When mailing things, cost counts. This is especially true if you are sending lots of care packages to a deployed service member, or mailing stuff to a family stationed overseas. Sometimes, the United ...

The flat rate boxes offered by the U.S. Postal Service can be an attractive shipping option for small businesses. The flat rate negates the need for weighing or measuring a package before shipping, ...

When Canada Post introduced a special "Remote Northern Canada box" last month to ship items up North at a flat rate, it didn't last long. That's because the pilot program's box was higher in price and ...

Dec. 19—Question : Auwe ! Our post office usually has stacks of flat-rate boxes in the lobby, free for the taking, but last week there were none. Question : Auwe ! Our post office usually has stacks ...