Rowan Higgon of Pakenham Newsagency passed on this brilliant advice to a newsagent who asked how they should handle the regular theft of a newspaper delivered to a subscriber’s home.
We discuss the situation with the client and they fix it by doing the following:
- Keep an old paper and plastic wrap.
- Wrap fresh dog poo or similar into the old paper and wrap with plastic.
- Set alarm for the delivery of the next days paper (we advise expected arrival)
- Swap paper over.
- The thief in our case is generally on the way to the train station and unwraps said paper on the train.
- Thief is embarrassed and now knows that we know who it is.
- Problem solved.
The alternative is the owner waits for the thief and gives him a hose down.
How bloody trivial.
$10 effort for 25 cent margin.
Focus on the main game.
Hmm, if this happens, say, three times a week and is not stopped it gets to be more than the margin from one newspaper.
Thomas – How do you work out the effort costs $10?
Hello Niall.
$10 is calculated mainly by the dog poo component. At Forest Hill, they sell it at $15.99 kg. It is proper cheaper at Mark’s, especially if it is cross-marketed with a dog magazine, on a spinner, or cross-linked at the counter, with a T-shirt worn by an employee.
Thomas, you would be the best supplier as you are full of it!
Here the customer can get as many free non-deliveries as he wants
I get to keep the masterhead
It’s a win win situation ;P
We fill the paper with flour 😀