{"id":16188,"date":"2012-11-28T20:50:52","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T02:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=16188"},"modified":"2012-11-28T20:50:52","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T02:50:52","slug":"holiday-shipping-tips-from-the-postal-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/11\/holiday-shipping-tips-from-the-postal-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Shipping Tips From The Postal Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>by Debra J. Mitchell \u2013 United States Postal Service<\/strong><\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Special to the Lehigh Acres \u00a0Gazette<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ready, Set, Go!\u00a0 The holiday mailing season is here and your local Postmasters have some great tips for you:<\/p>\n<p>Insure your packages against loss or damage.\u00a0 You can add $50 of insurance coverage to your package for only $1.85.\u00a0 Insurance is not automatically included in USPS pricing!\u00a0 You can insure your package for up to $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>When preparing your package use a sturdy box with cushioning.\u00a0 Seal your package with reinforced nylon tape.\u00a0 Please do not wrap your package with paper as it can be torn away in processing.\u00a0 Include a name and address inside the package in case the address becomes illegible.\u00a0 No string on your package please!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mail your holiday greeting cards and packages early.\u00a0 Dec. 14 is the deadline for Christmas arrival of parcel post service, Dec. 20 for holiday greeting cards, Dec. 21 for Priority Mail and Dec. 22 for Express Mail.<\/p>\n<p>Take advantage of convenient contracted post offices in your area that offer USPS pricing!\u00a0 For the location nearest you visit www.usps.com or call 1-800-ASK-USPS.\u00a0 Remember that there is a Post Office open 24\/7 at www.usps.com.\u00a0 When you mail your packages there you get discounted postage, FREE delivery confirmation (proof of delivery) and FREE carrier pickup of your package at your home or office.\u00a0 You can even order FREE Priority Mail packaging to be delivered to your home or office.<\/p>\n<p>No computer?\u00a0 No problem!\u00a0 Call 800-782-6724 to purchase Prepaid Forever Priority Mail Flat Rate boxes.\u00a0 These boxes include Free delivery confirmation and carrier pick up.\u00a0 These prepaid boxes will be good for Priority Mail shipping FOREVER at today\u2019s pricing.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t use them this holiday season you will be able to use them next holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Mailing gift cards this holiday season?\u00a0 Do not send them in regular letter size envelopes.\u00a0 Use a padded mailer or a document mailer.\u00a0 The rigid gift card will not bend inside a letter size envelope and can be dislodged during mail processing.\u00a0 A specially designed Priority Mail gift card envelope is available at your local Post Office.<\/p>\n<p>Call for redelivery of packages that have been attempted for delivery at your home or office.\u00a0\u00a0 Your letter carrier will be happy to bring your package to you on a day that you will be available to receive it.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Zip\u2019s Tip:\u00a0 242 Million customers visit a Post Office during the holidays<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Debra J. Mitchell \u2013 United States Postal Service Special to the Lehigh Acres \u00a0Gazette Ready, Set, Go!\u00a0 The holiday mailing season is here and your local Postmasters have some&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}