[Boatanchors] donate old periodicals

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oddly enough there are technical had bound  books   with an  advert section 
of other  books  for sale..
as  well as  early juvenile  books  had  other  series   advertised....   
the  list  goes  on....,....
 
thank  goodness  video tape is  considered   media...  a  gain reel of  2 
inch wide  quad  video  tape is honkin'  heavy!...
 
 
In a message dated 3/6/2016 1:12:57 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
manualman at juno.com writes:

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

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