Sometime in mid 2004, we noticed the USPS (United States Postal Sevice) stopped giving out phone numbers for individual Post Offices, via their website, www.usps.com . Also, they are no longer listed in local phone directories and phone books. Now you get a toll free number to a call center. When we called that toll free number we were told they do not give out phone numbers to the post offices now becuase of security reasons. For some reason some searches from their "Locate a Post Office" tool on their website now do give phone information, but some searches do not.
If you need a phone number for a post office, local or across the country try these websites:
USPS - Find a Post Office Tool - http://www.mapsonus.com/db/USPS/
A free search tool from Melissa Data - http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/NearPostOffice.asp
This information comes in handy when having questions about a particular service they offer, or if they are holding a package for pickup, you can call to schedule a redelivery attempt. Just to name a few.
Sunday, January 16, 2005
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