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PostalWatch Incorporated is a
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not-for-profit organization formed to "protect individuals and the small business community from"
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actions and regulations which they deem "intrusive and burdensome." It fought against an initiative by the postal service to forbid people and companies who receive mail through a commercial mail receiving agency such as Mailboxes Etc. from listing their private mail box number as a suite rather than a PMB in their mailing address. PostalWatch was founded in 1999. PostalWatch's founder Richard H. Merritt died on June 18, 2006. As of July 18, 2006, the PostalWatch website's homepage featured only a picture of Merritt, the announcement of his death from cancer, and a thank you from the family. The site seemed to offer no further functionality.


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Federal Times: Mail delivery practices unchanged after Supreme Court ruling, By Dan Davidson - March 16, 2006
Quotes Merritt as saying: "But if you are an enterprising attorney, you might want to choose someone easier to sue than the Postal Service."
Federal Times - (Postal Rate Commission) Commission nominee opposed, By Stephen Losey, August 23, 2004
PostalWatch Executive Director Rick Merritt criticized the nomination of Dawn Tisdale (a former postmaster) to the United States
Postal Rate Commission The United States Postal Regulatory Commission (or PRC), formerly called the Postal Rate Commission, is an independent regulatory agency created by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970. Like the Postal Service, it was defined in law as an ind ...

DMnews.com, April 7th, 2005: Consumer Groups Outline Wishes for Postal Reform
Several groups, including PostalWatch, argue for greater financial transparency and cost control at the United States Postal Service.

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