Taking Advantage of Free Business Supplies
by David Seitz
It's funny how much money is thrown out the window without
any second look. What am I talking about? Wasted boxes,
labels, tape, wrapping, packaging, etc. Why buy it when you
can get it all for free? Actually it's better than free,
you can even have it delivered to your door for absolutely
no cost! hmmm got your attention now don't I?
How much money do you spend annually on packaging supplies?
I guarantee if you do any kind of mail order it's a very
large chunk of change. Your dumping money down the drain
unless your like the hundreds of thousands of other people
that know how to take advantage of the US postal service
and are saving money daily.
Did you know that you can call the US postal service to
receive an order form for supplies? You can have the same
exact postal supplies that the post office uses themselves
delivered right to your door. All this for absolutely no
cost. They will even pick up your outgoing mail for a very
modest fee.
But wait there's more than meets the eye.
About three years ago I needed to ship a number of books
out to customers rather quickly and I was having problems
using FED EX (one big problem was the price) I called my
local post office and inquired about using their priority
mail services. After a very helpful 15 minutes on the phone
I set up a free meeting with the local VP of marketing. If
you ever had a problem with UPS or Fed Ex, don't walk...
RUN to your local post office! They will bend over
backwards to help you.
To my delight the meeting lasted about 3 hours! I hit it
off well with the guy and we started talking about how the
post office is run and the types of materials they use. We
were talking about different business needs and how the
post office creates custom packages for just about anything
you need. He showed me samples of packaging for books,
videos, CD's, cassettes, dual videos, binders, they even
have tubes for shipping drafting sheets, posters, etc. I
have seen the price on similar packaging and believe me
it's a far cry from free! They can even print your labels
for you using your business name, etc. How much do you
spend on packing tape? If you do a large amount of shipping
it's definitely more then you should be spending! Stop
right now and get it free from your uncle..... Uncle Sam
that is.
Give the US postal service a call at 1-800-222-1811 and ask
them to send you a supply order form. They will ask for
your business name but you can have it sent under just your
name. Better yet, order everything on-line with the click
of your mouse http://supplies.usps.gov/. If you need to see
the different types of supplies in person call your local
office to make an appointment with the person in charge of
mail-order.
Although you will still have to pay postage on anything you
are mailing, you won't feel so bad with all the money you
are now saving on supplies. I don't know about you but
shipping a couple pounds anywhere in the country for just
over 3 bucks sounds good to me. A free package and delivery
in one to three days clearly makes it a winner in my book!
Worried about leaving your current provider because of
delivery confirmation? Good news! Uncle Sam now has package
delivery confirmation services for only 35 cents. Below is
the paragraph clip about this new service.
Retail customers will have access to the date and time of
delivery, and the ZIP Code where their shipment was
delivered.
They will also hear about any attempted deliveries, and
forwarded or returned shipments.
Customers access their information by calling
1-800-222-1811 or by logging onto the Postal Service's Web
site at http://www.usps.com/cttgate.
All delivery information in the Postal Service Delivery
Confirmation database will be updated each evening.
I hope you take advantage of everything the USPS has to
offer and drop the money magnets you are now using!
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David Seitz is a Graphic/Web design specialist out of the
Wilkes Barre/Scranton area of northeast, PA. Specializing
in web graphics, navigation and Internet marketing.
Publisher of the free Helping Hand Internet Marketing
Newsletter, committed to helping you succeed online with
little or no cost. If you would like to learn more about
David you may visit a custom online digital portfolio at
http://www.wyomingvalley.com/webdesign/.
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