Everytime I use the services of the UPS Store in the Green Firs Shopping Center, University Place, I feel as though I have been royally ripped-off. Check the numbers and it is obvious that re-sellers of postal services are making bank on our laziness. If we took the time to drive to the US Post office in our area, we would save some major money on each of the services.

Today, I sent a letter Certified Mail - Return Receipt from the UPS Store. The only reason I go to the UPS Store is because I had no idea where the nearest US Post office is, until today. The cost of sending a certified letter [regular weight] is $4.80 at UPS as opposed to $2.80 at the US Post Office. Add to this the cost of Return Receipt, $3.80 at the UPS Store, or $2.30 at the Post Office, and the cost of postage for the letter itself, .61 cents at UPS Store and .44 cents at the US Post Office. We can see that the transaction totaled $9.21 at the UPS Store, but would have only been $5.54 at the Post Office. I could have saved $3.67 by driving to the nearest US Post Office which is at 6817 27TH ST W in UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA [98466-9998]. This is just a few blocks north of the UPS Store, maybe a 5 minute drive farther down the road. It pays to find out where these places are, for future reference.

Coincidentally, I had just gone to the Brown Bear Car Wash at 38th Street near Pine just 10 minutes earlier. That is right around the corner from the US Post Office at 3503 S 56TH ST, TACOMA, WA 98409-9997. [Addresses found at USPS.COM] I really don’t find the “convenience” of the UPS Store appealing anymore. The extra savings are worth the short trip to the Post Office.

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