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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 25, 2008

Contact: Harry Spratlin
803-926-6321
harry.e.spratlin@usps.gov

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Looking for Holiday Mailing Convenience? Visit a Contract Postal Unit

More Suggested Alternatives: Automated Postal Units and Click N’ Ship on usps.com

Let’s face it, getting it all done on time during the holiday season can cause everyone to look for time-saving solutions. So, if you’re pressed for time (and who isn’t during the holidays?) and you need some alternatives that make your holiday happier, here are three good ones from the U. S. Postal Service:

CONTRACT POSTAL UNITS-We have them everywhere in South Carolina, with 52 in the 290-6 ZIP Code Area. Below is a listing of several here in the Midlands. They are perfect for holiday mailing, because they provide a complete line of products and services, (everything except money orders and P.O. boxes) including packaging supplies and stamps for your Christmas Cards. Chances are, there’s one near you!

AUTOMATED POSTAL CENTERS-Talk about quick, these handy, credit card-operated futuristic vending machines provide 80% of the products and services of a Post Office, and are very user-friendly. You can purchase stamps and postage, deposit a package, get insurance and add delivery confirmation all with one swipe of a major credit card. They’re also located in the part of the Post Office lobby that’s accessible 24-7. Here’s where to find them in the Upstate: Easley, Greer, Taylors, Mauldin, Anderson (Main Office) Greenville (Keith D. Oglesby Station) . Find the one nearest your address at the Post Office Locator on usps.com.

CLICK N’ SHIP/USPS.COM-This is the ultimate in shipping convenience! The ultra-secure Postal Service website, usps.com, is the Post Office that never closes. It has more services than a Las Vegas wedding chapel! If you have a major credit card, you can pay for and print out: postage, delivery confirmation and insurance, right from home, and then notify your carrier to pick it up for free the next day. And packaging is also free for the asking with Express or Priority Mail.

UPSTATE CPU LOCATIONS & HOURS

ANDERSON

Whitehall CPU
The Christian Bookstore
1490 Pearman Dairy Rd
Anderson SC 29625-2000
(864) 225-6193 (864) 225-6504 fax
M-F 9-6:30 Sat 10 - 4

CLEMSON

Clemson University CPU $75,000
#1 Clemson Univ – Johnstone Hall
Clemson SC 29632-0001
(864) 656-2351
M – F 8:30 – 5

EASLEY

Easley CPU
Data Control Service
5115 Calhoun Memorial Hwy
Easley SC 29640-3860
(864) 859-0921
M – F 8– 5:30 Sat 8 - 1

EZ Post of Dacusville CPU
EZ Fitness for Ladies
3705 Farrs Bridge Rd
Easley SC 29640-9323
(864) 246-4300
M – F 8 – 7 Sat 8 - 1

GREENVILLE

Woodruff Rd CPU
Classic True Value Hardware, Inc
1622 Woodruff Rd
Greenville SC 29607-5929
(864) 234-0022 Fax (864) 234-0996
M – F 9 – 6 Sat 9 - 1

GREER

Parkway at Batesville CPU
Pak Mail
419 The Parkway
Greer SC 29650-4522
(864) 879-6600
M – F 8:45 – 6 Sat 9 –1
(private mail boxes)

SENECA

Booksmith CPU
Booksmith
283 Market St
Seneca SC 29678-0925
(864) 885-0872
M – F 9:30 – 5 Sat 9:30 – 12 (PO Boxes)

SPARTANBURG

Hillcrest CPU
Irwin Ace Hardware
147 Fernwood Dr
Spartanburg SC 29318-0001
(864) 582-8650 Fax: 864-582-1588
M – F 9 – 5 Sat 9 – 1
Sat 8:30 - 12

Westgate CPU
Mail Center
300 E. Blackstock Rd
Spartanburg SC 29301-2627
(864) 576-8848
M– F 9:30 – 6:00 Sat 10:30 - 4:00

PIEDMONT

Powdersville CPO (Piedmont)
Alpha Printing
11027 Anderson Rd
Piedmont SC 29673-8203
(864) 220-3707
M – F 9 – 5

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