Quick, Easy and Convenient... The Postal Service Works For You (NAPSA)—So muchto do and so little time to do it! As the holiday mailing season closes in, the U.S. Postal Service makes it easier for customerslooking to ease the pressures of their busylifestyles. Shipping packages is easier than ever when you’ use www.usps.com to print shipping labels with or without postage, pay for postage with a credit card, or to notify your carrier of a pickup—all from a personal or business computer. And this holiday season, the Postal Service has added a new feature. Customers using Click-N-Ship to print labels and buy postage can also purchase up to $200 worth of insurance online for domestic Express Mail and Priority Mail packages. “The insurance offering, in conjunction with the Click-N-Ship and Carrier pickup Websites, provide consumers and small businesses with the added convenience of using our services right from homeoroffice,” said Product Development Vice President Nick Barranca. Postal Service insurance purchased online works the same and costs the sameasretail insurance. For insurance in excess of $200, customers still need to visit their local Post Office™. As an added value, all online insured Priority Mail pieces get free Delivery Confirmation” service and the opportunity to con- firm delivery on Track & Confirm at www.usps.com/shipping/track andconfirm. All in one barcode— no added labels, forms or stickers required. Click-N-Ship lets customers create labels with postage, pay with a credit card, store up to 1,000 addresses, view their ship- ping history, and order scales, self-adhesive labels and other shipping supplies. After printing a label with postage, customers can go to the Carrier pickupsite (www.usps.com/shipping/carrier pickup) to schedule a package pickup at no additional cost. Packages will be picked up by a carrier when the mail is delivered on the scheduled pickup day. “Mailing packages insured online is a snap,” said Barranca, adding, “Customers can request carrier pickup the day before, hand their mail to the carrier during delivery or bring it to the local Post Office. Online services make mailing quick, easy and convenient.” A free “Customer Guide to Mailing”is also available online at www.usps.com/customersguide.
