[Boatanchors] Medial Mail

[Glen Zook]

Unfortunately, most of the Postmasters / managers don't take this view!  I wish they did!

Glen, K9STH

Website:  http://k9sth.com


--- On Sat, 7/16/11, Bill Cotter <n4lg at qx.net> wrote:

I just returned from our local Post Office. The manager stated that "The intent of the Media Mail restriction on advertisements refers strictly to the bulk shipping of flyers, handbills, printed advertisements, catalogs, graphic art advertising and other print-shop jobs." In other words, media to be used to promote selling (present tense).
 
He also said "Magazines, manuals, CD's, DVD's, publications, journals, digests, etc are considered books or bound materials, and are shippable as media mail." He went on to say ".....The fact that a historical document contains an advertisement does not make it the dominant characteristic of the material......" It is a magazine, not a catalog.
 
He suggested printing on the package "Media Mail - Bound matter."