The PO on Old Freeport Road has a machine that allows one to weigh and order postage for packages, too, so you don't have to stand in line. Unfortunately, neither the E Liberty nor the Bloomfield office have this. In a message dated 10/16/2011 8:35:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, twokelseys@gmail.com writes: And if you don't like waiting in line at the PO, check out _www.usps.com_ (http://www.usps.com/) I order all my stamps there, and you can take care of packages online, too.. Ward Kelsey =========================================== On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Susan Ryan <_susan@heps.phys.cmu.edu_ (mailto:susan@heps.phys.cmu.edu) > wrote: Last year when people were mailing Christmas cards at the East Liberty Post Office outdoor/drive-up box, I noticed that the man who emptied the box would rip off the rubber bands and throw them on the ground. I commented to him "do you throw these on the ground?!? That's littering." He shrugged and went on dropping them as he removed them. People had hoped to help by grouping them together by zip code or in and out of state, etc. Probably personnel inside take them off anyway so he was doing it in advance. Anyway, there was a pile of what looked like worms on the wet pavement and it was probably repeated many times for a month. I was dumbfounded so I wrote a note and put it in the mail slot inside the PO. It probably did no good at all and shows us that the anti-litering campaign hasn't been absorbed by everyone. But I do agree that the PO has better package rates. -- On Sat, 15 Oct 2011, _JeanJon@aol.com_ (mailto:JeanJon@aol.com) wrote: I suggest that we actually use the USPO. I had a package to send and UPS wanted $11.00 with a 5 day delivery. The USPO charged me $5.15 with a 2 day delivery..... In a message dated 10/14/2011 9:13:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, _lbbornebulk@gmail.com_ (mailto:lbbornebulk@gmail.com) writes: I know this is a very small thing but I get a lot of mail and it mostly comes with rubber bands. I asked my Postman if he could reuse them and would like me to but them out for him to reuse when I saved bunch. He said definitely that he would reuse them until they where worn out. So I'm asking for all of us to save the rubber bands, if you get them, and leave them out for your Postman when you accumulate a bunch. I try to be as green as I can and reusing even such small things as rubber bands is much better than just tossing them in the trash and imagine if everyone did this how much money the USPS would save over the long haul. Thanks for yelping with this if you can, Brian -- REDISTRIBUTE ONLY WITH PERMISSION OF AUTHOR <_http://lists.highlandparkpa.com/mailman/listinfo/neighborhood_ (http://lists.highlandparkpa.com/mailman/listinfo/neighborhood) > -- REDISTRIBUTE ONLY WITH PERMISSION OF AUTHOR <_http://lists.highlandparkpa.com/mailman/listinfo/neighborhood_ (http://lists.highlandparkpa.com/mailman/listinfo/neighborhood) > -- REDISTRIBUTE ONLY WITH PERMISSION OF AUTHOR <_http://lists.highlandparkpa.com/mailman/listinfo/neighborhood_ (http://lists.highlandparkpa.com/mailman/listinfo/neighborhood) > -- Please reply to _twokelseys@juno.com_ (mailto:twokelseys@juno.com) .