101.5 KNUE Country Radio » Postal Service http://knue.com Mon, 20 May 2013 22:34:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 US Postal Service to Stop Shipping Electronics to Troops Overseas http://knue.com/us-postal-service-to-stop-shipping-electronics-to-troops-overseas/ http://knue.com/us-postal-service-to-stop-shipping-electronics-to-troops-overseas/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 19:45:30 +0000 Kathy Landin http://tsminteractive.com/?p=98879 In an announcement made earlier this month, the US Postal Service told customers that as of May 16, they will no longer ship electronics like iPads, Kindles, smartphones and other devices containing lithium batteries overseas.

This means that people who want to ship electronics to troops serving abroad will have to pay a premium to go through private shipping services.

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