"Book Parcels" service - clarifications and reflections | Payments and Shipping

wargames_miniatures_hobbyist · 2023-05-08T15:33:47.675000Z

HELLO! 🙂Hoping perhaps to find help and explanations here too from the members of the eBay Community, I am making public a letter I wrote to the staff of the site comprovendolibri.it, regarding my request for clarification about the shipping service "Pieghi di Libri" (about which the aforementioned site has written a rich and detailed article - see below!).Thanks for any support.P.S. - This other article/blog might also be useful:https://www.webnauta.it/wordpress/piego-di-libri-spedire-un-libro/Enjoy reading. /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Hello.I read your very detailed article about the "Pieghi di Libri" service offered by Poste Italiane, available at this address:https://www.comprovendolibri.it/pieghidilibri.asp I wanted to say that for some time now (starting roughly in the years 2016-2020) Poste Italiane has introduced a thickness limit (5 cm!) for Pieghi di Libri, a limit that in the past years (2005-2012) was not mentioned at all! (originally, the only limit was set by weight: 2kg, or 5kg!). In fact, even in your article (see link above), I found no mention of this cursed "5 cm thickness" limit, nor of any other limits relating to dimensions: height, width, depth, cylindrical, rectangular, etc. ... parameters which, as far as I can tell, are NOT provided for by any law, but rather Posteitaliane uses them to regulate the dimensions of its own parcels/shipping services (making distinctions between cylindrical and rectangular formats: typical of Posteitaliane!). As far as I know, instead, the law on Pieghi di Libri does not deal with these aspects! (it does not talk about "cylindrical formats" and "rectangular formats"). Therefore, my impression is that Posteitaliane (on its own website and/or at post offices), starting from the years mentioned above, began to advertise and issue information sheets on the service, introducing limits on dimensions, in an attempt to assimilate, to make its own, and to conform to its organizational standards something that does not belong to it*.In this way Posteitaliane, using its own authority, imposed itself on the scene with its own rules (made up out of thin air!) so that they would gradually be accepted by public opinion as "indisputable truths" and everyone would accept them because "they are written on the Post Office website" (a real propaganda campaign, aimed at getting this "new truth" accepted by an unaware public). * Well: knowing that the "Pieghi di Libri" service is instead regulated by a legislative decree (and therefore it is not the Post Office that can determine the rules and rates to apply to it, but must comply with the law!), I was wondering whether the introduction of these limits on the parcel's dimensions is a arbitrary act (unlawful!) by Posteitaliane, or whether it is also reflected in the ministerial laws enacted on the matter (perhaps issued in later years, with updates).If such limits on the parcel's dimensions are not found in the laws, I would like to know from you at Comprovendolibri.it how I could assert my rights at the post offices, if I were denied the service because the parcel exceeds 5 cm in thickness! (or other spatial dimensions). Moreover, it seems absurd/contradictory to say that up to 5 kg of books can be sent... and then introduce a 5-centimeter thickness limit for the parcel: a single dictionary, or even just 2 or 3 books stacked on top of each other, easily reach this thickness... but they will never weigh 5 kg, unless those books are made of lead instead of paper! So even from this point of view it is clear that something does not add up: the new thickness limit (established by Posteitaliane?) not only introduces a limit that was not there before, but also prevents full use of the other limit provided by law (namely the 5 kg maximum), which no parcel will ever again be able to reach under the new imposed "limits on dimensions"... and so - in practice - Posteitaliane has indirectly managed - with this expedient - to reduce the weight limit that a "Pieghi di Libri" shipment can reach (without however cancelling the rule that says a parcel can weigh up to 5 kg! ... which formally remains in force, but not in practice!).In short: a real "clever trick". Another issue I would like to explore further is that of the gadget enclosed with the booklet/book/magazine, etc.I tried to look for more information on this, but I wasn't able to... could you please tell me which part of the law exactly regulates this aspect and what the gadget limits are so that it can be tolerated? For example: I remember that in the past magazines at newsstands had as an attached gadget a beach towel, or a bag, or a radio, sunglasses, etc. For some newsstand collections, the attached gadget can even be larger than the booklet itself (e.g. "exploring the human body" or "build the Titanic", etc.); can such items (even large ones!) be included in the Pieghi di Libri together with the corresponding magazine/booklet?In this case too: what should be done if Posteitaliane employees make a fuss, claiming that only books and not objects can be sent? Thank you very much for your already valuable article and even more if you will help me solve my questions.Kind regards.Francesco. /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/

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