{"id":277,"date":"2010-03-26T17:43:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T17:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mailservices\/?page_id=277"},"modified":"2019-09-27T19:16:30","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T19:16:30","slug":"way-to-save-money","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mailservices\/way-to-save-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Savings Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Screen your mailing list for unnecessary names, duplicates and incomplete addresses.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Use “E-Certified with E-Return\u201d instead of regular \u201cCertified\u201d with receipt or “Registered” with receipt whenever possible. It costs less and still provides a receipt and notice of delivery to the sender.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Do not over-insure. The post office and UPS will pay only the actual value of an item, not the declared value.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Use postcards for short messages or announcements. <\/span><\/strong>The cost is 35 cents instead of the letter rate of 55 cents.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Combine mailings when possible into a larger envelope for distribution at the location.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Use Business Reply envelopes provided by vendors, instead of department envelopes.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>When possible FAX the information when time is crucial, instead of using Express mail.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Request Library and Book rate whenever possible. Savings can be as much as 50% of the cost of 1st class mail.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Use Intra-campus envelopes for on-campus mail. Use regular business envelopes for off-campus mailings only.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>If you have 200 identical pieces or if a few names could be added to reach 200 pieces, use Non-profit Standard “Bulk” Rate whenever possible, saving at least 27 cents per letter sized mail piece.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Whenever possible, <\/span><\/strong>for mailings with more than 5 pages, fold material in half and place in a 6×9 envelope to reduce postage <\/span><\/strong>(Remember do not use an envelope with a clasp; there is an extra USPS service fee.).<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Use “Courtesy Reply” regular\u00a0envelope without postage\u00a0instead of “Business Reply” and save on first class postage, plus 10 cent processing fee.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Print your inserts as double sided inserts to keep the weight down on your mail piece.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Talk to Mail Services staff to decide it you can mail an item at a cheaper rate than First Class<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screen your mailing list for unnecessary names, duplicates and incomplete addresses. \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Use “E-Certified with E-Return\u201d instead of regular \u201cCertified\u201d with receipt or “Registered” with receipt whenever possible. It costs less and still provides a receipt and notice of delivery to the sender. \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do not over-insure. The post office and UPS will pay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-277","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mailservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mailservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mailservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mailservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mailservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mailservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mailservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}