Comments on Eric Nakamura: Susie Ghahremani Wild Life Postcards

I'm a designer and develop mailing panels often. E...

2008-08-27T13:29:00.000-07:00

I'm a designer and develop mailing panels often. Even so, if I ever have any questions, I forward the panel to the experts for confirmation before printing. Not only are people available to help you directly, but there is also a wealth of information regarding the design of direct mail on the USPS site.

To find a Mailpiece Design Analyst near you:
http://pe.usps.com/mpdesign/mpdfr_mda_lookup.asp

had the same experience with a big gallery mailing...

2008-08-08T06:57:00.000-07:00

had the same experience with a big gallery mailing. after getting yelled at by a usps employee when i asked for restitution, i now fully understand the "going postal" expression

wow. total bummer.

2008-08-07T11:51:00.000-07:00

wow. total bummer.

Point taken

2008-08-07T10:31:00.000-07:00

Point taken

hi there, i popped over here from susie's blog. th...

2008-08-07T09:52:00.000-07:00

hi there, i popped over here from susie's blog. this is what i told her:

i have an answer about the postcards! the machines at the post office scan letters and postcards from the bottom up, so they read the zip code first. so it's really important that the bottommost address on the card is that of the recipient, not of the sender. which is why the standard envelope setup has the sender's address in the top left. because your sender address is at the bottom, the machine reads that first and thinks "ok, send this to LA!" not much you can do at this point (unless you want to cover up the GR address, remove the scanner bars from the bottom and resend), but next time position the sender's address in the top left and you shouldn't have this problem.

hope this helps. i don't work at a post office but i did a lot of time in the mailroom during college.

I was told that the machines scan the mail from bo...

2008-08-07T00:06:00.000-07:00

I was told that the machines scan the mail from bottom to top. And that's why you should never place numbers below the recipients zip code. Although I had some mail that seem to bypass this system. That's the million dollar question, right?

i used to work at the post office.. and... if i ca...

2008-08-06T20:26:00.000-07:00

i used to work at the post office.. and... if i can remember... that people sort them out first before it goes to the machine... shouda put it in the upper left corner =/