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Originally Posted by doreenjoy
I've been pulling my hair out over this exact thing in recent weeks. I'm writing books set in London andwhen I do the floors correctly, editors in the US try to 'fix' the errors.
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I know how you feel (rant alert). My mailing address is a private mail service and USPS regulations require the first line be the box number prefaced by the initials PMB (for Private Mail Box) followed by the street address which is a strip mall that has suite numbers as well as the street address. All are essential for delivery yet vendors and carriers are obsessed with "correcting" my address, changing the order, changing the PMB to POB or PO Box (which ensures the USPS will not deliver since they have a childish attitude towards perceived competitors, never mind that the USPS does not offer the services private mail services offer so they are not in direct competition), deleting the street address because USPS postal boxes do not require street addresses, deleting the suite number because the actual shipping software fiels is to short even though the field in the software I filled out online was long enough (piss poor web design), and various web design blunders I won't bore you with. Even if I specify in shipping directions to not make changes and why, more times than not, it happens anyway. Then they wonder why I go postal on them.
Ok, rant over. You are now being returned to your regularly scheduled thread.