Feeling lonely?

Think there's a service or idea for everything?  Well, you're right, there is.   Case in point - PostCrossing.

What is PostCrossing? It's a project that allows anyone to receive postcards (real ones, not electronic) from random places in the world.

Why you might ask? Don't feel bad, I was wonder too...and, thankfully for us, the website answers that question (they must get it a lot).  "Why? Because, like the author, there are lots of people who like to receive real mail. The element of surprise of receiving postcards from different places in the world (many of which you probably have never heard of) can turn your mailbox into a box of surprises - and who wouldn't like that?"

Oh, okay, now I understand. A box of surprises...
Soooo, if you are really starving for a random postcard from across the globe, here are the simple steps you must take:

- Register for an account
- Request an address and a Postcard ID through the website
- Check your email and get the address
- Buy a postcard and postage
- Mail the postcard to the address the website gave you
- Wait, wait and wait
- Receive a postcard from another postcrosser sometime in the future
- Register the Postcard ID you have received
- View your map of postcards (just for fun)
- Go to the second point and repeat

Wow, I mean WOW!!  To quote Britney Spears, "Have fun ya'll." I think it takes as many steps to create nuclear fusion. In the meantime, I think I'll cure cancer.

Whatcha think?  Successful Launch, or Mission Scrub for this start-up?

[BTW, they claim to have 153k members that send more than 359 postcards an hour. So add that to your box of surprises.]



-posted by Justin