[PrintOwners] How do you handle postage???

[Simon Sheers]

It's Friday, so to flog a dead horse, here's a 'me too' post. I agree 
with Chris' summary below.

To add to item 1 benefit, the customer's accounting department will not 
record a postage expense as a purchase from a printer. This has 
happened to us and prompted our customer to review and compare their 
printing purchases, causing a lot of extra work for us justifying our 
selling prices.

I never wrote that the mailer's agent and permit holder were relieved 
of liablity, I just advised that the printer should not process the 
postage check through his books of account - it could create too many 
problems.

> jeff,
>
> That is our understanding also, and it has been explained that way to 
> us by the Post Office.  The fact that we have people make the postage 
> check out to the Post Office does 3 things.
>
> 1. Our sales $ in our financials don't get artificially skewed higher 
> by sales dollars getting entered as sales.
>
> 2. I personally feel that most customers are less likely to write a 
> bad check if it is made out to the Post Office vs. our company.
>
> 3. Our customers feel comfortable paying postage directly to the Post 
> Office and that it is indeed the amount required with no mark ups to 
> get the job mailed.
>
> Chris Cochran

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