{"id":25133,"date":"2018-12-20T09:30:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T14:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=25133"},"modified":"2018-12-20T09:30:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T14:30:26","slug":"postal-service-adjusts-postage-refund-policy-for-some-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2018\/12\/20\/postal-service-adjusts-postage-refund-policy-for-some-items\/","title":{"rendered":"Postal Service Adjusts Postage Refund Policy For Some Items"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HolidayPriorityMailExpress_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HolidayPriorityMailExpress_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HolidayPriorityMailExpress_large-story-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HolidayPriorityMailExpress_large-story-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/HolidayPriorityMailExpress_large-story-120x80.jpg 120w\" alt=\"Priority Mail Express envelope\" width=\"716\" height=\"477\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\"><em>The Postal Service is adjusting its Priority Mail Express refund policy in anticipation of higher volumes next week.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 12\/19\/18 &#8211; USPS has adjusted the postage refund policy for Priority Mail Express one-day shipments sent from Dec. 22-25.<\/p>\n<p>Under the adjusted policy, Priority Mail Express one-day shipments sent during this period are not eligible for postage refunds unless the package is not delivered or delivery is not attempted within two days of the mailing date.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service is adjusting the policy in anticipation of increased mail volumes and unpredictable weather conditions that could affect one-day shipments during the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>The organization is reminding employees that postage refunds require the customer\u2019s copy of Priority Mail Express labels or receipts.<\/p>\n<p>Also, USPS wants employees to encourage customers to send Priority Mail Express items early to ensure the shipments arrive by their intended date.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information is available on the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usps.com\/holiday\/holiday-shipping-dates.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">usps.com Holiday Shipping Deadlines page<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Postal Service is adjusting its Priority Mail Express refund policy in anticipation of higher volumes next week. USPS News Link &#8211; 12\/19\/18 &#8211; USPS has adjusted the postage refund policy for Priority Mail Express one-day shipments sent from Dec. 22-25. Under the adjusted policy, Priority Mail Express one-day shipments sent during this period are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25135,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25133\/revisions\/25135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}