{"id":4159,"date":"2012-04-19T19:21:48","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T00:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=4159"},"modified":"2012-04-19T19:21:48","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T00:21:48","slug":"u-s-postal-service-unveils-self-service-parcel-locker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2012\/04\/19\/u-s-postal-service-unveils-self-service-parcel-locker\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Postal Service Unveils Self-Service Parcel Locker"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Northern Virginia Shopping Mall Hosts First Community ‘gopost’ to Ship and Receive Packages on the Go<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

ARLINGTON, VA \u2014 The U.S. Postal Service\u2019s new self-service parcel locker, dubbed gopost, was unveiled today at a ribbon-cutting ceremony witnessed by hundreds of shoppers and retailers at the Ballston Common Mall in Arlington, VA. Designed for today\u2019s on-the-go lifestyles, gopost contains dozens of individual parcel lockers that Postal Service customers can use to receive or ship packages while they\u2019re out shopping or doing other errands.<\/p>\n

A pilot program designed to expand service access to customers in locations they already frequent, the gopost parcel locker at the Arlington shopping center is one of 25 being rolled out in northern Virginia this year and the first at a non-Postal Service location.<\/p>\n

Six other gopost units are currently being tested at Post Offices in northern Virginia. These include the Arlington South Post Office, the Merrifield Post Office, the Kingstowne Post Office (Alexandria), the Prince William Post Office (Woodbridge), the Chantilly Post Office, and the Centreville Post Office.<\/p>\n

The Postal Service is planning to install other gopost units at places such as grocery stores, pharmacies, transportation hubs and other shopping centers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Postal Service is committed to improving the way we serve our customers,\u201d said Kelly Sigmon, vice president, Channel Access. \u201cWe want to give them more convenience, more flexibility and more options. That\u2019s what gopost is all about.<\/p>\n

\u201cgopost represents the next great innovation from the U.S. Postal Service,\u201d added Sigmon. \u201cIt\u2019s based on a simple, yet novel idea: Why wait for your package when your package can wait for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

To use the service, customers register at gopost.com<\/a>, where they select their own personal ID numbers to use with their gopost access cards. The cards are mailed to customers once registration is completed. Packages are delivered to gopost by Postal Service carriers. When a package arrives, the gopost customer is notified via email that the item is available for pickup.<\/p>\n

Customers also can use gopost to ship packages. \u201cgopost is a great convenience, especially for busy small-business owners,\u201d said Sigmon. \u201cAll they have to do is place a postage-paid package in one of the gopost lockers, and our local carrier does the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Customers are not assigned specific lockers; rather, packages are placed in lockers that are available and accommodate the size of the package.<\/p>\n

At this time, only packages delivered via the U.S. Postal Service can be shipped to gopost. But we are examining ways that may allow for packages shipped via alternative carriers to be seamlessly provided to the Postal Service for \u201clast mile\u201d delivery into gopost.<\/p>\n

According to Sigmon, many gopost stations will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. \u201cIt\u2019s secure, convenient, and there\u2019s no additional charge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s ceremony marks the official launch of the pilot program. The Ballston Common Mall was selected for its high traffic and access to the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could not be happier that Ballston Common Mall was selected as the first shopping mall gopost site,\u201d said John J. Moore, eastern regional vice president, Forest City Commercial Management. \u201cWe welcome the added convenience gopost provides to our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about gopost or to sign up for the service, visit gopost.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northern Virginia Shopping Mall Hosts First Community ‘gopost’ to Ship and Receive Packages on the Go ARLINGTON, VA \u2014 The U.S. Postal Service\u2019s new self-service parcel locker, dubbed gopost, was unveiled today at a ribbon-cutting ceremony witnessed by hundreds of shoppers and retailers at the Ballston Common Mall in Arlington, VA. Designed for today\u2019s on-the-go […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4159","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=4159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4161,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4159\/revisions\/4161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}