[Blindtlk] sending things Free Matter

[Mike Freeman]

Don't take my word for it; I was just speculating.

Mike

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Marion & Martin
  To: NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List
  Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 6:18 AM
  Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] sending things Free Matter


  Mike,
      I will assume then that the UK regs do not allow harnesses as free
  matter, either.

  Marion


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
  To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:09 PM
  Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] sending things Free Matter


  > 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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Don't take my word for it; I was just speculating.
 
Mike
 
----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:swampfox1833 at verizon.net Marion & Martin
To:
mailto:blindtlk at nfbnet.org NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List
Sent:
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 6:18 AM
Subject:
Re: [Blindtlk] sending things Free Matter
Mike,
    I will assume then that the UK regs do not allow harnesses as free
matter, either.
Marion
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" < mailto:k7uij at panix.com k7uij at panix.com
>
To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" < mailto:blindtlk at nfbnet.org blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] sending things Free Matter
> 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 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
>
>
>  _______________________________________________
>  blindtlk mailing list
>  mailto:blindtlk at nfbnet.org blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>  http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk
>
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