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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