Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Oh where, Oh where is the Post Office???
Absolutely ridiculous, one old broken down Post Office for the entire Villages. I'm from an area in New York where Post Offices are found with area populations of a few hundred residents. I realize that this situation is somewhat ludicrous, however, with well over 80,000 residents, and growing everyday, another one or even two Post Offices would be nice.
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Lots of post offices in the area - plenty to pick-and-choose from depending on where you live. Here's a recent thread on the topic:
Local Post office? Bill |
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Maybe thats why they are closing so many post offices. You say in New York areas with a few hundred have Post Offices.Not sure anyone else only go handful of times per year. Fine with me.
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I have a feeling that things are not going to get better. |
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Mobile post office in Sweetbay parking lot
I drove my Sweetbay's yesterday (Tuesday) and the mobile post office truck was back in the parking lot. Last week news was spreading on TOTV the truck was no longer present. FYI- in the past the truck hours have been 10 -2 on Tuesday's and Thursdays. You can purchases stamps, money orders and ship packages small enough to fit through the opening. It is very convenient. Another choice is the Oxford Post office off 301.
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We use Oxford PO on 301
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If you use prepaid postal labels that you can buy/print online, be sure you don't use the 32162 zip code, as the zip would have to be Oxford's as the 'from' destination for scanning. I'm told here's also a newer one in Lady Lakes. Doubt the US Postal budget has extra funding at this point, but certainly agree that at least one more in the future would be great! |
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Here are the PO's in the area......................not really absolutely ridiculous. 850 TEAGUE TRL LADY LAKE, FL 32159-99980. 23 LAGRANDE BLVD LADY LAKE, FL 32159-1344 32159 1344 1***144 3974 COUNTY ROAD 201 OXFORD, FL 34484-2801 104 W MILLER ST FRUITLAND PARK, FL 34731-9998 |
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301 S/o 466a They're really quite good there
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Last thing I heard was 50 cent first class postage at the next increase. |
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Xavier
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My approach to today's politics: "Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul" ~ Walt Whitman |
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The southern half of TV really does not have a post office....for 45,000+ residents here, and when I drive to Fruitland Park, Oxford or Lady Lake P.O.'s, it's always the same thing: lines out the door that do not move because there is one worker (Oxford) and people stand up there and have conversations, making others wait.....OR they stand in line only to hand the worker their daily outgoing mail because they don't use the drop box!
We only go to the P.O. when we need to weigh a package and get its postage, or if we have something that needs to go out that day, not the next and all other mail pickups are done (too early) for the day. Everywhere else in the country, the post offices have Automated Postal Centers (APC) in the lobby, to alleviate the lines to the counter. Almost everything postal can be done at the machine, using a debit or credit card. But none of the post offices have this here......they make you stand in long lines just to weigh a package and get its postage, or to buy Priority postage so you can send it that day, not the next! This is what an APC looks like: http://blogs-images.forbes.com/adamh...ster_Texas.jpg Quote:
When I wrote an email to USPS telling them of the need for the APC's here, they basically said that in our area, "people wouldn't use them". Translation: "old people" prefer to go to the window and talk to the worker, and they wouldn't use debit or credit cards at an APC". Maybe if we all write and tell them we're in the modern age of computers and debit cards, they'd install them. |
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13595 SE Highway 42 Weirsdale, Fl 32195
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Jacksonville, Florida Andover, New Jersey The Villages Second star to the right, then straight on 'til morning. |
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going postal at the post office
I am a little worried about not having a full service PO near by Sanibel. We mail a lot and I can't imagine wasting my time standing in line with one postal worker on duty to mail a package. I can see myself getting a little, or a lot, irritated.
Where I currently live, there are 2, full service post offices to choose from. One less than a mile away and the other about 3 miles away. I know the postal service is going down hill but I think the lack of service is going to make a few people angry.....how can I get angry with a name of "Happinow"? |
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