PONCE – This week, the U.S. Postal Service will observe Good Friday on March 29, 2013 as a holiday. All post offices will be closed. There will be no regular mail delivery on Friday, except for Express Mail.
But some post offices which have self-service kiosks called Automated Postal Centers (APCs) provide mailing services to customers using a credit or debit card 24-hours a day, 365 days a year. APCs are also known as Self Service Ship & Mail Centers.
“Customer surveys reveal that many residential customers have never used an APC,” Postal Service spokesman Martin Caballero said, “so we are making an extra effort to reach out and let them know they can conduct postal business even on the holiday. First-time users tell us that they appreciated a postal employee showing them how easy it is to use and many actually moved from being non-users to frequent APC users.”
Automated Postal Centers are as simple to use as a bank ATM and provide mailing and shipping services as well as ZIP Code look-ups. In the San Juan area, an APC is located at:
585 AVE FD ROOSEVELT STE 202
SAN JUAN, PR 00936-9998
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