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wjgilmorelast Sunday at 10:47 PM4 repliesview on HN

A few months ago I launched SpiesInDC - https://spiesindc.com, a mail-based (as in the real mail) subscription service about Cold War history. Subscribers, ahem secret agents, receive packages every few weeks containing reproductions of famous documents, stanps from the USSR, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, coins, and other fun stuff. I keep refining the packages every week to make it better and it is so much fun.


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NaOHlast Sunday at 11:04 PM

Great, novel idea and great that you've been enjoying the process on your end. Is it possible to gift this? I couldn't tell from the Subscribe section where there's a shipping address field but no billing address information was needed. Sometimes the billing and shipping info have to be the same for payment to go through.

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deanputneylast Sunday at 10:49 PM

How are you handling the mailing? I love the idea of a mail-based project, but I worry that I would forget to go to the post office occasionally.

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busymom0yesterday at 10:09 PM

Something similar regarding American history by mail was pitched as a successful business on shark tank this season:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA4h3WBeohc

jll29yesterday at 10:50 AM

This seems a dangerous game to play in the era of Donald Trump. Imagine you or your subscribers get their houses searched...

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