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Interesting...so it's an urban phenomena. Definitely never heard of it happening around these parts.

fjimp wrote:I won't say it, I won't say it: The heck with it I will say it. Do you suppose the PO his given away so many magazine boxes they have made deals to replace the lost income? Sorry the Devil made me say that.

OOH that was BAD

fjimp wrote:I won't say it, I won't say it: The heck with it I will say it. Do you suppose the PO his given away so many magazine boxes they have made deals to replace the lost income? Sorry the Devil made me say that.

OHHHH! The opportunistic bent has been exposed! Gotta admire that!:D

joedw00 wrote:OOH that was BAD

It might have been bad but It was right on!!

I'm not sure why but in the last month or so I have been getting outstanding service from the post office. Not only are my packages arriving in just two or three days but many times they deliver them right on my door step with my regular mail instead of in the neighborhood box. On top of that they have delivered after dark on Sundays

fredsheldon wrote:I'm not sure why but in the last month or so I have been getting outstanding service from the post office...

Maybe because they're doing studies on closing certain branches? I know we've gotten three separate questionnaires about closing our branch, asking how that would effect us, what we would prefer them to do instead, etc.

fredsheldon wrote:I'm not sure why but in the last month or so I have been getting outstanding service from the post office. Not only are my packages arriving in just two or three days but many times they deliver them right on my door step with my regular mail instead of in the neighborhood box. On top of that they have delivered after dark on Sundays

They must be 'temps' hired for the holiday rush!:D

dgale wrote:Interesting - I've never heard of them doing this. Do folks that have this happen live in a particularly rural or remote location? I live in a small town that is 5 hours from anything of significance and UPS (and FedEx) always delivers right to my door, unless someone sends something to my PO Box instead of my street address and then it's a whole different matter.

I live in the sticks. So far into the "pucker brush" that mail delivery is not even available even if I put up a mail box. No "RFD" (Rural Free Delivery) here. All my mail has to be delivered to a Post Office Box and I have to pick it up. FedEx and UPS are the only services that will deliver to my door. And I'm only 2 miles from the nearest town which has two separate Post Offices.

anmius wrote:I live in the sticks. So far into the "pucker brush" that mail delivery is not even available even if I put up a mail box. No "RFD" (Rural Free Delivery) here. All my mail has to be delivered to a Post Office Box and I have to pick it up. FedEx and UPS are the only services that will deliver to my door. And I'm only 2 miles from the nearest town which has two separate Post Offices.

Wow. I live 9 miles from our current "local" post office. They want to close that one and move us to one 20 miles away, even though there's another one they are keeping open that is just 8 miles away the opposite direction.

I had an interesting experience. Around Christmas time I sent a greeting card to a buddy that lives probably a mile from us. What I didn't know was he was having all mail forwarded to his place in Ga. Three days later I got an email from him thanking me for the card. We mailed it on Monday he got it after being forwarded on Wednesday. The post office had it less than 48 hours since our mail pickup was late Monday and his delivery is early morning. Plus it had to be forwarded!!!!!