[MR] December Acorns late

[Leslie Cox]

As someone who sends non-profit newsletters via "standard" mail for where I work (the new name for what we still call bulk - and whose bright idea was that name, I wonder - what in heck is "standard" mail?!)... anyway, point is that you also need to factor in the fact that this was a very big election year as well.

However, I will also say that we have noticed a drop in accuracy and speed of delivery of regular, first-class mail as well in recent years - including the return of mail sent to truly correct addresses claiming that they cannot be delivered.  What accounts for this I do not know; but several new OCR-type reader machines have been put into use in the last few years.

-- Lady Lucy Rose Falconer

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From: "Wilma Walter" <wwalter at thearcofpgc.org>
Date:  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:56:07 -0500

>I paid the extra $$$ for first-class postage the last time I renewed my membership, and have found it to be worth every penny. I usually get my Acorn either at the very end of the preceeding month or the first of the month in question--and I live in the northern end of the Kingdom, *not* close to the place of mailing.
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>Guess we should also remember that this month is all-around hectic for *any* delivery service, especially the US Post Office. I work part-time for a mail-order company, and around the beginning of December, we switch from our normal delivery method--generally USPS bookrate--to UPS, in the hope that our customers actually receive their orders in time for -insert holiday of their choice-. Just a thought...
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>Peace,
>Grainne ingen Lugdach
>Shire of Roxbury Mill
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: deepfatfriar at mindspring.com [mailto:deepfatfriar at mindspring.com]
>Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 6:31 AM
>To: XDMCX at yahoo.com; SCA Atlantia List (Merry Rose)
>Subject: Re: [MR] December Acorn received today - 15th
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>Mine usually comes arount the 10th or 12th. Which renders it mostly useless. I am contemplating giving up membership as a result.
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>Thomas
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