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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 »
Worst Company In America Sweet 16: USPS Vs. Facebook
March 21, 2012 2:00 PM
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The old world clashes with the new this afternoon as the company that used to connect people around the country tries to take down the website that everyone now uses to show off photos of their kids. More »
Please Join Us In Welcoming Your Worst Company In America 2012 Sweet 16!
March 21, 2012 9:30 AM
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The floor of the Worst Company In America BattleDome is stained with the blood of the vanquished. But only one company can earn the privilege of placing the WCIA Golden Poo in its trophy case, so the violence must continue. More »
Worst Company In America Round One: UPS Vs. USPS
March 16, 2012 12:00 PM
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We hope these two parcel-punting pugilists know how to deliver the punches, because they both seem to have a problem delivering your packages. More »
Here It Is, Your Lineup For Worst Company In America 2012!
March 12, 2012 12:00 PM
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Welcome to Consumerist's 7th Annual Worst Company In America tournament, where the businesses you nominated face off for a title that none of them will publicly admit to wanting — but which all of them try their hardest to earn. So it's time to fill in the brackets and start another office pool. That is, unless you work at one of the 32 companies competing in the tournament. More »
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Package Vanishes Into Thin Air Inside The Post Office
By Laura Northrup on March 2, 2012 9:31 AM
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Anthony's faith in the U.S. Postal service was clearly misplaced. He dropped off a package with a prepaid label at a local post office, with the misguided belief that it would enter the shipping system, and that the delivery confirmation barcode on the label would show the package's path through the mails. That's not what happened. What happened was that the prepaid label, with no package attached, was returned to Anthony's house. Where's the package? No one knows. But it's not the post office's problem, since there's no proof that he even mailed it in the first place. More »
35,000 Pink Slips Are In The Mail For USPS Employees
By Chris Morran on February 24, 2012 8:15 AM
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As we wrote back in September, the U.S. Postal Service was looking at closing more than half of its mail processing centers around the nation, which was predicted would translate into around 35,000 lost jobs. Last night, the USPS finally announced that while some of those centers have survived the executioner's blade, the number of layoffs will remain about the same. More »
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Post Office's Plan To Save Itself Involves Cutting Jobs, Ending Saturday Delivery & Raising Stamp Prices
By Mary Beth Quirk on February 17, 2012 11:00 AM
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The U.S. Postal Service is in danger of losing billions of dollars in the next few years, so in an attempt to check that money leakage, they've proposed some drastic measures, including cutting more than 150,000 jobs. More »
Wells Fargo Thinks USPS Is Fastest Way To Tell Me About Bounced Check
By Chris Morran on January 24, 2012 2:15 PM
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When you think of the fastest, most-efficient way for a business to contact a customer about a problem, you obviously think of an antiquated, bloated, nearly insolvent government-operated organization that is synonymous with sloth. Oh wait — you don't? Well, Wells Fargo apparently does. More »
Postal Employee Caught With 10 Years Of Stolen Bulk Mail Wants To Keep Job
By Chris Morran on January 24, 2012 1:15 PM
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For 10 years, a Postal Service employee in Texas has been stockpiling massive amounts of bulk mail in her office and home. And even though she's now under investigation by postal inspectors, the USPS worker says she wants to keep her job. More »
Postal Service Shows It Can Toss Fragile Packages Over The Fence Just As Well As FedEx
By Chris Morran on January 19, 2012 2:38 PM
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The U.S. Postal Service is always trying to convince people that it's just as good as FedEx or UPS. But for all the aspects of those businesses the Postal Service should emulate, there's one it shouldn't: Tossing expensive packages over customers' fences. More »
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Postal Carrier Told He Can No Longer Wear Santa Suit On The Job
By Chris Morran on December 21, 2011 4:30 PM
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For more than a decade, a postal carrier in Bellevue, WA, has spread Christmas cheer along his mail route by donning a Santa Claus costume over his uniform for a few days leading up to Dec. 25. But after someone complained to the USPS about his Kris Kringle getup, the Santa costume will have to remain in his closet this year. More »
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USPS Delivers Christmas Gift 371 Days Late
By Chris Morran on December 21, 2011 1:30 PM
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A woman in Florida recently received a Christmas gift from her daughter in Arkansas, but she isn't waiting until Dec. 25 to open it. Why? Because the Postal Service was supposed to have delivered in time for last Christmas. More »
Couple Takes Advantage Of UPS Laziness, Steals Over 100 Packages From Doorsteps
By Chris Morran on December 21, 2011 12:00 PM
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We've certainly written enough pieces over the years about how some UPS, FedEx and USPS carriers would rather fling your package somewhere in the vicinity of your house rather than knock and wait to see if you're home. Now the police in Somerville, MA, say a couple took advantage of drivers' willingness to leave packages out in the open by swooping in to steal the deliveries right off folks' doorsteps. More »
Postal Service Will Delay Mass Closures
By Phil Villarreal on December 14, 2011 8:15 AM
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The outlook is grim for the U.S. Postal Service, with plans to close thousands of post offices and cutting processing centers, but the inevitable is being postponed for now. More »
U.S. Postal Service's Big Budget Cuts Will Slow First-Class Delivery
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 5, 2011 12:00 PM
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That nice feeling you get when a card you mailed your friend arrives the very next day? It's going to be a thing of the past, as huge cuts by the U.S. Postal Service will ensure that no stamped letters will arrive so fast, as well as a general slowdown in first-class mail delivery. More »
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Postal Service Offers Amnesty For Return Of That Mail Bin You're Using For Anything But Mail
By Chris Morran on November 16, 2011 4:15 PM
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You know those hard, white plastic bins that the mail carrier occasionally leaves at your office (and which people then take to use for their own purposes)? You're supposed to be giving those back to your carrier the next day. So after decades of hemorrhaging money over un-returned bins, the USPS is offering amnesty through Nov. 26. More »
You'll Soon Have To Pay More For Those Stamps You Don't Use
By Chris Morran on October 18, 2011 3:30 PM
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Because none of you are using the U.S. Postal Service — unless you are deliberately mailing a check you hope gets lost or delayed — that means it's time for the struggling USPS to raise rates on first-class stamps... by one penny. More »
The Styrofoam Cube In This Letter Serves A Bureaucratic Purpose
By Chris Morran on October 18, 2011 1:30 PM
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When Chris opened a letter from the Indiana Election Division, he was curious why in the world there would be a small Styrofoam cube inside the envelope. Luckily for everyone involved, there was an explanation. More »
US Postal Service Adds To Your Mom's College Care Package
By Laura Northrup on October 13, 2011 11:30 AM
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Robert received a Priority Mail package at college from his mother. The box contained a variety of canned foods: Vienna sausages, sardines, beans, liverwurst, spam, and corn. Which is awfully nice of Robert's mother, except that the box she sent him only contained fifteen cans of Goya brand beans. Where did all of this other stuff come from? More »
Family Sticks Block Party Invites In Neighbors' Mailboxes, USPS Charges Them Postage
By Ben Popken on October 12, 2011 2:00 PM
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A Connecticut family that put invites for an upcoming Halloween block party in their neighbor's mailboxes got spooked when the USPS figuratively rang their doorbell holding a big open bag. It was a bill from the USPS charging them 44 cents for postage for all the invites they had put in the mailboxes. More »
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The USPS Is Fine With Being Over A Week Late Delivering Package
By Mary Beth Quirk on October 10, 2011 12:00 PM
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It is one thing to have a delayed package, but it's an entirely new level of aggravation when customer service basically shrugs and is like, "It'll get there when it gets there!" Such is the case for reader Brian. More »
Another Postal Worker Caught Stealing Netflix DVDs
By Chris Morran on October 7, 2011 2:30 PM
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It's been over five years since we first wrote about postal workers being busted for detouring Netflix DVDs into their own private stashes, and yet there are apparently still some USPS staffers out there who think they can steal more than 100 DVDs and not have it set off alarm bells. More »
USPS Stops Delivering To Building Because Of Leaky Pipe
By Chris Morran on October 6, 2011 1:15 PM
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The famous oath inscribed above the entrance to the James A. Farley Post Office Building in Manhattan reads, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." But it appears as if that unofficial postal creed doesn't extend to leaky pipes. More »
USPS Holds Our Mail During Vacation, Keeps Holding It
By Laura Northrup on October 5, 2011 11:30 AM
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While less and less of our crucial information comes by post now, that doesn't mean that it's okay if a few weeks' worth of it just disappears into nowhere. Especially when you're expecting presents in the mail. That's what happened to Dave's mail after he and his wife left town for their honeymoon. Expecting cards and gifts after the wedding, they requested a two-week hold on their mail. Evidently, the postal service held their mail, all right, but isn't too keen to give it back. More »
My USPS Package Took A California Vacation, Didn't Invite Me Along
By Laura Northrup on September 22, 2011 1:00 PM
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Using the U.S. Postal Service's Priority Mail, Justin mailed a gift from his home in New York City to a friend in Georgia. Package tracking meant that he was able to follow the gift's journey and make sure it arrived safely. He was baffled, though, when the tracking information stated that it first traveled out to California for no reason, then made its way back to Georgia, eleven days later than anticipated. Where it was then delivered to the wrong person. In a different town. No one knows where the package actually ended up. More »
US Postal Service Swaps Box Of Love Letters For Strangers' Mail
By Laura Northrup on September 15, 2011 3:00 PM
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David has saved every piece of paper correspondence that he's received from his wife during their entire life together. When shipping most of their possessions during a cross-country move, the box containing all of these cards and letters was damaged, and the contents lost. They were replaced with an awful lot of random items that don't belong to David at all. So where are David's letters? And who are the random people whose mail was stuffed in the box? More »
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USPS Looking To Close Half Its Processing Centers, Cut 35,000 Jobs
By Chris Morran on September 15, 2011 1:15 PM
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With dark financial skies looming on its horizon, the U.S. Postal Service has already talked about closing thousands of post offices. But that's apparently not going to be enough to salvage the sinking ship, as USPS announced today it may close or combine 252 of its existing 487 mail processing centers. More »
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Ideas For Saving USPS From Bankruptcy
By Ben Popken on September 6, 2011 11:00 AM
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Before it even has a chance to deliver the next letter to Santa, the US Postal Service could be bankrupt. The USPS might not be able to make a $5.5 billion payment it owes this month. Lawmakers will hear all about it and ideas for staving off default in a Senate committee hearing today called "U.S. Postal Service In Crisis: Proposals To Prevent A Postal Shutdown." More »
Postal Service May Default Without Congressional Intervention
By Phil Villarreal on September 5, 2011 3:30 PM
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Predictions of coming doom have been coming from the United States Post Office for months, with the service expected to suffer a $9.2 billion deficit this fiscal year and unable to make a $5.5 billion payment to cover employee health coverage due at the end of the month. Now the postmaster general has raised the stakes of the organization's financial crisis by declaring that it will default if Congress doesn't intervene. More »
For USPS, 'Do Not Bend' Means 'Fold Law School Diploma In Half'
By Laura Northrup on August 24, 2011 2:05 PM
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Even on days when the only thing in my mailbox is a renewal notice for a magazine I never subscribed to in the first place, the United States Postal service is a fantastic value for the money. But then, I didn't have the same experience as Tony, where his forwarding order was ignored, and a very, very expensive piece of paper smushed into a small mailbox. More »
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How Is FedEx SmartPost So Freaking Slow?
By Laura Northrup on July 28, 2011 11:30 AM
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J. likes ordering from Woot, but hates FedEx SmartPost, the company's shipping method of choice. Describing it as "some sort of misbegotten bastard child of FedEx and the US Postal Service," J. calculates that it would actually be faster to travel from Woot HQ in Texas to his home on Brooklyn by bicycle. Which would be helpful if he weren't ordering inanimate objects. More »
USPS Could Close Nearly 3,700 Post Offices You Never Use Anyway
By Chris Morran on July 26, 2011 3:47 PM
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Someday soon, you may no longer be able to drive by your local post office and show your children where all those credit card offers and unread political mailings come from, as the U.S. Postal Service looks into the viability of nearly 3,700 of its 32,000 locations around the country. More »
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USPS Attempts To Fight Off Financial Disaster By Selling Gift Cards
By Chris Morran on May 2, 2011 12:30 PM
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As the US Postal Service faces insolvency, the relic of a pre-internet world (and symbol/punch line for inefficiency and ineptitude) has come up with a really good idea for making some extra cash: Selling pre-paid AMEX, Visa, MasterCard and Discover cards. More »
Government Rules USPS Treated GameFly Unfairly
By Phil Villarreal on April 21, 2011 10:15 AM
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Putting an end to a two-year dispute between GameFly and the U.S. Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission ruled the USPS has given services such as Netflix and Blockbuster preferential treatment over its own discs. More »
Mail Carrier Drops Off More Than A Package On Customer's Lawn
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 18, 2011 10:30 AM
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There is no way to say this delicately: A U.S. postal worker has been suspended from his mail carrying job after defecating on the lawn of a resident on his route. This is where all the jokes about dropping off packages and such come into play. More »
USPS Puts Wrong Statue Of Liberty On Stamp, Doesn't Really Give A F*&k
By Chris Morran on April 15, 2011 3:30 PM
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You almost have to respect the USPS for screwing up this royally. First, they go and put the wrong Statue of Liberty on a postage stamp. Then, when told about it, they just shrug it off like a postal worker eating a sandwich at their closed window while a line of customers waits. More »
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USPS Sent My Package An Extra 6,283 Miles Before Reaching Destination 2 Miles Away
By Mary Beth Quirk on March 14, 2011 3:30 PM
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We like Consumerist reader Justin's optimistic attitude. He sent a package to a destination two miles away, via the ever unpredictable US Postal Service, and seems pretty amused by the fact that it went across the country first. More »
USPS: We'll Be Out Of Money By October
By Phil Villarreal on March 3, 2011 9:15 AM
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USPS is in crisis mode, stuck in an unsustainable business model that threatens to run the service into the ground by the end of the fiscal year in October. More »
USPS Delivers Letter... 66 Years Late
By Chris Morran on March 2, 2011 4:30 PM
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If you've ever lost a piece of mail through the USPS, this story might give you hope that your grandchildren might eventually find out what happened to it. More »
Woman Who Tried To Air Mail Puppy Won't Get Dog Back
By Chris Morran on February 7, 2011 4:37 PM
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Many of you have been following the saga of the Minnesota woman who was charged with animal cruelty after trying to ship a four-month old poodle-schnauzer mix puppy to Atlanta via air mail. The latest update: Officials in Minneapolis have shot down her appeal to get the puppy back. More »
Accused Puppy-Mailer Wants Dog Back
By Laura Northrup on February 4, 2011 10:30 AM
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The woman who tried to ship a four-month-old puppy from Minneapolis to Atlanta in an airless box using Priority Mail earlier this week reportedly would like the dog back. Will her request be granted, or will the puppy be made available to the numerous people all over the country who actually know how to keep an animal alive and have inquired about adopting him? More »
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Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty For Mailing Live Puppy
By Laura Northrup on February 2, 2011 8:00 AM
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"This is for your 11th birthday. It's what you wanted," was written on the outside of an Atlanta-bound Priority Mail box in a Minneapolis post office. It caught postal workers' attention when it started moving on its own and making loud panting sounds. They got permission to open the box and found... a four-month old poodle-schnauzer mix puppy who was very, very happy to be free. The woman who mailed the box was charged with animal cruelty, then went back to the post office to try to get a refund for the $22 in postage she paid. More »
Where To Complain About The Postal Service
By Ben Popken on January 31, 2011 1:00 PM
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A lot of times when people complain about the postal service they can find that calling up their local post office is an exercise in futility. Assuming they get through to anyone, they can find the person on the other end of the line lackadaisical or difficult to understand. If this happens to you, you don't have to just cry into your Beanie Baby collection. More »
USPS Shutting Down 2,000 Locations
By Phil Villarreal on January 25, 2011 1:30 PM
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A year from now, you may be driving a little bit farther and waiting in longer lines to do your mail-related business. The USPS set a goal to shut down 2,000 branches and stations in 2011. No post offices are on the chopping block, but the new cuts are in addition to nearly 500 closures that are all ready in the works. The locations under threat of closure are smaller satellite offices that don't process mail and sometimes don't have mail carriers. More »
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Why You Should Insure Trophies You Send In The Mail
By Phil Villarreal on January 24, 2011 2:30 PM
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Jason takes part in a long-distance fantasy football league in which past winners of the championship trophy send the prize to the next season's victor. Well, at least that used to be the routine until the most recent mailing of the prize did to the trophy what the Packers did to Jay Cutler. More »
My Very Important USPS Package Is Doing Laps Around New York City
By Laura Northrup on December 24, 2010 9:30 AM
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A piece of registered mail left Hong Kong on December 7th, and is on its way to Michael in Manhattan. While it has reached the correct city, tracking information shows that the envelope is currently doing laps from Queens to Manhattan. Michael just wants to show up at a post office and pick the darn thing up, but no one can intercept it or even tell him where it is until his neighborhood mail carrier attempts to deliver it at least once. More »
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Mailman Tries To Liven Up The Holidays By Delivering Mail Naked
By Chris Morran on December 15, 2010 11:30 AM
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A mailman in Whitefish Bay, WI, thought he had the solution for cheering up one of the people on his route. Unfortunately for everyone involved, that solution was "deliver the mail bare-ass naked." More »
Beat These Deadlines To Ship Your Gifts On Time
By Phil Villarreal on December 14, 2010 1:30 PM
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If you're shipping out gifts to friends and family, you may have to start sending out packages this week if you want to get them to their destinations by Christmas. Here are links to domestic shipping deadlines for some of the more popular shipping services: More »
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USPS Magically Turned My Documents Into This Motorcycle Part
By Phil Villarreal on November 4, 2010 2:40 PM
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Martin sent some documents to his parents in Germany via USPS Priority Mail, but somehow what arrived was the pictured motorcycle kick starter inside a ripped envelope. More »
USPS Jerry-Rigs Amazon Package To Your Mailbox
By Ben Popken on November 4, 2010 10:00 AM
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Who knew mailmen were so crafty? More »
Tipsy Angry Man Dumps 32,000 Pieces Of Mail
By Ben Popken on October 27, 2010 11:00 AM
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The check might be in the mail, but the mail is in the woods. More »
Regulators Deny Proposed USPS Rate Hikes
By Chris Morran on October 1, 2010 11:41 AM
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Earlier this summer, we wrote about the Postal Service's proposal to stay even partially solvent by raising rates on first-class mail and small parcels. Alas, the USPS will now have to go to Plan B (which we're pretty sure involves selling lemonade and washing cars) to increase revenue, after regulators slammed down the hammer of denial on the rate hike. More »
Post Office Says It's Too Cool To Abide By Credit Card Merchant Agreement
By Phil Villarreal on September 30, 2010 2:30 PM
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Steve got into what J.K. Rowling would describe as a "row" with a Postal Service worker who demanded he show his ID to make a MasterCard purchase. This is a violation of MasterCard policy, but that doesn't matter, according to the employee, because the Post Office is like the Fonz in that it plays by its own rules. More »
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USPS Out Of Regular Mail, Only Fancy Mail Left
By Ben Popken on September 22, 2010 3:00 PM
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Leesha says her local post office has gone upsell crazy. They wouldn't let her mail a letter without sitting through an extended spiel about express and upgraded options. When she tried to fast-forward through the song and dance, the guy behind the counter snapped. Or, as the saying goes, "went postal." More »
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My Post Office Says It Won't Accept Packages From Other Zip Codes
By Phil Villarreal on August 24, 2010 1:30 PM
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A Postal Service worker told Chris he wasn't allowed to send packages from that specific office because the return address was from a zip code other than the one where the office was located, and thus the location wouldn't receive credit for the transaction. More »
The Post Office Wants You To Know They Caught The Thief Who Stole Your Shirt
By Carey Alexander on July 31, 2010 10:00 PM
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Someone at the post office poached the Villainous Victorian Velociraptor Matt had ordered from Shirt.Woot. Woot sent Matt a new Velociraptor shirt and he figured that was that. Not so! He recently received a remarkably detailed letter from the post office's Inspector General, complete with an added surprise. More »
USPS Raising Rates On People Who Still Use USPS
By Chris Morran on July 6, 2010 3:26 PM
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Facing a $7 billion debt and an ever-decreasing customer base, the United States Postal Service announced today that it plans to jack up the price of first-class postage by $.02 to $.46. Facing an even bigger hit are magazine publishers and shippers of small parcels, who face hikes of 8% and 23% respectively. More »
USPS Sends Your Package 5,586 Miles To Travel 120
By Ben Popken on June 25, 2010 4:00 PM
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Jonathan is trying to figure out why the box of records he sent from Bell to Bakersfield, CA somehow took a 5,000 mile detour across the country and back first. More »
