[access-uk] Re: AFB labels
- From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:42:43 +0100
Last from me on this then - I was uncertain about the use of AFB labels, as
I hardly use them, indeed, I hardly ever use snail mail these days <smile>
so I needed clarification about sending audio books threw the post, having
received some that way, legitimately. I initially wondered about using AFB
labels with recorded delivery. I have found that asking at the post office
counter doesn't always get the up-to-date info, or can be less than factual
info, that's why I asked on here to get feedback from people I know use the
free postal service.
Certainly, I'll not be doing my bit to jeopardise the Articles For The Blind
service for others, so rest assured, that I will be posting legally
<smile> -
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wendy Sharpe" <w.sharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:57 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: AFB labels
| Andy
|
| For a full description of the articles for the blind rules go to:
|
|
http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/po/content1?mediaId=19100225&catId=191001
| 77
|
| It looks to me as if organisations who have an agreement with the Post
| Office can send audio books to blind people using AFB labels, but not
| individuals. However, you could always contact them to ask for further
| clarification. Personally I would not risk it, as it might mean that the
| service could be discontinued, and then we would all be in the soup.
| Imagine what it would cost to send braille books by even second class
post.
|
| Wendy
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
| Andy Collins
| Sent: 04 September 2007 12:39
| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: AFB labels
|
| Well Ray, I kind of thought so too, I was really highlighting the anomaly
| between what we can lawfully do, then what some companies such as Chivers
| can do -
|
| Andy
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:20 AM
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: AFB labels
|
|
|| Andy, I think maybe you are stretching a point some what. I often
|| fear the concession we enjoy now with Articles for the Blind postage
|| is being somewhat abused, and I'm not sure that dealers in access
|| products should be using the service as much as they do. I've had
|| invoices sent me with articles for the blind labels stuck on the
|| envelope, just to give one example. HumanWare did observe the rules
|| better, I think, when they sent me a VAT exemption form to sign by
|| regular postage.
||
|| While I know that many blind people are poor, and aren't slow to point
|| that out, I believe we could be shooting ourselves in the foot if
|| persistent mis-use or abuse of the concession continues.
||
|| Just My twenty eight pence worth - or is it more now to send a letter
|| second class?
||
|| From Ray
|| I can be contacted off-list at:
|| mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
||
||
|| -----Original Message-----
|| Andy Collins
||
||
|| So, if the bbc shop, and Chivers use AFB labels for their blind
|| customers,
|| then why can't we use them to send audio books to each other? Yes,
|| these are
|| comercially available books, but in a way, we are restricted in our
|| access
|| to the printed word, and can't just buy the audio version on the
|| hi-street -
||
|| Maybe I'm taking limited choice too far here?
||
|| Andy
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