[herbaru]

My recent experience at the Wildwood post office:
Paid $22.95 for Priority Express Mail flat fate envelope. Mailed to KY. Was told they do not do next day to that part of the country. It was guaranteed two days by 3 PM. Didn't seem right to me as I have used this before with next day delivery. I asked if it was because of the time of day, he said no.

I agree Priority Mail is a waste of money.

Originally Posted by John_W

Actually what he missed was that Priority Mail does not have a guaranteed delivery date or time, it's simply glorified First Class Mail to get the customer to spend more money, which starts at $6.45. They do provide free boxes and you write directly on the boxes or you can use your own preprinted labels.



Instead he should of used Priority Express Mail, which is priced from $22.95 and he would of filled out a bill of landing and it is guranteed delivery by 10:30 the next day or your money back.





Had he sent the packages Priority Express Mail, they would not have delivered them with the regular mail at his mail stop, but a separate truck would of delivered to his home and requested a signature, unless he had waived the signature. Since he was at his mail stop waiting at 10:30, the delivery to his home would of gone undelivered and he would of lost his guaranteed refund.

[NotGolfer]

We always work something out with our neighbors picking up our mail when we're gone (we'll do the same for them). My only issue (and I don't think it's our neighborhood mailbox people here) is we can mail a card or letter to our kids in the midwest (or vice versa). It can take 2 days......or 10....NOT sure what happens in between. I know that mail gets picked up at post offices then goes to some central sorting place that trucks the mail to the destination. We always tell the recipients that something is "in the mail" and "IF" they don't receive it after (fill in the blank) that they should let us know.

[donbettyr]

You do realize our mail is delivered privately, after it is sorted at Lady Lake PO, and given to the private provider for each postal station. Have lived in 2 villages, here, and at each the person handling the mail does a great job, after they are released from the Lady Lake PO. They can not drive to your postal station until the Postmaster in Lady Lake tells them they can go. Our packages are delivered to our door by the person throwing the mail in the postal station after she finishes, she delivers packages door to door. Sometimes they can not leave Lady Lake until 1 or 2 pm!!

[The Buckeyes]

We have all been brainwashed so much by the post office that we accept things as the norm....remember when, for the price of a stamp, the post office would actually deliver to your house!!!

[phairmason]

Originally Posted by The Buckeyes

We have all been brainwashed so much by the post office that we accept things as the norm....remember when, for the price of a stamp, the post office would actually deliver to your house!!!

Delivering to a common mailbox areas was an efficiency choice the Villages made. Mail is delivered directly to my street-side mailbox in Missouri. My brother-in-law and nephew in Colorado deliver mail on foot to door-side mailboxes six days a week. It's not unusual for them to work 10 hours or more per day.

[The Buckeyes]

Originally Posted by phairmason

Delivering to a common mailbox areas was an efficiency choice the Villages made. Mail is delivered directly to my street-side mailbox in Missouri. My brother-in-law and nephew in Colorado deliver mail on foot to door-side mailboxes six days a week. It's not unusual for them to work 10 hours or more per day.

Are you sure it was a choice made by The Villages or, a mandate by the post office?

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by The Buckeyes

Are you sure it was a choice made by The Villages or, a mandate by the post office?

I believe this is a USPS policy. To the extent possible, mailboxes are now clustered in urban and suburban locations. In Las Vegas, clusters typically consist of 8 mailboxes with 2 package boxes in areas where new homes are being developed.

I suspect the postal stations in TV were requested to provide efficient service and not have numerous box clusters on every street.


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[kansasr]

When the system works, it's great. When it doesn't, it's frustrating.

I had 3 packages scheduled for delivery today. Checked a little after 2, they hadn't finished putting out the packages. No problem, said I'm come back later. Checked later, all 3 showing DELIVERED PARCEL LOCKER. Great!

Went to my mailbox...no key there for a parcel locker!

So with Sunday and the Monday holiday, it will be at least Tuesday before I get my hands on these packages.

I'm just glad it wasn't something critical...which of course I'd never use the USPS for!

[Allegiance]

Originally Posted by kansasr

When the system works, it's great. When it doesn't, it's frustrating.

I had 3 packages scheduled for delivery today. Checked a little after 2, they hadn't finished putting out the packages. No problem, said I'm come back later. Checked later, all 3 showing DELIVERED PARCEL LOCKER. Great!

Went to my mailbox...no key there for a parcel locker!

So with Sunday and the Monday holiday, it will be at least Tuesday before I get my hands on these packages.

I'm just glad it wasn't something critical...which of course I'd never use the USPS for!

This has happened several times too often . The system is flawed.