Comments on: Mail (No, Not Male) Obsession http://www.banane.com/2007/02/16/mail-not-male-obsession/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: banane http://www.banane.com/2007/02/16/mail-not-male-obsession/#comment-7120 banane Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:01:15 +0000 http://www.banane.com/2007/02/16/mail-not-male-obsession/#comment-7120 This will bore everyone to tears, but whatever. Media rate for a pound of books- anything with a hardcover, basically, and some long tomes like Infinite Jest, is $2.07. The unabomber incident made it so that anything over a pound can't go in a mailbox. I tried it 3X and the third time got a nice little red sticker and a return. So I go to the post office- they say, you don't have to wait in line, just walk up here- if it's proper postage and over a pound, that is. Not sure htey let you skip the line for real questions. There's a shallow part of the counter (at north beach at least) and you put your over-pound-media-rate package there, get eye contact, and she/he will nod at you, and off you go. Those arch. books- if you list on amazon make hte sender pay postage as it will probably be steep. Check the values there too. This will bore everyone to tears, but whatever. Media rate for a pound of books- anything with a hardcover, basically, and some long tomes like Infinite Jest, is $2.07. The unabomber incident made it so that anything over a pound can’t go in a mailbox. I tried it 3X and the third time got a nice little red sticker and a return. So I go to the post office- they say, you don’t have to wait in line, just walk up here- if it’s proper postage and over a pound, that is. Not sure htey let you skip the line for real questions. There’s a shallow part of the counter (at north beach at least) and you put your over-pound-media-rate package there, get eye contact, and she/he will nod at you, and off you go.

Those arch. books- if you list on amazon make hte sender pay postage as it will probably be steep. Check the values there too.

]]> By: Nancy M http://www.banane.com/2007/02/16/mail-not-male-obsession/#comment-7089 Nancy M Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:50:23 +0000 http://www.banane.com/2007/02/16/mail-not-male-obsession/#comment-7089 I need the scoop on how you avoid the lines at USPS. And what your method is to process the Amazon reseller mess. I have 4 moving boxes of glossy architectural books - heavy! - that gotta hit the road, Jack! I need the scoop on how you avoid the lines at USPS. And what your method is to process the Amazon reseller mess. I have 4 moving boxes of glossy architectural books - heavy! - that gotta hit the road, Jack!

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