[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by PersonOfInterest

Check Section 6 under the Postal Operations Manual (POM)

You need to read it more closely.

It specifically says that "centralized delivery" is preferred and/or required.

POM Revision: Modes of Delivery

On a posutive note, the USPS established the Zip Code system, 61 years ago ... today.

[RICH1]

Originally Posted by TheWatcher

I tried this with our postal service when there was a mixup with hold and forwarding between our Villages home and our home in Central Pennsylvania during our vacation (this situation never happens in the Villages, right? <sarcasm Sheldon>). The PA mail kept being delivered for 3 weeks while we were on vacation (yes, we had a house sitter weekly but not daily) and the Villages mail was continued as stopped well after the hold period. Figured as above that a friendly contact at the local post office would solve the problem.

The postal person answered the door and when she found out the address she started verbally abusing me about how she was reprimanded. I was clueless as she shovelled the small bin at me (which had a small but expensive electronic component in it with mail), but apologized for the misunderstanding, but that did not seem to help.

Turns out my wife had called USPS in PA to straighten out the deliveries in PA and they mistook the PA and FL addresses. (again).

We have had comments from postal employees that "you cannot have 2 addresses".

Currently, I have my mail on forward from FL to PA that was put in place for an unexpected emergency return to PA. Family had sent me a Father's day package. It is in limbo in a postal locker since packages are not forwarded and there is no way currently to place further shipping on item.

Looks like the package is lost to the USPS. Will consider alternate delivery and do use UPS, FEDEX, and Amazon when available. The pass offs still happen occasionally but the Amazon contract to pass off packages for final delivery expired, thank goodness. However, an alternate delivery service does not catch mail/packages sent by 3rd parties to the current Villages address as happened with the current dilema.

Wife will retire in a few more years but am not hopeful for better service.

having a wife call the Post Office will always make things better....