I was so tired of long Post Office lines! What a waste of time. I figured I could be at home listing on eBay instead. Then, I discovered the convenience of printing all my shipping labels online. The best part of this was now all I had to do was take my packages to the post office and drop them in the box.

However... what if my package didn't fit in that drop box? Right... I had to go wait in line. But what if I couldn't get to the Post Office while it was open? What a dilemma.

Then, I discovered the convenience of "scheduling a pickup." In about 1 minute, after setting up an account, I can go to usps.com, click on a link at the top, and schedule to have the mail carrier stop by my house and pick up my packages. I can schedule pickups for days later or the very next day. I can tell the mail carrier where the packages will be or I can tell him to ring the bell. I don't even have to be home!!

They do have certain restrictions. Nothing too tragic though. For exapmle, I believe at least 2 of your packages have to be either Priority or Express. That's okay with me because I primarily ship Priority anyway.

This saves so much time for me. Especially on days when I have 15 or so packages. Some of them get a little bulky, which could mean 3 or more back and forth trips from my car to the drop box inside the post office. Imagine if more people utilized these conveniences. There would be a lot fewer people standing in line.

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