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Old 09-04-2025, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Risuli View Post
Have been gone the month of August and before leaving we placed a 1 month hold on our mail so as to not cause an issue with putting a vast amount of junk mail, etc. into the small mail box at our postal station.

Came back a week before the mail hold was up and checked out our mail box. It was crammed full of mail to the point I could barely wedge the mail out. Included with the explosion of mail was a print out stating our requested mail hold (which had yet to expire). So, I take it putting a hold on your mail here in the Villages is just pointless?
Our last ten day hold continued for two more days, until I went to the Lady Lake PO to inquire. I was advised the carrier was new and inexperienced. Mail was in a tub in a package box, and the key was in our mailbox that evening. People make mistakes. Hopefully this will not be a habit. We are away again now, and will find out when we return.