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   Ronbaby | Jul 14, 2004 05:27am | #1

   still got them? $150?

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   rez | Jul 14, 2004 06:52am | #2

   ya kaj, keep us posted.

   $160."sobriety is the root cause of dementia.",     rez,2004

   "Geodesics have an infinite proliferation of possible branches, at the whim of subatomic indeterminism.",Jack Williamson, The Legion of Time

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   rez | Jul 19, 2004 06:30pm | #3

   Who was the winner?

   "sobriety is the root cause of dementia.",     rez,2004

   "Geodesics have an infinite proliferation of possible branches, at the whim of subatomic indeterminism.",
   Jack Williamson, The Legion of Time

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   mkbug | Jul 19, 2004 07:02pm | #4

   Ask the post office for the Media Mail rate.

   Peace,

   Martin

   Heads I win, tails you lose.
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   florida | Jul 20, 2004 03:23pm | #5

   Try FedEx Ground or Post Office media mail.

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   rez | Jul 20, 2004 06:57pm | #6

   Wow, the pains some guys have to go thru to keep peace in the house.

   Best to you, and cheers.

   "sobriety is the root cause of dementia.",     rez,2004

   "Geodesics have an infinite proliferation of possible branches, at the whim of subatomic indeterminism.",
   Jack Williamson, The Legion of Time

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   Mango | Jul 21, 2004 06:07am | #7

   you cant use media mail with anything that contains advertising

   I think what you want is  called bound printed matter call 1 800 ask-usps and they can tell you for sure.

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   UncleDunc | Jul 21, 2004 07:24am | #8

   It's not obvious to me that advertising in ten year old magazines is still considered advertising under that rule. In any case, I have both sent and received many issues of FWW and FHB at media mail rates. Whenever a postal clerk has asked me what's in the package, I've answered magazines and never been turned down.

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   Mango | Jul 21, 2004 08:57pm | #9

   Media Mail¯ service is a cost efficient way to mail books, sound recordings, recorded video tapes, printed music, and recorded computer-readable media (such as CDs, DVDs, and diskettes). Media Mail can not contain advertising except for incidental announcements of books. The maximum weight for Media Mail is 70 lbs. Media Mail¯ service is a cost efficient way to mail books, sound recordings, recorded video tapes, printed music, and recorded computer-readable media (such as CDs, DVDs, and diskettes). Media Mail can not contain advertising except for incidental announcements of books. The maximum weight for Media Mail is 70 lbs.

   from the usps website bolding mine

   I have received lots of things media mail including tools but that dosen't make it right

   from what I understand they are starting to crack down on abuses of media mail

   Edited 7/21/2004 1:58 pm ET by mango man

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   UncleDunc | Jul 21, 2004 10:56pm | #10

   You may be right. In an ambiguous case, their reason for prohibiting advertising might make a difference, but they very conveniently left the reasoning out of their web site.

   Consider an extreme case, a bound book containing 200 year old newspapers, complete with advertising? Whatever their reasoning, excluding this book from Media Mail would strike me as a pretty stupid policy. I think a ten year old magazine (or 25 year old, but I don't hink FHB has been publishing that long) is more like that historically interesting book of old newspapers than it is like a current issue magazine tainted with advertising.

   In any case, when the clerk asks me what's in the package and I answer honestly, magazines, I think I have discharged my ethical duty. I am not interested in trying to enforce the USPS' regulations against its own clerks.

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   Mango | Jul 22, 2004 06:06am | #11

   im not tryong to be difficult I sell a lot on ebay and hang out on the ebay boards and this subject is discussed

   I also have sold a lot of fw and fh and if memory serves me the bound printed rate was evan less than media and you can insure bound printed and you cant insure media

   its been awhile since I sold any but I do have a couple of boxs full I'm gearing up to sell

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   UncleDunc | Jul 22, 2004 06:17am | #12

   >> I'm not trying to be difficult ...

   I don't think I'm trying to be difficult, either, but every now and then I discover I've been trying to fool myself as to what my real motives are, so maybe I am. :o)

   >> ... if memory serves me the bound printed rate was even less than media ...

   Well if that's true, then the issue really is moot.