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Pallis 01-04-05, 12:35 PM	Hello all I read a section in the Sharn sourcebook regarding communication. I've not got the sourcebook to hand at the moment, but I recall that the cost for a personal delivery (package,letter, etc.) was a hell of a lot more than that for a delivery into the local depot. Now this got me wondering...how would the recipient know (with regard to long distance deliveries) that a package was being sent to them? - as the cost for verbal communication via House Sivis to a specific person is also prohibitive! Wouldn't the package just stack up - along with other packages at the local depot - because no-one knows whether anyone's sending them anything? Or is this service simply for the rich, who can afford to be told of packages inbound or waiting, or better yet, sent direct via courier...? :confused:
MarkB 01-04-05, 01:30 PM	Assuming that some established door-to-door postal service exists (I haven't got that far yet myself in the Sharn book), it's a great deal easier to use it to pop a card through someone's door saying "you have a package waiting" than to deliver a large parcel.
Bluebrush 01-04-05, 01:36 PM	MarkB's idea has merit. I can see something resembling a postman-like person doing this. Collecting info on all packages intended for all adresses on his beat and then walking around every day to deliver little notes about packages. Presumably the cost of employing this man and writing out all the notifications is included in the price of sending stuff to the depot. Then again, maybe it just works on the basis of people expecting a package checking in at the depot now and then. If the sender knows the recipient isn't likely to check at the depot then they have to pay extra to have it hand delivered.
jonthegm 01-04-05, 01:38 PM	Assuming that some established door-to-door postal service exists (I haven't got that far yet myself in the Sharn book), it's a great deal easier to use it to pop a card through someone's door saying "you have a package waiting" than to deliver a large parcel. If you think about the costs involved, it is STILL much cheaper to warehouse everything, and deliver a bunch of notices out to the recipients. It's also much more feasible with limited staff. I don't remember an established post-office system, but then again... I haven't read it cover to cover, only spits and spats...
Kolakuba 01-04-05, 02:10 PM	Maybe people in Sharn, accostumed to the delivery system, has a habit of maybe checking in on the local depot every week to see if any packages are waiting.
Ricohard_Draconis 01-04-05, 02:30 PM	depends if the local depot or 'post office' is really local it may be located in shoping areas that residents go to frequently
Alac Luin 01-05-05, 12:19 PM	There is indeed a standard postal service in the city Sharn. The local Newspaper / gossip sheet in Sharn is mentioned as being delivered every Sol in the regular mail service. So, in real world terms, the post office is even open on Sundays.