spring restorer

[Mike T.]

I still have not recived my march/april driveline and spring restorer what is my next step I have talked to the post office got no where I emaild regional rep have got no answer back from her

[Dick W.]

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I still have not recived my march/april driveline and spring restorer what is my next step I have talked to the post office got no where I emaild regional rep have got no answer back from her

They give all the excuses, but never have a solution for the problem. Delivery has been a problem for NCRS since day one. The early mags were mailed out first class and delivery was a problem. I have attended Board of Directors meetings since the mid 1980's and there has been very few meetings that magazine delivery was not brought up during the meeting. Every attempt to make it better has not made a noticeable improvement.

[Jim D.]

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I find it odd that out of the several monthly/bi-monthly car/club related mailings I receive, everyone seems to get them within a few days of each other except the NCRS members.

[Dick W.]

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I find it odd that out of the several monthly/bi-monthly car/club related mailings I receive, everyone seems to get them within a few days of each other except the NCRS members.

I receive a couple of other publications that are printed in the same general area as NCRS publications. Delivery is a problem for those pubs. I have talked to the editors of those magazines and they give me basically the same story. The only difference is they have a wider spread in delivery dates than NCRS does. That difference is due to us using a co-mailer, which closes the delivery times up a little.

[Jim D.]

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I receive a couple of other publications that are printed in the same general area as NCRS publications. Delivery is a problem for those pubs. I have talked to the editors of those magazines and they give me basically the same story. The only difference is they have a wider spread in delivery dates than NCRS does. That difference is due to us using a co-mailer, which closes the delivery times up a little.

The NCRS seems to have a "delivery spread" of 3-4 weeks. I don't know where they are mailed from but you may want to check with the CTCI. They seem to get their issues to ALL members within a few days, but definitely less than 1 week of each other. That's only one example. I can give you more if you like.

[Dick W.]

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The spread is a lot closer than that, on the average. Each mailing is seeded with several names scattered over the US. There are consistant problem areas in mail delivery. PO denies any problems on their part (suprise?).

[Henry S.]

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I receive a couple of other publications that are printed in the same general area as NCRS publications. Delivery is a problem for those pubs. I have talked to the editors of those magazines and they give me basically the same story. The only difference is they have a wider spread in delivery dates than NCRS does. That difference is due to us using a co-mailer, which closes the delivery times up a little.

Dick, Do many of the other publications run ads like the Driveline? I realize some like Trader or Hemmings do but wasn't sure about some of the others since the only other publication I get is Handyman. As we all are well aware, the fact the Driveline is time sensitive is what's so aggravating. I thoroughly enjoy the Restorer front to back and the stories Vinnie and the crew put together are the best but whether I'm first or last to receive it doesn't matter, as long as I get it. Not so with the Driveline. I'd volunteer to be one of those "seeded" deliveries if need be, maybe then we'd find out which SOB at the St Louis PO is hiding them if they would have to sign off on them.

[Mike T.]

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I am always 1 to 2 weeks behind members around me for some reason but this time did not get yet

[Vinnie P.]

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Mike...just put a copy in the mail!

[Clem Z.]

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i was getting my car magazines late and i found out they send them out alphabetically so i change my subscription from Zahrobsky to Ahrobsky and i got them quicker.

[Michael H.]

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i was getting my car magazines late and i found out they send them out alphabetically so i change my subscription from Zahrobsky to Ahrobsky and i got them quicker.

I heard there are a LOT more people with last names starting with letters from the 2nd half of the alphabet that commit suicide than there are from the first half. Something about always being last for everything. Supposedly true because DeGregory told me it was.

[Clem Z.]

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I heard there are a LOT more people with last names starting with letters from the 2nd half of the alphabet that commit suicide than there are from the first half. Something about always being last for everything. Supposedly true because DeGregory told me it was.

mrs clems last name was "W"erts and she wanted to get ahead because she was tired of being last because of being a "W" but she ended up marring a "Z" which did not help.

[Dick W.]

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i was getting my car magazines late and i found out they send them out alphabetically so i change my subscription from Zahrobsky to Ahrobsky and i got them quicker.

That does not work today Clem. Maybe 40 years ago. They are sorted by USPS approved software which sorts by ZIP + 4 which tells them which route or carrier delivers them.

[Clem Z.]

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That does not work today Clem. Maybe 40 years ago. They are sorted by USPS approved software which sorts by ZIP + 4 which tells them which route or carrier delivers them.

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.

[William L.]

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Dick, Do many of the other publications run ads like the Driveline? I realize some like Trader or Hemmings do but wasn't sure about some of the others since the only other publication I get is Handyman. As we all are well aware, the fact the Driveline is time sensitive is what's so aggravating. I thoroughly enjoy the Restorer front to back and the stories Vinnie and the crew put together are the best but whether I'm first or last to receive it doesn't matter, as long as I get it. Not so with the Driveline. I'd volunteer to be one of those "seeded" deliveries if need be, maybe then we'd find out which SOB at the St Louis PO is hiding them if they would have to sign off on them.

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"