Retail

REVISED PUBLICATION

Publication 595, Dinero Seguro/Sure Money, Is Available at the Material Distribution Center

The Material Distribution Center (MDC) has received its stock of the revised Publication 595, Dinero Seguro/Sure Money.

Publication 595 is a brochure that provides general information regarding Sure MoneyTM service, which is branded in Retail as Dinero Seguro®, an international money-by-wire service to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The brochure is useful for display at retail locations and also for distribution at events such as passport fairs, Cinco de Mayo festivities, Mother's Day activities, and other presentations and events that may target the Hispanic market.

Publication 595 provides instructions for using the Dinero Seguro service, lists participating countries and corresponding bank partnerships in those countries, and includes a Frequent User Card that customers can easily remove from the brochure and keep to make subsequent Dinero Seguro transactions easier and quicker.

A customer who uses the Dinero Seguro service for the first time has to complete PS Form 5006, Dinero Seguro Payment Order Application. The retail associate transfers the information from the form to the system, and then records on the customer's Frequent User Card the transaction number generated by the system. For subsequent transactions, the customer presents the Frequent User Card and the transaction number to the retail associate, and when the retail associate enters the transaction number into the system, the customer's information appears on the screen. Keeping and using the Frequent User Card saves the customer from having to complete PS Form 5006, and it saves the retail associate from having to re- enter information into the system, thereby greatly reducing the time needed to complete the transaction.

For instructions on how to handle Dinero Seguro transactions, Postal ServiceTM personnel can access the student workbooks titled Dinero Seguro Self-Instructional Training, which are available on the web at http://training materials.usps.gov/desktop-pub/; in the "Search" box, type in "Dinero Seguro"; click on Find; and then download the student workbook for IBM or NCR, as appropriate.

Only current authorized retail locations should order Publication 595. If you are interested in becoming an authorized retail location, or if you would like more information on Sure Money service, see http://blue.usps.gov/marketing/retail/suremoney.

You may order Publication 595, PS Form 5006, and individual Frequent User Cards (so that customers and Postal Service personnel don't have to use a whole brochure just to get a card) from the MDC and use touch tone order entry (TTOE): Call 800-332-0317, option 2.

Note: You must be registered to use TTOE. To register, call 800-332-0317, option 1, extension 2925, and follow the prompts to leave a message. (Wait 48 hours after registering before placing your first order.)

Use the following information to order these items:

Publication 595 is expected to be available online. When it is, we will publish an announcement in the Postal Bulletin.

PS Form 5006 is available on the Postal Service PolicyNet Web site:

• Go to http://blue.usps.gov.

• Under "Essential Links" in the left-hand column, click on References.

• Under "References" in the right-hand column, under "Policies," click on PolicyNet.

• Click on Forms.

(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet Web site is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)

—Product Information Requirements,
Product Development, 4-27-06

NOTICE

Purchasing Bill Validator Cleaning Cards

Effectively immediately, bill validator cleaning cards must be purchased only through the Material Distribution Center (MDC) in Topeka. Purchasing through eBuy from outside vendors who charge as much as $13.20 must stop immediately. The MDC charges $2.07 for the same item.

To order cleaning cards through the MDC and use touch tone order entry (TTOE): Call 800-332-0317, option 2.

Note: You must be registered to use TTOE. To register, call 800-332-0317, option 1, extension 2925, and follow the prompts to leave a message. (Wait 48 hours after registering before placing your first order.)

Use the following information to place an order through the MDC:

PSIN: K3288-BPP10
PSN: 7920-04-000-7147
Unit of Measure: PG
Minimum Order Quantity: 1 package of 10
Bulk Pack Quantity: 200
Quick Pick Number: 571
Price: $2.0006

You can find additional information about ordering through the MDC in the NMCS Information Packet that can be downloaded at http://blue.usps.gov/purchase/operations/ops_nmcs_.htm.

—Retail Service Equipment,
Delivery and Retail, 4-27-06

CORRECTION

Date Change for Printing Holiday Stamps by Mail Brochures

The print run dates for the yearly Stamps Delivered to Your Door brochure were published in Postal Bulletin 22169 (12-8-05, pages 71-73). The published cut-off date of September 11, 2006, targeted as a fiscal year (FY) 2006 expenditure, has been changed to September 5, 2006, so printing will be an expenditure for FY 2006. The October 2, 2006, date, targeted as an expenditure for FY 2007, will stay the same.

Please plan so you can meet these dates of September 5, 2006, and October 2, 2006, and assure brochures are available and distributed to maximize revenues and meet customer needs for holiday stamps.

—Retail Marketing,
Customer Service, 4-27-06