Linlithgow Journal & Gazette Royal Mail gears up for busy timeThe Bolton NewsROYAL Mail is opening a Christmas parcel sorting unit in a Bolton mail centre which was closed two years ago. The site in Stone Hill Road, Farnworth, has remained unsold since its closure. It will now be used …

Royal Mail revising ban on mailing perfume and aftershavePost and ParcelRoyal Mail customers will be able to post items like aerosols, nail varnishes, perfumes and aftershaves to UK addresses from next year, after a review of rules banning such items from the postal network. The postal operator has discussed the …

Franklin's stamp idea takes a lickingThe TennesseanSupporters who had asked the U.S. Postal Service to designate the Battle of Franklin for one of the service's upcoming Civil War commemorative postage stamps say their application has been rejected by the 12-person committee that pores through requests …and more » More: continued here

The Miramar retiree who fatally shot an off-duty federal agent at a Pembroke Pines post office gave his account of the day’s events in a Broward court Monday. More: continued here

Design Week Magpie Studio creates 'collage pillar box' for Royal Mail yearpackDesign WeekThe yearpack is a concertina-folded booklet which contains all of Royal Mail's special stamp issues from 2012, such as the British comic stamps and the Britons of distinction collection. The concept for the yearpack is based around a …

Gifts sold on eBay a wedge between friendsThe Detroit NewsDear Abby: I have a close friend who is obsessed with selling "finds" on eBay. I often give her little items that she has mentioned she liked — or outright asked for. I always thought she wanted to keep them for …

PayPal Gets Aggressive for the HolidaysMotley FoolAs you may know, PayPal is the online mobile payment unit of eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY ) , which recently rolled out a program that mimics one of this year's biggest trends in retail. That's right — PayPal has joined the "price-matching" strategy. The …and …

Dear Abby: I have a close friend who is obsessed with selling "finds" on eBay. I often give her little items that she has mentioned she liked — or outright asked for. I always thought she wanted to keep them for herself. Recently I saw some of the things I …

David Hernandez is a Californian who knows how to have a good time with his writing. Here's a delightful flight of fancy based on a negotiation with a postal clerk. More: continued here

EcommerceBytes Honeville Founder Opens up about Selling on eBayEcommerceBytesDanny Hone is founder of HoneVille, a retail business selling tshirts on eBay and on Honeville.com. Hone generates annual sales of between $160,000 to $200,000 and pays about $14,000 a year in fees to eBay. But something happened this year that …and …