hi-fi + question

Just put it down to the post office being slow and in-efficient. I often have to wait two to three weeks for items to be delivered to me, very frustrating!

Regards

NB

Judd,

Once upon a time, it used to take a year for issues of TAS to find their way over the pond to Blighty...

A wise quote thus..."Just put it down to the post office being slow and in-efficient. I often have to wait two to three weeks for items to be delivered to me, very frustrating!

Mr NB

In this instance, the printer has almost certainly decided to pack and sort the magazines in post code order and thus obtain cheap postage.

It is not the fault of Consignis (soon to become Royal Mail)that the printer choses this way to distribute his goods which could be drip fed over a couple of weeks.


Regards

Mick

Please explain this whole "post code" sorting business.

My distributor is located in Canada. As I understand it, the issues comes over the pond to them, who in turn turn my issue around.

I guess the magazine is monthly. Hence, I'm running one month behind (about a month and a half really) from UK distribution. Seems excessive to me.

I waited anxiously to get the issue with the 552 in it (about which you have all pondered), only to find issue 18 show up on my doorstep a good 3 weeks after you all recieved issue 19.

An $80 subscription.

Still, I like the magazine mostly for the stunning internal and extrernal shots of the gear. It's like candy.

Judd

Justin

If a printer or distributor dumped thousands of mags into the local post office all at once, the PO would have to go through the usual process of dividing the mags into the post code areas or countries to which they are being sent.

One way for the distibutor to reduce postal charges is for him to pack and address each mag and group them into bundles of either countries, regions, cities etc. This saves the PO doing it and hence we will quote lower postal charges.

Therefore the printer may for instance print and post mags for the London area one day, Birmingham mags the next day etc, as well as different countries on different days.

This way he can reduce his postal charges by a significant degree. This is a worldwide practice.

Usually for high volumes, it will be done over say a week and sent by ship across the pond.

It suits the printer and the PO but not the customer.

Cost cutting rules ok etc.

Regards

Mick

Justin, Hi Fi + is not monthly, it is bi-monthly.

Can it take that long to get there? Got issue 19 here in NZ last week. Anyway, think of the added excitement when you finally get to read the 552 reviews.

You see, that's just it.

NZ got thier issue 19 last week. I only got issue 18 last week. As it is bimonthly, am I to understand that the states are 2 months behind?

I think ny distributor has its head up its ass.

Judd

My God I cannot stand cruelty to dumb animals. Poor donkey type ass thing.

Your distributor needs a kick in the arse

Rule Brittania

Distributors are very inefficients, at least here. I know that subsciptors get magazines 2 weeks after the street release here in Montreal.
I canceled all my subscriptions.

Emmanuel

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