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July 10, 2009
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Last Chance for Discounted
Postal Service Retail Products

Practical Items at Great Savings Abound in Local Post Office

Merrifield VA—Who doesn’t love a bargain? Shoppers in the know are heading to their local Post Office to enjoy a 75 percent discount on select U.S. Postal Service merchandise, including matted and framed artwork.

While improving the selection of new retail products it sells in Post Office lobbies across the country, the Postal Service is offering existing merchandise at terrific savings.

While at the Post Office, customers can — without charge — pick up the Postal Service’s Priority Mail Flat rate boxes to ship and share their finds with family and friends. These newfound treasures can be mailed in the Priority Mail Flat rate boxes for a set rate — regardless of weight or destination. If it fits, it ships!

Later this fall, customers will find enhanced product displays and a different mix of merchandise to better fit their needs. The categories of merchandise include:

  • Mailing and shipping supplies, such as ReadyPost boxes, mailers, tape and bubble wrap.
  • Mail-related merchandise, such as scales and stamp dispensers.
  • U.S. Postal Service-branded and promotional merchandise, such as passport holders.
  • Philatelic products, including stamp yearbooks, stamped postal cards and stationery.

“Our new merchandise selection will allow customers to choose from many of our core products to meet their mailing and shipping needs,” said Tim Healy, vice president, Retail Products and Services.

Discounts on select Postal Service-branded items are available until August, when discontinued items will be removed from sale at all Post Offices.

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 149 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes, six days a week. It has 34,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services, not tax dollars, to pay for operating expenses. Named the Most Trusted Government Agency five consecutive years by the Ponemon Institute, the Postal Service has annual revenue of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.