Fromafar Posted June 29, 2024 Report Share Posted June 29, 2024 (edited) On 6/29/2024 at 9:56 AM, topaz325 said: Has anyone else had any issues with the star delivery , last weeks was at least four days late and still waiting for this weeks. Expand Ditto. I went to my local Post Office Delivery Office to ask if there was a problem as my mail delivery is erratic,he said staff shortages doesn’t help.Interesting he also suggested that way the delivery envelope is formatted with the return Address at the top of front page might cause an issue with the Laser sensors which scan Mail causing them not to recognise the Real delivery Address at the bottom of the page.Which could cause a delay as the would have to be scanned by hand again.( not sure if that is valid though).Dave at Pinegen said my Post Code had a few issues last week though Personally I think it’s just Royal Mail poor delivery service. Ps. It was in my local Tesco Store on time. Edited June 29, 2024 by Fromafar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted June 29, 2024 Report Share Posted June 29, 2024 On 6/29/2024 at 2:52 PM, Fromafar said: Ditto. I went to my local Post Office Delivery Office to ask if there was a problem as my mail delivery is erratic,he said staff shortages doesn’t help.Interesting he also suggested that way the delivery envelope is formatted with the return Address at the top of front page might cause an issue with the Laser sensors which scan Mail causing them not to recognise the Real delivery Address at the bottom of the page.Which could cause a delay as the would have to be scanned by hand again.( not sure if that is valid though).Dave at Pinegen said my Post Code had a few issues last week though Personally I think it’s just Royal Mail poor delivery service. Ps. It was in my local Tesco Store on time. Expand Agree this weeks arrived today with about another 8 letters , seems like it’s a twice a week service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted June 29, 2024 Report Share Posted June 29, 2024 On 6/29/2024 at 3:48 PM, topaz325 said: Agree this weeks arrived today with about another 8 letters , seems like it’s a twice a week service. Expand Have the same problem get a bundle about twice a week.These Companies paying 1st Class rates are getting a very poor deal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poole keith Posted June 29, 2024 Report Share Posted June 29, 2024 Another privatisation disaster,just got to hope the new Czech owner will improve things,would have preferred the Germans to own it but hoping for the best!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog Posted July 3, 2024 Report Share Posted July 3, 2024 On 6/29/2024 at 6:14 PM, poole keith said: Another privatisation disaster,just got to hope the new Czech owner will improve things,would have preferred the Germans to own it but hoping for the best!! Expand Kretinsky doesn't own it.... Yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog Posted July 3, 2024 Report Share Posted July 3, 2024 On 6/29/2024 at 2:52 PM, Fromafar said: Ditto. I went to my local Post Office Delivery Office to ask if there was a problem as my mail delivery is erratic,he said staff shortages doesn’t help.Interesting he also suggested that way the delivery envelope is formatted with the return Address at the top of front page might cause an issue with the Laser sensors which scan Mail causing them not to recognise the Real delivery Address at the bottom of the page.Which could cause a delay as the would have to be scanned by hand again.( not sure if that is valid though).Dave at Pinegen said my Post Code had a few issues last week though Personally I think it’s just Royal Mail poor delivery service. Ps. It was in my local Tesco Store on time. Expand Yes, this can cause an issue but the laser can read numerous labels at once, but if there is still an issue it gets re-labelled within a few hours and should be on its way without any issues in the same day 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booey boy Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 On 5/10/2024 at 10:51 AM, Skidder1 said: Nice 'Off The Beaten Track' article in this week's SS re Poole's Matt Ford selling his Chateau in France!! Expand He will be the new promter at Coventry when it reopens as he offered at the planning appeal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 Late again, still waiting for last weeks issue to arrive, Pinegen and their customers not getting the service that has been paid for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted July 15, 2024 Report Share Posted July 15, 2024 On 7/14/2024 at 10:17 PM, topaz325 said: Late again, still waiting for last weeks issue to arrive, Pinegen and their customers not getting the service that has been paid for. Expand It must be a local distribution issue and not Pinegen sending out late. Mine has arrived as regular as clockwork every week recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted July 15, 2024 Report Share Posted July 15, 2024 On 7/15/2024 at 9:59 AM, frigbo said: It must be a local distribution issue and not Pinegen sending out late. Mine has arrived as regular as clockwork every week recently. Expand Yes ,not blaming Pinegen but the distributors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 15, 2024 Report Share Posted July 15, 2024 On 7/15/2024 at 10:17 AM, topaz325 said: Yes ,not blaming Pinegen but the distributors. Expand In my case I blame the Post Office ,mail delivery is also very erratic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbuck Posted July 27, 2024 Report Share Posted July 27, 2024 Do people who take Speedway Star agree with me that the magazine seems to be concentrating far too much on what is happening in foreign leagues, at the expense of British affairs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted July 27, 2024 Report Share Posted July 27, 2024 On 7/27/2024 at 12:07 PM, brianbuck said: Do people who take Speedway Star agree with me that the magazine seems to be concentrating far too much on what is happening in foreign leagues, at the expense of British affairs? Expand No 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted July 27, 2024 Report Share Posted July 27, 2024 On 7/27/2024 at 12:07 PM, brianbuck said: Do people who take Speedway Star agree with me that the magazine seems to be concentrating far too much on what is happening in foreign leagues, at the expense of British affairs? Expand Absolutely not, those are the parts I am most likely to read. [Least likely to read are the recycled club press releases] 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michanekman Posted July 27, 2024 Report Share Posted July 27, 2024 I disagree too. Anything that keeps the mad ramblings of Tolley and Ermolenko out of the magazine works for me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 27, 2024 Report Share Posted July 27, 2024 On 7/27/2024 at 12:07 PM, brianbuck said: Do people who take Speedway Star agree with me that the magazine seems to be concentrating far too much on what is happening in foreign leagues, at the expense of British affairs? Expand Not much to write about over here is there? Could run a competition to keep interest maybe? "Who did Bomber guest for this week?" "Who is Scott guesting for next week? First Prize? A season ticket at Birmingham... Second Prize? Two season tickets!!!! I do like the international news as, to be honest, I watch more of overseas speedway than the UK version of the sport.. Until the play offs obviously, I turn up then... The Speedway Star for me is still an excellent "window" into the sport for anyone maybe only finding out about Speedway.. A shame UK Speedway cannot maintain such high standards to match the magazine.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 28, 2024 Report Share Posted July 28, 2024 On 7/27/2024 at 4:30 PM, mikebv said: Not much to write about over here is there? Could run a competition to keep interest maybe? "Who did Bomber guest for this week?" "Who is Scott guesting for next week? First Prize? A season ticket at Birmingham... Second Prize? Two season tickets!!!! I do like the international news as, to be honest, I watch more of overseas speedway than the UK version of the sport.. Until the play offs obviously, I turn up then... The Speedway Star for me is still an excellent "window" into the sport for anyone maybe only finding out about Speedway.. A shame UK Speedway cannot maintain such high standards to match the magazine.. Expand Would agree.I really enjoy the International News section.Not much to write about in GB mainly who was guesting and who has been sacked.Suppose the “Birmingham Saga” is always worth a read though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloom89 Posted July 28, 2024 Report Share Posted July 28, 2024 On 7/27/2024 at 12:07 PM, brianbuck said: Do people who take Speedway Star agree with me that the magazine seems to be concentrating far too much on what is happening in foreign leagues, at the expense of British affairs? Expand I’d say they’ve probably scaled the foreign leagues back if anything didn’t last season they had all the meeting scorers from the top league in Poland but they don’t this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKYLANE Posted July 28, 2024 Report Share Posted July 28, 2024 After 50 years of the mag on subscription, I stopped reading. SS. Everything I want is on my iPad. 12 years later .. not missing it one iota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Tsunami Posted July 28, 2024 Report Share Posted July 28, 2024 On 7/28/2024 at 2:13 PM, KIRKYLANE said: After 50 years of the mag on subscription, I stopped reading. SS. Everything I want is on my iPad. 12 years later .. not missing it one iota Expand BYE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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