrosser. He bought 5 cards (4 Hilversu, 1
Mill). Now he only needs to request his very fist address.
He got an address in Leipzig, Germany. When this girl, and the other 4 register his cards, his address will be given to someone else in the world and
he will be a real postcrosser!
PostNL is very happy with the growing amount of Postcrossers in The Netherlands.
The spokes(wo)man from PostNL says the Dutch Postcrossers send over 800.000 cards, all over the world. And that is a lot!
That is why the postal company released a special Postcrossing stamp, to thank the Postcrossers for all the work.
Marion is asked if sending cards is not a bit old fashioned, why not send an email?
She replies it is so much nicer to hold a card, with a personal pen-written-message. An email is much more impersonal. |
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