WTN - "International" Members

SamJ
SamJ Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
Although I just became aware of it, there have been changes in our mailing system for Members who live outside the United States. Magazines are shipped DSL and mailed locally (thus the Auckland Post Mark, Geoff).

I already know that Canadian First Class Delivery has been slow. Please email me or post here if you have not received your magazine or if you have, the date it arrived. HETfortyqtpi@earthlink.net

We will get this right for the July/Auguast issue. Please understand, however, that I am 4,000 Kilometers away from the printing and mailing process and don't oversee it. I appreciate your patience...:sick:
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  • Canada here no WTN
  • Huddy42
    Huddy42 Senior Contributor
    Nothing here in Sydney Australia as yet.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    edited June 2011
    As bad as the U S Postal System is the Canadian system is abysmal, in most cases. I've had experiences in the past with e-bay purchases in Canada that have taken up to a month to get from there to here (Maine at the time). Post marks bore out the material had been shipped in a timely manner so it was the transhipment. Maybe in Canada they dump everything into a next week bin when it comes to shipments out of country.

    I had one ebay seller lived in the Vancover area would actually bundle up his sales and drive to the U S to mail them to buyers here. Drastic, but it worked. Mayabe we ought to try that with the WTN - have somebody take them to a Canadian post office. Ok, ok. wild idea!!! :lol:

    Hudsonly,
    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN
  • So I guess you are posting in here because you are a International member or just as somewhere to complain.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    51hornetA wrote:
    So I guess you are posting in here because you are a International member or just as somewhere to complain.

    As me momma, God rest her soul, would say: "Squeaky wheel gets the grease!!"

    Hudsonly,
    Alex B
    Memphis, TN
  • Spencer Yarrow
    Spencer Yarrow Expert Adviser
    Nothing in Brisbane Austraila yet.

    Spencer.
  • Huddy42
    Huddy42 Senior Contributor
    You are not International are you Alex.??
  • ESSX28-1
    ESSX28-1 Senior Contributor
    Still waiting here in NZ!!
  • Whatever happened this issue is not the norm. For the last 3 years I have had first class shipping the WTN has been right on time without fail. I worked with Sam when we had shipping issues to Canada. He fixed these problems. If the WTN ships on a Monday in the US without fail we get it the next week. No if, ands or buts. There are no issues with either USPS, or Canada Post for us. And for shipments to the US last year we shipped over 1500 packages to the US via Canada Post on our end and USPS on US end and every single one made it where it was supposed to go on time.

    As stated this is not a problem with the postal system some type of error was made at the shipper.
  • I have not seen mine yet here in Ontario?
  • TOM-WA-
    TOM-WA- Senior Contributor
    IS THE STATE OF WASHINGTON CONSIDERED INTERNATIONAL?

    STILL NO WTN HERE......
  • Sarah Young
    Sarah Young Senior Contributor
    Hasn't there been several bad tornadoes in the region that the WTN gets printed? That might have created havoc at the BMC (bulk mailing center).
  • hello

    No W T N for the France ..... sniff
  • mikeyb
    mikeyb Senior Contributor
    Germany here... got the may/june issue about a week ago, still in may. I always enjoy the WTN a lot!

    Cheers

    Mikey
  • Virginia is not international, either.
  • Old Fogey UK
    Old Fogey UK Expert Adviser
    I got my WTN last week here in England. :)
  • Spencer Yarrow
    Spencer Yarrow Expert Adviser


    Nothing in Brisbane Austraila yet.

    Spencer.

    Arrived this morning with what appears to be a German post mark.
  • bob ward
    bob ward Senior Contributor
    SamJ wrote:
    Although I just became aware of it, there have been changes in our mailing system for Members who live outside the United States. Magazines are shipped DSL and mailed locally (thus the Auckland Post Mark, Geoff).

    Received my WTN down here today with the same German post mark as Spencer Yarrow's WTN. I can understand, and it seems an efficient system, that DSL would bulk ship to a country and then mail the magazines locally as Sam refers to in his OP, but WTFIGOH?

    There is obviously an internal DSL problem and I guess that DSL will provide an explanation to HET management by and by. Seeing that DSL did manage to send a pack of magazines to New Zealand you would have to wonder, seeing as how the WTN was on-posted from Germany, if the label on the pack of magazines for Australia was misread and put with the pile of stuff to go to Austria.
  • ESSX28-1
    ESSX28-1 Senior Contributor
    edited June 2011
    bob ward wrote:
    SamJ wrote:
    Although I just became aware of it, there have been changes in our mailing system for Members who live outside the United States. Magazines are shipped DSL and mailed locally (thus the Auckland Post Mark, Geoff).

    Received my WTN down here today with the same German post mark as Spencer Yarrow's WTN. I can understand, and it seems an efficient system, that DSL would bulk ship to a country and then mail the magazines locally as Sam refers to in his OP, but WTFIGOH?

    There is obviously an internal DSL problem and I guess that DSL will provide an explanation to HET management by and by. Seeing that DSL did manage to send a pack of magazines to New Zealand you would have to wonder, seeing as how the WTN was on-posted from Germany, if the label on the pack of magazines for Australia was misread and put with the pile of stuff to go to Austria.

    The parcel to New Zealand was not complete!! waiting waiting!!
  • Richie
    Richie Senior Contributor
    Got mine today, reading it now. Richie.
  • "The squeaky wheel gets the grease."
    and
    It is the first one replaced.
  • I guess mine is in Germany somewhere.....I may have to travel to meet it....:silly:
  • ESSX28-1
    ESSX28-1 Senior Contributor
    "The squeaky wheel gets the grease."
    and
    It is the first one replaced.

    SQUEAK SQUEAK!!!
  • 4Hud
    4Hud Expert Adviser
    I think this explains my sudden case of the shakes, may have to pull out a back issue.
    We are also currently undergoing rotating strikes by the postal union members here in Canada. Bob
  • Spencer Yarrow
    Spencer Yarrow Expert Adviser
    ESSX28-1 wrote:
    "The squeaky wheel gets the grease."
    and
    It is the first one replaced.

    SQUEAK SQUEAK!!!
    Dave,

    It appears your wheel may have fallen off[not enough grease].

    Spencer.
  • ESSX28-1
    ESSX28-1 Senior Contributor
    ESSX28-1 wrote:
    "The squeaky wheel gets the grease."
    and
    It is the first one replaced.

    SQUEAK SQUEAK!!!
    Dave,

    It appears your wheel may have fallen off[not enough grease].

    Spencer.
    Greased the postman, wheels now back on & squeak gone!! I'm a happy camper as of this morning.
  • bob ward
    bob ward Senior Contributor
    ESSX28-1 wrote:
    Greased the postman, wheels now back on & squeak gone!! I'm a happy camper as of this morning.

    Did your WTN have a German or NZ postmark? Or other?
  • ESSX28-1
    ESSX28-1 Senior Contributor
    edited June 2011
    bob ward wrote:
    ESSX28-1 wrote:
    Greased the postman, wheels now back on & squeak gone!! I'm a happy camper as of this morning.

    Did your WTN have a German or NZ postmark? Or other?

    NZ postmark.

    I'm guessing it came to NZ Post (Akld) in a bulk delivery & got sorted there!!
  • 54SuperWasp
    54SuperWasp Expert Adviser
    June the 13th, no WTN yet in Québec, Canada. First class comes usualy very early.
    But not this time...Michel.:(
  • SamJ
    SamJ Senior Contributor
    Michel: Do you think the rotating strikes are affecting delivery? :sick:
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