Date   : Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:17:36 +0100
From   : Rob <robert@...>
Subject: Re: postal prices. Was: FS: Assembly Language

At 00:46 21/07/2006, Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:

>I've just checked the size chart from the Post Office and both
>3.5" and 5.25" disks fit into "letter" and are still 23p/32p, but
>up to 100g instead of 60g.
>
>Effectively, the new categories can be though of as big enough
>for:
>
>* A5 (A4 letter folded in half)
>* A4
>* Bigger than A4
>

it was the "more than 1" thick" swapping you to "packet" rate that 
catches us out - we ship in cotton wool inside an old 35mm film 
canister, in a jiffy bag.  That guarantees no breakages..

Rob