McDonald’s Saipan president and owner Joe Ayuyu, who took over the postal office and held a soft opening some weeks back said that they are happy to offer another service to the people of Saipan and the community surrounding the Dandan Postal Services location.
Dandan Postal Services has close to 1,000 mail boxes for personal and business use.
Ayuyu said that he was encouraged to open the Dandan Postal Services after learning that there are more or less 700 people in the wait-list for an available mailbox at the main US post office in Chalan Kanoa.
“We decided to fill a need for more mailboxes at a location that is convenient for many,” he said.
Ayuyu said that since their soft opening a couple of weeks ago, they already had a steady stream of clients who found the location very convenient. He said that they even had a client who came to pick up mail using a bicycle.
“Renting out a mailbox is very important especially if you want privacy and our location is very convenient for our clients because they don’t have to spend time and more gas money or ride their bicycle all the way to Chalan Kanoa or to other mailboxes,” Ayuyu said.
Opening the Dandan Postal Services has also generated additional jobs. Statistics in the US has shown that “Small businesses generate the most jobs in our economy, and with the economy in very bad shape here in the islands, the creation of more jobs is very important regardles of how many is created. We are happy to contribute to job creation even if it means creating only 2 jobs,” Ayuyu said.
Opening promo
For its opening promo today, Ayuyu said that the first 100 clients who rent mailboxes today will get three months worth of rent, free.
“This is on a first-come, first-serve basis so we are urging clients to come early and avail themselves of our offer,” Ayuyu said.
Clients are required to pay a re-fundable key deposit fee of $5, and need to produce two sets of ID which could be a combination of passport, driver’s license, state/federal ID, US Immigration ID or military ID.
Clients can pay the rent on a monthly basisas an option.
Yearly rental rates for the Postal boxes at the Dandan Postal Services are $84 for small mailboxes, $108 for medium and $144 for large or business mail boxes. Clients who pay for the entire yearl up-front gets one month free rent.
The Dandan Postal Services is privately operated but they have the endorsement and assistance of Amy Marshall, the CNMI US Post Master.
“It is through her assistance and guidance that we were able to open the Postal Services,” Ayuyu said.
He said that they offer all the services being offered at USPS outlets, except for money orders and registered mail.
Except for these two services, Dandan Postal Services offers the same postal services like stamps, priority mail, express mail and extra services like delivery confirmation, certified mail, return receipt and signature confirmation.
Special feature
Have you driven all the way to your mailbox today and found nothing in it? Here’s good news for you.
Dandan Postal Services is going to offer a very unique feature that is not available anywhere else. For an additional fee of a dollar a month, clients will receive a notification in their email if they got mail in their boxes.
Ayuyu said that this feature will allow clients to save time and gas money driving to the postal office and find there’s nothing in the box.
Ayuyu said that this will be an optional offer for clients who want to get email notification.
As added value, he said that they can also deliver big boxes to clients who may not have time to pick them up.
Dandan Postal Services is located on the ground floor of RJ Plaza Building across from Joeten Dandan. It is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday. For more information, please call 235-7678.{jcomments off}
