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Old March 15th 04, 05:48 PM
Bruce Remick
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I received my weekly Coin World in the mail yesterday with a heavyweight
paper advertising cover on the outside. I didn't see anything inside
announcing a change in mailing procedure, but I sure wish they would
continue this in the future. Even though the new ad cover was coin-related,
there was no blazing COIN WORLD visible from across the street as is
normally the case. I hold my breath and breath a sigh of relief whenever I
see a CW in my mailbox along with a couple insured padded mailers. It
wouldn't take more than a second grader (or even the rare dishonest postal
employee) to surmise what goodies might be in those mailers. Anything to
cover up that COIN WORLD cover would be comforting in the future to mail
subscribers.

Bruce


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Old March 15th 04, 10:13 PM
James Higby
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CW comes in a variety of covers. The first issue of the month will be in a
poly bag, which also contains the monthly COIN Values mag. When they can
sell the advertising space, it will come as yours did this last time.
Otherwise, it will come naked, like you don't prefer.

I'd recommend contacting Coin World directly with your concerns. Maybe then
something would get done.

"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
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I received my weekly Coin World in the mail yesterday with a heavyweight
paper advertising cover on the outside. I didn't see anything inside
announcing a change in mailing procedure, but I sure wish they would
continue this in the future. Even though the new ad cover was

coin-related,
there was no blazing COIN WORLD visible from across the street as is
normally the case. I hold my breath and breath a sigh of relief whenever

I
see a CW in my mailbox along with a couple insured padded mailers. It
wouldn't take more than a second grader (or even the rare dishonest postal
employee) to surmise what goodies might be in those mailers. Anything to
cover up that COIN WORLD cover would be comforting in the future to mail
subscribers.

Bruce




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Old March 15th 04, 10:25 PM
Byron L. Reed
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On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:48:32 -0500, "Bruce Remick" wrote:

I received my weekly Coin World in the mail yesterday with a heavyweight
paper advertising cover on the outside.


I'm sure that they would be happy to sell you an outwrap advertisement
every week if you'd like one.

To abate your security concerns, get a PO box. The best investment a coin
guy can make.

BLReed

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Old March 15th 04, 11:00 PM
Joe Fischer
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On Mon, Byron L. Reed wrote:

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:48:32 -0500, "Bruce Remick" wrote:
I received my weekly Coin World in the mail yesterday with a heavyweight
paper advertising cover on the outside.


I'm sure that they would be happy to sell you an outwrap advertisement
every week if you'd like one.

To abate your security concerns, get a PO box. The best investment a coin
guy can make.


I don't subscribe to a coin magazine, precisely because
I don't want it coming in the mail. It isn't a matter of an honest
postal worker, or even valuable items in the mail, the problem
is with the possibility that somebody might mention my interest
in coins, and others letting their imagination run wild on what
coins I might own.
Which is why I have a safety deposit box for one quarter-
eagle and a partial type set, and nothing but pennies at home.

I would love to subscribe to a coin magazine, but I would
want the publisher to promise in writing to mail in a plain brown
wrapper.

A Non-e-mouse


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Old March 16th 04, 12:31 AM
Michael E. Marotta
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"Bruce Remick" wrote:
there was no blazing COIN WORLD visible from across the street as is
normally the case. I hold my breath and breath a sigh of relief ...


Bruce, I thought that a long-timer like you would have a PO Box (or a
UPS/MBE box). Most of the coin guys I know do not receive anything
numismatic at home. In fact, as the newsletter editor of a club and
working on club shows, I always used something vague for the return
address: Livingston C C Club or LCCC.

Michael
"Anon."
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Old March 16th 04, 04:18 AM
Bruce Remick
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"Michael E. Marotta" wrote in message
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"Bruce Remick" wrote:
there was no blazing COIN WORLD visible from across the street as is
normally the case. I hold my breath and breath a sigh of relief ...


Bruce, I thought that a long-timer like you would have a PO Box (or a
UPS/MBE box). Most of the coin guys I know do not receive anything
numismatic at home. In fact, as the newsletter editor of a club and
working on club shows, I always used something vague for the return
address: Livingston C C Club or LCCC.

Michael
"Anon."


Actually, about all I receive in the mail, coin-wise is a weekly CW and an
occasional Ebay-won coin in a mailer. Although I don't keep my better coins
at home, I never felt it cost-effective or convenient to rent a PO Box just
to get a coin magazine. But that one issue that comes now each month with
the flashy Coin Values magazine just cries out "LOOK WHAT THIS GUY
COLLECTS!". I'd even be willing to pay a couple more bucks just to have my
weekly magazine "anonomized". I do feel some onus should be on the
publisher (Amos Press) to consider subscriber concerns, if they want to keep
and add customers. Why should 100,000+ subscribers be expected to get PO
Boxes just to hide the fact that they subscribe to a coin newspaper because
the publisher doesn't want to bear the cost (or pass it on) of adding a
simple dummy cover to their mailing? I have written and emailed them
before with no response and no results.

I believe my wife's Southern Living magazine is mailed with a coversheet.
I don't know why. I never had fear of a thief spotting the magazine in our
mailbox and targeting our family julep glasses or seeing if we grow rare
camelias.

Bruce





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Old March 16th 04, 04:49 AM
Byron L. Reed
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On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 22:18:18 -0500, "Bruce Remick" wrote:

I do feel some onus should be on the
publisher (Amos Press) to consider subscriber concerns, if they want to keep
and add customers. Why should 100,000+ subscribers be expected to get PO
Boxes just to hide the fact that they subscribe to a coin newspaper because
the publisher doesn't want to bear the cost (or pass it on) of adding a
simple dummy cover to their mailing?



Right, they're going to re-machine their inserting, addressing, and
bundling assemblies so that you can have your mag in a paper sack. They
don't expect 100,000 customers to get a PO Box, they expect them to do what
they feel comfortable with - or choose not to subscribe. Those dummy
covers get real expensive real quick because in addition to the high cost
of heavy offset BP, they travel at full rate because they don't have news
content. Of course, with advertising it's a win for them, but the ads are
obviously coin-related. Thieves aren't morons.

For most of us with PO Boxes, the Coin World is one of many coin
newspapers, magazine, auction cats, and coin deliveries we get each month.
Our decision is not based solely upon 52 CW each year. We're probably not
willing to subsidize the price of mailing blank paper to us each week
because you don't subscribe to enough coin literature to make a PO Box
commitment worthwhile.

BLReed

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Old March 16th 04, 06:04 AM
henry mensch
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Michael E. Marotta wrote:
-Bruce, I thought that a long-timer like you would have a PO Box (or a
-UPS/MBE box).

the problem with this is that many sellers don't like to ship to
addresses that aren't your credit card billing address ... so you might
have to have one of your credit cards bill to your usps/mbe box as
well.

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Old March 16th 04, 06:55 AM
Byron L. Reed
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On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:04:49 -0800, henry mensch
wrote:

the problem with this is that many sellers don't like to ship to
addresses that aren't your credit card billing address ... so you might
have to have one of your credit cards bill to your usps/mbe box as
well.


Seems like a small problem, because that's where the CC statements should
be going anyway. In fact, all important mail should be going to the PO
Box.

BLReed

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Old March 16th 04, 07:14 AM
henry mensch
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Byron L. Reed wrote:
-Seems like a small problem, because that's where the CC statements should
-be going anyway. In fact, all important mail should be going to the PO Box.

nice idea, but many credit card issuers won't let a po box serve as a
billing address.

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