What does "call tag" mean?

[Oleg]

Hi,
In the letter from American corespondent I found out such sentence:
"I will issue a call tag for the 6 pcs of prepost solution."
-------- ----------------
This sentence is understood for me. Who can explain a sense of it?
Thanks in advance.
Igor.

[Jim Lawton]

Do you have any more context? It means nothing whatever to this native speaker
...

--
Jim
"a single species has come to dominate ...
reproducing at bacterial levels, almost as an
infectious plague envelops its host"
http://tinyurl.com/c88xs

[Donna Richoux]

Oleg <Ol...@velissa.kiev.ua> wrote:

A call tag is a way to return a package to sender, at the sender's
expense. Maybe the term is just by UPS only, I'm not sure. I remember
when I worked in an office in Boston, sometimes a box would be sent to
us by mistake. We'd call the sender and ask about it, and when they
realized the error, they would say that they would arrange for a Call
Tag. A few days later, the UPS driver would ask for that box and take it
away.

http://www.colorado.edu/MailingServices/sendmls.html
UPS Call Tag
A call tag is issued by the shipper when a parcel
needs to be returned from the recipient to the
shipper. The shipper pays for the call tag service
fee as well as shipping cost. UPS will pick up the
parcel from the recipient and return it to the
shipper.

--
Best -- Donna Richoux

[Bill Bonde ('by a commodius vicus of recirculation')]

Oleg wrote:
>
> Hi,
> In the letter from American corespondent I found out such sentence:
>

"In a letter from an American correspondent, I found this sentence:" You
need to say "a letter" because we don't know a thing about the letter
yet. Latter you can call it "the letter".

> "I will issue a call tag for the 6 pcs of prepost solution."
> -------- ----------------
>

A "call tag" might be a piece of paper that allows the returning,
perhaps via UPS or other carrier, of the "prepost solution", something
that I don't know what is but seems to be available in pieces ("pcs") of
six.

> This sentence is understood for me.
>

"I don't understand this sentence."

> Who can explain a sense of it?
> Thanks in advance.
>

"Can anyone explain it to me?"

--
"He's asking if you killed Freddie Miles and then killed Dickie
Greenleaf."
"No, I did not kill Freddie Miles and then kill Dickie Greenleaf."
-+Thomas Ripley using Bill Clinton logic, "The Talented Mr Ripley"

[MD Sujon Miya]

Sujon

[musika]

On 02/04/2017 15:01, MD Sujon Miya wrote:
What does "call tag" mean?

"[A] Call Tag is used to return goods to a company. This is basically a
Pre-Paid shipping label. All you have to do is stick it on the box and
drop it off at any shipping location. The call tag can be emailed or
copied as long as it has a barcode for the shipping company."
From wikiwords.

--
Ray
UK

[Horace LaBadie]

In article <6e38d0d0-e016-4740...@googlegroups.com>,
MD Sujon Miya <sujon...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sujon

YOU'RE IT.

[Horace LaBadie]

In article <hlabadie-C384AE...@aioe.org>,

Not to be confused with phone tag.

[kumarra...@gmail.com]

Rahul

[Tony Cooper]

On Sun, 26 May 2019 11:25:56 -0700 (PDT), kumarra...@gmail.com
wrote:

>Rahul

Without context, I can't be sure, but it normally refers to two people
attempting to contact each other by telephone but each unable to do
so. When called, the other party is out or unavailable on the phone.

--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

[RH Draney]

On 5/26/2019 11:28 AM, Tony Cooper wrote:
> On Sun, 26 May 2019 11:25:56 -0700 (PDT), kumarra...@gmail.com
> wrote:
>
>> Rahul
>
> Without context, I can't be sure, but it normally refers to two people
> attempting to contact each other by telephone but each unable to do
> so. When called, the other party is out or unavailable on the phone.

It's also the name for the sticker or other label on a package in a
warehouse, enabling the inventory-pickers to retrieve the right item
when it's requested by a customer....r

[Horace LaBadie]

In article <vimlee5l06vqlmrki...@4ax.com>,

Tony Cooper <tonyco...@invalid.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 26 May 2019 11:25:56 -0700 (PDT), kumarra...@gmail.com
> wrote:
>
> >Rahul
>
> Without context, I can't be sure, but it normally refers to two people
> attempting to contact each other by telephone but each unable to do
> so. When called, the other party is out or unavailable on the phone.

In that context, it might be useful to explain that it is so-called
after the children's game of Tag.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_(game)>

[Tony Cooper]

And, aka: phone tag.

What is there about flybys that makes them think context is not
important?

[Horace LaBadie]

In article <atvleettiltnsjhj4...@4ax.com>,

Tony Cooper <tonyco...@invalid.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 26 May 2019 16:47:23 -0400, Horace LaBadie
> <hlab...@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> >In article <vimlee5l06vqlmrki...@4ax.com>,
> > Tony Cooper <tonyco...@invalid.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 26 May 2019 11:25:56 -0700 (PDT), kumarra...@gmail.com
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Rahul
> >>
> >> Without context, I can't be sure, but it normally refers to two people
> >> attempting to contact each other by telephone but each unable to do
> >> so. When called, the other party is out or unavailable on the phone.
> >
> >In that context, it might be useful to explain that it is so-called
> >after the children's game of Tag.
> ><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_(game)>
>
> And, aka: phone tag.
>
> What is there about flybys that makes them think context is not
> important?

Perhaps, the widely-held assumption that we are all telepaths?

[Sam Plusnet]

On 26-May-19 22:52, Joe W Dee wrote:
> On May 26, 2019, Horace LaBadie wrote
> (in article <hlabadie-31181D...@aioe.org>):

> I knew you would say that.
>
I was certain you would beat me to it.

--
Sam Plusnet

[Mark Brader]

Tony Cooper:

> Without context, I can't be sure, but it normally refers to two people
> attempting to contact each other by telephone but each unable to do

> so...

I know that only as "phone tag". But look at the References line.
The context was given in the original posting from 2005, which the
empty posting Tony is responding to did not quote.

The original posting was by a user in Ukraine whose From line identified
him as "Oleg", but who signed himself as "Igor". The Distribution line
indicated that the message was not requested to propagate outside the
former Soviet Union, but as usual, it did. And he wrote in full:

Jim Lawton responded that he didn't understand it either.

Donna Richoux wrote in part:

| A call tag is a way to return a package to sender, at the sender's
| expense. Maybe the term is just by UPS only, I'm not sure. I remember
| when I worked in an office in Boston, sometimes a box would be sent to
| us by mistake. We'd call the sender and ask about it, and when they
| realized the error, they would say that they would arrange for a Call
| Tag. A few days later, the UPS driver would ask for that box and take it
| away.
|
| http://www.colorado.edu/MailingServices/sendmls.html
| UPS Call Tag
| A call tag is issued by the shipper when a parcel
| needs to be returned from the recipient to the
| shipper. The shipper pays for the call tag service
| fee as well as shipping cost. UPS will pick up the
| parcel from the recipient and return it to the
| shipper.

And Bill Bonde similarly wrote:
| A "call tag" might be a piece of paper that allows the returning,
| perhaps via UPS or other carrier, of the "prepost solution", something
| that I don't know what is but seems to be available in pieces ("pcs") of
| six.

He also corrected the other items of English usage by the original poster.


Will that do?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "A good programmer is someone who looks both ways
m...@vex.net | before crossing a one-way street." -- Doug Linder

My text in this article is in the public domain.

[Tony Cooper]

Thank you, Mark, but I am unwilling to go to the lengths you are to
determine 1) the age of the OP's post or 2) the original context.

I figure I'll provide the obvious answer based on what I see, and if
this isn't useful or seen by the OP I've invested only a few
keystrokes. If I'm wrong, I'm perfectly willing to admit being wrong.

I don't do heavy lifting for this type of post.

[bill van]

On 2019-05-26 21:52:15 +0000, Joe W Dee said:

> On May 26, 2019, Horace LaBadie wrote
> (in article <hlabadie-31181D...@aioe.org>):
>

> I knew you would say that.

That's way too short for a garden telepath sentence.

bill

[Peter Moylan]

On 27/05/19 04:25, kumarra...@gmail.com wrote:

> Rahul

No, I don't think it means that.

--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

[Mark Brader]

Tony Cooper:
> Thank you, Mark,

You're welcome.

> but I am unwilling to go to the lengths you are to
> determine 1) the age of the OP's post or 2) the original context.

It was trivial for me, I just ['d back a few articles and there it was.
It's nice to use a news server that keeps things around for a while.
--
Mark Brader | "Oh, sure, you can make anything sound sleazy if you,
Toronto | you know, tell it exactly the way it happened."
m...@vex.net | -- Bruce Rasmussen: "Anything But Love"

[RH Draney]

On 5/26/2019 4:35 PM, Tony Cooper wrote:
> On Sun, 26 May 2019 17:23:16 -0500, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
>> The original posting was by a user in Ukraine whose From line identified
>> him as "Oleg", but who signed himself as "Igor". The Distribution line
>> indicated that the message was not requested to propagate outside the
>> former Soviet Union, but as usual, it did. And he wrote in full:
>>

>> || In the letter from American corespondent I found out such sentence:
>> || "I will issue a call tag for the 6 pcs of prepost solution."
>> || -------- ----------------
>>

>> Jim Lawton responded that he didn't understand it either.
>>

>> And Bill Bonde similarly wrote:
>> | A "call tag" might be a piece of paper that allows the returning,
>> | perhaps via UPS or other carrier, of the "prepost solution", something
>> | that I don't know what is but seems to be available in pieces ("pcs") of
>> | six.

I looked up "p.c." once to see what bit of language the folks at IBM
were claiming ownership of, and found that it stood for "post cibum",
i.e. "after meals"....

Given that, it's possible that "prepost" is an abbreviation for
"preposterous"....r

[Kerr-Mudd,John]

YAELWistyAICM5UKP.



--
Bah, and indeed, Humbug.

[Kerr-Mudd,John]

On Mon, 27 May 2019 01:59:22 GMT, Peter Moylan
<pe...@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:

> On 27/05/19 04:25, kumarra...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Rahul
>
> No, I don't think it means that.
>

It means it's another random flyby GG user.

[Peter T. Daniels]

On Monday, May 27, 2019 at 5:58:14 AM UTC-4, Kerr-Mudd,John wrote:
> On Mon, 27 May 2019 01:59:22 GMT, Peter Moylan
> <pe...@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
> > On 27/05/19 04:25, kumarra...@gmail.com wrote:

> >> Rahul
> > No, I don't think it means that.
>
> It means it's another random flyby GG user.

Dumber than dirt.

[Sam Plusnet]

You're insulting other Google Groups users?


--
Sam Plusnet

[Peter T. Daniels]

No, I'm insulting Mudd for thinking that the random flyby sent by gmail
is a "GG user." We've been through this before.

[Peter Moylan]

Yes, and in those earlier discussions we looked at enough examples to
conclude that
(a) Not every fly-by poster had a gmail address, although most did;
(b) _Every_ fly-by poster was posting through Google Groups.

[Lewis]

In message <vimlee5l06vqlmrki...@4ax.com> Tony Cooper <tonyco...@invalid.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 26 May 2019 11:25:56 -0700 (PDT), kumarra...@gmail.com
> wrote:

>>Rahul

> Without context, I can't be sure, but it normally refers to two people
> attempting to contact each other by telephone but each unable to do
> so. When called, the other party is out or unavailable on the phone.

That would be "playing phone tag" to me.

A call-tag is a label provided by a company for a return from a purchase
delivered to a customer. The label is issued to the shipping company
who comes to collect the package and applies the tag. It is different
from what we normally see these days, the "Authorised Return Label" when
the customer is expected to print the label, apply it to the package
somehow, and then delivery it to a pickup location.

Call tags are still fairly common in business-to-business shipping.

It might also be the receipt or paperwork you are required to present
when you pick up an item at, for example, a loading dock.

UPS used to use the term, but as far as I can see they no longer do.
They still issue call tags for damage claims and will issue them on
behalf of companies.

This page at FedEx still lists it by name as a service they provide:

<http://www.fedex.com/us/rates2009/surcharges.html>
"FedEx Ground® Call Tag
The charge for FedEx Ground Call Tag pickup for commercial locations
increased from $6 per package to $7 per package when you call FedEx
Customer Service to request a call tag. The charge remains at $6 for
commercial locations when you use an electronic shipping solution or
select Schedule a Pickup from the Ship tab at fedex.com. The charge for
residential pickup will remain at $7 per package."

--
All Hell hadn't been let loose. It was merely Detritus. But from a few
feet away you couldn't tell the difference.

[Peter T. Daniels]

And that Google decided to make gmail users "post through" GG does not
make those posters "GG users."

[snide...@gmail.com]

There's certainly doubt that Rahul/kumarra...@gmail is a regular GG poster;
the activity link shows only one post.

The activity link on one of mine suggests that I've made at least 3000 posts to AUE.

/dps

[snide...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, May 26, 2019 at 5:33:30 PM UTC-7, bill van enscribed:

> On 2019-05-26 21:52:15 +0000, Joe W Dee said:
> > On May 26, 2019, Horace LaBadie wrote

> >> Tony Cooper <tonyco...@invalid.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> What is there about flybys that makes them think context is not
> >>> important?
> >>
> >> Perhaps, the widely-held assumption that we are all telepaths?
> >
> > I knew you would say that.
>
> That's way too short for a garden telepath sentence.
>
> bill

Well played, sir!

/dps "I wondered as I wandered"