[Boatanchors] ER Magazines

[KA2PTE]

How is that relevent, those ads were placed
over 60 years ago and the companies that placed them
are all long gone.

--
Steve Hearns [ KA2PTE ]


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <manualman at juno.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2022 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] ER Magazines


> My neighbor just got snagged by USPS trying to send a year's worth of
> 60's Popular Science magazines by Media Mail. Postal guy said it was
> tagged at the local distribution center not at the local post office.
> Evidently, for whatever reason, maybe just a spot check, they pulled it
> aside and opened the package. For Media Mail they say, according to their
> rules, they can do that. Evidently, magazines with advertisements,
> regardless of the magazine's age,  is a no-no for Media Mail shipment.
> Neighbor got it all back in a plastic bag. I don't remember what he said
> was written on the bag. No refund on the postage either. Because of
> weight, he did had to send it in a flat-rate medium Priority Mail box.
> 
> Postal guy told the neighbor that he had seen a number of these media
> mail packages in recent months being returned to customers in plastic
> bags.
> I guess it pays to read the rules. You then don't have to pay the postage
> twice or have men in dark suits banging on your door.        
> 
> Pete, wa2cwa