The hardworking staff opened the old mailbag the other day and what poured out but a letter from the Boston Herald Home Delivery Department.

Which said this:

INTRODUCING

The Boston Herald e-edition!

• Exact replica of the Boston Herald print edition delivered to the electronic device of your choice every morning

• Traditional layout of the print copy, including all photos, graphics and advertising [woo-woo!]

[And etc.]

Go to bostonherald.newspaperdirect.com to sign up and check out special offers for existing home delivery customers!

So we went there and here’s what we got:

But when we logged in with our subscription info, what we then got was this:

So – what? We have to be a new home delivery subscriber to enjoy the Special Offer For Existing Home Delivery Subscribers?

That sucks, yo.

Especially since the hardworking staff is a longtime member of the miniscule tribe of Herald home subscribers (much to the dismay, we might add, of some neighbors who say it reduces their property value to have the feisty tabloid on the front porch every morning).

C’mon, Herald honchos. Get your act together.