Archive for the ‘UPS Store & MBE’ Category
Friday, February 29th, 2008
When Bridgette Waller opened her Mail Boxes, Etc. (MBE) franchise here 14 years ago, she was so successful that the company made her the star of a television commercial complete with a tagline, "Can your mailbox do that?"
Waller's first years as a Mail Boxes Etc. franchisee were so profitable that ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
Five people shipped 330 pounds of pot and the occasional cocaine shipment through United Parcel Service using drop off n' ship stores, according to a report. Apparently, UPS detected the shipment and contacted the police, who setup various raids and stings to capture the five suspects, only to have them ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
When Dale Martinez opened the first of his four Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE) stores in suburban Reedley in 1995, he looked forward to building a family-based business that would make his life a reflection of the "American Dream." Today, that dream has turned into a nightmare of conflict with United ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
This is - without any doubt whatsoever - the biggest story I have done for this site. Its a tale of a missing package and where it went, where it should have gone and where it gone but should not have. Its a saga of who did what to said ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
For the last dozen years, Chris May was a key part of her town's holiday shipping frenzy. Her United Parcel Service (UPS) Mail Boxes Etc. store in Strongsville was the local "go to" stop for regular mail services and those angst-ridden last-minute dashes to get Aunt Maude's package in the ...
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