<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16441" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Terry,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am serving as the temporary assistant editor for the PT Journal--in charge of Tips, Tools & Techniques.  Would you like to write up a brief (if it can be brief) description about sending "chapter meeting reminders" (as an example) using the postcards via the Post office web site?  And then could I have permission to use your information and name?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Guest Assistant Editor, PT Journal</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=innuuuu@yahoo.com href="mailto:innuuuu@yahoo.com">Terence Miller</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech list</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 05, 2007 8:08 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Postcards via the Post Office Web Site</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Dear List:<BR><BR>Last night I sent out 48 postcards--chapter meeting reminders--via <A href="http://www.usps.com/mailingonline">http://www.usps.com/mailingonline</A>. The total cost was $14.48, which works out to $.302 each. So for 6 cents over the price of a postcard stamp the post office prints the card, prints the addresses, and delivers it to the post office (obviously).<BR><BR>They have changed/'upgraded' their web site since last month's job.  Grrrr.  I did have some juggling to make things work and it took a little longer than I like. But still, from a blank piece of paper to a job submitted and paid for was about 45 minutes.<BR><BR>O<BR>the other nice thing<BR>there's a very small minimum charge...around about $2, so it's no big deal to send out small jobs of 5 or 10<BR><BR>Terry<BR><BR> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48516/*http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 ">Join Yahoo!'s user panel</A> and lay it on us. </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>