Steve wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 04:30:27 +0000 (UTC):
??>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in
??>> message
??>>> "James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not>
wrote:
??>>>> Hello, All!
??>>>> It is probably OT for this group
??>>> PROBABLY?
??>> The responses have been interesting however!
SP> Seems to me foodies send (or order) foodstuffs (or kitchen
SP> equipment) through the mail quite often. This screwball
SP> re-do of the first-class rates throws a primate wrench into
SP> the mailorder business. Just think about this -- you can
SP> no longer just set your package onto the scale sitting in
SP> the post office lobby and read off the first class mail
SP> amount. Heck, I bet the postal workers will not be able to
SP> figure it out for the next little while. And the mail
SP> sorters who have to flag and remove packages with
SP> underpostage? I don't even want to think about it.
SP> Somebody give me a pill.
This could help tho' I'd much rather have simple formulas that
did not require me to log on the Internet and they could easily
have given dimension ranges on the page.
http://postcalc.usps.gov/
James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not