carrier of the usps on his route to from the usps office 4 to drop off and or pick up mail 0014 fig2 shows an exemplary embodiment of a method according to the present invention in step 20 the consumer 8 places an order for merchandise with the business 6 the order may be placed remotely e g utilizing a fax machine an e mail a web site a phone etc or the consumer 8 may place the order at the location of the business 6 by using a written order e g an order form a postcard etc in step 22 upon receiving the order from the consumer 8 the business 6 process es the order the order processing may include for example entering of the order into a particular database searching through the inventory etc ordering the merchandise if the business 6 does not have the merchandise in the inventory once the merchandise is located the business 6 prepares it for shipment e g by packaging the goods placing proper mailing labels etc a detailed description of the preparation method for shipment is shown in fig3 and is described below in step 24 the business 6 ships the merchandise to the consumer 8 via the usps in particular the business 6 places the properly packaged and labeled merchandise in a drop off location where.