[Boatanchors] Media Mail, trying again.

[sdaitch at kuw.ibb.gov]

I have noticed many of the USPS supplied boxes, the free ones,
now have printing on the inside, so it is difficult to fake
those for lower rates or other carrier services.  

I have been the recepient of those turned boxes, mostly 
related to MPS shipping APO to APO, and I know that part
of the issue was the APO was an easy source of boxes.

These days, new boxes and packing materials aren't cheap
anymore.  

I've done my share of dumpster diving when I needed boxes
for MPS shipping in years past, and after a few years at a
certain Pacific air base, I knew where I could find double
layer cardboard boxes in fine shape for shipping.

73
Sheldon



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Kim Herron <kim.herron at sbcglobal.net> 
Date: Sunday, September 12, 2010 7:58 pm 
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Media Mail, trying again. 

> Hi Sheldon! 
> 
>     I work for USPS and this subject gets better.   The inspection 
> service 
> (postal inspectors) has been getting REAL picky about opening mail 
> to check to 
> see if it's being mailed properly.  They are looking or money and 
> this is one of 
> the ways that they are doing it.   Conversion of mailing materials 
> is another 
> (turning Priority Mail boxes inside out and sending them parcel 
> post, 
> UPS etc).   The fines are huge and the trip to the Greybar hotel 
> ain'tno fun.   
> So if anyone has ANY doubt about what mail is apporpriate, ask a 
> clerk at an 
> office and follow their instructions.  Not doing so can be very 
> unpleasant Kim Herron W8ZV 
> kim.herron at sbcglobal.net