Thread: Will Post Office cutbacks kill the weekly magazines?

Originally Posted by Captain Worley

Buried in an article about the proposed PO cutbacks, I saw this:



Postal cutbacks to delay 1st-class mail - BusinessWeek

So, as an uninteded consequence, could magazines like Time, Newsweek, and other weeklies go under? They are already on the ropes, this could be the knockout punch. I mean, who wants a news magazine nine days + after the events have occured?

not really, first class delivery applies to letters mostly iirc, magazines are different. they are Periodicals class.
your bills might be late, so is your payment, expect late fees.

This whole thing may be a Washington Monument gambit, so called because the Park Service when facing budget cuts would always say they might have to close monuments and parks if their budget was cut. They got their money.

In the middle of this economic mess, Americans will feel a deep loss if their local post offices are closed, and it doesn't help that all those jobs would be lost. I say turn them all into casinos...

Originally Posted by Captain Worley

Buried in an article about the proposed PO cutbacks, I saw this:



Postal cutbacks to delay 1st-class mail - BusinessWeek

So, as an uninteded consequence, could magazines like Time, Newsweek, and other weeklies go under? They are already on the ropes, this could be the knockout punch. I mean, who wants a news magazine nine days + after the events have occured?

Probably not, but their rates may go up. On-line book and CD/DVD sellers will be hit hardest. They depend on 'media mail' rates which are ridiculously low. For 3.99 you can send a heavy book anywhere in the country or several books for 4.99. Congress makes them do it. Contrast that to $15 and up for a 4 lb package depending on where in the country you're sending it. And the USPS handles a lot of books and media shipments.

Ouch, the books costing 15$ to ship would hurt

Originally Posted by JAD_333

Probably not, but their rates may go up. On-line book and CD/DVD sellers will be hit hardest. They depend on 'media mail' rates which are ridiculously low. For 3.99 you can send a heavy book anywhere in the country or several books for 4.99. Congress makes them do it. Contrast that to $15 and up for a 4 lb package depending on where in the country you're sending it. And the USPS handles a lot of books and media shipments.

How much exactly is "several"?. Back in the days when I was in school that was a round number bigger then 2

Government agencies need to stop paying people not to work. Cutting back services will drive more people toward online bill paying and email services. In the end, there will be less revenue to pay for an ever growning number of retirees. Our government pension system is near collapse. They need to pay their fair share just like those of us in the private sector.

Originally Posted by Doktor

How much exactly is "several"?. Back in the days when I was in school that was a round number bigger then 2

I think of several as three or more but less than 10. Maybe others have a different take. But over 2, for sure.

So I can send 9 Guinness World Records, or Encyclopedia Britannica for the amount of 1 National Geographic (or Playboy if you wish)?

Originally Posted by Doktor

So I can send 9 Guinness World Records, or Encyclopedia Britannica for the amount of 1 National Geographic (or Playboy if you wish)?

not exactly. Nat Geo is a magazine; gets magazine rate


how much do the books weigh? Here are some rates; and you can get a discount on them by going through company called Stamps.com

https://www.usps.com/send/media-mail.htm

or you can get flat rate shipping boxes, if it fits it ships.

Originally Posted by JAD_333

I think of several as three or more but less than 10. Maybe others have a different take. But over 2, for sure.

something like that, i was tought 2 is pair\couple, 2-5 few, 5-10 several.