The bulk mail industry says hands off our profits

Don't touch my junk: The bulk mail industry says hands off our profits

"...The big guns in the room are going to be the bulk mail companies, and they have already made their position clear. They have been fighting against the rate increase since it was initially proposed last year, and they have already come out in favor of the proposed cuts to labor and the post offices. On August 12, within hours of hearing the USPS plan, the Direct Marketing Association— the leading association of businesses using direct marketing (junk mail) — “applauded” the proposed cuts. ..."    

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USPS 2010 Summer Sale

"...Customers must have mailed more than 350,000 Standard Mail pieces in the baseline period of July 1 to Sept. 30, 2009. This covers about 3,525 customers, or 67% of Standard Mailers. Mail service providers (the printers and preparers that physically execute mail and give it to the USPS) are not eligible to aggregate volume on behalf of their customers. ..."    

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NEW YORK MAIL HANDLER’S ATTENTION TO DETAIL PROTECTS REVENUE

NEW YORK MAIL HANDLER’S ATTENTION TO DETAIL PROTECTS REVENUE

"...the mailing was intended for First-Class Mail service, though the postage statement indicated the customer had paid Standard Mail prices. The customer corrected the tray labels and paid the additional postage for the service it had requested. “What may have been an honest mistake could have cost the Postal Service thousands..."    

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USPS sets Move Update error threshold at 30%

"...For a Standard Mail mailing, this means that every piece in the mailing will be charged an additional 7 cents. For a First-Class Mail mailing, this means that every piece in the mailing will be charged at the single-piece rate of 44 cents.
The new requirements, which became effective November 23..."    

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Standard Mail Delivery

Requesting In-Home Dates Only Inflates Postage Costs

"...There is a general lack of understanding by many postal processing facilities and personnel as to what the requested dates really mean. Because of that, there are times when postal employees go out of their way to ensure that mail is being processed and delivered by the dates on the mail. How do they go out of their way to ensure this? It could be segregating the mail by the dates requested which results in additional handling or utilization of additional floor space. It could be processing the mail in a separate pass on sorting equipment or, in the worst-case scenario, manual processing it to avoid waiting for the normal machine time. Or it could be "warehousing" mail that has been delivered too early...."    

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