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| Thread ID: 99142 | 2009-04-21 21:32:00 | NZ Herald Deliveries | Tony (4941) | PC World Chat |
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| 767136 | 2009-04-21 21:32:00 | My Herald is consistently late. Despite repeated assurances from the call centre that they "will talk to the distributor", "fine the distributor", nothing seems to change. Do other people experience this, or am I the only one who gets up early enough to notice? :) |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 767137 | 2009-04-21 21:49:00 | Threaten to cancel it - you can get it all online anyway. But it is harder to wrap rubbish up in used electrons.... | johcar (6283) | ||
| 767138 | 2009-04-21 21:50:00 | Fairfax pixels are good for rubbish ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 767139 | 2009-04-21 22:06:00 | Tony, aside from the fact that some early bird may be even earlier than you and enjoying a free paper, there must be be thousands of papers that are just being dumped by those being paid to deliver them. The newspaper industry just doesn't seem to really care. It is for that reason we went from subscribing to just buying a paper when we want one. Result; fewer papers being sold. The internet has provided an alternative for gaining access to news; and those providing the 'hard copy' don't seem to have kept up with the competition. We have 2 'freebies' in our region. With a couple of hiccups, the Friday paper arrives like clockwork. We haven't seen a Wednesday paper (different company) for over twelve months. Calls to the parent company were answered with "Other than advising the person in charge of deliveries we can't really do anything". I wonder how many advertisers pay to advertise without realising the weakest link in the chain makes sure their message never reaches the intended reader.:2cents: |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 767140 | 2009-04-21 22:23:00 | The paper is not being stolen - it just arrives late. Buying a paper when I want one is not really an option, as I work from home and don't necessarily go out every day. I could read it online, but I'd be scare of getting cornflakes on my keyboard! | Tony (4941) | ||
| 767141 | 2009-04-21 22:43:00 | I could read it online, but I'd be scare of getting cornflakes on my keyboard! You dont need the keyboard on the Herald site, all you need is a mouse so just push the keyboard aside for 15 mins while you read and eat... or you could put some gladwrap over your keyboard :p |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 767142 | 2009-04-22 00:27:00 | Tony maybe your paper boy was one of the ones put off here - pressf1.pcworld.co.nz You might not get a paper at all tomorrow:-) I don't get a paper and rarely watch the news. 99% of it is bad news anyway and why should I be depressed through other people's misery. My neighbour's paper arrives about 4-30-5am every day. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 767143 | 2009-04-22 01:31:00 | My paper actually gets delivered (when it does arrive) by car, as I live up in the Waitakeres and all the houses are a bit spread out. The paper is supposed to be here by 6am, but it always seems on the occasions when I am up at that time, it is not there. I look at the Herald online as well, but there is still nothing like having something to spread out on the table during breakfast (and it saves on tablecloths:)). |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 767144 | 2009-04-22 02:50:00 | I read the Herald online while eating my Weetbix on my computer desk. Have plenty of room in front of my keyboard to put the bowl. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 767145 | 2009-04-22 04:12:00 | The paper is not being stolen - it just arrives late. Buying a paper when I want one is not really an option, as I work from home and don't necessarily go out every day. I could read it online, but I'd be scare of getting cornflakes on my keyboard! Could be worse - I once lost an entire poached egg somewhere in the workings of my QWERTY, but at least keyboards don't cost much these days:crying About the only thing you need the Herald for is to look at the pretty pictures in the Adverts ... if you need serious reporting, up to the minute news, I recommend browsing Stuff.co.nz (local Fairfax, including the bi weekly freebies), Sydney Morning Herald, NY Times, Times Online, and get a much more balanced news presentation. Free. Embedded video presentations and more in depth news. Without the Herald's parochial editorial content. |
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