[Boatanchors] Media Mail, trying again.

[J. Forster]

If you compare PP and Priority rates, in many cases the difference is
pennies, unless you are shipping boxes of bricks.

To have a $25/hour Postal Inspector worrying about misuse of a $0.20 box
is ludicrous.

-John

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> John
>
> I suppose one way to stop wasting the patron's funds is to eliminate the
> free boxes for Priority rate mailing and to eliminate Media rate
> altogether.
>
> I would think the purpose of the USPS supplied Priority rate boxes is to
> promote the use of Priority mail service vice parcel post and promote the
> distribution of printed materials via media rate.
>
> Notice that I suggested the USPS change the DMM to reflect magazines over
> a certain age would be permitted by Media rate mailings, simply because
> the old commercial ad matter isn't reflective of current marketing.
>
> If no one abused either the use of the boxes or the media rates, I am sure
> the Postal Inspectors would have far less to do.
>
> 73
> Sheldon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
> Date: Sunday, September 12, 2010 8:32 pm
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Media Mail, trying again.
>> What a waste of Postal Patron's money! Think Seinfeld's "Soup Nazi".
>>
>> FWIW,
>>
>> -John
>>
>>
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