eBay Purchase Leaves Man With Empty FeelingPatch.comSelling – and in one instance, buying – random items did not work out for a handful of local people last week. A man reported he ordered something on eBay and paid for it, but when the item was shipped to his home in …
Read More »No Wonder the Post Office Is Losing Money! – Motley Fool
No Wonder the Post Office Is Losing Money!Motley FoolWith mail volumes dropping, and losses mounting, it's starting to look like the days are numbered for the U.S. Postal Service. It probably doesn't help matters, either, that USPS just announced a big contract to pay one of its rivals — FedEx …
Read More »Govt To Tender For Advisers In Royal Mail ‘Sale’ – Sky News – Sky News
Govt To Tender For Advisers In Royal Mail'Sale' – Sky NewsSky NewsThe Government is to start looking in the next few days for a syndicate of banks to advise on a possible flotation of the Royal Mail. Business Minister Michael Fallon announced the move as he voiced hopes that global …
Read More »Berkeley post office activists look at legal strategies
An effort formed here and now in the process of attaining a nonprofit status, aims to build a unified national response to the threatened sale of some 40 historic post offices nationwide More: continued here
Read More »A £1500 Royal Mail windfall for posties? – Aol Money
A £1500 Royal Mail windfall for posties?Aol MoneyThe Royal Mail wasn't commenting on Fallon's up-coming speech. It's not know whether there will be a public sale. Fallon's preference is for a stock market float before April 2014, with Royal Mail valued at up to £3bn. However the Royal Mail could …
Read More »Vatican and Argentina issue joint postage stamps
On Tuesday morning, in the Library of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis was presented with the stamps issued jointly between the Vatican City State and Argentina, which are dedicated to the beginning of his pontificate. The four stamps in the set, which reproduce photographic images of the new pontiff, …
Read More »Berkeley post office activists look at legal strategies – Inside Bay Area
Berkeley post office activists look at legal strategiesInside Bay AreaBERKELEY — There have been rallies, packed hearings, Congressional support, singalongs on the post office steps and City Council resolutions all strongly opposed to the sale of the city's historic downtown post office. Yet these actions have not … More: continued …
Read More »Post office boxes not being renewed at Brookside Avenue location
REDLANDS — As the United States Postal Service looks to close its Brookside Avenue location, customers who use the facility for their P.O. boxes are having to look elsewhere for service. More: continued here
Read More »Deaf Web User Wants ebay Discriminaton Suit Revived – MediaPost Communications
MediaPost Communications Deaf Web User Wants ebay Discriminaton Suit RevivedMediaPost CommunicationsMissouri resident Melissa Earll argues that eBay's policy of requiring sellers to use a telephone to confirm their identities made it impossible for her to sell goods on the service. She contends that eBay's policy violates the federal Americans with …
Read More »No Wonder the Post Office Is Losing Money!
USPS just hired FedEx to haul mail for it for the next seven years… for $10.5 billion. More: continued here
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