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Ronald Stroman, Deputy Postmaster General Invited guests include: Postal Customer Council MembersGopost Customers New York District Postal Officials General Public Media |
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013 |
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Grand Central Station Post Office Lobby |
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Media is invited to attend the event, take photos and interview the speakers and special guests, as well as other agreeable audience members and postal communications representatives. Please contact Connie Chirichello at 973-580-1675 for additional assistance. |
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The USPS recently expanded its alternate delivery locations – where customers may choose to receive packages – instead of at home, business or post office box. There is no charge for the service. The newest gopost has been installed in the Grand Central Station Post Office with a kiosk inside of the post office. The gopost was designed to expand service access to customers in locations already frequented. Now they can have packages delivered directly to a gopost locker of their choice. The gopost parcel locker inside of the Grand Central Station post office is the first to be rolled out in New York City. The mail carrier delivers to the gopost. An email or text message notifies registered customers when their packages are delivered to the parcel locker. “The Postal Service is committed to improving the way we serve our customers,” said William Schnaars, District Manager for the New York District of the postal service. “We want to give them more convenience, more flexibility and more options. That’s what gopost is all about.” Other gopost parcel lockers located in New York City include:
How to get started with the convenience of using gopost – An additional way to receive and send packages: To use the service, customers simply register at gopost.com, where they select their own personal ID numbers to use with their goPost access cards. The cards are mailed to customers and then activated after the customer visits a participating Post Office for a one-time ID verification. Packages are delivered to gopost by Postal Service carriers. When a package arrives, the gopost customer is notified via email that the item is available for pickup. Customers are not assigned specific lockers; rather, packages are placed in lockers that are available and accommodate the size of the package. To learn more about gopost or to sign up for the service, visit gopost.com. |
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