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[Pat M.]

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I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I consistently get mine pretty early compared to other members. Others do get theirs before me, but shortly after others mention getting theirs, I get mine. Dumb luck I guess.

[Dick W.]

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i was not talking about after they got to the post office i was talking about how they left the magazine company. when they printed 50,000+ magazine it took a week or so to get them to the post office and they went out alphabetically from the printer . i don't buy any magazines any more because they are all mostly catalogs and have little if any technical stuff in them. mrs clem still get some weekly magazines and some weeks the come 4/5 day late because the post office has to get the time sensitive ads out first. look at most of the ads you get it says "time sensitive" material and a date so these go first to your mail box even before 1st class mail. we have sent our state tax returns to the state with return signature requested and it took 10 days to get from pittsburgh to harrisburgh but our walmart ads come on time every week.

The PO does no major sorting by hand anymore, it is all done by Zip + 4 at the printer/mailer. There is NO alphabetic sorting anymore.

[Clem Z.]

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The PO does no major sorting by hand anymore, it is all done by Zip + 4 at the printer/mailer. There is NO alphabetic sorting anymore.

lets run a experiment,who get their NCRS publication first post their zip codes and let see how many in the same zip code get theirs at the same time. this should tell us if it is a local post office problem if all the zip codes are shipped out at the same time.

[Henry S.]

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Shooter
Its not just the NCRS. I get my Hemmings in the mail after its already on the news stand, my friend in Rolla Mo gets his Hemmings 2-3 weeks before I do.
The bottom line is that if your bulk mail comes through St Louis you are ___!
"Lace"

Maybe a bunch of us should head over to the St. Louis PO Distribution center and go "postal" on them Lace!!

I've only been a member since 2005 but according to Dick this has been a problem forever. There is no doubt the NCRS Board of Directors CRINGES everytime they see a "Driveline" thread start up..........and it happens EVERY issue. I know we are talking about the U.S. governement here but I just find it real hard to believe the St Louis hub has had a delivery problem for that many years and it has not been addressed. I mean EVERYBODY has a boss. There is SOMEONE that is over the St. Louis Post Master. I would think in these times when more and more people are moving away from the PO with other options the PO would be trying to KEEP customers and making them happy. Maybe contacting someone at these other publications to put more pressure on someone might be the answer. Since according to Dick there is little to be done.

[Gary C.]

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Bill,

Hemmings is now offering digital subscriptions and you are not required to have a paper subscription. Guess what, after 40 plus years I'm going to not renew my paper Hemmings and only subscribe to the digital version.

Gary
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[Dick W.]

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lets run a experiment,who get their NCRS publication first post their zip codes and let see how many in the same zip code get theirs at the same time. this should tell us if it is a local post office problem if all the zip codes are shipped out at the same time.

Clem, they do not have to deliver the Driveline the day it gets to your PO. They have five days to do so. So does the center that distributes mail to your PO, so does the Regional Center, etc. Every PO center it goes thru has five days to send it out.

One of the publications that I receive is printed within 50 miles of our printer, as I have stated, I have talked with the editor and he will tell you that it is a continual problem. And so is, on a lesser scale, Detroit, Greensboro at times.

Governmental agencies do not have much of an incentive to improve services it seems. They seem to spend more time CYA.

[Clem Z.]

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Clem, they do not have to deliver the Driveline the day it gets to your PO. They have five days to do so. So does the center that distributes mail to your PO, so does the Regional Center, etc. Every PO center it goes thru has five days to send it out.

One of the publications that I receive is printed within 50 miles of our printer, as I have stated, I have talked with the editor and he will tell you that it is a continual problem. And so is, on a lesser scale, Detroit, Greensboro at times.

Governmental agencies do not have much of an incentive to improve services it seems. They seem to spend more time CYA.

they seem to get the weekly ads and newspapers out without any delay. there most be something those mailers are doing to get this to happen. maybe things will improve when USPS goes to 5 days a week.

[Henry S.]

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Bill,

Hemmings is now offering digital subscriptions and you are not required to have a paper subscription. Guess what, after 40 plus years I'm going to not renew my paper Hemmings and only subscribe to the digital version.

Gary
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But the online version is forbidden on the "throne"!!

[Clem Z.]

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But the online version is forbidden on the "throne"!!

you could print out the online version for use there and put it in the magazine rack.

[Dick W.]

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they seem to get the weekly ads and newspapers out without any delay. there most be something those mailers are doing to get this to happen. maybe things will improve when USPS goes to 5 days a week.

Ya DA, the newspapers are printed in yer back yard, the flyers are shipped in by truck to the papers. Ya comparing apples and oranges

[Gary C.]

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can y'al spell "iPad"

[Clem Z.]

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Ya DA, the newspapers are printed in yer back yard, the flyers are shipped in by truck to the papers. Ya comparing apples and oranges

where do the print the wall street journal ? it comes every day by mail.

[Dick W.]

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where do the print the wall street journal ? it comes every day by mail.

Mine comes out of Charlotte, I would venture to guess that yours probably comes out of Pittsburg.

[William L.]

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can y'al spell "iPad"

Whats that?????