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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... |
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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 ?? |
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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 $$$-fraud on a large scale- so now they are checking all media packs. for the time being... |
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Subject: USPS media mail- the jig is up...
From: (trippin2-8track) Date: 7/9/2004 9:17 PM US Eastern Standard Time Message-id: ps- it has nothing to do with the small time ebay seller- a few large companies were using media mail for huge non-media shipments and taking USPS for thousands $$$-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? |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 ?? |
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