🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:19:52 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:

> terryc wrote
>> B J Foster wrote
> 
>>> Good idea. Everyone should send this to everyone they know. Mine go
>>> straight into the recycle bin.
> 
>>> These directories should be opt in. Telstra is living in the last
>>> century.
> 
>> They moved into the current century early on the delivery of these
>> things. Delivery was all tendered out decades ago. It costs, the
>> deliverer about 4-10x as much to delivery scattered directories as in
>> door to door urban areas.
> 
> Yes. Particularly when most wont opt out.
> 
>> They know if they bundle urban areas with rural/ scattered areas, they
>> will get cheaper overall delivery quotes.
> 
> They arent lumped together, one year the local footy club did the
> delivery in my town.
> 
>> If it all turns into random selected address delivery, then they might
>> as well bulk contract with Australia Post.
> 
> That wont work, they are too heavy for that.

So who did deliver the telephone directories to all those rural 
properties? More importantly, did they do t again?

> 
>> There is also the consideration of printing cost per copy. The more you
>> print, the cheaper it gets per copy, so they are not really interested
>> in significant print reductions.
> 
> It doesnt work like that. They still save money on printing when
> printing less.

Maybe one or two percent of the bill. Printing is one service that has a 
high overhead per job as well as a cost per copy.