The Dot Connector Magazine Joins Forces With SOTT.net!
- Thread starter Buddy
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Changing the barcode would effectively change where the magazine went to. But if the top barcode was covering the 1st one then the top one would be the correct barcode to the receivers address and the bottom would have been the dud that let the magazine float through the postal service (until the correct barcode was attached). I've seen mainly large envelopes, like magazines with two different barcodes although it's rare.
Because in order to not have mail come back to the wrong postal office, those barcodes need to be scratched out so the machines can't read it and a new correct barcode has to be attached.
I could be wrong about this, because the way the postal service works, one arm doesn't know what the other is doing and vice versa. I'll check more into it though. But for those wanting to file complaints, I'd say go ahead. I doubt it would speed up receiving your copies, but at the very least your letting them know your not happy about delivery.
Mr. Premise
The Living Force
Echo Blue said:
Mine came in Massachusetts sometime this past week. I was out of town so I don't know which day.
maryjk_99
Jedi
The barcode on my mailing is very easy to remove, so it could very easily have been replaced with a corrected version.
Sounds like the problem is with the originating office which placed the original barcodes on March 14th. International mail should take no longer than 7 to 21 days. It's been nearly twice that long (39 days in my case). Who knows where the package was sent to. Sure are alot of mistakes
...I've gotten used to it, as the mail rates rise, the service has progressively gotten worse, and the handlers are more and more careless. Being overworked and understaffed could have that effect on people.
But it does seem that the issues are arriving undamaged; it could just be a one time thing, a nuisance. You could try test mailings using different offices, but it could just result in wasted energy.
Another idea would be if your software that generates the addresses could automatically generate the barcode as well. A plug-in could be available that will print the barcode on the label itself. ..just thinking out loud
Edit to add, if interested:
Here's a free generator Zint Barcode Generator which will generate international bar codes.
download _http://download.cnet.com/Zint-Barcode-Studio-Portable/3000-18514_4-75416224.html?tag=rb_content;main
and here's a link to the pdf manual
_http://cdnetworks-us-1.dl.sourceforge.net/project/zint/zint/2.4.1/zint_manual_241.pdf
Sounds like the problem is with the originating office which placed the original barcodes on March 14th. International mail should take no longer than 7 to 21 days. It's been nearly twice that long (39 days in my case). Who knows where the package was sent to. Sure are alot of mistakes
...I've gotten used to it, as the mail rates rise, the service has progressively gotten worse, and the handlers are more and more careless. Being overworked and understaffed could have that effect on people. But it does seem that the issues are arriving undamaged; it could just be a one time thing, a nuisance. You could try test mailings using different offices, but it could just result in wasted energy.
Another idea would be if your software that generates the addresses could automatically generate the barcode as well. A plug-in could be available that will print the barcode on the label itself. ..just thinking out loud
Edit to add, if interested:
Here's a free generator Zint Barcode Generator which will generate international bar codes.
download _http://download.cnet.com/Zint-Barcode-Studio-Portable/3000-18514_4-75416224.html?tag=rb_content;main
and here's a link to the pdf manual
_http://cdnetworks-us-1.dl.sourceforge.net/project/zint/zint/2.4.1/zint_manual_241.pdf
Gimpy
The Living Force
Just got back from the mailbox, and my Dot Connector was finally in there! 
The weird thing? It was addressed to my husband. I know I subscribed under my own name.....
I'm actually tickled its arrived, period, however it got here!
It was stamped 14/03/11
Under the bar code is a handwritten word: Livre
The return address on the back has been struck off with a line through it.
The weird thing? It was addressed to my husband. I know I subscribed under my own name.....
I'm actually tickled its arrived, period, however it got here!
It was stamped 14/03/11
Under the bar code is a handwritten word: Livre
The return address on the back has been struck off with a line through it.
Lan8r
Jedi Master
Mine had the same, but the word Livre was handwritten in the top left corner. I believe that is French for deliver. Which I thought was strange if written by the Postal Service, Why would someone post something if it wasn't to be delivered?l!! Maybe it means they inspected it and decided it was 'livre-able'! Or, maybe the crew put it there when it was packaged and ready to go to post. However, it did arrive still sealed and with no damage. So I segued to reading it!!
