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"michael adams" wrote: Its called COMMON SENSE We're not talking about "common sense." We're talking about what's legal and what isn't. Scot Kamins -- Collecting the Modern Library 1917-1970 Modern Library Collecting Website at: http://www.dogeared.com |
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"Francis A. Miniter" wrote in message
... Comment from a lawyer. It would seem to me that the interest that the USPS would want to protect is that of getting a return on the investment of providing free packaging materials. If you took their boxes and sent them via UPS or FedEx, etc., there would be a loss of revenues to the USPS. The use of USPS materials could then be viewed by the Feds as a theft - either of property or services - and a theft is, of course, a criminal act. The theft would be more than a common law offense as government property is involved, and I believe (I have not taken the time to look it up) there is a specific federal law dealing with theft from the U.S. Government. "Whoever steals, purloins, or embezzles any property used by the Postal Service, or appropriates any such property to his own or any other than its proper use, or conveys away any such property to the hindrance or detriment of the public service, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; but if the value of such property does not exceed $1,000, he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both."--18 U.S.C. sect. 1707. The Domestic Mail Manual, which is part of the CFR by incorporation, also specifies that any mail sent in Priority Mail packaging, no matter how altered, is subject to Priority Mail rates. DMM E120.1.4 William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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Htn963 wrote:
the use of the USPS's priority mail boxes, even old ones, for any other use than their eponymous function is definitely a violation of the rules. Would this apply to mail sent from abroad? I frequently receive packages here in Japan in US global priority packaging, and just as frequently recycle that packaging when sending packages abroad, often - though not always - to the US. I sometimes turn the packages inside out, and in any case much of the surface area tends to be concealed by the thick brown paper tape I generally wrap them with, but the packaging is still fairly easily identifiable. Sometimes, of course, I do ship such items by EMS (which is trackable via the USPS global priority online tracker service, so I presume it is in partnership), but I also send such packages by regular airmail. I have never had a recipient complain that they were charged at a higher rate or received notice from any quarter that anything was amiss. Have I merely been lucky, or can I continue to send packages in this way without worrying about it? John http://rarebooksinjapan.com |
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Kris Baker wrote:
One point to note: USPS recently began putting all mailers on notice that Media Mail can (and will be) opened for inspection. This is not a new rule; First Class and Priority (package First Class) requires a warrant before inspection, but lower classes that cannot contain private correspondence are not (and have never been) exempt from inspection. I was under the impression that Media Mail packages *could* contain private correspondence -- IF said correspondence was incidental to (i.e., relevant to) the contents of the package. A change permitting such content was made in postal service regulations in (IIRC) the late 1970s, and the regulation permitting it was still in force a few years ago when I asked a postal clerk for an interpretation of the rule. I'll admit I haven't tried to check current regulations, because I'd probably be surfing the USPS site for half an hour that I don't want to spend online at the moment. Anybody know/can learn more about the current status of this topic? Cathy Krusberg Internet: |
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"paghat" wrote in message news Some while ago (during the Unibomber's antics) every book package I shipped got delayed -- sometimes by factors of a couple of months -- & in trying to track what happened it turned out packages were being warehoused near San Francisco in order to be opened & inspected, but without funding for enough inspectors. This still leaves one unanswered question: did the Unibomber use bubble wrap? Randy |
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