[nzlug] Post Codes

[Mark Foster]

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 ronw at paradise.net.nz wrote:

> That is really silly of NZ Post. I run a small database of some 500 mail
> addresses for a NZ Club. There is noway I can afford to pay that kind of money
> for a club to have correct addresses. NZ Post imply that soon you will have to
> have the correct addresses. I have tried looking them up on line but with the
> speed of their web site (sloooow) it would take forever. The previous postcodes
> were made freely available with a small executable which would access the csv
> files. The only reason one can see for changing the free access is because NZ
> Post intend making money out of what should be free information.
> Have you any idea how many thousands of clubs, societies, groups etc are active
> in New Zealand. Most of these are just a few hundred members and are run by
> members. The idea that they will be expected to purchase such data is as I said
> quite silly.

Ask your members to advise their own postal codes to you, and warn that 
for those who do not, their mail delivery may or may not be guarunteed 
going forward.  *shrug*

Mark.
- Who notes this is going off-topic rapidly....