[Boatanchors] donate old periodicals

[manualman at juno.com]

With business costs being an important issue even with the post office, a
shipper's disregard/lack of knowledge of the Media Mail postal rules is
not a option especially if the package has the look and feel of
magazines/periodicals/etc. Not a good road to travel.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 13:51:17 -0600 "Gerry Steffens"
<gsteffens at bevcomm.net> writes:
> Amen Pete.
> 
> I recently purchased a group of 1930s Radio News magazines on the 
> Bay.  The
> seller used Media Mail.  The package being held at the Post Office 
> notice
> arrive with a note:  The package had been opened (and inspected) and 
> the
> note had a bill for Insufficient Postage, Postage Due.  When I got 
> the
> package there was a sheet of rules for media mail inserted.  The way 
> the
> postal authorities approached me was as if I had mailed the thing 
> knowingly
> trying to avoid their rules!  This in a town of 1200 with a post 
> office.
> 
> Cheers
> Gerry