But isn't this mainly a pricing thing, so that they can be sure you don't cheat to get the cheaper postage? I mean, afaik, here the condition that you get the cheaper shipping for books and the like is (and always has been) that you bring it to the post office open (or easily opened, i.e. not taped shut, but merely closed with one of those easily removed pins, or a simple flap), or, if there are more than a hundred that are equal you can send them closed if you give one open sample. I don't think it counts as "searching" if a shipping company looks at the goods it is shipping to determine the price the customer has to pay. And I'm not sure that to goods apply the same mail rules like to letters in any case.
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Date: 2004-05-24 08:10 am (UTC)