27 Jul
2005
27 Jul
'05
5:38 p.m.
From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at
siconic.com>
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, William Donzelli wrote:
Software is included in the Media Rate.
---snip---
Hi
It is interesting that even a note attached to a pile
of documents can cause it to fail the media rate rule.
I have a stack, about 15 lbs, of copies that I wanted
to send and I had a note on top that said" Here are the
items you requested" or something similar. The postal
fellow saw that and was going to reject the media rate
based on that. I just removed the note.
It is funny that the note contained nothing more than
what an invoice would have. I guess rules are rules.
Dwight
Hint:
Software and manuals can be shipped CHEAP using USPS bookrate.
Be very careful - USPS is getting VERY strict about the use of Media
Rate and Printed Bound Matter Rate. Most people use Media Rate for any
printed matter, but by law, any document that shows even a hint of
advertising or personal correspondence, even if from a 50 year old catalog
from a firm that no longer exists and written by someone now dead, can NOT
go Media Rate. Period. No Slack. 
8:52 p.m.
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:38:01 -0700 (PDT)
"Dwight K. Elvey" <dwight.elvey at amd.com> wrote:
Maybe it isn't possible anymore, but I know that it used to be
acceptable to add the First Class postage that would be sufficient to
cover the note, in addition to the Media Rate shipping amount. This was
at least a decade or more ago, and I've never seen it in writing.
From:
"Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com>
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, William Donzelli wrote:
---snip---
Hi
It is interesting that even a note attached to a pile
of documents can cause it to fail the media rate rule.
I have a stack, about 15 lbs, of copies that I wanted
to send and I had a note on top that said" Here are the
items you requested" or something similar. The postal
fellow saw that and was going to reject the media rate
based on that. I just removed the note.
It is funny that the note contained nothing more than
what an invoice would have. I guess rules are rules.
Dwight
> Hint: Software and manuals can be
shipped CHEAP using USPS
bookrate.>
Be very careful - USPS is getting VERY strict
about the use of
Media> Rate and Printed Bound Matter Rate. Most people use Media
Rate
for any> printed matter, but by law, any document that shows even a
hint of> advertising or personal correspondence, even if from a 50
year old catalog> from a firm that no longer exists and written by
someone now dead, can NOT> go Media Rate. Period. No Slack.
Software is included in the Media Rate.
9:45 p.m.
--- Scott Stevens <chenmel at earthlink.net> wrote:
Maybe it isn't possible anymore, but I know that
it
used to be
acceptable to add the First Class postage that would
be sufficient to
cover the note, in addition to the Media Rate
shipping amount. This was
at least a decade or more ago, and I've never seen
it in writing.
I've seen a stamped envelope affixed to the outside of
a parcel. At one time, anyhow, that was the standard
way to send a personal message along with a parcel.
--Bill
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