Are dvd movies eligible for media mail?

[jeffrey000]

I can't seem to find anything concrete

[southern*sweet*tea]

Yes, they are.

Pre-recorded DVDS are eligible for MM. Blank DVDs are not.

https://about.usps.com/notices/not121/not121_tech.htm

[fixitbill]

Media Mail is for shipping media items containing books, sound recordings, recorded video tapes, printed music, recorded computer-readable media (such as CDs and DVDs).

https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-is-Media-Mail-Book-Rate

[jeffrey000]

what about a commercial dvd movie? Is that pre-recorded? Or is pre-recorded a home made?

[readabouthorses]

Here ya go .... bookmark this for future reference .. it comes in handy a lot of times.

https://liteblue.usps.gov/news/link/2013/04apr/Media-Mail-Guidelines.htm

[jeffrey000]

thanks, but thats for 2013

[readabouthorses]

It was sent out to post offices so their employees would be able to help customers with questions on Media Mail. Everything on there as far as I know is still current information.

[southern*sweet*tea]

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@jeffrey000 wrote:

what about a commercial dvd movie? Is that pre-recorded? Or is pre-recorded a home made?

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Either one. If it's a DVD with stuff on it, it can go MM. Only blank ones cannot.

[mam98031]

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@jeffrey000 wrote:

thanks, but thats for 2013

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If you don't trust any of the information here, you can simply go to USPS.com and do your own search for this information.  It would be part of what they call the DMM [Domestic Mailing Manual].

[luckythewinner]

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@jeffrey000 wrote:

what about a commercial dvd movie? Is that pre-recorded? Or is pre-recorded a home made?

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Yes, commercial DVDs - just like commercial records and commercial CDs. 

https://about.usps.com/notices/not121/not121.htm

Media Mail® service has special eligibility requirements for permissible contents. Media Mail rates are limited to the items listed below:

• Books (at least 8 pages).
• Sound recordings and video recordings, such as CDs and DVDs.
• Playscripts and manuscripts for books, periodicals, and music.
• Printed music.
• Computer-readable media containing prerecorded information and guides or scripts prepared solely for use with such media.
• Sixteen millimeter or narrower width films.
• Printed objective test materials and their accessories.
• Printed educational reference charts.
• Loose-leaf pages and their binders consisting of medical information for distribution to doctors, hospitals, medical schools, and medical students.

[bimm_corp]

One thing you might want to consider. MM is low priority with USPS. With the current USPS slowdown troubles and depending on which hubs your item will go through, it may take quite a long time for your item to get to the customer.  Just sayin'.

[nuclearomen]

DVD's yes, Video Games no (just throwing that out there as an added statement)

[nuclearomen]

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@bimm_corp wrote:

One thing you might want to consider. MM is low priority with USPS. With the current USPS slowdown troubles and depending on which hubs your item will go through, it may take quite a long time for your item to get to the customer.  Just sayin'.

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false. I ship mostly media mail, everything arrives on time or before expected date. 

[pburn]

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@nuclearomen wrote:

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false. I ship mostly media mail, everything arrives on time or before expected date. 

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@nuclearomen 

I'm not sure your limited (in relative terms) personal experience can be extrapolated to draw that conclusion of the general postal situation across the country right now.

I order quite a bit online from a number of different online retailers and everything has been on time or early--including eBay purchases. So does that mean all the buyers and sellers who have posted about delays in USPS delivery are lying?

C'mon.

[nuclearomen]

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@pburn wrote:

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@nuclearomen wrote:

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false. I ship mostly media mail, everything arrives on time or before expected date. 

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@nuclearomen 

I'm not sure your limited (in relative terms) personal experience can be extrapolated to draw that conclusion of the general postal situation across the country right now.

I order quite a bit online from a number of different online retailers and everything has been on time or early--including eBay purchases. So does that mean all the buyers and sellers who have posted about delays in USPS delivery are lying?

C'mon.

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shipping for over 20 years, never had a package lost, and 99% of packages arrive on time. It's not that ALL packages are delayed, cause they are not, the volume of packages that go through USPS (as well as UPS, FedEx and DHL) are huge, especially since COVID, the delays are from backloads as they are still delivering packages from months ago, especially overseas in/out shipments. General services are now running much better then they were. Yes, some packages do get delayed, mostly cause they route wrong, wide up on the wrong truck and deliver to facility half way across the country and then have to be routed back is typically what happens, and you can see that in the tracking. Media Mail is generally delivered within 3-5 days - 6 if weekend comes in somewhere in that.