Re: Book Rate states No Advertising. What is advertising? I am a high school teacher and yearbook advisor. I often sell and ship old yearbooks to alum. I took a 1941 yearbook to the post office the other day to ship (at my own expense) to the 1941 graduate who never got her yearbook. The postal worker only wanted to make my life miserable, and he succeeded. He kept grilling me-what kind of book is it? a yearbook? is there advertising in it? can't ship book rate with advertising in it!!, etc. I told him it was a 70 year old antique yearbook, and probably had some ads in the back from businesses no longer in existence. I tried to explain to him that this is no longer advertising, that it is now memorabilia. The postal worker was not even listening to me, and was only determined to ruin my day with his power trip. On and on he ranted like a broken record. I finally relented and told him to charge me whatever. At that point he changed his tune and gave in to me and accepted book rate. Go figure.
Re: Book Rate states No Advertising. What is advertising?
I am a high school teacher and yearbook advisor. I often sell and ship
old yearbooks to alum. I took a 1941 yearbook to the post office the
other day to ship (at my own expense) to the 1941 graduate who
never got her yearbook. The postal worker only wanted to make my
life miserable, and he succeeded. He kept grilling me-what kind of
book is it? a yearbook? is there advertising in it? can't ship book rate with advertising in it!!, etc.
I told him it was a 70 year old antique yearbook, and probably
had some ads in the back from businesses no longer in existence.
I tried to explain to him that this is no longer advertising, that it is
now memorabilia.
The postal worker was not even listening to me, and was only
determined to ruin my day with his power trip. On and on he ranted
like a broken record.
I finally relented and told him to charge me whatever. At that point
he changed his tune and gave in to me and accepted book rate.
Go figure.