EcommerceBytes (blog) eBay Helps Chinese Sellers Flood Site with Fake Old ThingsEcommerceBytes (blog)So it came as a big surprise to read in the Atlantic that eBay was in effect helping Chinese manufacturers flood its marketplace with fake old things. Adrienne LaFrance, Senior Associate Editor at The Atlantic, said eBay Marketplaces …

Hightower: Far From a Loser, the Post Office Is a Money-Making OperationThe News HeraldOne public service that people really like and count on is the post office— which literally delivers for us. Antigovernment ideologues and privatization dogmatists, however, hate the very word “public,” and they've long sought to demonize the …

Royal Mail expnads 'click and collect' to SMEsTelecompaper (subscription)Royal Mail has announced plans to make its Local Collect 'click and collect' service with Post Offices available to its 20,000 SME contract customers. This will allow SMSs to offer shoppers the option of collection from any of 10,500 Post Office branches. …

Shortage of stamps plagues Goa post officesTimes of IndiaOne of the employees of Goa Dairy who was posting official documents at Panaji post office, while speaking to TOI, said that this problem of shortage of stamps has been continuing for a long time now. "Stamps of 20, 15 and 3 …

Stamp community is in a fight fit for comic books: Jarvis DeBerryThe Times-Picayune – NOLA.comPeople who don't want pop culture celebrities and comic-book characters on our country's postage stamps are fighting against what they call a new disturbing trend with an of animosity that's typically found in, well, comic books. …

A Bike That Stamps Your Message on the Street, and Three Other Open-Source …Truth-OutPierre Paslier is an artist and engineer who created a set of high-tech DIY tools to help activists get their message out. He doesn't identify as an activist himself—but through his experiences creating Banksy-inspired street art and …

Senators worried about reduced post office hoursKRQE News 13LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico's U.S. senators are expressing concern about the Postal Service's plans to reduce hours at thousands of postal facilities across the United States, including nearly 150 in New Mexico. Hours are already being reduced …and more » More: …

Listing agreement for old post office could be extendedElmira Star-GazetteElmira City Council is to vote tonight on authorizing an extension of a listing agreement for the sale of the Federal Building that's better known as the old post office. Because the listing agreement with Realty USA has expired, City Manager …

New York Times The Post Office Lost $2 Billion In Just 3 MonthsHuffington Post"Given the positive mail trends, it would be irresponsible to degrade services to Americans and their businesses, which would drive away mail – and revenue – and stop the postal turnaround in its tracks," Fredric Rolando, president …

Texas Group to Launch 'Christian eBay' to Help PoorChristian Broadcasting NetworkA new Internet company called iChristianAuctions.com is working to create a "Christian eBay" with the goal of giving back to the world's struggling and impoverished while glorifying God. iChristianAuctions.com, headquartered in Houston, bills itself as … More: continued here