[Dx-qsl] Follow Up: 1/4 inch thickness and postage rates for US Buro Mgrs

[Peter Dougherty]

Tim, don't forget the other 4-ounce option - two 2oz mailings for $1.22. Two
ounces of cards will just top out at 1/4".

Of course, the best policy is to just throw stamps on the envelopes and drop
them in a mailbox rather than take them in to the post office. When I first
started handling a letter a few years ago, I quickly discovered the little
martinettes at the Post Office would make up their own rules on the spot and
generally cause me no end of grief, invariably with a huge line waiting
impatiently behind me. One month I just stamped and mailed everything at the
rates I thought best and everything got delivered, no questions asked. It's
been that way ever since and I haven't gotten a single bounce in well over
2-1/2 years now.

The problem I can see using a large-envelope at the large-envelope rate is
the cards will make the envelope a non-uniform thickness, bumping it up to
package rate. Also don't forget that if it's going at the letter rate or
oversized letter rate, the mailing has to meet certain rigidity
requirements, and you can't use an envelope with a metal clasp (see the DMM
section 101 for all the particulars).

I simply streamline my mailings so that they'll fall into one of only a few
categories:

1) 1oz letter

2) 2oz letter (or two 2oz for 4oz of cards)

For 3oz, I'll send 2 ounces and hold back one for next month. For 5 ounces,
I'll probably send two 2oz mailings and hold back the 5th ounce for next
month.

3) 6 to 12 oz Packages using a non-clasp-sealed 6" x 9" envelope (sent at
the package rate)

4) If over 12 oz in a single month, chances are the subscriber is a
heavy-hitter and will be getting a large volume of cards for the next few
months, in which case I'll hold onto his cards another month until he has
enough to make a priority flat-rate envelope.


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73 and Good DX

Peter,
W2IRT

Letter O Manager,
ARRL Incoming 2nd District QSL bureau
Vice President, North Jersey DX Association

-----Original Message-----
From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Tim Goeppinger
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 7:03 PM
To: dx qsl
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Follow Up: 1/4 inch thickness and postage rates for US
Buro Mgrs

Thanks to Scott and Guillermo for the responses.  Thanks for the link, Scott
- that reminded me of the 3.5 oz rate.

I am not here to debate the policies of the 6th area buro.  I am merely
trying to provide
them a tool if they choose to use it.  I think my friends shipment was
wisely spilt because
8 oz of cards would be close to bursting the seams of a #35 envelope.  A 6 X
9 is not an
option in the 6th area.

Non machine charge does not apply here because I am already accounting for
the 1/4
inch thickness because it already bumps  the shipment into the Package
category.

Here is my revised table for US buros that ship in a smaller envelope in a
single stack:

Weight                  Postage                 Type
-------------------------------------------------------------------
 1
 oz                      $0.44                  Letter
 2
oz                      $0.61                  Letter
 3
oz                     
 $0.78                  Letter
 3.5 oz                   $0.95                  Letter
 4 oz                     
$1.39                  Letter at Large Envelope Rate (max 1/4 thickness)
 5
oz                      $1.90                  Package
 6
oz                      $2.07                  Package
 7
 oz                      $2.24                  Package
 8
oz                      $2.41                  Package

Tim K6GEP




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