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Posted by Derek Janssen on 02/12/06 01:17
afn03488@afn.org wrote:
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>>>.... I'm assuming they meet the volume requirements for the
>>>rates quoted and the pieces qualify for the single ounce rate.
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>>That second part is probably the issue. Although I'm not familiar with
>>Netflix mailers, a DVD plus a fairly flimsy cardboard sleeve weighs
>>about 35 grams, which would put it just over the limit.
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> Which would add 48 cents to the round trip cost.The mailers I have
> seen are more like paper than cardboard. In as much as a DVD itself
> about 0.6 ounces, I suspect NetFlix has speced their mailers to remain
> under the limit while limiting loss thru breakout of the contents.
Back before the national-scale '01 rehab, they used to use cardboard
mailers:
I can remember them experimenting with five or six unworkably elaborate
--and expensive--safe-mailing ideas (how about a plastic envelope with
foam inserts?) before settling on their current short-sheeted paper
envelope that keeps the disk in place, with no room for movement or
damage, and still keep within letter-weight limits.
Which postage issue might also explain the "Hey, why don't they rent
2-disks together anymore?" complaint of several years ago...
Derek Janssen (remember THAT one?)
ejanss@comcast.net
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