Comments on: What I Learned Delivering Newspapers http://www.lagesse.org/what-i-learned-delivering-newspapers/ "A true friend stabs you in the front" - Oscar Wilde Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:20:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott http://www.lagesse.org/what-i-learned-delivering-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-40347 Scott Mon, 19 May 2008 21:45:49 +0000 http://lagesse.org/what-i-learned-delivering-newspapers/#comment-40347 Yeah, it does indeed still exist, they actually publish a PDF version of it online as well now. http://www.northernlife.ca/ Yeah, it does indeed still exist, they actually publish a PDF version of it online as well now. http://www.northernlife.ca/

]]> By: Paul Claessen http://www.lagesse.org/what-i-learned-delivering-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-40288 Paul Claessen Thu, 15 May 2008 17:07:12 +0000 http://lagesse.org/what-i-learned-delivering-newspapers/#comment-40288 If people have the option to pay or not to pay for a service, and they pay for it, then I wager that, in most cases, the people who pay, didn't realize there was an option to begin with. (I know, there are exceptions of course) If people have the option to pay or not to pay for a service, and they pay for it, then I wager that, in most cases, the people who pay, didn’t realize there was an option to begin with.

(I know, there are exceptions of course)

]]> By: rob http://www.lagesse.org/what-i-learned-delivering-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-40286 rob Thu, 15 May 2008 12:31:26 +0000 http://lagesse.org/what-i-learned-delivering-newspapers/#comment-40286 @Scott - Does that paper still exist? Just wondering if the "optional" model would still work today? @Scott – Does that paper still exist? Just wondering if the “optional” model would still work today?

]]> By: Scott http://www.lagesse.org/what-i-learned-delivering-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-40277 Scott Wed, 14 May 2008 02:02:05 +0000 http://lagesse.org/what-i-learned-delivering-newspapers/#comment-40277 Although I know it was not the point of the article, I can empathize with the burden of collecting money for a paper route. I worked for a local paper delivering papers for five years. There was one thing that was quite nice about the paper, it was a community ran paper, that made very little profit. The main reason being, payment was optional. As such if a customer told you they did not want to pay, you would just not bother them the next month, if a customer seemed annoyed, I would not bother them the next month. It was quite a great thing, the customers who did pay, I always went a step above for. If it was raining, I would knock at the door to give them the paper, instead of leaving out in the crappy little plastic bags, etc. It was basically a job where "you treat me nice, I will treat you nice". Typically it worked well do as I often had a collection rate of above 50% Although I know it was not the point of the article, I can empathize with the burden of collecting money for a paper route. I worked for a local paper delivering papers for five years. There was one thing that was quite nice about the paper, it was a community ran paper, that made very little profit. The main reason being, payment was optional. As such if a customer told you they did not want to pay, you would just not bother them the next month, if a customer seemed annoyed, I would not bother them the next month. It was quite a great thing, the customers who did pay, I always went a step above for. If it was raining, I would knock at the door to give them the paper, instead of leaving out in the crappy little plastic bags, etc. It was basically a job where “you treat me nice, I will treat you nice”. Typically it worked well do as I often had a collection rate of above 50%

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