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Postage:
Slim Jims cost less than flats

USPS May 14th, 2007 rate increase


"Slim Jim" is catalog-talk for a mailing piece within the dimensions:
6" x 11" (x 1/4" thick), 3.0 oz or less
Slim Jim qualifies for LETTER rates, rather than FLAT rates

     48-page
self-cover
catalog
6" x 11" Slim Jim
  32-page
self-cover
catalog
8-3/8" x 11" flat
 
      yellow background = 50# grade three, web press
  quantity system cost comparison, printing + postage, by piece
    print postage total   print postage total  
  50,000 $13,874 $11,750 $26,013 52
cents
$11,791 $19,500 $31,291 62
cents
  100,000 $24,322 $23,300 $48,459 48
cents
$20,928 $39,000 $59,928 60
cents
   
Other options,  other costs:
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Slim Jim                 
23 cents
standard postage,
zip 3 automation
  FLAT               
39 cents
standard postage,
zip3 automation

 


 
1)      postage for zip-3 standard Slim Jims = 23 cents;
          
 postage for zip-3 standard flats = 39 cents, a 70% increase.
                                   USPS  rate calculation website
           
For each hundred-thousand catalogs, postage rises from $23,000 to $39,000.

  2)    Get a little more selling space:
                     2,914 square inches from a
32-page 8-3/8" x 10-7/8" Flat
                     3,132 square inches from a
48-page 6-1/8" x 10-7/8" Slim Jim (more) 

  3)   Lower system cost, printing plus postage = "Slim Jim"