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Camera mail

Posted on 28 April 2008
Tags: News

Camera Mail

So my friend Rouver and I were discussing ways that we could improve the chances of receiving the cameras back. We discussed the idea of letting people develop the film and e-mail the pics, but that actually seemed like more work and cost than mailing the camera back.

His next idea was one that I had toyed with and discarded: Putting postage directly on the camera so that the last recipient could just drop it in the mail. That sounds good in practice, but i was worried that the post office wouldn’t go for it. So I did a quick Google search on “mailing disposable cameras” and I found this wonderful project: Camera Mail.

The site looks like it might be abandoned (no updates since 2006 that I saw.) But it is interesting how people think in parallels. The upshot is that I’m pretty sure the post office will do it, but I’m still going to talk to the postman if I can grab him at work today, just to make sure.

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