AMERICAN EXPRESS GIFT CARDS - GREAT DEAL - and AVAILABLE AT YOUR UNITED STATES POST OFFICE!

Today we want to support the UNITED STATES POST OFFICE which is suffering, which means that all those employees are suffering. This morning our local clerk told us that the post office is "restructuring" how they hire which means (you guessed it!) that they are going to change job descriptions and cut down on pay and benefits.

The post office is being kept open because of junk mail and mailing e-bay auction items. The use of computerized bill paying has eliminated a lot of first class stamp mailing.

So today I went shopping at the post office.

I saw cards that were pretty much being sold at the SAME PRICE as cards at gift stores but I got to thinking that it would be worth it to make cards and afford the stamps! I think that comparison pricing when you send packages is in order...

But one item that was being sold was a surprise to me: AMERICAN EXPRESS GIFT CARDS which are used like charge cards and can be loaded to $100 and recharged. There is NO LOST VALUE, NO MONTHLY FEES, NO EXPIRATION DATE. You can't use them for gym fees or subscriptions, for cruises or at ATMS.

And we know it's OK to GIVE YOURSELF A GIFT too!