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Originally Posted by vanguardisle
Has anyone else had problems using USPS ?
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USPS sucks in my area. Badly.
1.) Mailman puts wrong mail into my mailbox and my mail... who knows where it goes. This has happened at least one-twice a month for the past 3 years.
2.) Whether it rains or shines my mail (or someone else's mail) isn't placed fully inside the mailbox... he leaves it sticking halfway out. So I get either soaked mail or mail that says to everyone that walks by my house a "I'm not here" sign.
3.) I moved my mailbox under the eve and closer to my house because a.) my mail won't get soaked b.) it's not obvious no one is home when my mail is sticking out.
4.) Because I moved my mailbox 15 steps into my property...
they stopped delivering my mail. You have to get "permission" to move your mailbox by the post master AND it has to be approved by the mail carrier. Everyone else in my neighborhood has their mailbox on their house (except the people who lived in the house before me put the mailbox on the street).
which led to
5.) no mail for a week with no notes telling me why. The mail carrier of course said he left notes and I stated that I have security cameras that have no sign of him approaching my door. I win. But not really...
which led to
6.) Greeting cards and presents for my kids being held during Christmas and orders I placed being rerouted.
7.) So I forwarded my mail but do you think the USPS can forward mail seamlessly?
The answer to that my friends is... No.
8.) So the PO Box my husband keeps for rent checks (for the past 15 years) moved in December. But they decided that a paid for mailbox should be closed because... well... why not?
9). That led to a week of mail/packages getting returned to sender.
10.) Ooops they said.
11.) I wasn't getting mail forwarded to the PO Box... because... well... who knows. So I went to the main post office and lo and behold, I had mail held there - still. Three weeks worth. Even after forwarding the mail to the PO BOX. The response to that was - "oops. Maybe you have to reforward it (even if you get a confirmation letter because, hey, confirmation letters don't mean anything.)."
SO, everything I have is electronically sent that can be. Nothing gets sent to my house by USPS (only UPS). I implore friends and family to use anything except USPS if they actually want us to get it.
It was an ugly break up. But I'm better off now. I just wish I would have broken up with them years ago. UPS is there for me now and my delivery guy is nice and hot.