<VV> First Class Pain

[Jim Houston]

Since the classified ads in the magazine are free, why not just leave 
them out altogether?  Why have them if they are not viable by the time 
the magazine is delivered??   Corsa Classifieds will still be there, and 
there won't be any reason to complain about late magazine delivery ... 
(btw, my April issue arrived yesterday).

Jim Houston

Sethracer at aol.com wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 4/4/2008 11:47:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
> kaczmarek at charter.net writes:
>
> Back 20  years ago, I was told the Directors got their copies "Earlier" than 
> everyone  else. 
>
> There was no internet, and no "CORSA CLASSIFIEDS" online. The  Internet was 
> still in the fertile mind of Al Gore, its inventor. (SORRY,  COULDN'T RESIST)
>
> At shows I would hear about how a guy saw an ad the  day he got his magazine 
> and would call and find out a Director bought it a  week before.   Pissed some 
> folks off. 
>
>
>
>
> You know, Hank, that would piss me off too. And it happened - one time. The  
> director received a lot of flak, at least within the board, at the  time. And 
> it has been re-told a thousand times. And that was 20+ years  ago. And you 
> don't have to go to a show, just read VV!
>  
> The next part of your note:
>  
> "With todays internet, it wouldn't matter if anyone got their copy earlier  
> than anyone else. Check the Online Classifieds and you'll likely see the ads  
> before they ever get laid out for the magazine." 
>  
> I agree with this. See part of my note to the Corsa BOD:
>  
> . Folks - I know that the argument about First Class shipping of the  
> Communique goes back at least 20 years. The main resistance to offering a First  
> Class shipping option was the argument that the people who paid extra for first  
> class would get the classified ads first, creating a second class membership.  
> (There were other issues to be addressed, too.) I think the  
> Internet/E-bay/Craig's list, as well as our own on-line ads have taken that out  of the 
> equation. Splitting the mailing would probably cause more work for  M&P. That would 
> have to be addressed in their contract - and paid for by the  increased cost 
> for a first class Communique. But the issue must be addressed.  Harry and Mike 
> are smart fellows, I am sure they could come up with an estimate,  based on a 
> certain percentage of the magazines changing to first class mail.  Then it will 
> be your (the BOD) job to sell that to the membership.- Seth  Emerson
>
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