[Boatanchors] Media Mail, trying again.

[Kim Herron]

Guys,

    Reallize that we've gotten off the subject a bit;  USPS is watching every 
penny.   When they have a customer that orders LOTS of Priority boxes but sends 
little Priority out, that sets off a flag.  I won't take the time to discuss all 
the postage theft that's been caught in the last 18 months but it's 
substantial,(in the 10's of Millions).  I brought up the inspection of mail 
BECAUSE as an employee ALL my mail is subject to inspection, incoming and 
outgoing.  I had to sign that agreement WHEN  I took the job.  So I'm careful 
about it because I don't want any trouble.  I ship lots of stuff (just like 
several people here) and some of the Postmasters, supervisors and others can get 
overzealous (read nosy).  I don't want anybody here to be uninformed.
 Kim Herron W8ZV
kim.herron at sbcglobal.net
1-616-677-3706 




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From: J. Forster <jfor at quik.com>
To: sdaitch at kuw.ibb.gov
Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; Kim Herron <kim.herron at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Sun, September 12, 2010 2:16:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Media Mail, trying again.

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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