USPS media mail- the jig is up...

The best way to keep shipping costs down for net buyers/sellers lately
was- ship the item USPS media mail for USA delivery. A parcel that
would cost $20 to go from coast to coast can end up going for only $5
via media mail. The catch- it requires the shipper to tell a little
white lie and say "media mail" at the counter and get the cheap rate-
even if the item is not really media mail...most postal clerks didn't
give a rat's ass anyway...

I was informed today by a local USPS clerk that ALL media mail will be
opened TWICE- once at the counter office behind the scenes, and again
at the main dist. center, to make sure what is inside is really "media
mail". If it turns out to be electronics, tapes decks, etc., it gets
returned and must be re-shipped at the correct higher rate- with the
shipper getting a fraud warning letter. OR it goes to the destination
with postage due at the higher rate.

The jig is up...a damn shame too as normal UPS and USPS rates are a
ripoff anymore...

Heads up trackers- think twice before you ship a tape deck and say
it's media mail trying to get cheaper shipping- USPS is on to it...

(trippin2-8track) wrote in message . com...
The best way to keep shipping costs down for net buyers/sellers lately
was- ship the item USPS media mail for USA delivery. A parcel that
would cost $20 to go from coast to coast can end up going for only $5
via media mail. The catch- it requires the shipper to tell a little
white lie and say "media mail" at the counter and get the cheap rate-
even if the item is not really media mail...most postal clerks didn't
give a rat's ass anyway...

I was informed today by a local USPS clerk that ALL media mail will be
opened TWICE- once at the counter office behind the scenes, and again
at the main dist. center, to make sure what is inside is really "media
mail". If it turns out to be electronics, tapes decks, etc., it gets
returned and must be re-shipped at the correct higher rate- with the
shipper getting a fraud warning letter. OR it goes to the destination
with postage due at the higher rate.

The jig is up...a damn shame too as normal UPS and USPS rates are a
ripoff anymore...

Heads up trackers- think twice before you ship a tape deck and say
it's media mail trying to get cheaper shipping- USPS is on to it...


where i go --- books are the main source of media mail
according to the teller at usps office

(trippin2-8track) wrote in message . com...
The best way to keep shipping costs down for net buyers/sellers lately
was- ship the item USPS media mail for USA delivery. A parcel that
would cost $20 to go from coast to coast can end up going for only $5
via media mail. The catch- it requires the shipper to tell a little
white lie and say "media mail" at the counter and get the cheap rate-
even if the item is not really media mail...most postal clerks didn't
give a rat's ass anyway...

I was informed today by a local USPS clerk that ALL media mail will be
opened TWICE- once at the counter office behind the scenes, and again
at the main dist. center, to make sure what is inside is really "media
mail". If it turns out to be electronics, tapes decks, etc., it gets
returned and must be re-shipped at the correct higher rate- with the
shipper getting a fraud warning letter. OR it goes to the destination
with postage due at the higher rate.

The jig is up...a damn shame too as normal UPS and USPS rates are a
ripoff anymore...



The jig is as the jig always was, as far as I am concerned. I do my
best not to try to rip the government off. It's not legal. And not
very patriotic, either. What a goddamn shame, that you might have to
follow the law.



Heads up trackers- think twice before you ship a tape deck and say
it's media mail trying to get cheaper shipping- USPS is on to it...

Paul, a year ago during the Middle East crisis, a thread was started
here concerning not buying Arab oil from the Shell Corp.- here's your
reply (and thread link)

From: The Poodlebutt )
Subject: SCREW THE RAGHEADS AND THEIR OIL-DON'T BUY IT ANYMORE!

View this article only
Newsgroups: alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
Date: 2003-03-25 20:00:52 PST

Thanks for the info.

I'll be splurging on full service at Shell.

Can't forget the deluxe car wash.


http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...com%26rnum%3D1


As far as breaking the law, you did jail time already. And engaged in
phone harassment of several 8-trackers here on many occasions.

Now, how is that being patriotic and obeying the law ??

ps- it has nothing to do with the small time ebay seller- a few large
companies were using media mail for huge non-media shipments and
taking USPS for thousands $$$-fraud on a large scale- so now they are
checking all media packs.

for the time being...

Subject: USPS media mail- the jig is up...
From: (trippin2-8track)
Date: 7/9/2004 9:17 PM US Eastern Standard Time
Message-id:

ps- it has nothing to do with the small time ebay seller- a few large
companies were using media mail for huge non-media shipments and
taking USPS for thousands $$$-fraud on a large scale- so now they are
checking all media packs.

for the time being...


Here's a dumb question:

What is the definition of "media"?
Books only?
books on tape...

music...?

;-D

Why was it cheaper to begin with?

Here's a dumb question:

What is the definition of "media"?
Books only?
books on tape...

music...?

;-D

I asked if I could mail a tape player as media mail and they said NO, just the
tapes.
Dan 1.5

The official definition of media mail is:

books, magazines, records (33-45-78rpm shellac and vinyl), tapes
(cassettes, 8-track carts, reels), CD's, binders, loose leaf paper,
maps, pamphlets, X-rays, photographs...

"bound printed matter" can go even cheaper than general media mail.

The savings in shipping is TREMENDOUS- you can send 200 8-track tapes
from coast to coast for around $15- a box weighing 50 pounds.

Show up with a sealed box at the post office, say it's "media mail",
the postal clerks just stamp it media and away it goes- no matter what
is "really" inside- only you know for sure as you packed it. Most
clerks could care less- they are only working there- they don't own
the place and the job is merely a paycheck to them. (you know the
attitude of some postal workers...right ??)

I've bought a few dozen tape decks off ebay- many showed up stamped
Media Mail. The old saying "everyone is doing it..."- it was a great
way to ship a $10 old tape deck that didn't work for cheap, without
spending more on shipping than the deck was worth.

No biggie for the nickel and dime ebay transactions- USPS still ends
up getting the money and business anyway- but when a few greedy huge
corporations started doing it, it turned into a huge $$$ value ripoff
scam. These corps. ship hundreds or thousands of packages a day- it
adds up.

So USPS dropped the hammer- for now...they are opening and inspecting
EVERY SINGLE MEDIA PACK....not once, but TWICE. Don't be surprised if
tapes shipped media mail take a long time to get there.

Subject: USPS media mail- the jig is up...
From: (trippin2-8track)
Date: 7/11/2004 7:17 AM US Eastern Standard Time
Message-id:

The official definition of media mail is:

books, magazines, records (33-45-78rpm shellac and vinyl), tapes
(cassettes, 8-track carts, reels), CD's, binders, loose leaf paper,
maps, pamphlets, X-rays, photographs...

"bound printed matter" can go even cheaper than general media mail.

The savings in shipping is TREMENDOUS- you can send 200 8-track tapes
from coast to coast for around $15- a box weighing 50 pounds.

Show up with a sealed box at the post office, say it's "media mail",
the postal clerks just stamp it media and away it goes- no matter what
is "really" inside- only you know for sure as you packed it. Most
clerks could care less- they are only working there- they don't own
the place and the job is merely a paycheck to them. (you know the
attitude of some postal workers...right ??)

I've bought a few dozen tape decks off ebay- many showed up stamped
Media Mail. The old saying "everyone is doing it..."- it was a great
way to ship a $10 old tape deck that didn't work for cheap, without
spending more on shipping than the deck was worth.

No biggie for the nickel and dime ebay transactions- USPS still ends
up getting the money and business anyway- but when a few greedy huge
corporations started doing it, it turned into a huge $$$ value ripoff
scam. These corps. ship hundreds or thousands of packages a day- it
adds up.

So USPS dropped the hammer- for now...they are opening and inspecting
EVERY SINGLE MEDIA PACK....not once, but TWICE. Don't be surprised if
tapes shipped media mail take a long time to get there.



Soo...to me it is and always was legal to send tapes that way.
Maybe the box you use could be cut in half, then bridge the gap woith about a
half inch of clear tape so they can see inside and send it on it's way?
I guess with our hobby, what's a few days delay on a 30 year old 8-track?
It seems like the checking would be loss in "labor" costs.

As far as breaking the law, you did jail time already. And engaged in
phone harassment of several 8-trackers here on many occasions.


Oh? Really? Jail time? This is news to me.



Now, how is that being patriotic and obeying the law ??