Update: USPS 2007 Holiday Schedule

USPS: 2007 Holiday Schedule:
* Monday, January 1 - New Year's Day
* Monday, January 15 - Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday
* Monday, February 19 - Washington's Birthday (President's Day)
* Monday, May 28 - Memorial Day
* Wednesday, July 4 - Independence Day
* Monday, September 3 - Labor Day
* Monday, October 8 - Columbus Day
* Monday, November 12 - Veterans Day Observed
* Thursday, November 22 - Thanksgiving Day
* Tuesday, December 25 - Christmas Day
* Tuesday, January 1, 2008 - New Year's Day




www.fastpack.net Shipping Supplies

USPS Priority Mail Shipping Increase - How is Fastpack dealing with this increase?

As many of you already know, the United States Postal Service is not only increasing rates on Priority Mail, and their other services, but also going to a Dimensional Weight system also (to zones 5-8). Any package over 1 cubic foot, (a 12"x12"x12" box is 1 cubic foot), would be measured to determine it's Dimensional weight, and the higher of the two would be charged, either dimensional or actual weight.

We have had many customers contact us, concerned about how this increase would affect their shipping costs on the shipping supplies purchased from us. How are we handling the increase? Will there be any increases?; Yes, and NO.

Lets start with good news, NO shipping increases are expected on ANY of our products.(Except to our customers in AK & HI & PR, sorry, see below for more information.)

We have negotiated lower shipping rates with a couple of Ground delivery companies and will be shipping items that previously shipped via Priority mail, via these ground services. This includes our Bubble Wrap rolls, and Peanuts, along with any other products that have in the past shipped via Priority mail. A few items will still ship Priority Mail, but only these items not effected by the increase. You will start to see changes to each page on our website showing which method of delivery each product or product line will ship. All items that have shipped via Ground Delivery in the past, will still ship via Ground, with no increase. Reminder, customers on the west coast that in the past have received their Priority mail packages in 3 days, may take approximately 5 business days via Ground delivery. The remainder of the our customers should receive items in 1-4 days.

To our customers in AK, HI & PR, there have been some slight increases to some items, we are still working on possible solutions to lower shipping rates to your states.

If you have any questions regarding our new shipping policy or methods, please send us an email, and we will respond asap. Send emails to support@fast-pack.com .

FREE SHIPPING ON BUBBLE MAILERS / ENVELOPES! 1 DAY ONLY ! MAY 22, 2007

FREE SHIPPING ON ALL "OUR BRAND" BUBBLE MAILERS / ENVELOPES

FREE SHIPPING - May 22, 2007 - 1 DAY ONLY

*From Tuesday May 22, 2007 at 12:01am EST, and Ends at 11:59 Midnight EST Tuesday May 22, 2007

*FREE SHIPPING on all "Our Brand" Self Seal Bubble Mailers / Envelopes. Click Here

NEW - Our Brand Kraft Bubble Envelopes

All sale items will be marked clearly with the words FREE SHIPPING, on May 22, 2007 ONLY. Until then, shipping will still be still marked on our site and charged. Free Shipping will be offered on case quantities of #000, #0, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, & #CD.

(#000 & #CD, already FREE SHIPPING EVERYDAY!!!!!)For more details click here.

NEW Designs added for 2007 to our Themed / Patterned Foam Padded Envelope line

New Patterns / Designs for 2007 added to our Foam Lined Protective Envelopes. See all of our offered designs by Clicking HERE.

Daylight savings time starts March 11 2007 - (3 Weeks Early)

Just a quick note reminding you that Daylight Savings Time (DST) starts 3 weeks early this year.

Electronic equipment that was programmed before 2005 thinks daylight savings starts on first Sunday in April, not March 11. This change will affect everything from Computers, to Time Clocks, to PDA's, Alarm Clocks, to DVR's, Cell Phones, and Time controlled thermostats, etc., that were programmed/built prior to the change made to DST in 2005.

Here are a few articles explaining the change in further detail.

Change to DST might be tricky - Daylight-saving time coming earlier this year.

Why would daylight-saving time mess up my computer?