"We" rejected you? I don't think so. You didn't win, and there is no sense playing the sour grapes card with the Libertarian world. And yes, postcards are great. How many votes do you need to win?
--- On Sat, 5/16/09, Sam Sloan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Sam Sloan <[email protected]> Subject: [Libertarian] Re: [LPNY_COMMITTEE] Do we have a bulk mail permit? To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], "lp manhattan" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 3:19 AM I am use a professional bulk mailing company in my election campaign. (You rejected me as a Libertarian Party Candidate, but I am still a candidate in the United States Chess Federation election). They charge a total of $550 to mail one thousand large sized postcards. That includes everything, printing of the postcards, postage at bulk mail rates, carrying them to the post office, etc. I once went to the General Post Office at Eighth Avenue and 33rd Street and applied for a bulk mail permit on the second floor. I found the procedure so complicated that I decided I was better off just paying somebody to do it. I will be sending 2,000 postcards next week for starters. Sam Sloan On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:12 PM, gary popkin <garypop...@yahoo. com> wrote: > > > You can use bulk mail rates if you send 200 or more pieces to zip codes that > have the same three digits (for example, all of Brooklyn has zip codes in > the form 112xx). The postage is around $.25 per piece. You can get lower > rates if you have hundreds of pieces to send to the same five-digit zip > code. > > There is complete discussion of the rates and requirements on the usps.com > site. The issue is: do we know someone with a bulk mail permit who will let > us use it? There is no legal restriction on lending out a permit. The annual > permit fee is $185, aside from any postage costs. You can do bulk mailing > with pre-canceled stamps, a postage meter, or an imprint. If you want to buy > an imprint number, there is a one-time fee of $185. See page 34 of this > document. > > --- On Fri, 5/15/09, Chris Edes <chrise...@dynamic- mail.net> wrote: > > > Do we have the ability to send postal mail in bulk at reduced rates? If > not, how much would it cost? Presumably, there is some threshold at > which it becomes cost effective to acquire a bulk mail permit. > > I believe we've touched on the subject before on this list, and someone > had the information in memory. If not, could someone please make > inquiries with the post office? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
