Nobody in the US wants UK mags?

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In my case it's just that I have a stack of Amiga mags already collecting dust.  One item of note that your auction reminded me of: I was suprised to find out this past friday that it isn't legal to send magazines via media mail.  They don't qualify for that catagory.  As if they don't make enough money already!

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BoingBoss wrote:
Well, if anybody here on Amiga Org has any of the magazines I am looking for please pmail me.  I am sure that we can work out a sale or trade.   :-)

I'll have to dig out my mags.  Any idea as to what months/years to focus on for those issues?

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redrumloa wrote:

I do believe you are wrong, unless they wildly changed the rules ion the last year or so. Media rate is the new term for Book Rate / 4th Class Mail which certainly included magazines. They changed the name to Media Mail to include computer media (digital/analog - floppies, CDs etc)

I was surprised myself.  Based on your thoughts I decided to actually look into it and seem to have found the answer on www.usps.com:

Media Mail® service is a cost efficient way to mail books, sound recordings, recorded video tapes, printed music, and recorded computer-readable media (such as CDs, DVDs, and diskettes). Media Mail can not contain advertising except for incidental announcements of books. The maximum weight for Media Mail is 70 lbs.

Apparently the reason is that magazines obviously contain advertisements and thus they are disqualified from shipping via media mail.  I don't expect people to stop doing that... I was just surprised is all.