Comments on: sending cd/dvd through mail https://blog.yhuang.org/?p=94 here. Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:10:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: pegasus https://blog.yhuang.org/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-114644 pegasus Wed, 26 Mar 2014 22:12:32 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~zong/wpress/?p=94#comment-114644 I don't know how the Netflix DVDs survive a trip through the sorter without getting cracked. I make my own cardboard mailers and pay the extra 21 cents to avoid the machine and make them square too so they don't even try to machine them. I don’t know how the Netflix DVDs survive a trip through the sorter without getting cracked. I make my own cardboard mailers and pay the extra 21 cents to avoid the machine and make them square too so they don’t even try to machine them.

]]> By: bidfun https://blog.yhuang.org/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-93820 bidfun Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:23:42 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~zong/wpress/?p=94#comment-93820 Or you can make your own... it costs less. Or you can make your own… it costs less.

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]]> By: Peter Piper https://blog.yhuang.org/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-2812 Peter Piper Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:40:52 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~zong/wpress/?p=94#comment-2812 I've learned that postal employees themselves are confused about what qualifies for which rate. Granted it IS confusing. USPS Rules state that Letter size is: "No more than 6-1/8 inches high x 11-1/2 inches long x 1/4 inch thick." Large Envelope or 'Flat' size is: "No more than 11 1/2 inches high x 15 inches long x 3/4 inch thick." First Class Parcel -- anything over large envelope size that is under 13 ounces I use 6"x9" manila envelopes for mailing CDs. These should qualify for the "letter" rate, but sometimes the postal employees insist they have to go for the "large envelope" rate. I've also noticed that if you quote the rule to them, they are generally skeptical of your claims and don't bother to look up the actual rule. (After all, you are the general public, what do you know about postal rules?) Not to knock postal workers -- a lot of them, most of them even, are actually pretty helpful. The small size manila envelopes holding one CD are exactly one ounce. The calibration of some of their machines much be a bit off because sometimes they get returned to me for extra postage even though the envelopes are all exactly the same weight. I’ve learned that postal employees themselves are confused about what qualifies for which rate. Granted it IS confusing.

USPS Rules state that Letter size is:
“No more than 6-1/8 inches high x 11-1/2 inches long x 1/4 inch thick.”

Large Envelope or ‘Flat’ size is:
“No more than 11 1/2 inches high x 15 inches long x 3/4 inch thick.”

First Class Parcel — anything over large envelope size that is under 13 ounces

I use 6″x9″ manila envelopes for mailing CDs. These should qualify for the “letter” rate, but sometimes the postal employees insist they have to go for the “large envelope” rate.

I’ve also noticed that if you quote the rule to them, they are generally skeptical of your claims and don’t bother to look up the actual rule. (After all, you are the general public, what do you know about postal rules?)

Not to knock postal workers — a lot of them, most of them even, are actually pretty helpful.

The small size manila envelopes holding one CD are exactly one ounce. The calibration of some of their machines much be a bit off because sometimes they get returned to me for extra postage even though the envelopes are all exactly the same weight.

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