USPS has described the 2010 Summer Sale. The sale will cover a 5-month period with the sale period starting July 1 thru Sept 30. June and October will be control months. A 30 percent rebate on incremental volume will be offered above a baseline.
The sale is for Standard Mail letters and flats only.
The customer's baseline will equal Same Period Last Year (SPLY) numbers plus 5 percent. A downward adjustment will occur if June and October volume is below baseline.
To be eligible, a customer has mailed over 360K Standard Mail pieces from July 1 thru Sept 30 2009. According to Foti, there are approximately 3,525 customers eligible or 67 percent of Standard Mail volume. Mail Service Providers are not eligible to participate.
USPS Timeline:
- File notice with PRC (late Feb)
- Invitation to participate mailed (early Mar)
- Customers register online and certify agreement with threshold volume on-line for program participation (Mar-May)
- PRC decision (mid-April)
- Sale period (July through Sept)
- Rebates to customer accts (Dec - Jan 2011)
For more information, visit www.usps.com.
