How the 'eBay effect' is keeping the (UK) Post Office in business

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How the 'eBay effect' is keeping the (UK) Post Office in business

10-30-2005, 09:16 AM,

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How the 'eBay effect' is keeping the (UK) Post Office in business

Quote:eBay addicts have helped turn around the fortunes of the Royal Mail with a huge increase in the volume of parcels now sent through the post each week.

The surge in eBay traffic in the past two years has led to a two-thirds increase in business at many post offices across the country.

Almost 70 per cent of the post offices surveyed said that they earned between £1,000 and £3,000 a week extra from eBay sellers..

full article: http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh...ebay30.xml

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