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New Mailing Services Prices – May 11, 2009 – Updated March 30
Greater Cleveland PCC
April 24, 2009
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• PCSC - created November 27, 2004• Consolidated 5 RCSC’s• San Francisco RCSC closed on December 30, 2004• Northern Virginia and Memphis RCSC’s closed on
January 8 and 22• Chicago RCSC closed January 28, 2005
Pricing and Classification Service Center - PCSC
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• One location to serve the entire country• Provided customers with consistency of rulings and
interpretation of DMM standards• New National Customer Rulings Program
• Provides pre-production rulings for mailer’s who mail in multiple locations
PCSC
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• Periodicals Authorizations• Nonprofit Authorizations• Customer Appeals / Refund Requests• Approvals for Exceptions to Mailing Standards• National Customer Rulings• Resolve Mail Classification Issues
The PCSC Role
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New Mailing Services
Prices
May 11, 2009
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Mailing Services89% total revenue
First-Class Mail Standard Mail Periodicals Package Services Special Services
First-Class Mail: 58%
Standard Mail: 31%
Periodicals: 4%Special Services: 4%Package Services: 3%
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Mailing Services
Consumer Price Index (CPI) cap Annual, predictable price changes Announce in February and implement in May
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CPI Cap (12 month moving average)
2008 Cap
2009 Cap
2.9%
3.8%
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First-Class Mail
Average +3.78%
Product % Change
Single-Piece Letters & Cards 4.62
Presort Letters & Cards 3.08
Flats 3.83
Parcels 2.57
International 4.07
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First-Class Mail – Single-Piece
Letters: 44¢ (+2¢) Flats: 88¢ (+5¢) Parcels: $1.22 (+5¢) Postcards: 28¢ (+1¢) Unchanged:
Additional ounce Nonmachinable surcharge
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Align auto and machinable letter characteristics
Provide choices Optional 5-digit, 3-digit, and AADC
preparation for auto letters Maintain 2.2¢ incentive for 5-digit No change in the additional-ounce prices for
automation/presort letters, flats, and parcels
First-Class Mail – Commercial
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Auto flats Must use delivery point POSTNET
barcode or Intelligent Mail barcode with delivery point routing code
First-Class Mail – Commercial
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First-Class Mail International
Separate prices for Canada and Mexico Canada:75¢ (+3¢) Mexico: 79¢ (+7¢) All other countries: 98¢ (+4¢)
No change to country groups
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Standard Mail
Average +3.78%
Product % Change
Letters 3.83
Flats 2.31
Parcels and NFMs 16.40
High Density / Saturation Letters 1.25
High Density / Saturation Flats and Parcels 2.23
Carrier Route Basic Letters, Flats, and Parcels 4.31
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Align auto and machinable letter characteristics
Provide choices Optional 5-digit, 3-digit, and AADC preparation
for auto letters Optional AADC preparation for machinable letters
Move Update compliance (January 4, 2010)
Standard Mail
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Irregular parcels/NFMs (less than 6 ounces) 3-digit changes to SCF ADC and MADC changes to BMC and MBMC Origin entry
– BMC prices limited to pallets– MBMC prices for other preparation
Drop ship entry– 5-digit, SCF, and BMC prices
Standard Mail – Packages
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Machinable parcels/NFMs (6 ounces and over) Origin entry
– BMC prices limited to pallets– MBMC prices for other preparation
Drop ship entry– 5-digit and BMC prices
Standard Mail – Packages
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Lower-than-average price increase: +2.9% Lowered some pound rates to encourage
more content
Standard Mail – Catalogs
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Encourage volume growth Additional pieces Frequency
Incentives for new volume 4.0¢ flats 3.7¢ letters
One-year program Enrollment through June 11, 2009
Standard Mail – Saturation Mail
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Periodicals
Average +3.97%
Product % Change
Outside-County 3.97
In-County 3.80
No preparation changes Free address correction service with
full-service Intelligent Mail option
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Package Services
Average +3.80%
Product % Change
Parcel Post (retail) 4.45
BPM Flats -2.00
BPM Parcels 2.50
Media Mail and Library Mail 7.47
Simplify Parcel Post Remove BMC designations, Local Zone, and nonmachinable
surcharge
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Special Services
Average +3.84% Certified Mail: $2.80 (+10¢) Return Receipt: $2.30 (+10¢) Annual Mailing Fees: $185 (+$5) Confirm Service
New Bronze tier
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Full-Service Intelligent Mail
Immediate benefits in May Free Address Correction Service Start-the-clock information
Full-service prices (November 29) 0.3¢ less for First-Class Mail 0.1¢ less for Standard Mail, Periodicals, and Bound Printed
Matter flats Long-term benefits
Actionable information– Operations, marketing, and finance
Paperless documentation
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Changes to Original Proposals
Move Update noncompliance charge of 7 cents per piece for Standard Mail delayed until January 2010
First-Class Mail must have used an authorized Move Update method for discount prices
Noncompliant Standard Mail – Mailers must still comply with Move Update but we will work with mailers to bring into compliance – do not assess additional postage
Merlin (PBV PostalOne!) verification process will not be used until January 2010
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Changes to Original Proposals
Mandatory First-Class Mail flats tray base requirement – not implemented (Current standards apply)
New tabbing/sealing requirements for booklet-type mailpieces at auto letter prices delayed – Not implemented at this time. Final rule will be implemented in September 2009
Current standards will apply for folded self-mailers; recommendations will be implemented in September 2009
Retain current minimum thickness standards
for automation letters
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•For Mailpieces that do not meet the flexibility criteria, but are able to demonstrate compatibility with Postal processing equipment.
•Only after pieces have been tested and given PCSC approval.
Eligibility For Flats That Are Not Flexible - (Effective May 2009)
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•Current standards applicable to automation flats will be extended to all flat-size mail
•Includes saturation carrier route flats.
Polywrap Standards(effective May 2009)
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•Polywrap selvage will be included when measuring maximum length and height of a mailpiece
•Polywrap selvage will not be included when measuring minimum length and height of a mailpiece
Redefine Dimensions for Flat-Size Mailpiece (Effective May 2009)
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•Extend the deflection standards currently applicable to automation flat-size mail to all flat-size mailpieces except saturation carrier route prices.
•All flats tested with the length placed perpendicular.
•One inch less vertical droop
Deflection Standards (Effective May 2009)
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•Eliminate bundling requirements for First-Class Mail commercial flats.
•New tray based preparation.
•Prices based on sort level of the tray.
•Minimum pieces per tray changed from 90 to 50
Flat-size Mail Preparation
(Effective May 2009)
Flat-size Mail Preparation (Effective May 2009)
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•Merge standards for nonautomation and automation flats.
•Foldable to a height no greater than 5”
•Loose inserts less than 75% of the size of the host, limited to single ply unfolded card.
•New Irregular Flats category
•Eliminate NFM category
Proposals For May 2010
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New address standards for flats (went into effect
March 2009) specify: Address location Address format
New Address Placement Standards
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Prior – Manual Current – FSSNew Address Placement Standards
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The new address location standards apply to these presorted, automation, and carrier route flats:
Periodicals Standard Mail Package Services — Media Mail, Library Mail, and
Bound Printed Matter
New Address Placement Standards
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Address location:
Address must be in top half of mailpiece.
When the address is on an insert polywrapped with the host piece, the address must remain within the top half throughout processing and delivery.
New Address Placement Standards
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Bound edgeon right
Joh
n D
oe
123 M
ain
St
An
ywh
ere, US
A 12
345
Joh
n D
oe
123
Ma
in S
tA
nyw
her
e, U
SA
12
345
Can face left or right
John Doe123 Main StAnywhere, USA 12345
Can be left or right justified, or centered
John Doe123 Main StAnywhere, USA 12345
Cannot readupside down
TopHalf
Bound edgeon right
TopHalf
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The top is:
Either of the shorter edges on enveloped or polywrapped pieces.
The upper edge when the spine is placed on the right-hand side of an unenclosed piece.
Either of the shorter edges on CR or ECR saturation pieces.
New Address Placement Standards
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“Vertical” address may cross midpoint if it begins or ends within 1 inch of top edge.
New Address Placement Standards
Jo
hn
Do
e12
3 M
ain
St
An
ywh
ere,
US
A 1
2345
Small flat
Important for digests and other small flats.
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On a horizontal envelope
(a “landscape” mailpiece), the “top” is the left or right edge.
New Address Placement Standards
John Doe123 Main StAnywhere, USA 12345
To
pH
alf
Sender123 Main StreetAnytown US 12345
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*DMM 707.19.2, 335.2, 365.2 Arranging Pieces in a Bundle ("Facing")
“…all pieces in a bundle must be "faced" (arranged with the addresses in the same read direction), with an address visible on the top of the piece.”
*This will be changed to allow the address to read any way as long as the address on the piece is the same top half in bundle.
Flat Address Change Addressing In Bundles
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Address format:
All commercial flats must be addressed using at least 8-point type (each letter or figure must be at least 0.080 inch high).
Flats using POSTNET or Intelligent Mail barcode with a delivery point routing code may use 6-point type (each letter or figure must be at least 0.065 inch high) if the address is printed in all capital letters.
New Address Format Standards
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Address format:
Sans-serif font preferred (Arial, Helvetica).
All capital letters preferred.
New Address Format Standards
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Additional standards for automation pieces:
Address characters cannot overlap. Address lines cannot touch or overlap (0.028-inch clearance preferred).
Address elements may be separated by no more than five blank spaces.
New Address Format Standards
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Resources
USPS.com/prices New Price List Downloadable price files Federal Register notices
Postal Explorer (pe.usps.com)
DMM Advisory ([email protected])
PCC Insider ([email protected])
MailPro (usps.com/mailpro)