Priority Mail Flat-Rate Shipping: A Super Option for Football Fans

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Football fans looking to send souvenirs, special edition programs or even a pair of cleats can hand off their shipping needs to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for the right option play of convenience, delivery speed, package size and economical price.

Convenient Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes and Envelopes will allow fans to ship anywhere in the country — National Football Conference or American Football Conference — for one flat price regardless of weight or destination. What’s the yardage from Glendale to Pittsburgh? It doesn’t matter with USPS as the receiver to connect on every yard line.

By making Priority Mail flat-rate shipping their first-round draft choice, fans can land a perfect spiral delivery with 2-day service between Arizona or Pennsylvania and Florida — and score extra points for no delay of game.

With a starting lineup of four different flat-rate boxes to tackle shipping from any playbook, customers have the home-field advantage of pickup and delivery right from a home or office address. The rectangular regular-sized flat-rate box is just right for an autographed jersey. The shoebox-sized choice is the obvious one for cleats. The largest flat-rate box will hold a collection of memorabilia from hats to mugs and pennants. And new on the roster this season, the Small Flat Rate Box is designed for game DVDs or the half-time show sound track and ships for only $4.95.

Knowing the price at pre-game allows fans to avoid interference like fumbling to calculate weight and postage or scrimmaging around for zone charts — Priority Mail flat-rate shipping provides solid zone defense with the same rate to any U.S. address, up to 70 lbs.

Customers who have better things to worry about at kickoff can call surcharges offside. The Postal Service never charges extra for fuel, Saturday delivery or residential delivery, sacking the competition on cost. Fans who use usps.com or other USPS-approved online shipping system can feel like an MVP and save even more, as shown in the chart below.

    Priority Mail Box or             Size         Retail Price  Online Price
     Envelope                      (inches)
    Flat-Rate Envelope         12-1/2 x 9-1/2          $4.95        $4.80
    Small Flat-Rate Box        8-5/8 x 5-3/8 x 1-5/8   $4.95        $4.80
    Regular Flat-Rate Box      11 x 8-1/2 x 5-1/2      $10.35       $9.85
     (similar to shoe box)
    Regular Flat-Rate Box      13-5/8 x 11-7/8 x 3-3/8 $10.35       $9.85
     (similar to clothing box)
    Large Flat-Rate Box:       12-1/4 x 12-1/4 x 6
     Domestic Addresses                                $13.95       $13.50
     APO/FPO Addresses                                 $11.95       $11.50

The same lineup of Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes also can be used for international shipping. U.S. customers can ship to their fellow fans in Canada or Mexico at flat rates starting at $10.95. For more international prices and additional information about Priority Mail flat-rate shipping, customers can go to: usps.com/shipping/prioritymail.htm.

All Priority Mail flat-rate packaging is free of charge, eco-friendly and can be picked up at Post Offices nationwide or ordered online at usps.com.

With the convenience of Priority Mail Flat Rate boxes and envelopes, a football fan needs to plan for only one thing: which version of the touchdown dance to do when the package is delivered to the addressed end zone, thanks to the teamwork of USPS speed, size and price.

An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services, not tax dollars, to pay for operating expenses. The Postal Service has annual revenue of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.

SOURCE U.S. Postal Service