Company Profile for USPS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
United States Postal Service
Office of the Consumer Advocate
475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW
Room 4012
Washington, DC 20260-2200
202-268-2282
Toll free: 1-800-275-8777
TTY: 1-877-889-2457
www.usps.gov
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Postal Worker Accused Of Stealing Meds From War Vets, Selling To Others On Her Route
By Chris Morran on May 18, 2012 12:15 PM
12 Comments
We've heard numerous stories about carriers for the U.S. Postal Service pilfering mail intended for others. But it seems like a lot of those stolen items just end up piling up in the carriers' homes. Here's a story of a mail carrier in California who robbed drugs intended for Peter to get paid by Paul. More »
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U.S. Postal Service Set To Close Or Combine 229 Mail Processing Sites
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 17, 2012 1:00 PM
29 Comments
The U.S. Postal Service has announced its next step in the belt-tightening process of trying to cut down on its costs. It will close or consolidate operations at 140 mail processing sites through February 2013, said a postal official. More »
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Postal Worker Blames Illness On Leaking Package That The USPS Says Never Existed
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 14, 2012 10:00 AM
34 Comments
A postal worker in Florida says a mysterious leaking package coming from Yemen has caused him to be super sick, but the U.S. Postal Service says that package doesn't even exist, and never has. The man has been to numerous doctors, and none have been able to diagnose his illness. More »
Postal Service Maybe Not Closing As Many Post Offices As Planned
By Chris Morran on May 9, 2012 11:45 AM
29 Comments
It was last July that the US Postal Service announced it was considering closing around 3,700 of its approximately 32,000 outlets around the country, many of them in rural areas. But earlier today the Postmaster General unveiled yet another plan that could keep hundreds of these offices from closing outright. More »
Another Seller Swears Off eBay Forever
By Laura Northrup on May 2, 2012 11:30 AM
100 Comments
There was a time, around approximately 2001, when eBay was a global marketplace where you could easily and efficiently unload items with any market value that you wanted to get rid of. Now, it's more of a global flea market full of scams and villainy. eBay and its old accomplice, the U.S. Postal Service, worked together to make Keith's old iPhone disappear into the ether. More »
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Austin Realizes Not Everyone Loves Junk Mail, Gives People Way To Opt Out
By Chris Morran on April 20, 2012 5:15 PM
36 Comments
Contrary to the opinion of Nevada Senator Harry Reid, not everyone view junk mail as an indispensable conduit between elderly Americans and the outside world. In fact, most of us would rather do without it. That's why officials in Austin took time off from rehearsing with their ska/bluegrass fusion trios to become the latest city to give residents a way to opt out of receiving unwanted mail. More »
Senator Bums Everyone Out, Says "Elderly People Love Junk Mail"
By Chris Morran on April 20, 2012 9:15 AM
77 Comments
There are few images more heartbreakingly depressing than an elderly person who eagerly awaits the daily delivery of mail — even junk mail — just so they'll have something to look at that afternoon. But according to Nevada Senator Harry Reid, this is precisely why everything must be done to save the U.S. Postal Service. More »
Mail Carriers Unveil Their Plan For Saving Postal Service
By Chris Morran on April 17, 2012 3:30 PM
94 Comments
Two months after the U.S. Postal Service's Postmaster General announced how USPS leadership intends to resuscitate the wheezing institution by cutting jobs, raising rates and ending Saturday delivery, the union representing the nation's mail carriers has gone public with the changes it believes are needed to keep the USPS from becoming irreversibly insolvent. More »
USPS Turns Box Into Accordion, Hopes You Won't Notice
By Laura Northrup on April 17, 2012 10:30 AM
69 Comments
When Chris received this package in the mail, he assumed that his mail carrier had crammed it in his mailbox with overwhelming force. That wasn't the case, though. The truth is more mysterious and much weirder. More »
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American Airlines Voucher Disappears In The Mail, Airline Shrugs
By Laura Northrup on April 6, 2012 1:30 PM
24 Comments
The original copy of an air travel voucher has mystical powers, and flights can only be scheduled using the original copy. At least, that's the impression we get from Ashley's experience. When she went to redeem her voucher, she mailed it in, as required. Only the tracking number hasn't been scanned in the USPS system, and there's no sign of the voucher. More »
