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Date: Mon Feb 06 2006 - 08:28:00 EST
eric wrote:<<Whenever mailing boxes of books, magazines, etc, I've always
just said that it's printed material and have >>
Hi Eric -
That's what I've always done also. But once, when mailing some magazines
the clerk asked what I was mailing because I'd written "Bound Material" on
the box. When I said magazines he said technically it wasn;t supposed to
ship with that rate because it was intended to be for material without any
commercial adverts. - like school books, novels, etc - but not magazines.
He still used the book rate and I totally agree it's a very loose
regulation! ;-) I wish they'd say more specifically what they will allow
in the boxes - instead of legal verbage often open to interpretation.
Having said all that, I just went to the USPS website for definition - and
there's 2 things we;re talking about here - "bound material" and "book
rate".
According to the website, bound material is:" Bound Printed Matter service
is a cost efficient way to mail permanently-bound sheets of advertising,
promotional, directory or editorial material such as catalogs and
phonebooks."
While "Book Rate" is - "Media MailŪ service is a cost efficient way to mail
books, sound recordings, recorded video tapes, printed music, and recorded
computer-readable media (such as CDs, DVDs, and diskettes). Media Mail can
not contain advertising except.."
I think the clerk helping me was wrong. I had "Bound Material" written on
the box - and I think he was remembering the rules for "Book rate" or "Media
Mail"
Sorry if I confused anyone - I was given wrong info (IMHO) by a USPS
employee. But I believe there;s a way to ship printed material very
cheaply - like we were discussing.
Sincerely,
Larry T (Catalina 27)
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----- Original Message -----
From: cirejay
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Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 2:59 AM
Subject: [world-cruising] Re: Clearing out stuff; especially books
--- In , <l02turner at dot dot dot > wrote:
>
> Hi Richard,
> When shipping to the east coast you have a couple of options that are
very inexpensive -
> the bus is very cheap - and the post office has a "bound book" rate
that's very cheap. Magazines are not supposed to ship with this rate
but sometimes the PO doesn;t inspect the package closely - and, the
regs. are ambiguous.--
Whenever mailing boxes of books, magazines, etc, I've always just said
that it's printed material and have never been questioned further. I
wasn't trying to get away with anything I just didn't know any better
and no one has ever informed me otherwise. And yes, it is quite cheap
to ship that way.
eric S/V Nebaras
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