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kathy507 · ‎07-02-2020

According to the USPS, the official holiday for most federal employees is July 3, Friday.

EBay says I must ship a new order by tomorrow, Friday, July 3.

Anyone know if all post offices are closed and if so why eBay has not adjusted the ship time frame? Is there a work-around for this?

dhbookds · ‎07-02-2020

So did you check the PO specifically?

The 2020 USPS postal holidays are:

Wednesday, January 1 (New Years Day)
Monday, January 20 (Martin Luther King Jr. ...
Monday, February 17 (President's Day)
Monday, May 25 (Memorial Day)
Saturday, July 4 (Independence Day*)
Monday, September 7 (Labor Day)
Monday, October 12 (Columbus Day)

mtgraves7984 · ‎07-02-2020

My PO is open... my mail carrier told me today that he's off on Friday, 7/3, but the sub would be delivering. No delivery on Saturday, 7/4.

nobody*s_perfect · ‎07-02-2020

Post Offices are open tomorrow.

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buyselljack2016 · ‎07-02-2020

Area post offices here are all displaying a 2020 holiday closing sign showing July 3 (Independence Day Observed) and July 4.

A small, no Postmaster size office, said they were open tomorrow July 3.

I stopped at Level 20 office, and confirmed with the employee there that USPS will be operating as usual on July 3. She said that the PM apparently did not get another sign with the correct info.

Did not tell the employee there what I thought about the fact that corrected signs were not sent out automatically, or why a level 20 Post Master could not send someone with a piece of paper, and a strip of tape to the front door to make a correction.

kathy507 · ‎07-02-2020

My local post office had the same sign about closing July 3 too so I was confused. Thanks for your replies.

debbe4ever · ‎07-02-2020

@buyselljack2016 wrote:
Area post offices here are all displaying a 2020 holiday closing sign showing July 3 (Independence Day Observed) and July 4.

A small, no Postmaster size office, said they were open tomorrow July 3.

I stopped at Level 20 office, and confirmed with the employee there that USPS will be operating as usual on July 3. She said that the PM apparently did not get another sign with the correct info.

Did not tell the employee there what I thought about the fact that corrected signs were not sent out automatically, or why a level 20 Post Master could not send someone with a piece of paper, and a strip of tape to the front door to make a correction.

It's most likely some kind of "violation" to physically alter an 'official' sign? (maybe)

buyselljack2016 · ‎07-02-2020

@debbe4ever wrote:
@buyselljack2016 wrote:
Area post offices here are all displaying a 2020 holiday closing sign showing July 3 (Independence Day Observed) and July 4.

A small, no Postmaster size office, said they were open tomorrow July 3.

I stopped at Level 20 office, and confirmed with the employee there that USPS will be operating as usual on July 3. She said that the PM apparently did not get another sign with the correct info.

Did not tell the employee there what I thought about the fact that corrected signs were not sent out automatically, or why a level 20 Post Master could not send someone with a piece of paper, and a strip of tape to the front door to make a correction.
It's most likely some kind of "violation" to physically alter an 'official' sign? (maybe)

It should be considered a "violation" to display a sign that is in error😁, not to mention how poor of a business practice it is, and how bad it makes the Post Office look for displaying erroneous info. Even eBay has been fooled in this instance🙁 Printing shipping labels with the correct date is reportedly a challenge/not possible.

buyselljack2016 · ‎07-02-2020

@buyselljack2016 wrote:
@debbe4ever wrote:
@buyselljack2016 wrote:
Area post offices here are all displaying a 2020 holiday closing sign showing July 3 (Independence Day Observed) and July 4.

A small, no Postmaster size office, said they were open tomorrow July 3.

I stopped at Level 20 office, and confirmed with the employee there that USPS will be operating as usual on July 3. She said that the PM apparently did not get another sign with the correct info.

Did not tell the employee there what I thought about the fact that corrected signs were not sent out automatically, or why a level 20 Post Master could not send someone with a piece of paper, and a strip of tape to the front door to make a correction.
It's most likely some kind of "violation" to physically alter an 'official' sign? (maybe)
It should be considered a "violation" to display a sign that is in error😁, not to mention how poor of a business practice it is, and how bad it makes the Post Office look for displaying erroneous info. Even eBay has been fooled in this instance🙁 Printing shipping labels with the correct date is reportedly a challenge/not possible.

I spent nearly 3 years running 3 different Post Office, and would not have hesitated to make the correction. At a minimum, a neatly printed correction could be displayed to assist the patrons.

debbe4ever · ‎07-02-2020

Oh I agree with you, but you know how (some) people within a bureaucracy can be.

di2360 · ‎07-02-2020

I looked it up and the Post Office holiday is Friday July 3rd, 2020

carolynnq · ‎07-02-2020

It's very confusing. When I do a search for it, all of the ones I found said July 3 is the postal holiday. But it makes no sense that they would be closed July 3 and open July 4. None of the sites found were usps.com though. The usps site search is so bad, I couldn't find it there.

nobody*s_perfect · ‎07-02-2020

What's your source?

The holidays page at usps.com says that Post Offices will be open on July 3 and closed on July 4. See the screen shot above. I should have provided the link for it, which is

https://about.usps.com/newsroom/events/

dhbookds · ‎07-02-2020

@di2360 wrote:
I looked it up and the Post Office holiday is Friday July 3rd, 2020

https://about.usps.com/newsroom/events/

*This year, July 4 (the legal public holiday for Independence Day) falls on a Saturday. Post Offices will be closed and there will be no mail or package deliveries. Postal employees: Either Friday, July 3, or Saturday, July 4, will be treated as a holiday depending on employee duties and regular schedule. Check with your manager or supervisor for information on how this impacts you.

underlining is mine

shelbygt35066 · ‎07-02-2020

It clearly states on the USPS website that they are closed on Saturday July 4th for the holiday. Also, if you go on usps.com to schedule a mail pickup, you can schedule a pickup for Friday July 3rd, but not Saturday, July 4th.