Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Actual Fees for Competitive PO Boxes

When the USPS announced the prices for PO Boxes in those areas that were allowed to be on the Competitive Price list they had ranges instead of exact prices.  The exact prices have been determined in this letter: Competitive Post Office Box Service Fees

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

AMPC Publishes its own Daily News

AMPC uses Twitter to receive and transmit news about the industry, stores, and AMPC itself.  News from Twitter is sometimes picked up and added here, but only if it is significant. If you are interested in receiving all the news we get from Twitter on a daily basis, AMPC is now publishing that information here: [...]

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

2011 Carrier Rate Change Summary

A summary of the changes made by the major carriers for 2011 in a tri-fold format. Click on the image to download:

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Postal Regulatory Commission 2010 Annual Report

Read the full report here. CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE, DECEMBER 2010 For well over two centuries, the United States has benefitted from a successful and ubiquitous Postal Service binding the people of the Nation together. Methods of communications in the country continue to change, and the mail is no longer the primary way we keep in touch. [...]

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Updated MPC Facebook List

Associated Mail & Parcel Centers (AMPC) members pay dues to support the organization’s efforts to support their businesses. The money pays for a staff to develop benefits, programs, discounts, research, education, and advocacy for the members. Joining AMPC is easy. To help us support your industry and business, go to www.ampc.org and sign up. Take a [...]

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Who Else Does That?

I took a call the other day from a store owner who had just received his dues invoice.  He was concerned about the expense and wanted to know what we did for stores that he couldn’t find elsewhere.  So I attempted to explain. We meet with the two private carriers once a year and present [...]

Monday, December 20th, 2010

More Retail Shipping Facebook Listings

Take a look at how the industry is using Facebook to connect with their customers. The following are additions to the original listing. If you have a Facebook page and I missed it, send a note to hello@ampc.org and we will add you to the list. The Freight Station Pack & Mail Etc Charleston AFB [...]

Friday, December 17th, 2010

Retail Shipping and Facebook

Take a look at how the industry is using Facebook to connect with their customers. If you have a Facebook page and I missed it, send a note to hello@ampc.org and we will add you to the list. The UPS Store Corp Paragould PostNet UPS Store Cypress Pack and Mail PostNet Missoula Indian Trail Pack [...]

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Retail Shipping and Security

We are all concerned with the safety of our families, our employees, our businesses, ourselves, and our country and we are willing to put up with a lot of inconvenience and a certain amount of lost dignity to achieve it. We serpentine down cattle shoots at the airports, put our liquids in baggies, remove our [...]

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

PRC Approves USPS 2011 Rate Increase

Earlier today [December 2, 2010] the Postal Regulatory Commission approved the Shipping Services price changes proposed last month. This affects Parcel Select, Parcel Return Service, Express Mail, and Priority Mail. The price changes will be effective January 2, 2011. Mailing Services which includes Standard and First-Class parcels, Media, and BPM are not affected. Price increases [...]