Sometimes genies come out of the bottle Jim and just won't go back in!
Pat, K9JAUAt 07:33 PM 9/12/2012, you wrote:
>I'll bet you get some guys arguing here that you should have only
>sent the sound card or maybe not even that via
>Free Matter Butch. Now if you were using a specific hardware
>speech synthesizer like the good old days, then that shouldn't
>have aroused anyone's irritation level here. But, on second
>thought, well, I'll just drop it. I must apologize for bringing
>up the whole matter or is it Free Matter issue yesterday when I
>advertised the Old Keyer available. Meanwhile, it still is! Jim
>WA6EKS
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date sent: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:55:38 -0700
>Subject: Re: Old keyer available
>
>One way to speed things up is to insure the package. I've done
>that
>more than once and I've found package goes very fast. I shipped
>a
>talking computer from Wallace to Vegas during the Christmas rush,
>and it
>almost beat me home. I shipped it Thursday, paid insurance only,
>and it
>was at my door Saturday. If anyone thinks this talking computer
>shouldn't have been sent free mater, don't bother complaining to
>the
>list. I'm not going to debate the point.
>73
>Butch
>WA0VJR
>Node 3148
>Wallace, ks.
>
>
>\On Wed, 12 Sep 2012, Steve
>Dresser wrote:
>
> Correct. If there's space available, the item will be shipped
>with the
> first class mail. If not, it will be shipped with fourth class
>mail. This
> is why you sometimes receive things the next day, and sometimes
>it takes a
> week or two.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]
> To: <[log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 11:50
> Subject: Re: Old keyer available
>
>
> It is my understanding that items mailed as "Free Matter for the
>Blind"
> are
> shipped at the convenience of the post office and do not receive
>priority
> shipping.
>
> Ron M. (K8HSY
>
> At 05:42 AM 9/12/2012 -0400, Scott Howell wrote:
> And Ron as I understand (and perhaps incorrectly) such items
>sent via =
> free matter do not get the same priority as other pieces of
>mail.
>
> On Sep 11, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Ronald E. Milliman =
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> A keyer is absolutely not eligible to be mailed as "Free Matter
>for =
> the
> Blind." It is not made specifically for a blind person and does
>not =
> fit
> within either the letter or spirit of the postal regulations. =
> Knowingly
> misusing the "Free Matter for the Blind," privilege is both
>unethical =
> and
> illegal. =20
> =20
> As the President of the South Central Kentucky Council of the
>Blind, I =
> have
> studied the postal regulations quite closely and even conferred
>with =
> the
> postal authorities to be sure I understood the regulations
>before we =
> used
> the "Free Matter for the Blind" stamped on our mailings and
>shipments =
> going
> to our members, mailing materials to doctors' offices, etc.
>Believe =
> it or
> not, the postal inspectors will and do inspect some mailings and
>=
> shipments
> to be sure they are not in violation of the postal regulations.
>No, =
> they
> do not inspect everything that is sent as "Free Matter for the
>Blind," =
> but
> they will check anything that looks even a little suspicious.
>=20
> =20
> To use the "Free Matter for the Blind" mailing privilege, your
>item =
> must be
> specifically for a legally blind person or persons and includes
>=
> Braille and
> large print matter and devices designed for the specific use of
>blind
> people. A Victor Reader Stream can be sent as "Free Matter for
>the =
> Blind,"
> but an Olympus DS-50, which has speech built into it, cannot be
>sent =
> as
> "Free Matter for the Blind" because the Olympus DS-50 was not
>designed
> specifically for the blind; though, it can certainly be used by
>the =
> blind.
> In like manner, all of the Apple products, e.g. iPhone Apple
>TV, etc.
> cannot be shipped as "Free Matter for the Blind," even though
>they all =
> have
> Voiceover built into them and can be used by a blind person.
>=20
> =20
> Ron M.
> =20
> =20
> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky
>University
> =20
> Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
> Monthly Monetary Support Program (MMS) Committee
>
> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky
>University
>
> Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
> Monthly Monetary Support Program (MMS) Committee
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