Re: Off Topic Free Matter for the Blind Shipping

2020-08-25 Thread Karen Lewellen
Thanks so much. Karen

Re: Off Topic Free Matter for the Blind Shipping

2020-08-25 Thread Loy Green
cannot be resolved satisfactorily at your local Post Office, you may call our Customer Care Center toll-free number at 1-800-ASK-USPS (1-800-275-8777). - Original Message - From: "Karen Lewellen" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 9:40 PM Subject: Re: Off Topic Free Matter for

Re: Off Topic Free Matter for the Blind Shipping

2020-08-25 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi folks, When this thread came up, someone shared a link to the actual rules. i cannot find that post, but am on another list where the issue is being discussed. Anyone mind providing the information again? Thanks, On Wed, 19 Aug 2020, Ibraheem Fakir wrote: Hey there, Anyone use free

Re: Off Topic Free Matter for the Blind Shipping

2020-08-19 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi there, I am happy someone provided the actual section. still, perhaps consider either getting a free matter stamp, or some of the mailing labels, so things are a touch more professional. to be sure, your post office seems a bit lost on the details, but if it is not something they come

Re: Off Topic Free Matter for the Blind Shipping

2020-08-19 Thread 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
I find it most strange that the US refer to people as visually handicapped as in the UK no one uses handicapped much. We have free postage labels if we want to send any items which are designed for the visually impaired. I don’t think they have written on them Free matter for the Blind. It

Re: Off Topic Free Matter for the Blind Shipping

2020-08-19 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi, I thought free matter for the blind was just that! Does anybody no the "statute #"? The post office is so whacked out I wouldn't trust them to get a post card from point a to point b! :( To bad FedX doesn't do free matter for the blind! Thanks Chuck "God does not play dice with the universe"

Re: Off Topic Free Matter for the Blind Shipping

2020-08-19 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
I am totally fine with filling out an application for a permit had they asked me to. Instead they hit me with a hard refusal. I found it baffling that they told me I need to go to the library to ship my package. I thought post offices is where you shipped mail and libraries are were you borrow

Re: Off Topic Free Matter for the Blind Shipping

2020-08-19 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
Thanks for these suggestions. Dave, it’s more like an uneducated set of staff. Even the supervisor I spoke to had no idea what I was talking about. I’ll return to them with proof of disability from a doctor along with their own postal code for free matter and give it another try. Its a big

Re: Off Topic Free Matter for the Blind Shipping

2020-08-19 Thread 'Peggy' via MacVisionaries
The post office here tries to do the same thing to me. They said I needed to fill out an application for a permit. I have been using free matter ever since I was little. Show them the section of the postal code for free matter. Peggy and Dixie Marie Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 19, 2020, at

Re: Off Topic Free Matter for the Blind Shipping

2020-08-19 Thread Dave Carlson
The Post Office should know what to do. Just an uneducated employee. Mark the upper left corner clearly “Free Matter for the Blind or Hndicapped” and drop it in a mail slot. Dave Carlson Farfar, Engineer, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer On Aug 19, 2020, at 8:42 AM, Ibraheem Fakir wrote:

Re: Off Topic Free Matter for the Blind Shipping

2020-08-19 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
nt either free of charge or at a charge, rental, subscription, > or other fee that does not exceed the item’s cost. > c.. Must be open to inspection by the Postal Service™ and have a complete > return address. > d.. Must meet all other generally applicable mailing requirements. > -

Re: Off Topic Free Matter for the Blind Shipping

2020-08-19 Thread Loy Green
. - Original Message - From: "Ibraheem Fakir" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 11:42 AM Subject: Off Topic Free Matter for the Blind Shipping Hey there, Anyone use free matter for the blind shipping and have any guidelines on how to use it? I tried using it the other day a

Off Topic Free Matter for the Blind Shipping

2020-08-19 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
Hey there, Anyone use free matter for the blind shipping and have any guidelines on how to use it? I tried using it the other day at the post office to send braille books to a student, but the post office seemed like they had no idea what to do and referred me to go to a library to ship my