My April issue arrived yesterday right on time and one week after I received my March issue which was pretty beat up when I got it. No telling what the Post Office was doing to it the previous three weeks. In the same bundle I got the 1099s from two sources. Those are supposed to be mailed out at the end of January too so the Post Office wasn't in any hurry to deliver those either. Must be something with bulk mailings. Most everything else seems to arrive on time including ebay purchases.
Isn't this the issue that usually contains an April Fool's prank somewhere in the magazine. I'll have to be on the lookout for it.
It's there - the joke is there. And, it seems to me, a bit more obvious than some of their best ones.
Don't get me started on the USPS. I have yet to receive last year's tax refund check, or any IRS response to the TWO official forms I mailed asking about the refund, OR the "return receipt requested" form that was part of the certified mail version of the second request. I do however regularly receive other people's mailed prescriptions!
Dave Nelson
I'll bite. Back when I was selling things, and buying things for that matter, anything going through a northeastern US urban hub was very much delayed. The area of eastern Pennsylvania, especially the Harrisburg PA center, was especially bad.
It would take two weeks to get out of the upper Mid Atlantic area, where as things would go from Georgia to California in 3 to 4 days.
It was not weather related. I think its noticeably worse depending upon what hubs the mail gets routed through.
- Douglas
Until recently I had a lot of confidence in the USPS. It used to be rare that something actually got lost in the mail. I think more than likely it was people using the USPS as an excuse. Now it seems the Post Office is regularly losing things in the mail and delivering items weeks after they should have arrived.
My example would be that out of 12 things that I get in the mail, 1 item got bounced around hubs for a long time. Its tough for me to blame all of USPS when I think some local POs probably simply use the COVID issue as an excuse more than others....or the local rules really impact it somehow.
Capacity everywhere is a mess. There's going to be delays all over the place until there's enough airliners flying again.
Covid and recently a snow storm has been the excuse for poor performance by the USPS and nearly everwhere I go these days. I get apathy and attitude everywhere in the service industry. All you get is a shrug of shoulders and blame it on covid.
A recent ebay purchase was over a week late even after paying for Priority Mail. And the tracking app is a joke as they apparently update it when they feel like it. The tracking app showed it sitting in an OK. post office for a week. Once I complained to ebay, the seller and USPS it surprisingly show-up in my mailbox the next day. Sheesh, Amazon managed to deliver an entire utility sink during the same period in three days!
dknelsonIt's there - the joke is there. And, it seems to me, a bit more obvious than some of their best ones.
Wow! I guess! Just got my issue today.
Mike.
My You Tube
It was obvious, but I enjoyed finding it. It's a fun thing for the magazine to do.
York1 John
I just picked my April issue up at my LOCAL HOBBY SHOP. I love those three little words.
Still waiting. I had a chance to browse through the online trial version, but I like area magazine to hold in my hands. I did not see the April fools joke yet, so no spoilers.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
No spoilers needed, it's intuitively obvious even to the most casual of observers, as my high school chemistry teacher used to say. At least if you are a forum member.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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PC101 I just picked my April issue up at my LOCAL HOBBY SHOP. I love those three little words.
What's THAT???? LOL
oldline1
Got my magazine yesterday, and found it instantly. But I got a laugh from it. It was very well done MRR staff.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
oldline1 PC101 I just picked my April issue up at my LOCAL HOBBY SHOP. I love those three little words. What's THAT???? LOL oldline1
''LOCAL HOBBY SHOP''
PC101 oldline1 PC101 I just picked my April issue up at my LOCAL HOBBY SHOP. I love those three little words. What's THAT???? LOL oldline1 ''LOCAL HOBBY SHOP''
My LHS is almost an hour drive away. I used to live five minutes from it until I retired and moved out into the country. I subscribe because I sometimes go months without visiting it. I dropped my subscription to RMC because their delivery had become sporadic and I got tire of having to contact customer service to get the missing issue. As a result, I probably end up only getting about half their issues at the LHS.
rrinker No spoilers needed, it's intuitively obvious even to the most casual of observers, as my high school chemistry teacher used to say. At least if you are a forum member. --Randy
I did a quick leaf through it last night and didn't spot it. I'll have to look a little closer tonight.
The April Fool's joke was a bit lame. Especially when they had two years to come up with one. I thought for sure the the 1:1 model would be the joke. Then I thought the lifted garage layout framing was. Oh, well.
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
JumijoThe April Fool's joke was a bit lame. Especially when they had two years to come up with one. I thought for sure the the 1:1 model would be the joke. Then I thought the lifted garage layout framing was. Oh, well.
Russell
JumijoThen I thought the lifted garage layout framing was. Oh, well.
I missed that, although I haven't gone over the whole mag yet.
I'll have to look for it.
I KNOW that....I was making a joke as there are so few local hobby shops.
oldline1 PC101 oldline1 PC101 I just picked my April issue up at my LOCAL HOBBY SHOP. I love those three little words. What's THAT???? LOL oldline1 ''LOCAL HOBBY SHOP'' I KNOW that....I was making a joke as there are so few local hobby shops. oldline1
oldline 1, I knew you knew that. I was just bored.
JumijoThe April Fool's joke was a bit lame.
csxnsYes i thought the same.
Yeah, certainly not their best. It seemed like it was put together by a first-time author just to see if he could get a picture of his beloved Athearn Trainmaster into Model Railroader.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I just wanna know if it is possible to extend more than 12 feet, and if there would be interference from having two stacked. It sure would make it easier to cross the space in front of my furnace and water heater.
SeeYou190Yeah, certainly not their best. It seemed like it was put together by a first-time author just to see if he could get a picture of his favorite Athearn Trainmaster into Model Railroader. -Kevin
I thought it was funny, and I appreciated it. I wasn't sure until I saw the Stratton and Gillette boxcar at the edge of the photo.
Nice!
York1 SeeYou190 Yeah, certainly not their best. It seemed like it was put together by a first-time author just to see if he could get a picture of his favorite Athearn Trainmaster into Model Railroader. -Kevin I thought it was funny, and I appreciated it. I wasn't sure until I saw the Stratton and Gillette boxcar at the edge of the photo. Nice!
SeeYou190
Yeah, certainly not their best. It seemed like it was put together by a first-time author just to see if he could get a picture of his favorite Athearn Trainmaster into Model Railroader. -Kevin
My issue just arrived today also, so I haven't had time to look.
But the way you guys keep nibbling around the edges you've mostly taken the search fun away, so you might as well give us the answer.