[Milsurplus] Media Mail again!

[Sheldon Daitch]

Perhaps then the solution is to eliminate the Media Mail rate option and all
mailings are either at the First Class, Priority Mail or Parcel Post rates
and the contents have nothing to do with the rate structure, only the
weight, distance and expected delivery service times.

73
Sheldon

On 7/19/2011 12:53 PM, Bry Carling wrote:
> Seems like working for the USPS is a perfect position for anyone who enjoys arguing
> the finer points of the law!
>
> On 18 Jul 2011 at 11:34, Sheldon Daitch wrote:
>
>    
>> Mike,
>>
>> I think DVDs and CDs may very well qualify as Media Mail.
>>
>> DMM 173.3.2.e:
>>
>> "Sound recordings, including incidental announcements of recordings
>> and
>> guides or scripts prepared solely for use with such recordings.
>> Video
>> recordings
>> and player piano rolls are classified as sound records."
>>
>> DMM 173.3.2.i:
>>
>> "Computer-readable media containing prerecorded information and
>> guides or
>> scripts prepared solely for use with such media."
>>
>> Commercial DVDs of movies might be an interesting case, especially
>> where the
>> DVD starts with a handful of previews for other movies.
>>
>> I suspect since these previews are not paid advertising, the USPS
>> may
>> look the
>> other way.
>>
>> Computer-readable media could be an interesting case, as well.  One
>> would think
>> that software on a disk is acceptable, but a commercial catalog on a
>> disk would not
>> be acceptable.
>>
>> 73
>> Sheldon
>>
>> On 7/18/2011 12:30 AM, Kludge wrote:
>>      
>>> Folks, why not make it easy on yourself and just follow the USPS
>>> regulations.  They're pretty explicit as to what constitutes media
>>>        
>> and it
>>      
>>> doesn't include magazines.  It also doesn't include CDs&   DVDs
>>>        
>> which ship
>>      
>>> just fine as [oversized] First Class or Priority and a host of
>>>        
>> what most
>>      
>>> people would consider media.  Until the regs are changed (which
>>>        
>> needs to
>>      
>>> happen due to problems like this but were put in place due to
>>>        
>> advertisers),
>>      
>>> just fill up those medium Priority FRBs with magazines and have at
>>>        
>> it.
>>      
>>> They'll arrive faster anyway.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Michael,
>>>
>>>        
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