Message from OCR ...

[Typist Clerk]

Given the way the announcement is phrased and the fact it only applies to home subscription I suspect that OCR management is trying to pash along the increased cost of home delivery. Papers have been having hellacious times getting help to deliver the papers. The OCR may have actually had to increase the compensation of the delivery folks.

It's nationwide. In Peoria, Ill., the Peoria Public Library can't get the Journal-Star delivered because of carrier shortages. Nobody's left to deliver downtown. So they have a mail subscription and get the paper a day later.

 

[Slacker]

I've got a Rocky Mountain News box with the final edition in the window.

Good for you.
But ... you stole it?

And here I thought you referee types were above corruption!

 

[MileHigh]

Good for you.
But ... you stole it?

And here I thought you referee types were above corruption!

Haha. No. After they were rounded up after the Rocky closed, our ASE knew a bunch of people in circulation and got like five of them and gave them to those he liked best.

 

[Vombatus]

I've got a Rocky Mountain News box with the final edition in the window.

More clashy than what my friends did, but to their credit, I think they went with Playboy instead of Hustler.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

A friend used to have a Detroit News box in his kitchen, spoils of the strike, with a copy of a war front page in the window
When we had our 20th anniversary party he decided to return the box to the News
It was a Sunday night
He dropped the box off on the sidewalk and went home
Meanwhile the crack security staff called the Detroit police and the bomb squad came out
The building was evacuated
When they figured out there was nothing to defuse the cops left, taking the box with them, and everyone went back to work

 

[baddecision]

Friend who subscribes to the OCR got this email today:

Important Notice
Regarding Your Subscription
Dear Valued Subscriber,

Supply chain prices continue to be at an all-time high and have reached a level where we can no longer absorb the costs.
Therefore, we will be implementing a temporary surcharge related to these supply chain price increases.

The surcharge will remain separate from our usual charges and will be debited from your subscription fees. Based on your delivery schedule, the surcharge will be up to $0.15 per delivery day. Your subscription term will be shortened as a result.

We appreciate your understanding and thank you for your support of local journalism.

I can't believe they chose to do this! I would think it's got clash-action lawsuit written all over it. You offer a service at a price, someone pays for it, and THEN you decide you're going to change the price and therefore the duration of the service? See you in court.