tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post4406738049981797070..comments2024-03-27T22:06:35.339-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: Postal costs to go up less than 4% -- maybeD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-63629889967814605752009-01-20T06:11:00.000-10:002009-01-20T06:11:00.000-10:00Great point about the transfer hubs. Why not desig...Great point about the transfer hubs. Why not designate the transfer hubs as "Periodicals BMCs"?D. Eadward Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-32628864489462821552009-01-20T05:52:00.000-10:002009-01-20T05:52:00.000-10:00If the PRC and USPS had decided to pass through 10...If the PRC and USPS had decided to pass through 100% of the bundle and container costs instead of 40%, you would see Periodicals Mailers working a lot harder to increase drop-shipping and presort levels. Instead of shipping small Periodicals to BMC's, the USPS needs to reintroduce the concept of a transfer hub. These were a dozen or so facilities throughout the country that provided Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-36656567059445612732009-01-18T18:07:00.000-10:002009-01-18T18:07:00.000-10:00I hope you are wrong about the Postal Service choo...I hope you are wrong about the Postal Service choosing to give flats (catalogs) a relatively small increase and letters a relatively large increase. Flats are being handled below cost and letters have a very high markup. There is no justification of any kind anywhere for doing this. It is contrary to efficient, cost-based ratesetting. It is wrong to ask letters to subsidize flats to try to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com