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Ernie Coffman wrote:Good gosh, gee whiz! First it was a bunch of my NSS NEWS magazines arriving with tears; and, now today, look at my Journal of Cave/Karst Studies and tell me I've got a problem. I've gone to the P.O. with my NEWS and they just say it must be in one of the machines that they're going through. This, though, looks like it was dunked in a bucket of water or used as a stopper in a bath tub.
The USPO is experiencing declining revenue due to declining pieces being mailed. Largely due to the internet. The same as newspapers in a way.
Services are suffering because of this. PO workers aren't happy either when new machines are installed to automate manual tasks. The new machines are nowhere as good as the manual handling, but they are way cheaper.
so where would you suggest? I'll go there right after the first of the year...or right after Christmas if that will speed things up for all of us who have gotten a taste of torn NSS materials.You may be able to elevate the level of the complaint above your local PO,
I had to chuckle at this comment of yours--You're such a young-un, you! --for I never thought of going back and checking out the cost of a stamp in 1970, but I do remember sending Christmas cards out for a half-cent (they were light brown colored) if you didn't seal the envelope; and one-cent (green, I believe) if you sealed the envelope. They jumped to three cents for first-class, without going through the two-cent phase...and they've been jumping ever since; and, that was before computers and the Internet. And, as for the 42-cent cost, I overheard one of the PO employees down at the office, while I was waiting in line for, yes stamps! That the price was going to be going up, again! On top of that, we used to get service twice a day--Not that I need it, but we actually got that back when we had that lesser fee, so...something has happened over the years, that's for sure.Postage increases have actually lagged general inflation for the last 40 years...if they actually kept up,in 1970 dollars, a 1st class stamp would be about $1.25, not 42 cents.
doesn't make me understand the issue any better, even with all of this research information on what happens in the process.If an unsecured periodical like the News gets laid on the belt anything but at a 90 degree angle, you will get torn covers, bent pages, etc.
doesn't ring my bell at all. I can't believe I'm the only one that's getting these torn NSS NEWS, for I've seen a few others moaning about it, here in CaveChat, but I know that the majority of the members in this organization don't bother to use CaveChat, so we really don't know how much of a problem these torn covers are...or dunked in water and folded back page issues of my Karst rag, as the picture shows...a few messages back. My Climbing magazine arrives in perfect condition and it's very much like our rag, that we're discussing. Sunset arrives in beautiful shape, but of course it comes in a protective cover. My Valley Caver used to arrive in prestine condtion, also, for it arrived in a white envelope and was about the same size or larger than the NEWS. So I'm not squealing like a "stuck pig," really and truly!And the pain of all of this is...the USPS can deliver 99.5% of everything on time and in good shape...(and they do) but when that one mangled piece comes though people squeal like stuck pigs.
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