January 27, 2002, 01:01 AM | #1 |
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Damn You, Usps!
My latest issue of SWAT magazine came the other day looking as if it had been fed through the USPS' newest crinkling machine.
Chewed up on the edges, and more spherical than flat. Cover was completely torn off, and half of the pages were detached from the top fold staple. After a day of sitting under a heavy box, it's readable. Good article on Pistols of the Colonial Police.
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January 27, 2002, 02:18 AM | #2 |
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Do you mean ups?
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USPS= U.S. Postal Service. Mike, the cover was pulled off of my March issue as well. Feb. issue never got here at all. I'm calling my postmaster Monday.
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This is vexing to me. I've had 1/2 dozen such complaints for March.....all have to do with covers torn off and mag mangled. I'll check into it tomorrow, but I doubt this was created at the shipping side. The magazines couldn't have been delivered unless the final Postal Office received them with the cover/label intact.
Mike: Any idea how it reached you without cover/label? Rich
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January 27, 2002, 05:35 PM | #5 |
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On a slightly related note:
The cover fell off my most recent issue about 2 pages into reading it. |
January 27, 2002, 06:40 PM | #6 |
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Explain "fell off"? Staples pulled thru or it tore in half? I've had some input from one of our Members who works for USPS and he indicates that this may have been aproblem with the originating automated machine. I have Kathy Allard trying to trace with Brown Printing on Monday. We're also going to price plastic shrink wrap, beginning May. Fact is, S.W.A.T. printing should be of the highest quality...Lord knows we pay for it! Compare the weight of one of our pages to Brand X...you'll find that, generally, our normal page is on the same bond as their cover. The 50 copies I received (boxed thru UPS) don't show any sign of defective binding. But we'll continue to look into it. Rich
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My March issue arrived in perfect condition.
Good readin'...
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January 27, 2002, 10:27 PM | #8 |
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Rich,
My bad. The cover WAS there. The staples had been pulled completely through it; ithe body of the mag was just stuffed inside of the cover, and the whole thing dumped into my mailbox.
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The Postal workers are probably reading it before they deliver it. Working at a Post Office one never knows when they may need some of the info inside.
Ever consider putting them in plastic sleeves like some other pubs?
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OK, the problem appears to be nationwide:
Here is a preliminary response from our Printer.
Reading between the lines, I have to question whether this is a byproduct of recent events and attempts to increase mail security. Meantime, we are looking at polybag alternatives. Quote:
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George,
Actually there is a lot of water involved in the standard off-set printing process, and the print gets quite wet through the process. The paper is may be wetted just prior to being printed, the inks are water based, the paper is stored in areas of relatively high humidity, etc. As part of the final finishing process the paper and ink are dried, either by running over heated rollers or through an oven. If the paper was more humid than normal, or the press was running wetter than normal, or the oven or rollers weren't up to full heat, it's possible that your magazine came out still wet and dried like it did.
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Mine arrived in excellent condition, both inside and out.
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As did mine - on the newsstand
but it appears I am now a subscriber being one of those unfortunelates who had a 2 year sub to "GunGames" I really can't say for sure how many issues I recieved nor how many I have left on my sub they never seemed to arrive on any regular schedule.
Is there any way of finding out how many issues I will recieve?
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Email me with the name you subscribed to GunGames under. I can answer the question for you. May take a copule of days as I'm on the road. Rich
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