Archive for the ‘DM Tips’ Category

Bound Printed Matter (Mail)

Friday, September 12th, 2008

As of Sept 11, you can no longer mail items at the bound printed matter (mail) rate, unless its mailed using a bulk mail permit.  This little change snuck by quite a few people, BPM was the lowest rate you could mail books with and it was abused by quite a few people. I can see why it was changed.

Dont fret, we have a permit! If you are mailing out catalogs, flyers or other items that you used to mail at BPM, we can still mail them for you! We actually might be able to mail them at lower postage rates cheaper than you were mailing at before!  Contact us @ Outback Communications and we will get to work on your project!

If you want to read more about what BPM is click HERE. Otherwise, keep reading about the rule change.

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Drop Shipments

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Everyone likes to save on USPS postage, and the post office does make it easy to know what the various rates are. When looking at form 3602-R, you can see all of those rates getting nice and low as you sort to finer zip codes.  Which is great, and thats most that the average mailer will need to do.

However, there are some lower rates if you look at the entry discounts.  Specifically DSCF and DBMC discounts. (DDU no longer apply, except parcels) DSCF? DBMC? 

  • DSCF = Destination Sectional Center Facility Read more HERE
  • DBMC = Destination Bulk Mail Center
  • DDU = Destination Delivery Unit
  • ASF = Auxilliary Service Facility

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