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AW Late? Check Your Label

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I think I understand why my AW took 25 days to arrive. According to the post office my label is coded wrong. The distribution code in the top line of my lable is: "*****3-Digit 532". My zip code is 23503, so the top line coding should be 235. The local post office explained that the code on my lable is sending my AW to the postal code 532 area. As the 532 area office is breaking down the mail for local delivery, they see my 23503 zip code in the address, and send the magazine back to the shipper, who then mails it a second time to the correct zip code. Now, IF THE POST OFFICE FOLK are correct all I need to do is get AAW to change my lable..... Gee, I hope it works.

Ron Wilson
 
Ron
I think you've nailed the issue. My three digit is 551 not 983 like it should be.

Since I've helped do two different 3rd class mailing since the AW was mailed, I've helped bundle many by the zip-code. I know that the code is the really important part (for getting 3rd class there in a timely manner).

Looks like our pubisher(s) need to have a talk with the firm that prints and mails the AW
 
n7bsn said:
Ron
Looks like our pubisher(s) need to have a talk with the firm that prints and mails the AW
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Whoever is supplying the subscriber list is probably supplying the data for the ink jet machine which applies the address on the magazine.

AAW is probably supplying the subscriber information but they could have a sub-contractor process the mail list for the printer to have the data formated for the ink jet machine that sprays the labels onto the magazines during the binding process.

If this is the problem maybe even Bill Grumbine might get his copy when it is corrected. 🙂

My copy is correctly sent to ADC 720 for my zip of 72401. I got mine a few days ago, so that didn't apply to my copy.

Clem
w1cvw
 
Well, mine is here at last, and my code is correct. As an aside, I worked as a supervisor for a while in a sheltered workshop where mentally ill and retarded people did various jobs. One of the jobs done by the lower functioning groups was to sort mass mailings by zip code.

Bill
 
Ron - you might have a point for some of the magazines. It's unfortunate it does not apply to Bill, but at least he has received his.

Ron - you may want to send an email to Carl Voss (editor) and he could look into it. It looks like they reversed the order from 235 to 532 on your label.
 
code versus zip code

My zip code is 24184 and the code on the label is 240. That's a small discrepancy, but the magazine did not arrive early.

It sounds as if the entire membership needs to have codes checked for accuracy. There is no excuse for having that detail wrong in this age of computers.
 
Another misdirected magazine

Barbara,

Since you have not received your magazine, it would be hard to know whether the 3-digit code is correct on your current issue. I checked the mailing label of my Summer issue and it was correct , BUT I just checked the three-digit code on the mailing label of my Winter issue that I just now received and, sure enough, it is incorrect. It says 730 and my zip code is 76016.

For what it is worth, the last issue came in an envelope which helped protect it from damage in transit, but the lastest one was shipped bare. Although it was in satisfactory shape, it didn't come through unscathed.

Question for Bill Grumbine: Is your postman a woodturner? If yes, give him a gift membership in AAW and both of you will be happier.

Bill

Bill
 
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Mine's printed with the last 3 numbers in my zip, rather than the first 3, but the digital bar code underneath is correct.
 
After reading all these threads regarding late issues I checked mine and my label had the three digit as 287 instead of 549 indicating it went to North Carolina instead of Wisconsin. In addition there is a bar code label attached (covering the text on the back cover :mad: ) which I have to assume is intended to redirect the magazine. Something is certainly wrong with the AAW/publisher mailing system.

Does anyone think it can/will be fixed?
 
Mine says 750 when it should have been 853. I could even believe 850 since the 853** Zips are handled out of the Phoenix bulk mail center. I have noticed that weekly and high volume magazines are marked for 5-digit Zip bundling.

BTW, Mine came about 10 days ago.

JimQ
 
Digital bar code

Mark Mandell said:
. . . . . . . . but the digital bar code underneath is correct.
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Mark,

How did you decipher the bar code? I presume that maybe the tall bars represent 1's and the short ones represent 0's, but that is where I get stuck. It doesn't look like BCD -- too many characters. Maybe 2's complement or 1's complement? Or did someone at the PO give you the answer?

Bill
 
With a zip code of 35014 my sort code shows 870. The bar code does appear to be correct. Looks like the publisher needs to get busy on this problem! Wonder how many miles by slow mule mine had to travel??

Wilford
 
Sort Code

I went home last night and looked at older issues. The sort code on them was correct and some came timely and some took forever. It was just this last issue that the source code was so far off. Sounds like someone has the substring function in his program looking in the wrong place.

Vernon
 
I finally got mine last week. The 3 digit code on my label is 631 and my zip is 23418. But there is also a 4 digit extension to my zip of 2555. Don't know where that came from...seems that it should be my PO Box which is 1094. They better get this mess straightened out.
 
Alright, I couldn't resist, and I'm feeling a tad cranky. The query with the publisher is still open and is getting worked. I'll publish the results when we get them.

This durned thing has even bled over onto WoodCentral. In response to the comment there.....there will not be hell to pay. If there is a mistake, it will simply be fixed. We're not going to take the printer man out back and lash him to a pole. Nor will we make him turn a bowl from a 5 year old dry piece of rock hard oak with only a dull carbon steel scraper and a 1/4 HP equipped lathe 🙂

Don't any of you guys have any patience? This isn't the end of the world folks. The magazine was scheduled to be received via 3rd class mail between December 1 and December 15. Today is coincidently December 15.

We also happen to be in the Christmas mailing season. My local postman usually gets our mail to my house around 2:30-3:00. Now he's getting it to us at 6:00-6:30. He's a nice old guy (Dale) who has been working this route for 15 years. I've talked to him a bunch over the years and I wish he didn't have to work such long hours during each holiday.

This isn't a mess. It may be a mistake though. If there is a mistake, we'll have the printer fix it. Is there anyone here on the forum who has not made a mistake? I've made a few....well in fact I've made plenty! I've even made them on this website occasionally just to see if you guys were checking 🙂 And you usually catch the errors, but I've snuck a couple past you! 😱

I am glad that someone discovered a potential mistake with the distribution code. It is still a potential mistake, and we have not yet established there is a problem yet. I did confirm that we send the full 5 digit zip code from the AAW office to the printer. As Vernon pointed out, if there is an error, it is probably a substring function in some software.

To end this with a positive note:
Our office staff is working this potential issue with the printer company. This is not their current priority since the next magazine gets shipped in Feb/March. Mostly what our office staff is currently doing is processing the huge membership renewal load which comes in at this time of year. To further digress, I hope to remove that peak load by putting in new software early next year which will help us spread the load out thru the entire year.

We'll be moving from the current January 1 - January 1 (annual) membership to "anniversary" membership. That means your membership anniversary will be based on whatever date you joined. For many of us it will still be Jan 1 - Jan 1. But over the coming years we'll end up getting late renewals, and new people joining. Eventually the memberships will be spread throughout the entire year. And THAT will be a good thing because I will have put in place a project where our illustrious AAW office staff will not have to work long hours during the holidays! And that makes me feel good.
 
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