Auctionbytes eBay Sellers Say Free Auctions May Cost ThemAuctionbytesBy Ina Steiner eBay announced a special new fee structure on Tuesday that goes into effect next month, but sellers say the five free auctions eBay is giving them may actually cost them more in commission fees than the old pricing structure, …
Read More »Lord Mandelson urged to save his local post office – Camden New Journal
Camden New Journal Lord Mandelson urged to save his local post officeCamden New Journal, UKPENSIONERS fighting to save a Regent's Park post office from closure are pinning their hopes on one of its more prominent neighbours – Lord Mandelson. The Labour peer lives in a mansion just a few minutes' walk …
Read More »Striking Dunfermline posties' fury after managers flown in as cover – Dunferline Press
Striking Dunfermline posties' fury after managers flown in as coverDunferline Press, UKby Dunfermline Press Reporter STRIKING Dunfermline postal workers are furious after Royal Mail splashed the cash to bring in more than 80 managers from all across the country to cover their jobs. More than 100 postal workers went on strike …
Read More »Postal worker charged with embezzlement – Detroit Free Press
MyFox Philadelphia Postal worker charged with embezzlementDetroit Free Press, United StatesA Macomb County postal worker charged with stealing more than $19000 in stamps and selling them for discount online to help pay his mortgage was arraigned Tuesday in US District Court in Detroit on an embezzlement charge. John Auito, 42, of …
Read More »Ex-postal worker sorry for stamp price increase – Central Maine Morning Sentinel
Ex-postal worker sorry for stamp price increaseCentral Maine Morning Sentinel, ME(Stamps were around three cents at that time.) My first Christmas paycheck that year for 162-hour two-week period was about $320 (before taxes plus paying into our retirement fund). I still had that pay stub until just a few years ago; …
Read More »Mail chiefs have learned nothing – The Bolton News
Mail chiefs have learned nothingThe Bolton News, UKADAM Crozier, chief executive of Royal Mail, has been paid in excess of £2 million a year by taxpayers in wages, bonuses and a gold-plated pension. Crozier's CV of advertising salesman and chief executive of the Football Association hardly qualified … More: continued here
Read More »Postie BNP leaflet row – The Star
Postie BNP leaflet rowThe Star, UK"Bearing in mind large areas of S5, like Firth Park, have a large Asian and other ethnic minority population, I find it disgusting that Royal Mail would allow this to happen. "I myself will be refusing to deliver the leaflets and, like other members of … …
Read More »Postage stamps up 2 cents – Martinez News-Gazette
Postage stamps up 2 centsMartinez News-Gazette, CAPostmaster Jeannette Davis said Monday's stamp price increase caused a minor rush on the Postal Service's “Forever” stamp, which is valid regardless of rate increases. “The 'Forever' stamp is very popular, and no matter when you purchase it, … More: continued here
Read More »New Haven Man Pleads Guilty To eBay Scam – Hartford Courant
New Haven Man Pleads Guilty To eBay ScamHartford Courant, United StatesBy DAVID OWENS| More than 1000 customers using eBay, the auction website, paid a New Haven man for cellphones and hands-free headsets but never received them. The reason was simple, federal authorities said. Yochanan Levitansky, 22, never intended to …New Haven …
Read More »Food stamps are one way for Peninsulans to ride out the tough economy – San Jose Mercury News
Food stamps are one way for Peninsulans to ride out the tough economySan Jose Mercury News, USAIt's the government food stamp program, and it was originally designed to provide farm surpluses to low-income people. Since then, the program has gone through many changes due to shifting political currents, new technology …
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