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Published Every Other Friday ~ Next Issue: May 10, 2013 APRIL 26, 2013VOLUME 9, ISSUE 183

Post Office moving Atlanta unclaimed mail auction onlineBy Daniel Malloy The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta— There are the book people,the jewelry people, the movie peo-ple, the electronics people. Theygreet each other with knowing nodsas they inspect the goods inside acavernous warehouse on the westside of Atlanta that is the end of theline for undeliverable mail.

Once a month the United StatesPostal Service auctions off the valu-able stuff it cannot deliver at Atlanta’sMail Recovery Center. But at a timeof rapid change for the Postal Serv-ice, last month’s live auction was oneof the last. The Postal Service iscontracting out the auctions andmoving them all online as soon asApril.

GovDeals, the contractor, says ex-panding the pool of bidders beyondthose who could show up in Atlantawill bring in more money for thecash-strapped Postal Service. Thesemi-private institution loses $25million per day, according to Con-gressional testimony by PostmasterGeneral Patrick Donahoe.

It recently announced plans to stopdelivering first-class mail on Satur-days to save money.

Just as the age of email has trans-formed letter delivery, so has the ageof eBay changed the ways of whatwas founded in 1917 as the “DeadParcel Post” office. The Atlanta Mail

Recovery Center is now the onlysuch facility in the nation, with a mis-sion to seek out, recover and returnmail that cannot be delivered.

It is the only place where USPS per-sonnel are allowed to open yourmail, as employees sift through it forclues to the rightful owner’s identity.In 2011 — the most recent year forwhich figures were available —theMRC handled 53.4 million pieces ofmail, 10.6 million of which had pos-sible value.

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Bobby ColsonAuctioneer$ 50.00 Will Be

Given Away

2 COMMERCIAL TRACTS - MEB CT MT. JULIET 37122 10:30 AM85 X 122.50 LOT ZONED COMMERCIAL GENERAL NEXT TO VALVOLINE INSTANT OIL CHANGE

1.86 AC. ZONED COMMERCIAL SERVICES 4120 LEBANON RD. 37076 1:00 PMNEXT TO ADVANCE AUTO PARTS / ACROSS FROM HOOTERS

Directions: Sale # 1 Meb Ct. Mt. Juliet 10:30AM: From Nashville take I-40 East to Mt. JulietRd Exit # 226B continue 4 ½ miles to LebanonRd. Left 2 block to Meb Ct. (next to ValvolineOil Change) right to Sale.This 85 Ft. x 122.50 Ft. lot located in Mt. Julietjust off Lebanon Rd. Is zoned CommercialGeneral (CG). The uses in this district servicea broad market spectrum concerned with retailtrade and consumer services; amusement andentertainment establishments; automotive andvehicular service establishments; transientsleeping accommodations; drive-in stores, fi-nancial institutions; and offices. Mt. Juliet oneof the fastest growing areas in Tennessee. Lo-cated just off Lebanon Rd. 2 block from Mt.Juliet Rd. Adjoining Publix Super Market in Mt,.Juliet Village. Water and Sewer Available. Directions Sale # 2 4120 Lebanon Rd. 1:00PM: From Nashville take I-40 East to Old Hick-ory Blvd. Exit # 221B continue 2 miles toLebanon Rd. Right to Sale Across from Hoot-ers. This 1.86 level acres has access from 2roads in a high traffic count area. Lebanon Pk(2 curb cuts) and Hermitage Lane (1 curb cut)and is next to the RailRoad. The property iscurrently Zoned Commercial Services (CS)which is intended to provide a diverse range ofcommercial services that include, CommercialAmusement, Cash Advance, Check Cashing,Financial Institution, Title Loan, Veterinarian,Automobile Parking, Pawn Shop, Medical andmuch more. Water and Sewer available. This isa Unique Opportunity to Purchase Propertieswith Potential Limited Only by Your Own Imag-ination.Terms: CASH CASH. Or Financing is availablethrough Wilson Bank & Trust. Member FDIC.Equal Housing Lender. Please call Bryan Mc-Caleb , NMLS# 885503 at 615-885-0040 forspecific information related to the financing.15% Earnest Money Day of Sale Balance atClosing. Deed and Insured Title Furnished bySellers. Sale # 01713

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. . . “Post Office”It was able to deliver 43 percentof the mail, while the rest was re-cycled, given to charity or sortedfor auction — after a 90-day wait-ing period in which the ownercould state a claim.

Roger Gravley, the company’svice president of client servicesand marketing, said GovDealsauctions have shown a 20 per-cent to 40 percent price increaseover live auctions. A subsidiary ofLiquidity Services Inc., GovDealscontracts with 5,300 governmentsto sell their surplus.

After GovDeals’ 15 percent cut,that would leave an estimated 5percent to 25 percent gain for thePostal Service. The Mail Recov-ery Center brought in $7.8 millionin revenue in 2011. With thosenumbers, the USPS would standto gain between $390,000 and$1.95 million per year.

The USPS could be missing outon even more money. A companythat lost the auction bid said itcould bring in an additional 20percent by selling the merchan-dise an item at a time rather thanin huge parcels.

Currently, the items are arrangedin large lots, not sold individually.Wares at February’s auction in-cluded a basket of keys, a sportsmemorabilia wall that included asigned Larry Bird jersey and acrate of shoes. A musical instru-ments display that sold for $4,600included 13 guitars, two bass gui-tars, bongos and keyboards.

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The AuctionGreersEddie Greer /

Melanie EiflingAuctioneers

$25.00 Will BeGiven Away

615-292-66191-877-292-6611

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3 BEDROOM BRICK HOME1860 SAUNDERSVILLE FERRY RD

MOUNT JULIET, TENNESSEE 37122BANK TERMS AVAILABLE

DIRECTIONS: From Nashville take I-40 East to Exit 221A The Hermitage. Thenfollow Old Hickory Blvd to right turn onto Lebanon Rd. Travel Lebanon Rd to leftturn at Andrew Jackson Pkwy continue straight for 4.7 miles to left turn ontoSaundersville Ferry Rd follow to Sale on the right.

This 1150 sq ft brick home contains 3 bedrooms and 1 bath. It sits on a large100’ x 154’ lot. There is hardwood flooring throughout the home. It has centralheat and air with natural gas heat. It has a very large private back yard and apaved drive in front. Located minutes from downtown Mount Juliet, ProvidenceShopping District, Old Hickory Lake and Wilson County Schools. With somecosmetic touches to suit your taste this would make an excellent home or In-vestment.

Terms: CASH. Or Financing is available through Wilson Bank & Trust. Mem-ber FDIC. Equal Housing Lender. Please call Doug Gold, NMLS# 447447 at615-885-0040 for specific information related to the financing. 15% EarnestMoney Day of Sale Balance at Closing. Deed and Insured Title Furnished bySellers. Sale # 01513

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