NEW YORK CITY, NY — Gift-givers mean well, but there are times when the present doesn’t fit your style.  Consumers returning holiday gifts from friends and family can rely on the ease and convenience of online solutions at usps.com/clicknship.  Skip the trip to the post office and simply do all of your shipping online. 

Click-N-Ship offers consumers a quick and easy way to return gifts using a desktop computer at home or the office. They will also receive an online discount for postage and free USPS Tracking with Priority Mail and Priority Express Mail packages.  You can also insure your package for the value of the items, up to $5,000.  Express Mail automatically comes with $100 insurance.

And when a package is ready to be shipped, scheduling a pickup is free for packages prepared through USPS Click-N-Ship.  Additionally, customers returning a package received through a merchant who included a USPS return shipping label may also request free package pick up service.

Customers looking to obtain free Flat Rate Priority Mail or Priority Express Mail shipping supplies may order them online at the U.S. Postal Store: usps.com/store.  Priority Mail and Priority Express Mail Flat Rate boxes and envelopes feature predetermined rates regardless of weight (domestic shipping) or destination and may also be obtained at any post office.  Postage for a small Flat Rate Priority box is $5.80 and the medium size boxes are $12.35.

So regardless of the reason why holiday gifts need to be returned, the Postal Service can take care of the “how” through one of the simple and convenient return services found at usps.com.  For more shipping information, please visit: USPS Ship a Package.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation: 152 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 more than 31,000 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 42nd in the 2012 Fortune 500. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for seven years and the fourth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.

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