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Dear photographers,
This is the announcement for the next round of blind print exchange (BPX). We have the 48th round now.

If you are new to BPX: Please read the sticky FAQ before you subscribe. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to mail(PM) me.
Signing up: PM me your full real name and your complete mailing address, including the country. Please use the subject: BPX47 signup. I still have the addresses from the last round: If you gave an address last round, you may subscribe simply by answering here.
We're on a three-month cycle. That means:
Signup: December 2024
Print and Send: January and February 2025

If you run late, we don't care, no need for apologies. Just let me know.
Please remember, if you have not fulfilled your obligations for one of the previous BPX exchanges, try to do so before signing up.

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Starting in 2021 we had problems with small parcels to destinations outside US. It may be that import duty/tax is added on gifts. So I recommend sending only letters or Large Envelopes (Flats) to destinations outside US.

I tried to understand what USPS bills. It seems that the maximum for a normal letter, 11-1/2 inches x 6-1/8 inches x 1/4 inch thick. In "continental" measures: 29 cm x 15.5 cm x 0.6 cm. You may send a decent photograph with that.

Besides this, there are Large Envelopes (Flats), which may have 15 inches x 12 inches x 3/4 of an inch. That means 38 cm x 30 cm x 1.9 cm. Quite large.

USPS says: Pieces that are rigid, nonrectangular, or not uniformly thick pay package prices. That means you must not use heavy cardboard for protecting the prints, and the prints must not be mounted. I recommend using the thin cardboard from ordinary folders (loose leave binders). They are flexible as USPS requires for letters.


For short: I recommend sending letter and use a print size what fits.

I found my information mostly here: https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm#_c341 .

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If you got a sending, please write something in d the status and updates thread. I open this thread if the print and send time starts. It would be nice if you show us what you received. A simple smartphone shot is ok, you don't need a scanner.

How to avoid taxes / VAT:

If a sending goes outside U.S. (or more correct: outside your country) it should be a letter, as said before. And not a parcel or similar.

Everything you simply put in the letterbox should be a letter. Anything you give at the office may induce taxes. Everything with a custom declaration will induce taxes.

Please keep in mind what "counts" as a letter in your country. In the U.S. it needs to be flexible. In Germany, it may be stiff.
 

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I am in. Of course! I love it! Thanks Uwe.
 

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Also, I have another friend that would like to join, but doesn't yet have a Photrio account. Would it be possible to sign me up as if I'm "two people" and I'll get back to you with the other address? :smile: Thanks!

P.S. With a bit of luck, there'll be a total 5 people from Timisoara, Romania (where I live) joining in. :smile: Possibly a BPX record.
 
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Dear Mihai, in the last round, only 6 of 12 sending were reported. Did you send anything? There is nothing to read in the BPX 47 status thread.
You have to fulfil your obligations of the previous round before subscribing. If you did so, your friend may take part too. I expect that you report for him if he sent anything and what he got.
 

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Sorry, I missed the fact that I was supposed to write when I send/received the print. Just did. :smile:

Dunga, the other former participant has been also informed of the need to report the sent/received status.

Regarding the "duplicate me", that's a new, third person that will join BPX48, hopefully alongside two other locals.
 
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doesn't yet have a Photrio account.

Is there any reason he or she can't sign up for a Photrio account, to be able to participate in this thread and the status-update thread? Not sure I like sending a print out to someone who won't be on here.
 

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Is there any reason he or she can't sign up for a Photrio account, to be able to participate in this thread and the status-update thread? Not sure I like sending a print out to someone who won't be on here.

It's for a person that's going to get a darkroom session/workshop with me as a Christmas surprise, and with the "end-goal" of sending/getting a BPX print. Won't get into specifics, if possible. :smile:

I'll post status updates for that particular person.
 

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It's for a person that's going to get a darkroom session/workshop with me as a Christmas surprise, and with the "end-goal" of sending/getting a BPX print. Won't get into specifics, if possible. :smile:

I'll post status updates for that particular person.
I'll send you a PM/Conversation with a suggestion.
 

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Hey everyone! I’m MIonela (no. 06, in the BPX list) — new to Photrio and happy to be part of the BPX crew. Nice to meet you all!
 

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Welcome!
 

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Canadian post office strike, maybe.

Only 2 people who signed up for that round are from Canada. I sent mine (it was received). I didn't receive any, and the other person hasn't commented either way.
 
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I wish you a merry christmas.
 
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Only 1 day left.
 
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