HPR certification pin in the mail

[X-wooshprez]

Be prepared to receive a package from the NAR containing your free pin.
It is a nice shiny trinket that you can wear with pride on the flying range.
Unfortunately they took the packages to two different post offices each with their share of idiots behind the counter. Both told them the incorrect amount of postage to apply.
You will owe $1.05 to the mailman.

[chadrog]

That's strange - mine came yesterday with no issue. It was a loittle puzzling though. The two stamps on the padded mailer were never stamped by the PO, gonna have to recycle those!

[chadrog]

There's two threads running on TRF right now regarding the pins, this is the first I've heard of a postage issue.

[stefanj]

Mine arrived yesterday. No postal payment problems as far as I know. I'll check the mailer when I get home.

[wickball]

Me too, same as above.

wick

[scsager]

Luckily the mailman (lady) was just making her deliveries as I came home from work today.

It's a nice pin - $1.05 - pocketchange :D

[chadrog]

Luckily the mailman (lady) was just making her deliveries as I came home from work today.

It's a nice pin - $1.05 - pocketchange :D
Wonder why that is? Mine came with reusable stamps...

[stefanj]

Mine had two "forever" stamps which were hand-cancelled with a pen!

[jeff2space]

Luckily the mailman (lady) was just making her deliveries as I came home from work today.

It's a nice pin - $1.05 - pocketchange :D

That looks like 1.05 cents to me. :chuckle:

[tquigg]

How about reducing our annual membership fees by a couple of bucks? Trinket is nice, but I would have preferred a reduction in membership dues. :D

[X-wooshprez]

Tim,
It's about the moral of the troops, not money.

[tquigg]

Knock $4-$5 bucks a year off my membership dues, and my moral would go up :D

The pins only "benefit" those who are HPR certified. What about the card packing NAR members who are certification level "0"?

Seems to me all NAR members would benefit that way, not just the HPR folks.

And yes, I did received a L2 pin in the mail.

Not trying to stir the pot here, just asking....

[scsager]

True - the pin is a nice gift , but I can see Tim's point... only about half the NAR members are certified. Roughly 2500~ members don't get a pin. Did they get something else?

[chadrog]

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth - really doesn't make sense, but seems appropriate. I've never seen a "gift horse" in the flesh, so I can't say what the consequences are. Just don't do it!

[tquigg]

If the NAR just HAS to send certification pins out to all certified HPR users, don't forget all of those members who are not certified. Send the rest of the folks who are not certified a complimentary NAR logo pin or something. It's kind of a snub to the hard working folks in NAR who do a lot, but aren't HPR users.

Just saying.... fair is fair.... :(

[sam_midkiff]

My suspicion is that this is a form of advertising to show make it more apparent the number of high power flyers that are NAR certified.

[Bill]

If the NAR just HAS to send certification pins out to all certified HPR users, don't forget all of those members who are not certified. Send the rest of the folks who are not certified a complimentary NAR logo pin or something. It's kind of a snub to the hard working folks in NAR who do a lot, but aren't HPR users.

Just saying.... fair is fair.... :(


This is at most a three-time deal for any one member, not a recurring annual expense. Not a big deal in my book.


Bill

[DANLK66]

I like mine. It is on my favorite rocket hat as we speek.