Chicopee Post Office plans ‘eBay Day’ in Chicopee Public Library

CHICOPEE—Are you considering starting up your own Internet business by selling merchandise online?

Well, the U.S. Postal Service will help make it is easier for you to get started by hosting an eBay Day on Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 2 to 4 p.m. in Chicopee Public Library, 449 Front St.

The free event is being sponsored by Adams, Cheshire, North Adams and Williamstown Post Offices.

The Postal Service offers these seminars as a preferred shipper on eBay and the presentation covers the basics of buying and selling on eBay.

In 2003, the Postal Service and eBay began a partnership that offers eBay shippers a convenient way for both buyers and sellers to estimate shipping costs, request carrier pickup, print shipping labels, and pay for postage online.

In 2005, the Postal Service and eBay created a two-to-three hour seminar on how to buy, sell and ship on eBay and postal service representatives have been giving these seminars around the nation since early 2005.

Refreshments will be served. Persons planning attend have been asked to call Chicopee Post Office at (413) 592-9451.

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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. 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.