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Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

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chrisj
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

Post by chrisj »

I have not gone through properly but there are some of their famous headlines in there, There is also Henry VIII and Churchill and many other prominent English people including Kelly Brooks, Michelle Keegan, Mark Wright and Joey Essex.

It is a joke of a paper! And this edition is just so cliched - its unreal. It is even worse than the last special edition of the News of the World because it is just about England and Englishness and nothing about the other World Cup groups (I do not think)...

Well, it can always be recycled or totally ignored.

*PS, they so much miss their Page 3 girls that they had to include Kelly Brooks in a bikini - sad!
Hitcher
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

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Unbelievable!

Got back to the office over an hour after our time (agreed to work overtime today) and there were people prepping these in their own time! :arrrghhh

A quick scout of the office and I counted 18 partially or full frames already - looks like they'll have time to do their lapsed tomorrow because I'm not.
k979aaa
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

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bustedflush wrote:
framusjsx wrote:got ours in today, all folded and ready to go, will fit in the frame easily dont really know what all the fuss was about, doing them thursday makes sense as you go to most houses anyway
Yep, all went to plan, folded them yesterday (Tuesday) after early finish, finished at 13:00 today got back to office 13:15 and spent 1/2 hour throwing them in. Still went home early, piece of p!ss.
Will do every call on my round and only those with mail on partners on Thurs, then he'll number the remainder Friday.

Had to laugh as when I came back there was a lino and manager with black hands, and I mean black as they had to fold and throw-off all the lapsed jobs between them... :nana :nana
Black Hand gang will he get his walking boots on tomorrow and do the cut offs! :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
comeracing
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

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Hitcher wrote:Unbelievable!

Got back to the office over an hour after our time (agreed to work overtime today) and there were people prepping these in their own time! :arrrghhh

A quick scout of the office and I counted 18 partially or full frames already - looks like they'll have time to do their lapsed tomorrow because I'm not.
we put ours in on pay OT
bustedflush
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

Post by bustedflush »

comeracing wrote:
Hitcher wrote:Unbelievable!

Got back to the office over an hour after our time (agreed to work overtime today) and there were people prepping these in their own time! :arrrghhh

A quick scout of the office and I counted 18 partially or full frames already - looks like they'll have time to do their lapsed tomorrow because I'm not.
we put ours in on pay OT
Yes, that's what we were going to do, only because we had a dolly round and it was light we couldn't due to early finishing. I am quite glad we have prepped and thrown them in RM's time but on the other hand worried as this will endorse their daft decision to accept such a massive door-dustbin contract on a nominated day(s) basis.
krussel
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

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k979aaa wrote:
bustedflush wrote:
krussel wrote:Sorry what is a "door dustbin" :hmmmm

'Door-to-dustbin' (our appropriate pet name for bloody households.)
Households showing your age there are you not.

Yeah but I knew what he meant. :Very Happy

Who remembers "rebate mail" :hmmmm
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
krussel
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

Post by krussel »

Whysoslowyehcfc wrote:8 adverts, including sky, Iceland, Mars and biggest of all - coca cola...
How much did the sun charge these companies? I guarantee you they made more money then they are paying Royal Mail to deliver them
I heard it was £300k for a full page advert. I am not worried how much RM got paid, more the better. I am just concerned they have made us complete the contract in just 2 days.
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
k979aaa
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

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krussel wrote:
Whysoslowyehcfc wrote:8 adverts, including sky, Iceland, Mars and biggest of all - coca cola...
How much did the sun charge these companies? I guarantee you they made more money then they are paying Royal Mail to deliver them
I heard it was £300k for a full page advert. I am not worried how much RM got paid, more the better. I am just concerned they have made us complete the contract in just 2 days.
It has not happened yet has it not lots off cut offs tomorrow I predict.
OnAFlyer
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

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krussel wrote:
Whysoslowyehcfc wrote:8 adverts, including sky, Iceland, Mars and biggest of all - coca cola...
How much did the sun charge these companies? I guarantee you they made more money then they are paying Royal Mail to deliver them
I heard it was £300k for a full page advert. I am not worried how much RM got paid, more the better. I am just concerned they have made us complete the contract in just 2 days.
I'll be interested to know exactly what RM end up making out of this after all the OT is paid out. In our office they have asked for people to stay late today and go in early tomorrow and Friday, all on S/A.
k979aaa
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

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OnAFlyer wrote:
krussel wrote:
Whysoslowyehcfc wrote:8 adverts, including sky, Iceland, Mars and biggest of all - coca cola...
How much did the sun charge these companies? I guarantee you they made more money then they are paying Royal Mail to deliver them
I heard it was £300k for a full page advert. I am not worried how much RM got paid, more the better. I am just concerned they have made us complete the contract in just 2 days.
I'll be interested to know exactly what RM end up making out of this after all the OT is paid out. In our office they have asked for people to stay late today and go in early tomorrow and Friday, all on S/A.
If it or any overtime is paid out I for one do not trust them!
chrisj
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

Post by chrisj »

The question of not completing is becoming less relevant as it appears that they have withheld some of the mailsorts (if not all) and the managers and phg are helping some prep the items; and the papers will actually go in the where they are single address slots... And the D2Ds have been cleared and No Lapsing.

The job will get done and it appears that it can be done - under certain circumstances...

I predict RM will suffer some blowback from this - they better spend the money wisely. There is no doubt that we are now a proper Private Company - the gloves will be off from competitors, Regulators, EU and the government*

* I see that George Osborne is one of the political figures endorsing this special copy - more dosh for the Treasury and their shareholder friends and board members...
arnold cheshire
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

Post by arnold cheshire »

krussel wrote:
k979aaa wrote:
bustedflush wrote:
krussel wrote:Sorry what is a "door dustbin" :hmmmm

'Door-to-dustbin' (our appropriate pet name for bloody households.)
Households showing your age there are you not.

Yeah but I knew what he meant. :Very Happy

Who remembers "rebate mail" :hmmmm
yes who remembers mailsort ? :thumbup
k979aaa
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

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bringon4dayweeks wrote:
krussel wrote:
k979aaa wrote:
bustedflush wrote:
krussel wrote:Sorry what is a "door dustbin" :hmmmm

'Door-to-dustbin' (our appropriate pet name for bloody households.)
Households showing your age there are you not.

Yeah but I knew what he meant. :Very Happy

Who remembers "rebate mail" :hmmmm
yes who remembers mailsort ? :thumbup
Oh the stuff you could leave on top on Saturday. :thumbup :thumbup :thumbup
dave72
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

Post by dave72 »

framusjsx wrote:got ours in today, all folded and ready to go, will fit in the frame easily dont really know what all the fuss was about, doing them thursday makes sense as you go to most houses anyway
Even in double and treble slots?
gb93
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Re: Sun giveaway:D2D 12/13 JUNE

Post by gb93 »

Well the time is almost nigh
The sun is out for the sun today. What is ahead for me today ?
This ain't no baseball game, you get only one chance and you blew it.