When mailing things, cost counts. This is especially true if you are sending lots of care packages to a deployed service member, or mailing stuff to a family stationed overseas. Sometimes, the United ...

When you take a package to the post office or a private shipping company or order something online, you face a variety of shipping options. Some of these are affected by how much your item weighs, its ...

Twitter can be a terrible place, but it’s also full of fun facts. Here’s one for today: it’s impossible to exceed the 70 pound weight limit of the US Postal Service’s (USPS) small flat rate box. The ...

Question: Is the U.S. Postal Service discontinuing the use of flat-rate boxes? I can’t find them anywhere. I’ve looked at the Ala Moana Post Office for the past three weeks, and they haven’t had any.

Dec. 19—Question : Auwe ! Our post office usually has stacks of flat-rate boxes in the lobby, free for the taking, but last week there were none. Question : Auwe ! Our post office usually has stacks ...