[Boatanchors] [Hammarlund] [Johnson] POPULAR ELECTRONICS MAGAZINES

[Richard W. Solomon]

Just because an individual considers a Federal Law or Regulation ..."silly"... , 
does not give them the right to violate it. You are asking a person to lie
on a Federal Document. This, or asking foreign sellers to lie on Customs
Declarations, or to do it oneself, is wrong and a violation of Federal Statute.

We are a Country of Laws, if you don't like the Law, petition your Congressman.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

-----Original Message-----
>From: Carl <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
>Sent: Apr 23, 2009 4:03 PM
>To: gzook at yahoo.com, Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net, hammarlund at mailman.qth.net, johnson at mailman.qth.net, heathkit at mailman.qth.net, DWAVE35 at aol.com
>Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] [Johnson] POPULAR ELECTRONICS MAGAZINES
>
>I simply tell them or tell the seller to say that they are research 
>books which is what I actually consider vintage magazines.
>
>Just because the PO regs were written with current magazines as the 
>reason for the ban doesnt mean us poor beleaguered taxpayers have to 
>play their silly games.
>
>I just had several decades of very old QST's arrive from CA via media 
>mail in fine shape.
>
>Carl
>KM1H
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
>To: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>; 
><johnson at mailman.qth.net>; <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>; <DWAVE35 at aol.com>
>Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 5:03 PM
>Subject: Re: [Johnson] POPULAR ELECTRONICS MAGAZINES
>
>
>>
>> Just a note, don't tell the Post Office clerk that you are sending 
>> magazines by media mail.  The Post Office no longer allows bulk 
>> shipping of magazines by media mail.  There is a restriction in the 
>> postal code that prohibits sending anything that contains advertising 
>> by media mail and the magazines definitely contain advertising. 
>> Unfortunately, there is no time-limit on advertising and even though 
>> it may be decades old the Post Office still considers it to be 
>> advertising.
>>
>> I ran into this problem about 2 weeks ago when I tried to send a 
>> number of, it just so happens, Popular Electronics from Texas to 
>> Indiana.  The clerk asked me what was in the package and I told her 
>> just some decades old magazines.  She then informed me of the 
>> regulations and I had to send them by parcel post which was 
>> considerably more expensive.  When I got home I went to the USPS 
>> website and read the regulations.  Unfortunately, the clerk was 
>> correct.
>>
>> I would use something like FedEx ground to send a bunch of magazines 
>> because that is going to be much cheaper than paying even parcel post 
>> rates at the Post Office.
>>
>> Glen, K9STH
>>
>> Website:  http://k9sth.com
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 4/23/09, DWAVE35 at aol.com <DWAVE35 at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> 1961 - JUN
>>> 1963 - JUN
>>> 1964 - FEB, APR, NOV, DEC
>>> 1965 - COMPLETE less MAY
>>> 1966 - COMPLETE
>>> 1967 - COMPLETE
>>> 1968 - COMPLETE
>>> 1969 - JAN, FEB
>>> 1971 - DEC
>>> 1972 - COMPLETE
>>> 1973 - JAN
>>> 1976 - AUG
>>> -----------------------------
>>> TOTAL = 70 ISSUES
>>>
>> $50 + Media Mail shipping
>>
>>
>>
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