[BlindTlk] A Question about Free Matter for the Blind

[Judy Jones]

Hi,

It really isn't a problem going to get the mail, and we still have gotten to know our carriers, we both like getting out anyway, and it's a way of greeting other neighbors if we're out at the same time.

Judy


-----Original Message-----
From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ericka via BlindTlk
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 3:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] A Question about Free Matter for the Blind

Sorry you have such a screwy mail system there. 

Ericka Nelson

> On Nov 22, 2021, at 10:50 PM, Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Oh!  It's through USPS.  When scheduling a package pickup from the carrier.
> In my case, I live in a county with communal mailbox pickups, so if I 
> have a package at the house, or something from NLS that won't fit in 
> the letter drop, I schedule the pickup on USPS.
> 
> I've lived in places where the mailbox is right at your door on the 
> porch, and your carrier gets to know you and sees packages that you 
> put out for him.  I used to leave a note in the mailbox letting them 
> know the package on the porch is for USPS.
> 
> Our mailboxes are a block from our house, and these mailbox groupings 
> and package pickup lockers are about every three or four blocks apart 
> in neighborhoods.
> 
> I used to check the mailbox every day, but living in the northwest, in 
> inclement weather, we've gotten to where mail can just wait hahaha.
> 
> Judy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Pamela 
> Dominguez via BlindTlk
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2021 7:33 PM
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> Cc: Pamela Dominguez <pammygirl99 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] A Question about Free Matter for the Blind
> 
> What's this about an online form.  I have never done anything with 
> mail online.  Pam.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Judy Jones via BlindTlk
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2021 9:17 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Cc: Judy Jones
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] A Question about Free Matter for the Blind
> 
> Right, but when you're filling out the online form, you are not given 
> that choice.
> 
> Judy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Pamela 
> Dominguez via BlindTlk
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2021 4:48 AM
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> Cc: Pamela Dominguez <pammygirl99 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] A Question about Free Matter for the Blind
> 
> Free matter is fourth class mail.  Pam.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jen via BlindTlk
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2021 12:53 PM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Jen
> Subject: [BlindTlk] A Question about Free Matter for the Blind
> 
> I have a question about free matter. I know free matter isn't 
> considered a particular class of mail. If I do a USPS pickup for a 
> free-matter item, what category should it go in?
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