[Qcwa] Summer 2003 Journal

[Bob N0UF]

I find it very pathetic that a postal worker was sent home for
delivering a copy of the new Harry Potter book a day early and we can't
even get our magazine delivered in a timely fashion.

73
Bob N0UF
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John and Linda Miller" <jandlmiller@carol.net>
To: <qcwa@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 1:08 PM
Subject: [Qcwa] Summer 2003 Journal


> Well, I got mine!   It arrived on June 9 and, as usual, in good shape.
>
> Others around me have yet to get their copy and all of us have no
> clue.  Some of us may need to wait a full month, giving all the sacks
a
> chance to be emptied and processed in accordance with their priority
at the
> delivering USPS facility.
>
> Some years ago the date of receipt for a monthly amateur magazine was
> varying wildly, so I obtained monthly mailing date information for my
area
> from the publisher for the previous 12 months.   With this data I
visited
> the local USPS Delivery Superintendent.  The response was not too
customer
> oriented!  Next, I visited with the local Postmaster and was
disappointed
> in the body language, lack of eye contact, not to mention the absence
of
> reasonable, believable information.
>
> So I immediately filed a delivery complaint with the Postal Inspection
> Service having cognizance over my delivery area.
>
> Now, for some reason, the delivery of this mag is well within
tolerance!
>
> The OOTC emails their quarterly journal in Adobe to those of us who
prefer
> to file it on a Zip disk or CD instead of a shelf, as well as those
who
> read it and delete it.  I get mine by email well before the printed
version
> comes off the press, let alone is delivered by USPS.  Besides, the
email
> version is in full and glorious color!
>
> John W0IKT
>
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