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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 18, 2008

Ebay Basics Seminar Makes Selling Just A Click Away

USPS: It’s quick, easy and convenient

What:
ebay DAY – an introduction to selling via ebay.

When:
Friday, January 25, 2008
Ebay seminar sessions: 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.

Where:
Warren-Newport Public Library
244 N O’Plaine Road
Gurnee IL 60031

Who:
Postal Service representatives demonstrating selling on ebay

Note:
HOW to REGISTER:
Participants can register for the ebay Day seminars by calling 630-260-5727.

WWW.USPS.COM
One of the most frequently visited federal websites, usps.com, receives more than 23.5 million visits each month. The five most utilized areas on the site are (in order of popularity):

  • Track & Confirm
  • ZIP Code Lookup 
  • Rate Calculator
  • Click-N-Ship
  • Postal Rate Calculator

Additional quick, easy, convenient online services include insurance, carrier pickup, NetPost CardStore, Mailing Online, and the Postal Store.

Story lines:
Business: The Postal Service has a dedicated portal on its website for small business owners – USPS.com/smallbiz. The site offers pricing comparisons for shipping options, supplies, desktop postage, and easy instructions to create postcards and letters to better reach and identify customers.

Consumers: Almost anything you can do at a Post Office you can do online at USPS.com: Find Post Office locations and hours, manage mail delivery while traveling, create printing labels and request a free package pickup.

Contacts:
Tim Ratliff, 630-260-5606, cell 630-853-8926, timothy.d.ratliff@usps.gov

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation, 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.