[REDCART]

Does anyone know where mail deposited at a mail station is sorted? As an example, if I mailed a card to my neighbor would it be sorted at that mail station for immediate delivery, or would it be taken all the way to a regional mail sorting facility i.e. Jacksonville only to be brought back to the original village mail station three days later?

Curious George

[Topspinmo]

IMO I think it would go to the zip code on the card, then sorted, and out to mail station. Like this, your mail station, to the main post office lady lake, sorted to go back to your mail station and put in your neighbor box.

Why not just call lady lake post office and find out if you want to know why it goes and how much time it will take?

[redwitch]

Either the Lady Lake P.O. Or Orlando. Not sure what is the determining factor.

If mail were to be sorted at the stations, the delivery people would be working from about seven am to seven pm daily. Given that they're contract employees, not federal, and they have to put in impossibly low bids, I can't see them being willing to work those kind of hours just so something can be delivered the next day rather than in three days.

[rubicon]

Dear OP :

We live in 32162 zip code and our mail is sorted and/or held by the Lady lake Post Office.. it is then delivered to village Postal stations by contract workers

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by rubicon

Dear OP :

We live in 32162 zip code and our mail is sorted and/or held by the Lady lake Post Office.. it is then delivered to village Postal stations by contract workers

OP asked "Does anyone know where mail deposited at a mail station is sorted?"

[olgreeneyes]

Unless they have canceling/sorting machines at Lady Lake, then the mail deposited at a mail station goes to Lady Lake and would be deposited in a huge hamper and sent to the closest mail distribution center where it would be canceled and sorted and then sent back to Lady Lake and then the contract workers would pick it up and bring it to the correct mail station in the Villages. You could always mail yourself a letter and see where the postmark comes from.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by gryoung

Does anyone know where mail deposited at a mail station is sorted? As an example, if I mailed a card to my neighbor would it be sorted at that mail station for immediate delivery, or would it be taken all the way to a regional mail sorting facility i.e. Jacksonville only to be brought back to the original village mail station three days later?

Curious George

Why not just hand deliver to your neighbor?

[Jima64]

My guess would be the sectional center that handles the Villages mail. Probably Orlando.

[Shimpy]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Why not just hand deliver to your neighbor?

No, No, No Bogie Shooter. You'll be depriving the post office out of postage and then in the long run making them increase the postage to all of us in order to make up the loss in revenue since they are always in financial trouble. Next thing you'll probably suggest is getting rid of junk mail............On second thought that's a good idea or increasing the postage on junk mail to 1st class. I'd really go for that. LOL

[Jdmiata]

I recently mailed something at my local mailbox location here in The Villages to Chicago. It was postmarked " Daytona ".

[Jima64]

Originally Posted by Jdmiata

I recently mailed something at my local mailbox location here in The Villages to Chicago. It was postmarked " Daytona ".

There has to be area towns that gather and group the mail, both inbound and out. I know jax and orl are both sectional centers receiving from the smaller cities and towns.

[SALYBOW]

Where do you find out who your independent contractor is

[DonH57]

When we were in California I mailed a box of stuff to our address here on the 5th of July. We flew into Orlando very very early Wednesday morning. I picked our mail up that evening and was amazed my package was here.

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by SALYBOW

Where do you find out who your independent contractor is

How long have you lived here? My guy is Andy and I am Mr. XXXX.

Try knocking on the door and introduce yourself. Better yet .... write a check

at Christmas and put their name on it. I've done it for 11 years. My guy knows

my name and I know his. Amazing what great service I get.

Try it you may be

[PaulDenise]

Mail has to be sorted by machines that can read hand written zip codes. So, I think that it has to go to a fairly large center to get 'sorted'. I doubt that they look at each piece by hand at Lady Lake to see if there happen to be a few letters that need to stay local. I would bet everything goes to Orlando.