Video: Post office box holders say they were never notified by USPS about break-ins

SEATTLE, Wash. —The United States Postal Inspector’s Office s investigating a series of post office box break-ins at the Lake City Post Office Branch. Jack Kleinart said he found out that his post office box was tampered with when he checked his mail last week. “That’s why we have a post office box in the […]

USPS raising PO Box fees for 1,625 locations

The Postal Service hereby provides notice that Post Office Box TM service for approximately 1,625 locations will be reassigned from their market-dominant fee groups to competitive fee groups. In May 2011, a Request of the United States Postal Service was filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to transfer approximately 6,800 PO Box locations from […]

Senator Murkowski Gets FedEx to Rethink its Rural P.O. Box Policies

Senator’s Efforts and Engagement Result in a Special Task Force by the Carrier Waiting for days to get prescription drugs.  Trips to the post office to find an empty box where your business-critical supplies should be.  After hearing these and other rural Alaskans’ frustrations about FedEx delivery problems that occur when FedEx hands packages over […]

“Your Other Address”: USPS launches PO box marketing test

USPS is conducting a test marketing and advertising program for PO Boxes in four markets. The test campaign — using the tagline “Your Other Address” — launched this week in Tampa, FL; Hartford/New Haven, CT; Minneapolis, MN; and Portland, OR. The campaign concludes in December. The campaign has direct mail, radio, print, Internet and point-of-purchase […]

Obtaining Post Office Boxes Just Got Easier

Mr. Zip’s Tip: USPS saw a 248% increase in online Post Office Box renewals in Fiscal Year 2009. The U.S. Postal Service has incorporated improvements in its Post Office Boxes website to make it more user friendly in obtaining a Post Office box.  The changes are based on a USPS usability study and include: A […]