We got a PO Box once we moved here full time. Works out much better.

We got a PO Box once we moved here full time. Works out better for us.

No problem with ours, but I have all pension & S.S. Checks direct deposited in my bank. I also signed up with USPS for their preview emails. They scan all 1st class mail and send you the image daily. The actual delivery is either the next day or 2 nd day. You also can go green with most creditors and get monthly statements and invoices link emailed to you Now I only get the pool guy or lawn guy invoices plus junk in the mail.

We have lived in The Villages for 14 years. Always had great service until April/May of this year. (Virginia Trace-Canal St. mail center) Amazom orders and third party orders were missing. We wrote our name, address, phone numbers, plus dates, tracking numbers, and type of products, even stated the delivery message from one order - USPS said two items had been put in our inside mail box on Friday but only one was in our box , with another package which was delivered Monday.

We hand delivered the note to the postal center near Lady Lake police center. Handed it to the local postmaster general on call and explained the concerns. Also had a local supervisor stop by our home for information. Gave a copy to her.

Waited, some phone calls, but the reply was “some of the packages are through Amazon, you can call them and they’ll send them out again”. Waited and called the local USPS and the person who answered the phone said they would leave a message. No phone call back gave up.

We did receive a couple calls from the supervisor of our mail area, she said to take the information to the local post master. Which we did as stated above.

Yes, mail delivery to Virginia Trace has gone downhill. I get a preview of my incoming mail by email. Comes really late now and sometimes doesn’t come until the next day or not at all!

Been here for eight years and never had missing mail.

jMH
 

I live in a new area down "south". We have had some mail theft from our boxes about 6 months ago. I lost several pieces of important mail. I filed a complaint with the post office but never received my lost mail again. Some speculation was that small person or child was able to crawl through the boxes for large packages. At that time the back of the boxes were wide open. Now they have a barrier on the back of the boxes so that someone cannot crawl through and get into the mail room. Also I have received a few handwritten notes from the carrier that my box will not fit in the mail boxes and so I have to come to the mail station at 1 pm to pick up my box. I work so it is a bit difficult for me to leave work and go pick up my package at 1 pm.

Still waiting for 2 birthday cards from January.

Mail in the Villages is delivered by Rural Letter Carriers, U S Postal employees. Contact your local Postmaster concerning mail problems.

What Village do you live in? Yes, we've had mail problems. Right now we are waiting for a gift card mail to us over 2 weeks ago. We have problems in the past also with mail taking way too long to be received. We did talk to the mail station person who was very helpful in looking in the boxes around ours to see if it was there. No success.

mailboxes packed too full
 

Our smaller mailbox is packed so full of packages we had to literally cut open a box and pull out the contents, then cut apart the box to get it out. This happens way too often, even though there is a bigger box available, for some reason it seems like a challenge to see how much can be stuffed into the smaller box. No lost mail though.

frequently we get mail addressed to another person, most likely the result of the street names being similar. if it's regular envelope mail, i drop it back into outgoing mail drop box. 1 time we received amazon pkgs that i personally drove over to the proper location.

I rely on the USPS Informed Delivery Email daily notifications to keep track of things I'm receiving in the mail. The best move though was to go as green as possible. All deposits, payments, bills, etc are electronic so I don't have to worry much about the mail.

Mail delivery problem
 

I have lived here since 2012 and no problems until this past year. I live in Santo Domingo and received mail for 3 of my neighbors in my box. I received a package and when I got home I realized that it was not mine but for someone who lived two streets away from me. Now I check the mail before I leave the postal station.

Yes mail has been stolen lost delivered to wring box