bustyourthrash Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 The post woman that comes to my work daily and also delivers my mail told me this morning tjat by the end of 2012 the USPS will eliminate media mail as a shipping option. I'm just passing on what she told me. If this is true, I feel like there has to be a way to show USPS how many people use media mail. Any ideas as to why they would eliminate mediamail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jase Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Probably cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanooki Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 http://boards.vinylcollective.com/index.php?/topic/78755-increase-the-size-of-priority-mail-flat-rate-boxes-to-fit-vinyl-lps/page__hl__%2Bmedia+%2Bmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock N Roll Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Ok it seems theres a new thread about this every couple weeks. I work for the USPS and there has honest to god been rumours of us doing away with media mail for 3-5 years and every year "is the year it's going to happen". Do I think its going to happen eventually down the road? Yes. Do I belive its going to happen by the end of 2012? I'd say theres about a 10 percent chance of that happening so soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamover Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 why is it that most posts by new people are always so horribly written? do people come here to learn english? scottheisel and AlexH. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deathbydrums Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 why is it that most posts by new people are always so horribly written? do people come here to learn english? It'd be a cool place to learn English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeshiftrigger Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Nice capitalization and punctuation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youspinmeround Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Would you seriously think that by showing them how many people use it they would keep it? Its is still a service needed. For an organization that is essentially bankrupt, does it make sense to charge 3 bucks for something they can charge 7 for? This is simple economics at its finest. And with it being a service that people will still use regardless of cost, its not like they are going to lose 50% of the mail because of the increase.. Mailing a package is not like mailing a useless letter in 2012. With that said, they really need to get rid of Saturday delivery and post office being open on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlovecolouredx Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 usps firstclass international and usps priority internatioanl are also up now. collecting vinyl and live in the other side of the world is getting harder everyday.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexH. Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 If this is true, I feel like there has to be a way to show USPS how many people use media mail. Somehow, I feel like the post office already knows how many people use media mail, considering they're the ones who are shipping everything. hankmurphy, littlebistro, youspinmeround and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrnubnub Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 If they're going to do away with it, isn't it likely that not that many people are using it? The death of physical media is pretty real, and while I'm sure its going to take time I doubt the handful of collectors and others who use it will make any kind of impact on a huge and struggling company. If they do away with it, I doubt it'll be so soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesisthebastard Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 How much is it to ship a record via UPS? Just regular Ground Delivery? I think if USPS drops media mail you could probably ship records via UPS for cheaper and they are insured already with tracking right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoonbill Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 obviously this only affects lps but ups is about the same as priority i think. google search on this subject revealed no information. pretty sure this is bullshit. if it goes through, this is going to kill small labels. can't see paying $10 in shipping for a $12 record. we'll be forced to make bulk orders from distros, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoonbill Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 the last first class international increase wasn't so bad. i think it went from $11.76 to $13.18 for most places. not sure about priority international. going from $3.08 to ~$10 is a bit more drastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardacus Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Noooooo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 will hurt small businesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrnubnub Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Also, I've actually had it that the priority was cheaper than the media mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanicus Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Also, I've actually had it that the priority was cheaper than the media mail. Only for 7"s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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