Hello! For more than 30 years, I have been receiving braille literature
from the RNIB library in the UK. . . I have been able to return them
without cost, and have never had any problems. However, when I tried sending
my books back in March, I faced a similar situation to Marita’s. I was aasked
to pay Rs. 600 for literature I would normally have sent free of cost. The
post office said they would ask for a system update and I should inquire again
after a month. but till today there has been no change. The situation
remains the same.
Any advice as to what I should do would be much appreciated.
Thanks and best wishes, Shahnaz.
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On Mon, 18/6/18, Kotian, H P <[email protected]> wrote:
Subject: [AI] Registered Posting of Articles/Literature for the Blind and
Surcharge on the same.
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, 18 June, 2018, 4:51 AM
Hi
Any Braille users especially who get /
send Braille books overseas, do you face similar problem, pl
revert.
Regards
Harish Kotian
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From: Marita Cardoz <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 13:02:00 +0530
Subject: Registered Posting of
Articles/Literature for the Blind and
Surcharge on the same.
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Hi AccessIndians
Under Post & Telegraphs (P&T)
Guide Rule 136/137, ‘Literature for the
Blind’ can be Registered Post Free
subject to meeting the conditions
mentioned in these Rules e.g. weight
limit, surface-mail only, etc.
(earlier the rules were P&T Guide
129/130).
https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/DOP_RTI/PO_Guide_Part-1.pdf
The NAB Talking Book Library in its
on-line internet document
www.nabindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/TBC_Terms_Conditions.docx<http://www.nabindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/TBC_Terms_Conditions.docx>
mentions : “To return the CD/CDs
Postage-Free from your local Post
Office, by Registered Post, you need to
write “ARTICLES FOR THE BLIND:
REGD. POST FREE UNDER RULE 136/137 P.
& T. GUIDE” on the CD
Mailer/Mailers.”
For over 30 years, I (and another VI
friend) have been regularly using
this facility for returning the CDs
from NAB’s Talking Book Centre as
also returning Braille Books we get
from Libraries such as the RNIB
National Library Service, United
Kingdom. (UK post is via SEA-MAIL).
This March 2018, when attempting to
post the Braille Books as usual we
were shocked to learn that we now have
to pay a SURCHARGE. We have
been told that the postal system has
just installed a new SOFTWARE
(termed ‘CSI’ ?). This
software does not allow the Registration of
the Blind Literature unless a Surcharge
is paid.
The postal staff are aware of the
P&T Guide Rules 136/137. They are
also aware that we did not have to pay
for Braille Literature
registered postage till date.
But they are unable to process the
same since the new software does not
allow it without the surcharge.
(In my case the surcharge was Rs600).
I have been regularly following up with
my local post-office but they
always say the situation has not
changed.
I will be lodging a written/on-line
complaint to the postal
authorities but it would help to know
if anyone else is facing this
issue and has anyone got a solution?
Looking forward to your reply and
thanking you in advance for the same.
M. Cardoz (100% VI)
Mumbai
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