But sometimes we have to. Our deadline is the first Wednesday of the month, and we promise to take any advertising that arrives here in Waldoboro by 5 p.m. Eastern Time. That's as close as we can cut it for our printer to finish the printing and mailing by the Saturday mail date. About half our advertisements arrive in the last three days. Unfortunately, there are always a few that don't arrive in time to be included in the paper.
Postal delays contribute to the problem.
One man mailed an ad by Priority Mail on the 25th of September for a special section early deadline of September 27. It costs more, but when it has to be there on time, choose FedEx or UPS Overnight. Postal Time Speaking of the U.S. Postal Service, those of you who subscribe by first-class mail got handed an unwarranted delay last month. So it wasn't until Monday morning when the regular crew opened the truck that the first-class copies even got processed. We have written a strong letter of protest, but apparently have little further recourse.