Buy Postcards / 明信片小團購

I have tried mail order, internet order, and some other non-shop sale. It was great fun to do those consuming activities. But I have never tried group order yet.

In the middle of June, I'm going to travel to an outer isle of Taiwan. Although Taiwan is not a big country, traveling all over around is not easy, especially to outer isle. I have some stamps of the lighthouse on the destination and there is a post office on the isle providing a scenic postmark. I shall seize the chance and prepare some nice postcards for friends. So, I ask A-j Deng and his friend to buy some postcards with me to share the shipment cost.

One famous provider of Taiwan Image postcards is Chao-pang Hsu. He has a website: TaiwanImage. Here, you can check out his works and catalogue. Email the item numbers and payment transfer receipt, you will get what you like. They only charge NT$30 for shipment. Order over NT$2,000 is free for shipment.

After I emailed my order and transfered the payment by ATM on 8 June, I got a little parcel on 10 June. Look at those beautiful postcards and sets.

郵購，或說網購，還有面交、贈送，我都嘗試過了，而且每次都算有正面的經驗，也很有趣。

但我沒跟過團購，略略還是有點缺憾。端午假期，我預計去某個離島旅遊，剛好手中有些該島的燈塔郵票，所以想說來搭配風景戳作幾張原圖卡吧。不過我並不是專業郵迷，還是以明信片的圖樣美觀為主，所以找了許釗滂先生的明信片網站訂購所需的明信片。原本誤以為可以湊滿免運費的額度（NT$1,000），所以另外揪了交換明信片新手鄧老師與他的同學張老師一起來攤運費。這樣的三人小團，林林總總也湊了一千零二十五元的片子（七套與15張單片），結果下訂時，才發現免運費的額度是兩千元。不過團也揪了，就還是訂啦！

星期二匯款和寫電子郵件去訂購（把需求清單跟轉帳憑證一併寄去），一直不見任何回覆或確認，隔兩天信箱裡就躺了一塊掛號招領牌了。牛皮紙小包握起來頗有扎實感。印刷品小包掛號郵資55元，因此賣方酌收三十元實在非常慷慨，而且拆包清點後還多一張卡片（下右圖右上方墾丁船帆石景色），定價恰好就是三十元。

明信片也有開箱文！（用泡泡紙妥善包裝）	達答！！瞧瞧一千元的明信片們！

接下來就是貼票和分配寄送對象，等出發帶上路去蓋風景戳與實寄給各位片友啦！敬請各位片友期待。