Re: [ARSCLIST] Media mail

["joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" <jsalerno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had a worked behind the counter inform me once, when I was mailing a 
heavy box of transcriptions, that they might be X-rayed. For once I had 
no objections to X-rays. It would make sense to use this technology, in 
that the time saved by not having to open/repack cartons would allow 
more inspections to occur.

Joe Salerno

Robert Hodge wrote:
> I've had a few reopened , but only one that was sloppily repacked.  The
> bells seem to go off when the inspector believes the sender is trying to
> pull a fast one. Nothing implied here.
> There has been a continuing conterversy about what constitutes "
> Media".  Some postal workers do not consider piano rolls and music box
> discs  acceptable as" media". I would !
>
> Bob Hodge
>
> > > > smolians@xxxxxxxxx 6/7/2007 11:26 PM >>>
> Has anyone had any incidents involving the opening of media mail
> containing 78s by the post office?  Any where they were badly repacked
> by them? 
>
> I've not had the experience but am trying to track down a rumor.
>
> Steve Smolian