Now that I think about it, is this US only? I'm in Canada and we often don't have the same bonus and perks.
... whoops.
Yeah, this is for the US only. I don't know if Canada has different rules. Sorry. :\
What's wrong with media mail?
I almost always use it when dropping things off at the post office...and I've never had any problems with it?
Video games (cart, floppy, or CD/DVD), music CDs and movies are not allowed to be shipped through Media Mail. It doesn't matter what you heard - they're not allowed. If a postal inspector opens your package and sees that it contains games or DVDs, then he'll upgrade the postage to Priority and charge any postage due to the person who's getting the package. Imagine your customer's face when he gets that item he paid five bucks for and it has $15 postage due. Imagine having to refund all the money he paid you -and then some-. Imagine getting a negative over saving a couple of bucks. Media mail isn't worth it and I refuse to do business with anyone who ships or asks me to send stuff that way.
And really, if you're sending one game only, send it first class. It's only like a quarter extra.
Must be an interpretation thing.
Because "Computer programs" (on cart, disc, etc) ARE, indeed eligible for media mail.
And, IMO, never wanting to deal with me (or the thousands of others of us around here) just because they used "Media Mail" just sounds silly & paranoid.
Maybe postal inspectors actually *would* do that in Mexico -but- knowing hundreds of people/spanning (easily) thousands of transactions...that's just never happened.
Of course, there migt be a .0000000009% chance of exception -but- again, seems a silly thing for a deal-breaker
To each their own, though