[Boatanchors] ER Magazines

[MICHAEL BITTNER]

Try telling that to the Post Office. You are being logical. Don't expect Gov't bureaucrats to be logical. Mike W6MAB

> On December 1, 2022 at 8:47 PM KA2PTE <ka2pte at 3950.net mailto:ka2pte at 3950.net > wrote:
> 
> 
>     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 mailto:manualman at juno.com >
>     To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net mailto: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
> > 
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