Re: [AISdiscuss] Where or where is my January Bulletin?

[bfilardi@comcast.net]

From what I can see, the problem is not with either the mailing service or the local post office; if either of those were the problem, then NOBODY would have received their Bulletins promptly!  There has been an odd pattern with this particular Bulletin.  For instance, Phill Williams in Tennessee received his Bulletin promptly, and usually he is one of the last in the country.  European copies arrived promptly, and earlier than many of the American copies.  Both Phil Edinger and Superstition received theirs promptly, while usually they are very late -- in general, it seems that anything that has to go via Santa Rosa, CA, takes a long time, but this was not the case for the January issue.  The problem lies with the post office on a national scale, not with the mailing service or the local post office.  Bruce

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From: CEMahan@aol.com 

> In a message dated 3/10/2006 4:57:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> bfilardi@comcast.net writes: 
> 
> Hi all: As I mentioned earlier, the mailing service does not have 
> responsibility for the delivery of the Bulletin --- after they (mailing 
> service) has 
> delivered the Bulletins to the post office, only the post office has control 
> over the speed of delivery. That said, however, I have spoken to our rep at 
> the mailing service, and he has indicated that, if we provide him with a list 
> of zip codes and delivery dates of copies that have gotten poor delivery 
> time (in my opinion, anything over 3 weeks is unacceptable), he can give the 
> list to his rep at the post office. If any one of you would be willing to 
> collect that data and make up such a list, perhaps there would be some 
> improvement... I'm dubious, but we can't lose anything by trying! Would 
> anyone step 
> forward to put that info together and provide it to our rep at the mailing 
> service? Thanks, Bruce 
> 
> 
> 
> Dear friends: 
> I appreciate Bruce's looking into the Bulletin delivery problem, but I think 
> we might profit from look at the matter analytically. First, I personally 
> have much confidence in the U.S. postal service based on my experience. When I 
> sold irises, I never had a single shipment problem with the postal service and 
> I sent several hundred boxes in the mail each year. (We will not discuss 
> shipments to Canada, which was a different matter altogether--but it was caused 
> by plant inspection not postal delivery). 
> 
> When I was editor for Region 4 I sent out several hundred Region 4 Newscasts 
> every 4 months, and the only problem was with one post office, and that was 
> in Richmond, VA. If a Newscast had to go through Richmond it was usually 
> delivered a week or two later than elsewhere. 
> 
> When so many members of the Board in different regions have delayed delivery 
> with one issue of the Bulletin, one must suspect that the problem is not 
> with their local post offices. It would suggest one of three possible causes.: 
> 1) The mailer is not shipping all the Bulletins timely. 
> 
> 2) The post office or postal distribution center servicing the post office 
> where the mailer takes the Bulletins has a management problem. 
> 
> 3) There is something about the way the Bulletin is packaged, assembled for 
> shipment or addressed that is causing the U.S. post office with a processing 
> problem that is delaying many of the Bulletins. (Two examples of this could 
> be the wrapper being incompatible with post office equipment, or the way the 
> addresses are printed being difficult for post office equipment to read.) 
> 
> It is to be expected the mailer will be defensive about the problem, but all 
> of the most likely causes of the problem from a common sense perspective 
> have the mailer as the source. If the mailer is not prepared to look into each 
> of these matters, I would suggest it is time to hire a different mailer. The 
> fact that the mailer has not already offered to look into these possibilities 
> makes me think that the mailer may not be shipping all the Bulletins on time 
> despite protestations to the contrary. Clarence 
> 
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