Thursday, June 30, 2011
54 Post Offices to Close Retail for July 2 Only
Retail hours at several South Florida Post Offices will be adjusted for the upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Fifty-four Post Offices in Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties, regularly open on Saturday, will be closed on Saturday, July 2. Revised retail hours will be posted at each Post Office. Visit usps.com for a list of impacted Post Offices.
The following Post Offices will observe reduced retail operations on Saturday, July 2:
9 am – 12 Noon: Greenacres Branch, 4300 Jog Road, Lake Worth
9 am – 1 pm: Boca Rio Postal Store, 8185 Via Ancho Road, Boca Raton; Delray Beach Main Office, 14280 Military Trail, Delray Beach
10 am – 12 Noon: Port Saint Lucie Main Office, 290 NW Peacock Blvd, Port Saint Lucie
10 am – 1 pm: Woodlands Station, 604 Banyan Trail, Boca Raton; Deerfield Beach Main Office, 212 E Hillsboro Blvd, Deerfield Beach
10 am – 2 pm: Jupiter Main Office, 1095 Military Trail, Jupiter
Regularly open on Sunday, but will be closed on Sunday, July 3: Avenue of the Americas Postal Store (1455 NW 107 Ave, Miami), El Mercado Postal Store (2440 W 60 St, Hialeah), Sawgrass Postal Store (12801 W Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale), Town and Country Postal Store (8266 Mills Rd, Miami), and West Palm Beach Main Office (3200 Summit Blvd, West Palm Beach).
Commercial customers should verify USPS Business Mail Entry Unit hours of operation for the holiday weekend. The Postal Service advises customers to observe the holiday schedule posted on blue collection boxes.
There will be regular mail delivery on Saturday, July 2. Only Express Mail will be delivered on Monday, July 4; regular mail delivery will resume on Tuesday, July 5.
Customers are reminded that they may conduct postal business in places they already frequent. At www.uspseverywhere.com, an easy-to-navigate, interactive map provides local Post Office
information and alternate access locations --- retail outlets, grocery stores, and pharmacies ---that offer stamps, shipping and packaging, Post Office Boxes, passport acceptance, and other services --- in their own neighborhood. Customers type their ZIP Code to identify locations, and icons assist them in locating alternate access options.
Fifty-four Post Offices in Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties, regularly open on Saturday, will be closed on Saturday, July 2. Revised retail hours will be posted at each Post Office. Visit usps.com for a list of impacted Post Offices.
The following Post Offices will observe reduced retail operations on Saturday, July 2:
9 am – 12 Noon: Greenacres Branch, 4300 Jog Road, Lake Worth
9 am – 1 pm: Boca Rio Postal Store, 8185 Via Ancho Road, Boca Raton; Delray Beach Main Office, 14280 Military Trail, Delray Beach
10 am – 12 Noon: Port Saint Lucie Main Office, 290 NW Peacock Blvd, Port Saint Lucie
10 am – 1 pm: Woodlands Station, 604 Banyan Trail, Boca Raton; Deerfield Beach Main Office, 212 E Hillsboro Blvd, Deerfield Beach
10 am – 2 pm: Jupiter Main Office, 1095 Military Trail, Jupiter
Regularly open on Sunday, but will be closed on Sunday, July 3: Avenue of the Americas Postal Store (1455 NW 107 Ave, Miami), El Mercado Postal Store (2440 W 60 St, Hialeah), Sawgrass Postal Store (12801 W Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale), Town and Country Postal Store (8266 Mills Rd, Miami), and West Palm Beach Main Office (3200 Summit Blvd, West Palm Beach).
Commercial customers should verify USPS Business Mail Entry Unit hours of operation for the holiday weekend. The Postal Service advises customers to observe the holiday schedule posted on blue collection boxes.
There will be regular mail delivery on Saturday, July 2. Only Express Mail will be delivered on Monday, July 4; regular mail delivery will resume on Tuesday, July 5.
Customers are reminded that they may conduct postal business in places they already frequent. At www.uspseverywhere.com, an easy-to-navigate, interactive map provides local Post Office
information and alternate access locations --- retail outlets, grocery stores, and pharmacies ---that offer stamps, shipping and packaging, Post Office Boxes, passport acceptance, and other services --- in their own neighborhood. Customers type their ZIP Code to identify locations, and icons assist them in locating alternate access options.
USPS Puts Brakes on Mobile Vans
Postal mobile vans now serving customers in the Haverhill and Juno Beach area permanently will cease operations at close of business on Friday, July 22.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. Just like any business, the Postal Service is streamlining operations to reduce costs and capture savings.
West Palm Beach Officer-In-Charge Robert Weiser sent a letter to mobile van customers, thanking them for their business and sharing information on alternate access locations to conduct postal transactions. He encouraged customers to visit a nearby Post Office or conduct postal business in places they already frequent. At http://www.uspseverywhere.com/, customers will find dozens of locations to purchase postal services within their neighborhoods by visiting an interactive map and typing in a ZIP Code. Icons (pictured above) designating stamps, shipping and packaging, PO Boxes and other services assist customers in locating alternate access options in the ZIP Code(s) of their choice.
Customers who frequent the Haverhill and Juno Beach mobile vans may conduct retail transactions at the Jupiter Main Post Office at 1095 Military Trail in Jupiter; Tequesta Branch Retail Unit at 401 Old Dixie Hwy in Tequesta; North Palm Beach Post Office at 643 U S Highway 1 in North Palm Beach; and Palm Beach Gardens Post Office at 3330 Fairchild Gardens Ave in Palm Beach Gardens.
Also posted at http://www.uspseverywhere.com/ are alternate access locations to purchase stamps at face value: CVS at 11586 US Highway 1 in Palm Beach Gardens; CVS at 312 Northlake Blvd in North Palm Beach; Publix Supermarket at 11566 US Highway 1 in Palm Beach Gardens; Publix Supermarket at 374 Northlake Blvd in North Palm Beach; TD Bank at 316 Northlake Blvd in North Palm Beach; and Wachovia at 11710 US Hwy 1 in Palm Beach Gardens. Office Depots offering postal products and services also can be located on this website.
“We’re Everywhere So You Can Be Anywhere.”
POW-MIA Flag Display for July 4th Weekend
July 4 is Independence Day — one of six days each year all Postal Service facilities are required to fly the POW-MIA flag. If a postal facility is closed July 4, the facility is required to display the POW–MIA flag on the last business day before July 4. For detailed information about flying the U.S. flag and the POW-MIA flag, check the Administrative Support Manual, sections 472 and 476.
Raising the Value with eBay's Half.com
Half.com — an eBay company that purchases and sells books, games, movies and music online — has added the USPS shipping platform to its website. The addition means an estimated $10 million in package business for the Postal Service.
Half.com lets sellers offer products at fixed prices. Like its parent company, Half.com is not a retail site and has no physical stock or inventory. It offers a place for individual sellers to list their items and potential buyers a central location in which to view them, providing a standardized transaction and money-exchange process.
“Half.com’s addition of our shipping platform further strengthens our relationship with eBay and drives much needed package volume and revenue,” said Mary Anderson, manager, Domestic Sales Support. “The shipping platform provides a seamless label–printing experience on Half.com and helps sellers operate more efficiently.”
With the USPS shipping platform, Half.com sellers can print labels faster with pre-populated shipping info, instant PayPal payment, USPS tracking and package pickup. Shippers also can compare shipping services, include custom information in labels, and track and manage their shipping labels.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Don't Leave PO Without AmEx Gift Cards
Recognizing the natural tie between the use of gift cards for gifting and the use of the mail for sending gift cards, the U.S. Postal Service is now selling “the most-requested holiday gift” at more than 1,800 Post Offices --- including those in South Florida.
The new line of “open-loop” gift cards — so-called because they can be used at any merchant that accepts the card brand — is part of a two-year market test of the ability of gift cards to increase customer convenience and enhance Postal Service revenue by encouraging use of the mail. To take advantage of cross-selling opportunities, the gift cards are being sold at Post Offices that currently sell greeting cards.
“We are always looking for new ways to improve the customer experience and generate new revenue,” said Kelly Sigmon, vice president, Channel Access. “Selling gift cards, greeting cards and stamps all at one location is a natural fit for our business model and a natural fit for our customers.”
According to Sigmon, the market test will expand to up to 3,000 additional locations — including locations without the greeting cards — in October 2011, to capture holiday sales. “Gift cards are the single most-requested gift, with 77 percent of consumers buying at least one gift card during the holiday season,” Sigmon said.
While the Postal Service can expand the market test to other vendors, American Express is the first company to participate in the program. American Express Gift Cards will be sold in denominations of $25 and $50 and in variable-load denominations, with a minimum denomination of $25 and a maximum denomination of $100.
The Postal Service will operate only as a sales agent and will receive a negotiated portion of the purchase price of $3.95 for the $25 denomination; $4.95 for the $50 denomination; and $5.95 for the variable-load cards. American Express will provide all customer support.
The new line of “open-loop” gift cards — so-called because they can be used at any merchant that accepts the card brand — is part of a two-year market test of the ability of gift cards to increase customer convenience and enhance Postal Service revenue by encouraging use of the mail. To take advantage of cross-selling opportunities, the gift cards are being sold at Post Offices that currently sell greeting cards.
“We are always looking for new ways to improve the customer experience and generate new revenue,” said Kelly Sigmon, vice president, Channel Access. “Selling gift cards, greeting cards and stamps all at one location is a natural fit for our business model and a natural fit for our customers.”
According to Sigmon, the market test will expand to up to 3,000 additional locations — including locations without the greeting cards — in October 2011, to capture holiday sales. “Gift cards are the single most-requested gift, with 77 percent of consumers buying at least one gift card during the holiday season,” Sigmon said.
While the Postal Service can expand the market test to other vendors, American Express is the first company to participate in the program. American Express Gift Cards will be sold in denominations of $25 and $50 and in variable-load denominations, with a minimum denomination of $25 and a maximum denomination of $100.
The Postal Service will operate only as a sales agent and will receive a negotiated portion of the purchase price of $3.95 for the $25 denomination; $4.95 for the $50 denomination; and $5.95 for the variable-load cards. American Express will provide all customer support.
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