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What to do with used cards
So I've been sorting through cards and I found some old used cards that someone sent me together with an official card (no stamps or cancellations)
I'm not so sure what to do with them...any ideas?  |
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You could offer the cards here in the forum. Perhaps somebody is interested. |
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Hmm I don't think anyone would want cards that are already written on!  Forgot to mention that in my first post....do people collect those kind of cards here? |
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some people do  well, there has been discussion about various
things you can do with used postcards ...eg. you can cover a (storage) box with them. or you can use them for some kind of creative art/craft project?
 or even sell them, some collectors (even if not postcrossers,
usually) might be interested, especially if you got any special stamps or postmarks on them. at least, if ever throwing old cards away, take the
stamps off them  |
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Quote: Originally posted by renegade_Cavalcade  |
Hmm I don't think anyone would want cards that are already written on! Forgot to mention that in my first post....do people collect those kind of cards here? |
yes, some people really do! espeially collectors. for example, i'm keen on Charlie Chaplin, and i don't mind if i receive a used card but new to my
collection with him! |
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But if you send out used cards, please make sure that you black out the written message unless you know the sender is ok with his cards being passed
on. Many people would feel a bit uncomfortable if they knew the message they wrote to you could be read by "strangers".  |
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| Quote: Originally posted by SarahF | | But if you send out used cards, please make sure that you black out the written message unless you know the sender is ok with his cards being passed
on. Many people would feel a bit uncomfortable if they knew the message they wrote to you could be read by "strangers". |
But do not surprise anyone with a blacked out card - I would like to have already written cards on some topics, but blacked out of paper glued on back
to cover the message - this treatment would make a card trash from my point of view. |
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| Quote: Originally posted by jalutaja | | Quote: Originally posted by SarahF | | But if you send out used cards, please make sure that you black out the written message unless you know the sender is ok with his cards being passed
on. Many people would feel a bit uncomfortable if they knew the message they wrote to you could be read by "strangers". |
But do not surprise anyone with a blacked out card - I would like to have already written cards on some topics, but blacked out of paper glued on back
to cover the message - this treatment would make a card trash from my point of view. |
yes, and it depends also on the message ...if there is the sender´s address or other personal details -then it´s best not to send it forward at all or
black-out the details |
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| Quote: Originally posted by jalutaja |
But do not surprise anyone with a blacked out card - I would like to have already written cards on some topics, but blacked out of paper glued on back
to cover the message - this treatment would make a card trash from my point of view. |
Yes, of course, you've got a point there. I was thinking of sending cards to people who would want them for their pictures and not the messages. I guess talking to all persons involved might be the best solution, as
so often. |
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| Quote: Originally posted by SarahF | | I was thinking of sending cards to people who would want them for their pictures and not the messages. |
It is like passing on a dress with ornament of elephants and suggesting pouring ink on elephants to make the dress better.
The excess ink or glue used to obscure the text does damage the card, no matter how carefully done. |
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| Quote: Originally posted by SarahF | | Quote: Originally posted by jalutaja |
But do not surprise anyone with a blacked out card - I would like to have already written cards on some topics, but blacked out of paper glued on back
to cover the message - this treatment would make a card trash from my point of view. |
Yes, of course, you've got a point there. I was thinking of sending cards to people who would want them for their pictures and not the messages. I guess talking to all persons involved might be the best solution, as
so often. |
I'm with jalutaja on this one, I would not mind trading for already written cards if they were new cards to topics I collect, but I would not want
anything on the backside to be blacked out. It's not that the message would be important to me, but it'd just be... I don't know, messy? Hard to explain, but somehow a written and stamped card is "complete"
no matter to who it's sent to, but a blacked out card would just be destroyed.
Either way, this dilemma is one of the reasons why I have not traded any cards sent to me - I don't want to black out my address or the message, but I
also don't feel comfortable passing the cards on without doing it.
So I just keep everything for now, though I don't necessarily plan on keeping all the cards forever. |
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Im often tempted to buy some used cards at a local flea market, just because some are so gorgeous, but I havent so far |
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| Quote: Originally posted by SarahF | | But if you send out used cards, please make sure that you black out the written message unless you know the sender is ok with his cards being passed
on. Many people would feel a bit uncomfortable if they knew the message they wrote to you could be read by "strangers". |
That is totally unrealistic. I have many thousands of used cards with tons of interesting messages with the full addresses. Let's face it many of
these messages are very bland. Moreover, there can be no expectation of privacy for a postcard that has traveled through the mailstream one time
already. If someone told me they would black out these things, then I wouldn't buy or trade for the lot.
The only exception I make to this are cards that come by way of PostCrossing. I purchased a huge lot from someone who left PostCrossing. Most if not
all of the Official cards in the lot had the postcard ID blacked out. That's fine since the person I bought the lot from was the same as the person
being mailed. The sender though should remain private. Even with RRs here on P-Xing for used cards, they usually demand you black out or hide the ID
if it's an official card.
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I would think, that if falls under the law of copyright or of privacy to sell cards with someone else´s text there. I do understand, that it is
like destroying a postcard, to black the text. At least in Finland it is illegal to read other people´s mail. About copyright I am not sure - I
think it is ok, when you sell the original. |
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It's illegal to open a sealed message sent to someone else. Postcards (sent without envelope) do not fall under this law. And even with letters the
law does not protect the messages after they have been opened by the receiver. The receiver is free to show a letter or a message to anyone or to send
/sell them forward, unless they contain information protected by some other privacy law (such as medical details etc.).
I cannot see any issues with copyright either... Of course if you'd reprint a copyrighted image it'd be different, but if you buy/receive a
copyrighted item (in this case, a postcard) and sell it forward there is no crime there, right?
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How old is old?
I collect vintage pre used cards and sometimes older. I love reading the messages people wrote |
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I don`t mind if the card is already used. if there are dancers on it or vintage ,art deco, off something antique. . |
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I buy vintage Native American cards at antique shops and even on Ebay (if its a photo postcard of a Kiowa or Comanche taken around 1900 I'll even
spend up to $50) but recent postcrossing cards would likely be used in some craft activity. |
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