Third-Party Sales (home-delivered) - Final Passage of 15 percent error allowance

ABC staff may determine it is necessary to conduct “real-time” testing of third-party sales programs. This means that the distribution may be tested as the newspaper is executing the program. Home-delivered third-party programs are often the most common type of programs subject to this type of testing.

At the July 2006 board meeting, the board of directors gave unanimous consent to new rule language related to the errors found by ABC auditors during the testing of home-delivered third-party sales programs.

The third-party sales rule was amended to permit an allowance for a total of up to 15 percent for random/occasional delivery errors and false no goods to be permitted in evaluating the results of in-field testing of third-party home-delivered programs.

See also: Rule C 3.3 Third-Party Sales (section g).

Posted 09/18/06