Kentuckiana catches ebay fever
Post Offices help customers “turn trash into treasure”
Kentuckiana District has held more than 50 eBay Day events with 101 Post Offices participating.
Oak Grove, KY, Postmaster Emily Vass explains information on a chart during an eBay seminar (Kentucky New Era photo).
District postmasters are seeing more people use the online auction site to both buy and sell. “It’s really caught on,” Fort Campbell Postmaster Claudia Rankin told The Kentucky New Era. “Five or six years ago, it wasn’t like this.”
Rankin joined the Oak Grove, Pembroke and Herndon postmasters to host an eBay workshop. “You can sell anything and everything,” said Herndon Postmaster Teresa Jessup. “We wanted to tell people how we could help make it easier.”
“You can’t categorize an eBay user,” Vass said. “It’s easier than a yard sale and you get your item seen in more homes. Your trash may be someone else’s treasure.”
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Express Mail embargo to ZIP Code 395 lifted.
Updated September 14, 2005 - 12 p.m. ET
Newest Service Updates
Express Mail embargo to ZIP Code 395 lifted.
The Postal Service is now accepting Express Mail destined for ZIP Codes 369, 393, 394, 395 and 396.
However, the suspension of Express Mail to ZIP Codes 700, 701 and 704 remains in effect.
Hurricane Katrina Social Security check distribution extended to Sept. 16 for Mississippi locations.
Click here for times and places.
The suspension of Standard Mail (Letters and Flats) and Periodicals Mail destined for ZIP Codes 369, 393, 394 and 396 has been lifted, but remains in effect for ZIP Codes 395, 700, 701 and 704.
Drop shipment appointments to ZIP Codes 369, 393, 394 and 396 are being accepted — but appointments are required before any drop shipments can occur.
Newest Service Updates
Express Mail embargo to ZIP Code 395 lifted.
The Postal Service is now accepting Express Mail destined for ZIP Codes 369, 393, 394, 395 and 396.
However, the suspension of Express Mail to ZIP Codes 700, 701 and 704 remains in effect.
Hurricane Katrina Social Security check distribution extended to Sept. 16 for Mississippi locations.
Click here for times and places.
The suspension of Standard Mail (Letters and Flats) and Periodicals Mail destined for ZIP Codes 369, 393, 394 and 396 has been lifted, but remains in effect for ZIP Codes 395, 700, 701 and 704.
Drop shipment appointments to ZIP Codes 369, 393, 394 and 396 are being accepted — but appointments are required before any drop shipments can occur.
More than 100,000 households have filed for Change of Address in the two most heavily affected ZIP Codes — 700 and 701 in Louisiana
TIMES ARE CHANGING. Changes of Address (COAs) have been filed for more than 100,000 households in the two most heavily affected ZIP Codes — 700 and 701 in Louisiana. That means up to a half million people may be covered by COAs.
For those who have filed COAs, USPS has delivered more than 27,000 Social Security checks in Mississippi and Louisiana, and is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deliver approximately 200,000 relief checks.
We continue to ask evacuees to keep filing COAs so their mail can follow them.
For those who have filed COAs, USPS has delivered more than 27,000 Social Security checks in Mississippi and Louisiana, and is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deliver approximately 200,000 relief checks.
We continue to ask evacuees to keep filing COAs so their mail can follow them.
USPS: RELIEF AND RECOVERY (from Hurricane Katrina)
RELIEF AND RECOVERY. Relief is in sight — and we’re already into the long process of recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
Sixty New Orleans-area Post Offices are back in service, including eight that came on line Monday. Home delivery is not yet restored in all of those areas, but customers in ZIP Codes with working Post Offices can receive mail at the counter.
Sixty New Orleans-area Post Offices are back in service, including eight that came on line Monday. Home delivery is not yet restored in all of those areas, but customers in ZIP Codes with working Post Offices can receive mail at the counter.
Updated Map of Post Offices affected by Hurricane Katrina - Updated 9-14-05 11:30 am
The map to the left shows the status of all USPS Post Offices that were affected by Hurricane Katrina and the floods earlier this month (August - September 2005). Green coded areas indict fully operational post offices, yellow represents partial service, red represents NO service, while white are offices not affected. This information is as of Wednesday 9-14-05 11:30 AM
Click on the maps for a larger image.
Monday, September 12, 2005
Employees, customers reconnecting by the thousands
CONTACT CONTINUES
Employees, customers reconnecting by the thousands
For the Postal Service, it was two of the biggest challenges ever — urging more than a million displaced customers to file a Change of Address (COA) either online at usps.com, over the phone at 1-800-ASK-USPS or at a local Post Office. And at the same time, asking 6,000 displaced employees to call 1-877-477-3273 to let us know their whereabouts.
National Association of Letter Carriers Biloxi, MS, Branch President Wendell Pruitt delivers mail amid storm-blown debris. Associated Press photo.
And it’s paying off — for us and for our customers. About 100,000 COAs for the two most heavily affected ZIP Codes — 700 and 701 in Louisiana — have been filed since evacuations began. This weekend, mail delivery resumed in many areas and mail delivery to evacuees took place for the first time in nearly two weeks.
We’ve come a long way in one week, but we’ve still got a ways to go. The Postal Service is still asking employees, customers and the media to get this important message out to as many people as possible — ask evacuees to file a COA and ask displaced employees to contact us at 1-877-477-3273 and let us know how they are and where they are. It’s important to them — and they’re important to us.
Employees, customers reconnecting by the thousands
For the Postal Service, it was two of the biggest challenges ever — urging more than a million displaced customers to file a Change of Address (COA) either online at usps.com, over the phone at 1-800-ASK-USPS or at a local Post Office. And at the same time, asking 6,000 displaced employees to call 1-877-477-3273 to let us know their whereabouts.
National Association of Letter Carriers Biloxi, MS, Branch President Wendell Pruitt delivers mail amid storm-blown debris. Associated Press photo.
And it’s paying off — for us and for our customers. About 100,000 COAs for the two most heavily affected ZIP Codes — 700 and 701 in Louisiana — have been filed since evacuations began. This weekend, mail delivery resumed in many areas and mail delivery to evacuees took place for the first time in nearly two weeks.
We’ve come a long way in one week, but we’ve still got a ways to go. The Postal Service is still asking employees, customers and the media to get this important message out to as many people as possible — ask evacuees to file a COA and ask displaced employees to contact us at 1-877-477-3273 and let us know how they are and where they are. It’s important to them — and they’re important to us.
Updated Map of Post Offices affected by Hurricane Katrina - Updated 9-12-05 8:30 am
The map to the left shows the status of all USPS Post Offices that were affected by Hurricane Katrina and the floods earlier this month (August - September 2005). Green coded areas indict fully operational post offices, yellow represents partial service, red represents NO service, while white are offices not affected. This information is as of Wednesday 9-12-05 8:30 AMClick on the maps for a larger image.
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