[Blindtlk] sending things Free Matter

[Mike Freeman]

I'd go over the pamphlet with her now that you have a copy. And perhaps 
the regs in the U.K. don't allow white canes to go free matter.

Mike

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Julie J.
  To: Marion & Martin ; NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List
  Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 3:40 PM
  Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] sending things Free Matter


  thanks!

  A bit of background...I have been shipping guide dog equipment and 
white
  canes Free Matter  for some time now.  Recently I had a potential 
customer
  ask if I could ship Free Matter to the UK.  I asked about how this 
might or
  might not work at the post office yesterday.  I totally get that other
  countries have different laws and rules and was not expecting to be 
able to
  ship things there Free Matter.  So today I get a phone call back about 
my
  question.

  The postal worker quoted me directly almost exactly what Marion 
provided,
  except that she didn't number anything.  She informed me that the UK 
has
  similar Free Matter provisions to the U.S. and I can ship anything 
there
  that I can ship here using Free Matter.  She then proceeds to tell me 
that
  it appears to be only reading and writing materials.  I specifically 
ask
  about white canes, since that is what I was intending to ship to the 
UK.
  She informs me that "no" white canes are not included.  When I press 
the
  issue and state that it is my belief that white canes are indeed 
adaptive
  equipment specifically used by the blind, she continues to claim that 
white
  canes would not be eligible for Free Matter shipping.

  So I'm really  unsure of how to proceed.  I could just continue to 
ship
  things as I always have and not disclose what's in the boxes.  I could
  debate the issue with her using a copy of the previously mentioned
  publication.  I could speak to a supervisor.  I could charge customers
  shipping costs for their blindness related adaptive equipment.  I 
could hire
  a driver and go to the next nearest city  and ship stuff from there 
and
  bypass the confused postal workers here.  Or I could start using UPS
  instead, but then I am back to charging customers more.

  So how would you guys handle this?


  Julie
  http://www.livingblind.com/eml
  Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't 
matter and
  those who matter don't mind.

  Dr. Seuss


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I'd go over the pamphlet with her now that you have a copy. And perhaps the regs in the U.K. don't allow white canes to go free matter.
 
Mike
 
----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:jlcrane at alltel.net Julie J.
To:
mailto:swampfox1833 at verizon.net Marion & Martin
; mailto:blindtlk at nfbnet.org NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List
Sent:
Tuesday, June 26, 2007 3:40 PM
Subject:
Re: [Blindtlk] sending things Free Matter
thanks!
A bit of background...I have been shipping guide dog equipment and white
canes Free Matter  for some time now.  Recently I had a potential customer
ask if I could ship Free Matter to the UK.  I asked about how this might or
might not work at the post office yesterday.  I totally get that other
countries have different laws and rules and was not expecting to be able to
ship things there Free Matter.  So today I get a phone call back about my
question.
The postal worker quoted me directly almost exactly what Marion provided,
except that she didn't number anything.  She informed me that the UK has
similar Free Matter provisions to the U.S. and I can ship anything there
that I can ship here using Free Matter.  She then proceeds to tell me that
it appears to be only reading and writing materials.  I specifically ask
about white canes, since that is what I was intending to ship to the UK.
She informs me that "no" white canes are not included.  When I press the
issue and state that it is my belief that white canes are indeed adaptive
equipment specifically used by the blind, she continues to claim that white
canes would not be eligible for Free Matter shipping.
So I'm really  unsure of how to proceed.  I could just continue to ship
things as I always have and not disclose what's in the boxes.  I could
debate the issue with her using a copy of the previously mentioned
publication.  I could speak to a supervisor.  I could charge customers
shipping costs for their blindness related adaptive equipment.  I could hire
a driver and go to the next nearest city  and ship stuff from there and
bypass the confused postal workers here.  Or I could start using UPS
instead, but then I am back to charging customers more.
So how would you guys handle this?
Julie
http://www.livingblind.com/eml http://www.livingblind.com/eml
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and
those who matter don't mind.
Dr. Seuss
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