Topic: V8 Times


johnh6813    -- 01-01-2010 @ 8:04 AM
  This message is for to the pres ,directors ,editor and cornerstone people Jan 1, 2010.we members in Canada ,a least many of us have still nor received the Dec. issue of the Times .I know from the editor from a post on the ford barn that the mags.were sent from the printer just before your thanksgiving and the US. members started to get theirs soon thereafter.The same thing happened last year this time ,and each of this years issues are late .I call the Canada Post and there answer is we deliver all we get.Call cornerstone and they are very nice and say," we will send you another" ,however they seem to only send out once a week so one might have to wait most of a week before they even send it.Send the Canadian bundle to me and I will take them the same day to the regional Post Office for individual posting You charge Canadians extra in US.funds each year. Please get to us the Times on time.


trjford8    -- 01-01-2010 @ 6:23 PM
  Johm. please read the below post titled "Missing V-8 Times". You will find that your mailing information is not correct. The V-8 Times was not mailed out until Dec.8th. In this post the editor states they were not mailed out until the 8th. They may have gone to the printer before Thanksgiving, but that timing has no effect on when they were mailed. I live in California and did not get my Times until Dec. 23. I understand your frustration , but once the Post Office has them the club has no control.

This message was edited by trjford8 on 1-1-10 @ 6:25 PM


johnh6813    -- 01-02-2010 @ 6:59 PM
  Triford :thanks for your interest .It is my understanding that no one in can.has yet received their times.We would also liked to have had it for Christmas as you did.I would like to know what day they were put into the US. mail system and how snd when they got to the Can. post system .Why in the world would /should any piece of mail not be delivered anywhere in North America in say 10 days?.If the hold up could be found maybe a solution could be found .Thanks Can.John.


Chevguy49Ford    -- 01-06-2010 @ 10:39 AM
  I still don't have mine yet. Today is the sixth.

Cheers, Scott.

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Grant    -- 01-06-2010 @ 3:09 PM
  Ditto.

As of January sixth the November/December issue has still not gotten to us here in Ilderton Ontario, which is about 100 miles east of Detroit.

Nonetheless it's a fantastic magazine which is well worth the wait.......the only disadvantage to late arrival is that any super deals in the classified ads will likely already be sold.


v8teditor    -- 01-08-2010 @ 7:12 PM
  I checked with the printer and for some unknown reason, the November/December issue Canadian magazines were sent surface instead of air. They promise to send them via air from now on. However, believe it or not, they will be sent from Missouri to France and then back to Canada! The printer told me there are only TWO ways to send these to Canada - ground or air. By air they are sent as a single package to France and then back individually. Go figure. But since they are to be sent by air, I guess this is what has to happen to get them there in a timely manner. So the next issue may have a postmark from France! Anyway the Board will be discussing this in February at their face-to-face meeting.


Chevguy49Ford    -- 01-10-2010 @ 4:44 PM
 
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However, believe it or not, they will be sent from Missouri to France and then back to Canada! The printer told me there are only TWO ways to send these to Canada - ground or air. By air they are sent as a single package to France and then back individually.


If that information is correct it's no wonder the US postal system is such a mess. That makes less than no sense. Mail sent from Canada to the US doesn't go to Mexico first. WTH? I still don't have my issue yet.

Cheers, Scott.

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ford38v8    -- 01-10-2010 @ 5:08 PM
  Scott, I would think that the Canadian trade barriers would play a role in the shipment from france rather than the States. Your government has always been very restrictive on imports from the U.S.

Alan

Alan


trjford8    -- 01-10-2010 @ 7:06 PM
  As I recall, mail that goes outside the U.S. is handled by a contract agency and not the USPS. As a former V-8 Club board member we dealt am lot with this situation. The V-8 Times is a "little fish in a big pond" so we don't have a lot of leverage in dealing with the USPS or outside mail contractors.


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