Effective October 4, 2010, the Postal Service™ revised Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 507.6 to provide a no-fee option for customers that meet minimum volume threshold requirements of seven pieces for reoccurring Pickup on Demand® service for Express Mail®, Priority Mail®, Global Express Guaranteed®, Express Mail International® and Priority Mail International® mail items.
No fee Pickup on Demand service is available to customers who have completed and signed the new PS Form 5543, No Fee Pickup Service Agreement, which will specify the estimated volumes, time of day, and scheduled days of the week for reoccurring package pickup. Postage must be applied to each package prior to a pickup and — beyond the seven package minimum — there is no limit to the number of packages that USPS® will collect with each scheduled pickup.
Regular Pickup on Demand service is still available for $15.30 for customers that do not have a signed agreement with the Postal Service, or for customers with a signed agreement but are shipping less than the required seven eligible packages for a particular collection.
We also are adding the term Carrier Pickup™ service as the formal name of the Postal Service’s pickup service provided for no fee when the carrier picks up mail during the time of the regular mail delivery at the address where mail is being picked up.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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500 Additional Mailing Services
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507 Mailer Services
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6.0 Pickup on Demand Service
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6.2 Basic Standards
6.2.1 Availability
Pickup on Demand service is available from designated Post Office locations for:
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[Add new item d as follows:]
d. Certain types of international mail; see 6.2.9 for more information.
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6.2.9 International Mail
[Revise 6.2.9 as follows:]
The following types of international mail are available for Pickup on Demand, including Carrier Pickup (under 6.3.3c), when all eligibility and preparation standards in the International Mail Manual are met:
a. Global Express Guaranteed.
b. Express Mail International.
c. Priority Mail International.
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6.3 Postage and Fees
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6.3.3 Fee Not Charged
The customer is not charged for:
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[Revise item c as follows:]
c. A pickup that occurs as part of a regularly scheduled delivery or collection stop. This service is known as Carrier Pickup.
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[Add a new item e as follows:]
e. A minimum of seven pieces of the eligible types of mailpieces in 6.2.1 from a customer who has an authorized signed agreement (PS Form 5543) with the local Post Office. This agreement must be completed and signed in advance of any pickup request made under this standard.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the DMM and into the monthly update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing, 10-7-10
