The US Postal Service has finalized the rules for its “Summer Sale” program, which is targeted to high-volume mailers of commercial and nonprofit Standard mail letters and flats.

 

The final rules on the program, which begins July 1, 2009 and ends September 30, 2009, provide for a 30 percent discount on qualifying pieces and will allow mailers that were already participating in the Saturation Mail Incentive Program to participate in the Summer Sale.

 

Mailers must be the permit holder (i.e. owner) of a “permit imprint advance deposit account(s)” or the owner of qualifying mail volume entered through the “permit imprint advance deposit account” of a mail service provider.

 

Qualifications
Qualifying mailers must be able to demonstrate volume of at least one million pieces, within the program qualification period of October 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008, for a permit imprint advance deposit account(s), precanceled stamp permit(s), postage meter permit(s), or by a combination of these methods.

 

Applicants may also qualify for the program with volume mailed through an account(s) owned by a mail service provider, when adequate documentation is provided that specifies the applicant is the owner of the mail.

How to Know If You Are Eligible
Those mailers eligible to participate in the program should have been notified in writing before June 1, 2009. Mailers wishing to participate in the program, who believe they meet the eligibility standards under DMM 709.2.2 and were not notified by letter, may request a review of their eligibility by contacting the USPS at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .