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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

 

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nightowl

27 Oct 2011
09:11:30pm
Addendum. Shipping costs media mail even for two or three large boxes are not really exhorbitant (and are also a charitable tax deduction). I seem to remember that if a box is addressed to a library, there is an even lower library rate.
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michael78651

27 Oct 2011
09:44:28pm
re: Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

You do not want to use library rate. If it gets lost in the mail or is somehow undeliverable (address error or anything), the post office will discard the package. It is not returnable or forwardable. Media Mail is. Library rate is intended for delivery between libraries.

Also, Media Mail is not necessarily the cheapest rate. If the package weighs less than a pound, first class is usually cheaper.

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27 Oct 2011
10:30:47pm
re: Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

Parcel post is the cheapest rate for over a pound

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27 Oct 2011
10:53:07pm

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re: Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

actually, flat rate priority mail is often cheaper than parcel post

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27 Oct 2011
11:12:58pm
re: Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

For heavy shipments that will not fit into flat rate envelopes or boxes, parcel post is the cheapest. Just went through this mess of having to figure the cheapest way to send a carton. Trying to figure out all the rates on line is a pain, so I just phone the USPS, and get the cheapest rate. This is for USA shipping.
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28 Oct 2011
10:47:15am
re: Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

I ran into a problem sending some magazines using media mail a year or two ago.

I wound up discarding the media mail idea.

4.0 Content Standards for Media Mail
4.1 Qualified Items
Only these items may be mailed at the Media Mail prices:

a. Books, including books issued to supplement other books, of at least eight printed pages, consisting wholly of reading matter or scholarly bibliography, or reading matter with incidental blank spaces for notations and containing no advertising matter other than incidental announcements of books. Advertising includes paid advertising and the publishers' own advertising in display, classified, or editorial style.

NOTE the underlined ".... containing no advertising matter other than incidental announcements of books..."
I am sure that the last time I looked through The American Philatelist there was just a bit of advertising.

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michael78651

28 Oct 2011
12:55:26pm
re: Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

That is true as well. I forgot to include that. Thanks for the clarification.

Shipping parcel post versus priority mail varies greatly and yes, is a pain in the butt to figure out which method is cheapest to use. The further you ship something from where you are, priority mail begins to be cheaper than parcel post, unless you get into the heavier weights.

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28 Oct 2011
06:40:31pm
re: Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

Forget Media Mail, as you cannot send any pamphlets that have advertising in them, this also includes any stamp catalogs. If anything is discovered by postal authorities that is wrong, it is usually confiscated.
Library mail is the cheapest rate, and only good for sending to a library.
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nightowl

27 Oct 2011
09:11:30pm

Addendum. Shipping costs media mail even for two or three large boxes are not really exhorbitant (and are also a charitable tax deduction). I seem to remember that if a box is addressed to a library, there is an even lower library rate.

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michael78651

27 Oct 2011
09:44:28pm

re: Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

You do not want to use library rate. If it gets lost in the mail or is somehow undeliverable (address error or anything), the post office will discard the package. It is not returnable or forwardable. Media Mail is. Library rate is intended for delivery between libraries.

Also, Media Mail is not necessarily the cheapest rate. If the package weighs less than a pound, first class is usually cheaper.

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27 Oct 2011
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re: Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

Parcel post is the cheapest rate for over a pound

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27 Oct 2011
10:53:07pm

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re: Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

actually, flat rate priority mail is often cheaper than parcel post

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27 Oct 2011
11:12:58pm

re: Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

For heavy shipments that will not fit into flat rate envelopes or boxes, parcel post is the cheapest. Just went through this mess of having to figure the cheapest way to send a carton. Trying to figure out all the rates on line is a pain, so I just phone the USPS, and get the cheapest rate. This is for USA shipping.
Richaard

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28 Oct 2011
10:47:15am

re: Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

I ran into a problem sending some magazines using media mail a year or two ago.

I wound up discarding the media mail idea.

4.0 Content Standards for Media Mail
4.1 Qualified Items
Only these items may be mailed at the Media Mail prices:

a. Books, including books issued to supplement other books, of at least eight printed pages, consisting wholly of reading matter or scholarly bibliography, or reading matter with incidental blank spaces for notations and containing no advertising matter other than incidental announcements of books. Advertising includes paid advertising and the publishers' own advertising in display, classified, or editorial style.

NOTE the underlined ".... containing no advertising matter other than incidental announcements of books..."
I am sure that the last time I looked through The American Philatelist there was just a bit of advertising.

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michael78651

28 Oct 2011
12:55:26pm

re: Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

That is true as well. I forgot to include that. Thanks for the clarification.

Shipping parcel post versus priority mail varies greatly and yes, is a pain in the butt to figure out which method is cheapest to use. The further you ship something from where you are, priority mail begins to be cheaper than parcel post, unless you get into the heavier weights.

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rgnpcs

28 Oct 2011
06:40:31pm

re: Parcel post, media mail, priority, and library rate

Forget Media Mail, as you cannot send any pamphlets that have advertising in them, this also includes any stamp catalogs. If anything is discovered by postal authorities that is wrong, it is usually confiscated.
Library mail is the cheapest rate, and only good for sending to a library.
Richaard

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