issue:
Continuing pressure from postal users and the Australian Direct Marketing Association (ADMA) has resulted in Australia Post abandoning its plans to introduce a 100% Barcoding requirement from 1 July 2002.
background:
It was intended that from 1 July, only that proportion of a mailing that carried a Barcode would be eligible for bulk postage discounts. Unbarcoded residue was to be charged at full rate. This will now not be the case and lodgments of 90% Barcoded letters and up to 10% non-Barcoded residue letters will be charged at the applicable discounted rate.
Australia Post has advised that it will extend the 90/10 rule until further notice. This means that customers will continue to obtain access to the Barcode residue price for Unbarcoded letters for up to 10% of the total lodgment.
The Unbarcoded allowance has been progressively decreased since October 1999. The progressive decrease was intended to encourage customers to review and correct poor quality addresses within their database. A review of DPID (delivery point identifier) assignment rates has indicated that DPID assignments for many lodgments fall below 90%. The decision to defer the 100% barcode requirement is to provide customers with more time to improve the quality of their databases.
Please note that the extension of the 90/10 rule does not alter any other product changes scheduled for July 2002. In brief the other changes are:
1. Unbarcoded PreSort Service abolished
2. AdPost prices increase
3. Introduction of Charity Mail Service
Source: ADMA Member Bulletin #02-02, 15 February 2002
Please contact ADMA on 02 9368 0366 for further information.