Editorial Emanations

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WE'RE SORRY BUT WE'RE HELPLESS: Of late we have had a rash of what we call "where the hell is it" letters. Folks send in money and then wait and wait and don't get what they ordered. Finally half in frustration and

half in anger they write in to ask "wha' hoppen". Well, darn it, I wish I knew. It's absolutely amazing the number of things that get deposited in the post box at this end that don't get to the proper box at that end. We have worked out a triple check at this end to be sure that we are not the cause of the error. Records are kept of incoming money and orders in a log book. The order is transferred to the permanent record card. When the order is filled both the log book and the card are X'd off and a date stamped on both so that we can cross fer. On top of that we make a list of each day's ship- ments in a separate book and do so after they are all sealed, stamped and ready for mailing. What more we can do to assure that we do not goof I don't know. But if you think it odd that a package with a clear return address does not arrive either at your address or return to us consider this mystery.

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On two separate occasions about a year apart, I have shipped 50 magazines to outlets in N. Y. C. In each instance part of the shipment arrived, but not the rest. As a result, through the insurance, Uncle Sam has bought 25 issues of one number and 30 of another. How could 50 separate copies of a book the size of TVia get sepa- rated from each other in post office or railway car such that 20 of them could be found and delivered and the other 30 disappear completely? You tell me. I'm begin- ning to think that if you scratch a postman you'll find a TV under that blue uniform. I'm thinking of running an add in the "Postman's Gazette" or whatever the Post Office's house organ is called. Ought to be a good source of new prospects. Seriously there isn't anything

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