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Originally Posted by DLJ1657
I believe the USPS contracts the mail delivery system to our stations. Some contracts may be annual, some longer - not sure. They put out "Invitation to Bid" notices and individuals submit their contract price based on the job description. When they are awarded the contract, USPS pretty much washes its hands of anything that happens once the contractor picks up the mail from whatever depot is supplying (I believe Lady Lake has most of ours). I had a situation a few years ago where I received notification that a package was in my box. When it wasn't there, I knocked on the door and asked the person sorting about it. Two days later it was in my box. I was not so fortunate last year - a small package was reportedly delivered. I contacted the woman who is responsible for our section of the mail station. She was young, new on the job, and had quite the attitude. I've seen the inside of the mail station - with so many people having their mail held periodically, there seems to be piles in corners and on shelves around the building. I assume they "have a system" but to me it looked like clutter! The young woman told me she puts into the correct boxes whatever mail comes in and has no reason to have to look around the building. I called the company who shipped me the product, and they immediately sent out a replacement which I received (this was July 2020). In January 2021 the missing package suddenly appeared in my mailbox!!
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Not exactly. The individual mail boxes and the lockers at the postal stations are owned and managed by the USPS, which is the Federal Government. The people who work at the postal stations are either direct Government contractors or they work for a Government contractor who has a contract with the USPS. USPS is responsible for delivering mail to the mail boxes, and everything delivered must have U.S. postage on it. Nothing can be placed in the mail boxes unless postage has been paid. USPS does not "wash its hands" until the mail is delivered into an individual mail box or one the the postal lockers. The Federal Government has total management control over the mail delivery system in The Villages. The Villages really has nothing to do with the mail delivery system.