Mailsort 3

[andy2007]

I can't see why it gets left on Saturdays, chances are that the companies sending it will just use DSA instead, meaning that you'd still have to deliver it but RM would get less money.

Spoken like a true MC'er

Actually, he's got a good point. MS3 makes us more money than MS1 and MS2 combined, because of the sheer volume of MS3 Mail. Although I doubt that anyone would go to DSA, just because it doesn't get delivered on a Saturday. Unless of course, it misses it's 1 week deadline. But if we did loose MS3 customers, it'd hit us very hard.

Now obviously, I'm not suggesting that the same is true, once you include STL, SD, etc., traffic. But businesses like to send non time critical Mail by MS3, because it's cheaper. But that doesn't mean that they'd stand for it missing it's deadline. They want what they paid for.

[Mr Blonde]

How would they know that it missed the deadline? Does anyone ACTUALLY read the shite when it lands on their own doormats?

[POSTMAN]

I can't see why it gets left on Saturdays, chances are that the companies sending it will just use DSA instead, meaning that you'd still have to deliver it but RM would get less money.

Spoken like a true MC'er

Actually, he's got a good point. MS3 makes us more money than MS1 and MS2 combined, because of the sheer volume of MS3 Mail. Although I doubt that anyone would go to DSA, just because it doesn't get delivered on a Saturday. Unless of course, it misses it's 1 week deadline. But if we did loose MS3 customers, it'd hit us very hard.

Now obviously, I'm not suggesting that the same is true, once you include STL, SD, etc., traffic. But businesses like to send non time critical Mail by MS3, because it's cheaper. But that doesn't mean that they'd stand for it missing it's deadline. They want what they paid for.

Tbf Andy,i've never understood how and why RM's big seller could be left on a Sat.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

How would they know that it missed the deadline? Does anyone ACTUALLY read the shite when it lands on their own doormats?

RM and Postwatch/Postcom use secret shoppers that report what mail was delivered and when. Remember the problems in Scotland, Preston and NI over this.

Also the companies themselves do the same thing, in my last job as a phone drone for a Mail Order company they used to send me test letters which I had to report on. Yes some of them were MS3 although I did not know it at the time.

[dblad]

I just deliver it on Saturday, you never know what's gunna land on your frame Monday so I get it out the way. Plus the fact if your all working to your time on Saturdays there's no point in leaving it.

[andy2007]

How would they know that it missed the deadline? Does anyone ACTUALLY read the shite when it lands on their own doormats?

RM and Postwatch/Postcom use secret shoppers that report what mail was delivered and when. Remember the problems in Scotland, Preston and NI over this.

Also the companies themselves do the same thing, in my last job as a phone drone for a Mail Order company they used to send me test letters which I had to report on. Yes some of them were MS3 although I did not know it at the time.

I'm not surprised. very few people outside of RM seem to know there's even such a thing as 3rd Class Mail. It was a surprise for me, when I started.

[Haitch P]

Actually, he's got a good point. MS3 makes us more money than MS1 and MS2 combined, because of the sheer volume of MS3 Mail. Although I doubt that anyone would go to DSA, just because it doesn't get delivered on a Saturday. Unless of course, it misses it's 1 week deadline. But if we did loose MS3 customers, it'd hit us very hard.

Now obviously, I'm not suggesting that the same is true, once you include STL, SD, etc., traffic. But businesses like to send non time critical Mail by MS3, because it's cheaper. But that doesn't mean that they'd stand for it missing it's deadline. They want what they paid for.

Does Mailsort 3 still make money then? There hardly seems to be much about these days.

I can remember when I worked on the LSMs in the late 90s there was tonnes of the stuff to run through, not now.

[DGP1]

Actually, he's got a good point. MS3 makes us more money than MS1 and MS2 combined, because of the sheer volume of MS3 Mail. Although I doubt that anyone would go to DSA, just because it doesn't get delivered on a Saturday. Unless of course, it misses it's 1 week deadline. But if we did loose MS3 customers, it'd hit us very hard.

Now obviously, I'm not suggesting that the same is true, once you include STL, SD, etc., traffic. But businesses like to send non time critical Mail by MS3, because it's cheaper. But that doesn't mean that they'd stand for it missing it's deadline. They want what they paid for.

Does Mailsort 3 still make money then? There hardly seems to be much about these days.

I can remember when I worked on the LSMs in the late 90s there was tonnes of the stuff to run through, not now.

That's because they've switched to DSA

[andy2007]

But there's still more of it, than MS1 and MS2 combined. As you said: That's mostly due to customers going over to DSA.

But yes, MS3 does make moeny for us. Quite a lot, in fact!