ME magazine late again

[Eric CoxParticipant @ericcox50497]

Once again I'm awaiting delivery of the latest issue of ME magazine (4655), Is there any reason for late delivery or am I just unlucky.

[Eric CoxParticipant @ericcox50497]

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Could well be the Post office, my road has not has a postie delivery since Xmas eve.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Eric Cox on 04/01/2021 10:18:10:

Once again I'm awaiting delivery of the latest issue of ME magazine (4655), Is there any reason for late delivery or am I just unlucky.

COVID is causing a certain amount of bother at the moment!

Mine arrived Saturday afternoon.

Dave

[Bo’sunParticipant @bosun58570]

Patience. I'm sure the post office are doing their best. Especially at 85p a pop for a first class letter. We've got a lot of posties off work in Essex.

[BazParticipant @baz89810]

I am still waiting for mine in North Hampshire, let’s hope it’s not lost mailbags like it was a couple of years ago.

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

My copy arived (NE Hants) Saturday.

[Danny M2ZParticipant @dannym2z]

Posted by Eric Cox on 04/01/2021 10:18:10:

Once again I'm awaiting delivery of the latest issue of ME magazine (4655), Is there any reason for late delivery or am I just unlucky.

Oh dear, with current restrictions affecting publicatioin and postal deliveries you are fortunate and should count yourself lucky that any magazines were published and delivered at all.

I just received (4th January 2021) a Christmas card from my sister in the UK, it was posted 11th December 2020.

As for a reason for 'late delivery' consider keeping up with the daily news. There are a few major issues affecting our daily lives at this time..

I was absolutely astounded when all my 2020 copies of MEW actually made it to Australia.

So please be patient Eric, there are a few greater problems affecting the world than your timely delivery of a magazine. Hopefully it should arrive soon.

* Danny M *

[Peter Seymour-HowellParticipant @peterseymour-howell39349]

my copy arrived on Saturday … I never did receive 4654?

Pete

[Dave Smith 14Participant @davesmith14]

My digital version is not showing up either on here or pocketmags, Only had the notification for 4654 two days ago, Can Neil or someone advise what is happening please?

[DalboyParticipant @dalboy]

Posted by Danny M2Z on 04/01/2021 12:02:31:

Posted by Eric Cox on 04/01/2021 10:18:10:

Once again I'm awaiting delivery of the latest issue of ME magazine (4655), Is there any reason for late delivery or am I just unlucky.

Oh dear, with current restrictions affecting publicatioin and postal deliveries you are fortunate and should count yourself lucky that any magazines were published and delivered at all.

I just received (4th January 2021) a Christmas card from my sister in the UK, it was posted 11th December 2020.

As for a reason for 'late delivery' consider keeping up with the daily news. There are a few major issues affecting our daily lives at this time..

I was absolutely astounded when all my 2020 copies of MEW actually made it to Australia.

So please be patient Eric, there are a few greater problems affecting the world than your timely delivery of a magazine. Hopefully it should arrive soon.

* Danny M *

I sent a card to a friend in Faulconbridge to the west of Sydney sent at the beginning of December but received on new years eve. So with things as they are all around the world post will be a little slower than normal

[noel shelleyParticipant @noelshelley55608]

Mine came saturday in N norfolk. But waiting for MEW 300 to arrive. Christmas cards were taking 2 weeks to arrive only 65 miles away.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

My ME came on Saturday.

Please allow extra time for obvious reasons.

If issues do not arrive, raise a query with subscriptions (see bottom right of each page of the website for details).

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Dave Smith 14 on 04/01/2021 12:35:44:

My digital version is not showing up either on here or pocketmags, Only had the notification for 4654 two days ago, Can Neil or someone advise what is happening please?

Hi Dave,

I'm afraid I don't know the timetable for ME but it has probably bee adjusted to reflect both the last lockdown and Christmas/New Year break.

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I have enquired about the online date for ME 4655 – I suspect print copies have got a bit ahead of the digital timetable again.

Neil

[JAParticipant @ja]

It is not the only magazine I am expecting that has not arrived.

I suspect that locally we no longer have a daily postal delivery. Should this surprise anyone?

JA

[paul raynerParticipant @paulrayner36054]

mine arrived on Saturday

[Former MemberParticipant @formermember12892]

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[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

It is now fairly normal to have no (UK city suburb ) post for two or three days, and then to receive a whole load.

Presumably whatever staff are able to work can no longer work their normal walk, and so the mail gets bulked up every few days, when the posties can deliver in our area.

The things awaited with baited breath are Birthday cards, Vaccination notification and Issue 300.

Hopefully the pension payments are going into the bank electronically!

Howard

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Digital versions of 4655 and 300 now available on this site, not checked Pocketmags.

[CalumParticipant @calumgalleitch87969]

I was chatting to our local postie (Scottish Borders) this morning – there are parts of the country, south-east and London in particular, with huge undermanning problems due to a certain virus variant. From what I gather if you get a delivery every few days at the moment you are luckier than some!

[JAParticipant @ja]

ME 4655 arrived this lunch time.

JA

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Please bear with us.

There has been unwelcome slippage in production schedules due to various lockdowns.

I'm sure everyone will appreciate that we are not always being able to produce magazines in time for the provisional on sale date in the previous issue. Editors have no control over this, scheduling is done centrally across all magazines.

Magazines are mailed out in advance of general sale, and normally arrive around Monday or Tuesday before an on sale date on the following Friday.

It is clear that the Royal Mail are struggling to achieve regular deliveries and there are additional delays in the system.

Yesterday I got a first class letter dated 19 December that was posted in Birmingham (about 30 miles away), that's over two weeks for what would normally be a next day delivery.

We are also only getting 2 or 3 deliveries a week.

This is totally beyond our control, under these circumstances all we can do is ask people to be patient and accept that some people may not receive their copies until a week or more after others get the same issue.

Neil

[Nigel Smith 4Participant @nigelsmith4]

I had a similar problem 2 years ago, missing issues then duplicate issues. In the end I cancelled the subscription. Couple of days ago I thought I would try again so paid for a new subscription. I appreciate there are postal delays, I just hope I don't have the same problems as before.

Nigel.

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