KevinShishko Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 i went to ship out records the other day at a post office i haven't used before for records. i told them i wanted to do it through media mail but they said media mail is intended for "education and learning purposes only" and refused to let me send it that way. as 95% of the records i receive are through media mail i was pretty pissed since clearly that's not the policy everywhere else. has this been a problem for anyone else?? this post office is super close to my house and most convenient so i'm gonna be pissed if they give me crap about it every time i try to send out records. they also claim anyone else who has have been shipping records through media mail are "cheating the system" so i was just wondering if there's any way around this. i know i can lie about what's in the package but as far as i know of they have permission to open the package and i feel like that would cause more kinds of trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alogical Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 the post office left in my town, which only has 3 workers now, encourages me to ship media mail. Even though it is less expensive for me, they tell me it's the best option. Kind of funny considering the USPS is going down the shitter. moonbeams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
213041284s Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 That's bullshit the USPS website states that music is also acceptable for MEDIA mail. Just print it out and show it to your PO genericvinylreference and ketchupnmustud 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isavedlatin54 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 yea....they lied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebistro Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I guess technically they're right.. http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/173.htm#1113509 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 print your own labels with paypal. problem solved. shenanigans, GradedOnACurve, somethingvinyl and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
companyinkrecs Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I was rejected once for shipping records with sunglasses and I print my own labels with stamps.com. Thought I'd sneak one by them since it was 50 records. They won. 6heart6breaker6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isavedlatin54 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I guess technically they're right.. http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/173.htm#1113509 Technically yes, but the list my post office has actually says "phonographic records" as well. so while they weren't really lying, they just weren't telling the whole truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodybrokeurheart Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 yeah i've researched this before. it's odd. there's a sign in my PO stating media mail is used for well.... media. records, cds, digital drives, whatever. however the usps website clearly states its for educational material only. they always think i'm mailing books......... idk why. i use media mail for records and thats it. i shipped an assload of CDs recently and boy was i tempted to try it through media mail. decided best not to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Sound recordings, including incidental announcements of recordings and guides or scripts prepared solely for use with such recordings. Video recordings and player piano rolls are classified as sound recordings. genericvinylreference 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrc Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 the only thing they refused to let me mail with media mail was Zines/magazines because it had paid advertisements in them. Music, text books, regular books... is all perfectly fine to mail via media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_jones Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I once shipped jeans out via media mail. told the clerk it was CDs wrapped in a tshirt for protection. that was the day i beat the system. mcguirk, tml-7, esbe and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tre Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 We had a box opened, inspected and returned to us because it was a box of 7" covers only. It was shipped with 3 other boxes media, which all made it unopened. They are on that shit sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummerboy032 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I once shipped jeans out via media mail. told the clerk it was CDs wrapped in a tshirt for protection. that was the day i beat the system. MEDIA MAIL SUBJECT TO INSPECTION Lol that sign is posted everywhere at my local PO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjb2k1 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 "Sound recordings" that's a record, is it not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 What if you were shipping the records to a DJ school, where they would be used for instructional purposes? Eh? mcguirk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock N Roll Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I work for the USPS and this person is an idiot. They must really hate their job to try to give you shit for this. If they keep doing it ask to speak to the postmaster ketchupnmustud, moonbeams and stl_ben 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesar11 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 print your own labels with paypal. problem solved. this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintedinexile Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Every time I've shipped records it's been either priority or parcel post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseypride Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I guess technically they're right.. http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/173.htm#1113509 What are you talking about? Did you read the list? stl_ben 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 The post office closest to my house in Baton Rouge wouldn't let me ship records as media mail, but the post office downtown, by my office, had no problems with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3arl Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 It's good to know that I can send player piano rolls via Media Mail scottheisel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youspinmeround Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 My local post office laughs when I come in and always ask what records are in the box. When I tell them, they always say never heard but someone must like marco_182 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicity Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I guess technically they're right.. http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/173.htm#1113509 Uh, no they're not... 4.1.e. Sound recordings, including incidental announcements of recordings andguides or scripts prepared solely for use with such recordings. Video recordings and player piano rolls are classified as sound recordings. stl_ben 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aych Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I've only been refused media mail one time, but I told the clerk I had sent records with media mail before and the clerk next to her (whom I had seen before) confirmed this. The record was sent. I guess it really just depends on the people at the post office location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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