One hundred gas stations around the nation yesterday began accepting mail packages on behalf of Chunghwa Post, the country’s largest postal firm said.
Chunghwa Post vice president Chen Tzu-de (陳賜得) said the government-owned postal corporation has signed a two-year contract with the Smile Gas Station chain to make life easier for its clients.
“We also have many other agents that accept packages on our behalf, such as chain stores,” Chen said. “We hope to make our services available to the public in a more convenient way.”
The Smile Gas Station chain is launching the service simultaneously at 100 of its 199 stores nationwide, but Chen was cautious about the business the alliance was likely to bring.
“We handle about 23 million packages a year and have about 1,300 branches,” Chen said. “Since only 100 gas stations will be offering the service, they will probably boost growth by less than 10 percent.”
The post office will evaluate the effectiveness of the service over the next two years to determine the viability of the partnership, Chen said.
The 100 participating Smile Gas Stations will accept packages around the clock and will not charge a processing fee.
Workers at the gas stations have been trained to handle packages in accordance with standard Chunghwa Post procedure.
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