NationStates Jolt Archive


Proposal: Eliminate delivery uncertainty

Bahgum
09-03-2005, 21:31
Greetings fellow nations. The Glorious Northerness of Bahgum has submitted a proposal on a topic which has affected many of us. Debate and enjoy, t'is a warm up to our pending submission to free barriers in trading wives for camels, a problem particularly disturbing to our magnificent leader...but I digress...
Sir Albert (proposal below)



Eliminate delivery uncertainty
A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.

Description: After yet another day wasted waiting in for delivery which failed to appear, our ambassador to the UN would like to table the following for discussion:

1) Working days lost to waiting for non-delivery of items totals a considerable sum to every nation.
2) The stress and irritation caused does not lead to happy citizens, leading in turn to anger led decisions.
3) There is little point in having good trade agreements and excellent goods if the delivery service is so shambolic that no-one is certain goods will appear when promised
4) A global solution to this issue would have huge positive efects on the worlds trade levels and economic growth. A weak link in the chain would be fixed.

Bahgum proposes:
a) An internationally agreed system of fines for poor couriers, equal to at least double the cost of delivery plus recovery of the wages for the numner average working persons directly affected in the waiting nation.
b) That the number of cancelled/failed/late deliveries is publicised by each company by law.
c) Date and time of day (to the nearest half day) is agreed upon order, not later.

Extra Notes..
Bahgums glorious leader also suggests that member nations may wish to enforce more stringent, and possibly more unpleasant measures and encourages them to do so. Our latest offender is currently condemmed to a fortnight of living with a mother in law. Maybe this an example of anger led decisions.....
Bahgum
10-03-2005, 18:28
Wow, not even a shred of debate, maybe you're all saving it up for a surprise, rare no nuclear arms/religion/gay marriage/more drugs topic.
Allemande
10-03-2005, 19:59
I'll oppose.

The effect will be to (a) suppress business activity (IOW, businesses will agree to fewer deliveries per day), (b) increase delivery costs (IOW, businesses will maintain larger delivery staffs), and (c) lengthen delivery times (IOW, businesses will "sandbag" on delivery dates, withdrawing same- or next-day delivery in favor of next-week delivery [a safer option]).

Beyond that, I'd argue that this is outside the scope of UN interests. Delivery schedules are a matter of domestic commerce, not international commerce. If you want to regulate international deliveries, fine.

But I would suggest that you might require members to modify their laws to permit the sale of delivery insurance by private concerns or (alternately, in the case of societies where free enterprise is banned), offer public delivery insurance, so that the recipient is compensated for late delivery.
Texan Hotrodders
10-03-2005, 21:07
Wow, not even a shred of debate, maybe you're all saving it up for a surprise, rare no nuclear arms/religion/gay marriage/more drugs topic.

Ummm...ah...national sovereignty? :cool:
Asshelmetta
10-03-2005, 21:56
debate?

what's there to debate?

I approved this one the second I saw it.
Venerable libertarians
11-03-2005, 04:36
Given the Urgency of deliveries for the UNWODC, where independant couriers are charged with the safe and speedy deliveries of Donor Organs, I have to take this proposal seriously and i agree with its premise. However, in the extreeme that i mention, simple fines cant make up for the loss of life due to poor couriers.


Interesting.
Resistancia
11-03-2005, 04:54
i think that VL's mention of the newly passed UNWODC is pretty interesting. courier agencies time in delivery is relative to the ugency of the parcel. i dont believe this proposal is warrented. maybe you should emphasise(sp?) the urgency of the parcel, because if you dont, then it is going to take a while before it arrives.