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US Postal Solutions’ newest program gains web attention

Oct 16

Posted by uspostal in News Releases

Recently, US Postal Solutions designed, printed and implemented a new custom 2″ x 2″ square sticker that included both instructions and a QR code to aid residents in reaching the US Postal Solutions 24/7/365 customer service department by mobile device. The sticker will be used on all outgoing mailboxes currently serviced by US Postal Solutions. As the use of QR codes is gaining attention worldwide, so too has the company’s new sticker/program.

The sticker website/blog StickerFly, highlighted the new service addition as their October 5, 2011 story. To read the article, click here. US Postal Solutions prides itself on adapting to the needs of clients and their residents.

Founded by college students, offering on- and off-site student housing mail delivery services since 2000, nationwide service available.

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Postal Solutions is the nation’s leader in the collegiate mail management industry, for both on- and off-campus mail management services. For more information regarding assistance with outsourcing your collegiate mail management needs, please call us today at (866) 378-8157 or visit us online at www.uspostalsolutions.com to save your student rental community or university money.

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College students creative with laundry needs

Aug 23

Posted by uspostal in News Releases

In 1923, one postmaster estimated that 2 percent of parcels delivered by his carriers consisted of laundry. College students, especially, found it economical to mail dirty clothes home and have them mailed back clean. The typical “laundry bag” was a canvas-covered cardboard box 4½ by 12 by 20 inches, weighing six to seven pounds.

A city carrier poses with parcels of laundry in front of his mail truck, circa 1923.

(USPS – Facebook Posting 8/23/2011)

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Post Offices Pegged for Closure

Jul 25

Posted by uspostal in News Releases

By JENNIFER LEVITZ

Some 3,653 post offices, mostly in small communities, are targeted for possible closure this year under a plan expected to be released by the U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday.

The post offices, on a list that that will be made public Tuesday by Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, were chosen because they get the “least amount of foot traffic and retail sales” and because there may be local businesses that could provide some postal services to the community, said agency spokeswoman Sue Brennan.

See a list of post offices the U.S. Postal Service said it was closing starting at the end of 2010.

“Most of them are in smaller communities, but not all of them,” she said, adding that the post offices, about 11% of the total, are spread across the nation.

Moves to close post offices are often unpopular, since many people see them as connecting rural areas and small towns to the rest of the nation. Doctors on the South Dakota plains deliver medicine through post offices, while towns in rural Kentucky and Iowa and elsewhere rely on their post offices as local gathering spots. The postal agency already has closed 100 post offices since January, prompting uproar in many of the affected communities.

Continued, link to article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903999904576467921947248738.html?mod=e2tw

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Top Ten Reasons To Have A Student Mailbox

Jul 13

Posted by uspostal in News Releases

TCU is Texas Christian University, located in Dallas, Texas.

1) The cost of the box can be recovered by using some of the coupons and discounts from local merchants that are placed in the box during the year.

2) The cost of the box can be recovered by the savings the student incurs by ordering books online.

3) The USPS will only deliver to the TCU contract post office. No deliveries to dorms are made by the USPS so books and other items ordered online and shipped through the USPS will be returned to sender unknown. Some online businesses only ship via the USPS.

4) The student can keep the TCU box as his address all four years so he doesn’t have to change addresses every time the student moves.

5) You can begin mailing packages such as clothes and household items the first of August for us to hold for the student’s arrival. You cannot ship to the dorms early as they are not open until school begins.

6) If a package is lost in transit the personnel at the TCU post office is your best resource for helping you track down the package and assisting you with information on what to do in case of loss or damage.

7) UPS, FedEx and other couriers can deliver to the post office provided you address your shipment to 2901 Stadium Drive and then use your box number as the suite number.

8) Your shipments are more secure at the TCU post office than in an open area in the dorm. All packages are entered into our internal tracking system which enables us to be sure your package is delivered to the correct person. Information on the package is easily attainable from this system. Dorms are unable to provide this service and do not have full time employees available from 8:00 to 4:30 to assist you if there is a question about a package.

9) You will automatically receive an email notification once your package is entered into our tracking system.

10) The only way to receive interoffice mail is through a TCU mail box.

Link to article: http://www.parents.tcu.edu/documents/TCUmailbox_top10.pdf

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Student Care Packages

Jun 29

Posted by uspostal in News Releases

What to send to your college student

There are many options when putting together a care package for a college student. There are services that will send the package for you, most colleges have programs that they sponsor for care packages. One of the best and most fun ways to send some love to a college student it to put the package together yourself. Everyone likes to get mail and receiving something that someone you love took the time to make for you is even better!

I was lucky enough to have my office across from the student mail boxes and would hear student reactions when they received a package in the mail. Everyone of them was not only excited to get mail but they at that moment were connected with the person who sent that package. Even if the student in your life goes home every weekend or lives across the country a care package shows that you are thinking about them and encouraging them to be their best.

Things to include in the care package

Some items to consider:

Ramen Noodles
Easy Mac
Stamps for letters home (yes people can still use snail mail!)
Quarters (heavy but worth it on laundry day)
Laundry Detergent & Dryer Sheets
Tide Pen
Plastic Silverware
Bowls
Cups
Hot Chocolate Mix
Granola Bars
Warm Blanket
Ice Scraper (if you live somewhere that its useful)
Movies
Video Games
New decorations (consider Wall Decals, most res halls will not let you paint or nail things into the walls)
Gift Cards (think Itunes or Amazon)
Gum
A deck of cards
A Seek and Find Book
Hair ties (you can never have enough)
Index Cards
Cookies

Link to article: http://www.squidoo.com/student-care-packages-

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US Postal Solutions

US Postal Solutions’ newest program gains web attention

College students creative with laundry needs

Post Offices Pegged for Closure

Top Ten Reasons To Have A Student Mailbox

TCU is Texas Christian University, located in Dallas, Texas.

Student Care Packages

What to send to your college student

Things to include in the care package

Some items to consider:

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