Pembroke Pines FL --- Tropical Storm Isaac is heading for South Florida, and the U.S. Postal Service is reminding its customers that its website — usps.com — is an online Post Office at their fingertips. It’s open for business 24/7.
Internet Change-of-Address allows customers to change addresses, sign up for various services and order moving supplies. A temporary change of address is designed for customers who plan on returning to their residence within 6 months. If a customer is not planning to return to a current address, a Permanent Change of Address order should be filed.
Hold Mail Service allows customers to have their mail held safely at a local Post Office while they are away from home. Hold Mail is designed for customers who plan on occupying their homes within 30 days. If you feel you will not be able to occupy your home within 30 days, submit a Change of Address order. Scheduling can be done online.
Click-N-Ship allows customers to print shipping labels with postage for Priority Mail, Express Mail, Global Express Guaranteed, Priority Mail International and Express Mail International.
With Carrier Pickup, customers can go online to request that Express Mail and Priority Mail packages be picked up at their homes or offices — for free.
Shipping supplies are free. Priority Mail and Express Mail boxes, envelopes and labels, international mailing products and customs forms are available at no charge, and may be ordered at usps.com (or may be picked up at your local Post Office).
Customers also may reserve and renew a Post Office Box online.
CardStore, Premium Postcards and Click2Mail allow customers to create and send customized mailings.
Other popular usps.com features include Track & Confirm, ZIP Code Lookup, Calculate Postage, and Post Office Locator.
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The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 151 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 35th in the 2011 Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency six consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.
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