posted on February 17, 2001 08:57:18 AM new
Can anyone give info or point me to a site where I can find out the new guidelines on what can be sent in the new categories? Specifically, what can be sent "book rate" and what is included in "media rate." Even more specifically, can trading cards be sent in one of these two categories? Thanks bunches for any help/info.
posted on February 17, 2001 09:21:23 AM new
Try this. It is the link for the Postal Calculator. And from there you should be able to navigate to the info that you need.
posted on February 17, 2001 04:41:36 PM new
Hi, blueyes29 - I received this email from the USPS a couple of weeks ago - perhaps it will be of some help.
"Dear Ms XXX:
A book as you described below without advertising other then a
reference to other of the author's books would be eligible for both
Media Mail or Bound Printed Matter (or parcel post, Priority Mail
or Express Mail).
Bound Printed Matter restrictions say the items MAY (not must)
contain editorial, directory, material such as in a magazine or
catalog.
It is not permissible to mail a magazine, containing advertising
matter, editorial matter, etc., by the MEDIA MAIL.
The official USPS standards are in the Domestic Mail Manual. The
relevant section are at:
Media Mail
http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm/e713.htm#X7132455 (see section 2).
If you have any questions after reading the above, please contact
your local Business Mail Entry Unit. These people are you local
experts, not the window clerk. A lookup tool for your local
Business Mail Entry Unit is available in the upper left frame of
Postal Explorer under "Postal Links".
Thank you for using the United States Postal Service. We look
forward to serving you in the future.
posted on February 17, 2001 06:28:08 PM new
Someone needs to tell all the magazine sellers over on Ebay that they can't ship them by Media Mail (Book Rate)! Every magazine auction I look at says shipped by Book Rate, and today I got two big boxes of magazines in the mail that the PO had stamped Media Mail on them.
