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Rapscallion St Croix 03-25-2018 09:41 AM
As long as I keep my eye level post office box.......

New Englander 03-25-2018 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by villagetinker (Post 1526597)
Yes, I saw our GREAT postal contractor on Friday and she gave me the BAD news. This looks and sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. Anyone have the lady Lake postmaster phone number handy for complaints?
You must be talking about Brittany. Yes, she is great! I hope this switch to USPS workers never happens.

graciegirl 03-25-2018 10:16 AM
I say, let's all wait and see. NO postal worker either private or gubmint STAYS at our postal station all day. They drive up, go in, put the mail in our boxes and go to the next postal station.

Could it possibly be this will NOT be a calamity? Could this possibly be something that will work out fine? Could it possibly something that will have no effect on us at all? That the folks who now do the job could more easily take the postal test and be hired by the U.S.P.S.?

Let's see what happens before we all go into a funk.

Polar Bear 03-25-2018 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1526656)
...Could it possibly be this will NOT be a calamity? Could this possibly be something that will work out fine? Could it possibly something that will have no effect on us at all?...
Come on, gg. That’s crazy talk.

You’re still upset about Michigan winning last night. You have to settle down. :D

graciegirl 03-25-2018 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Polar Bear (Post 1526667)
Come on, gg. That’s crazy talk.

You’re still upset about Michigan winning last night. You have to settle down. :D
Oh no. I missed that. They won? Oh well, it wasn't


THE GAME.

coffeebean 03-25-2018 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 1526636)
My postal station has 5 trash cans, and they tell you not to put junk mail in them. So, what are they there for?
Dog poop???


Just joking!

coffeebean 03-25-2018 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix (Post 1526648)
As long as I keep my eye level post office box.......
Lucky you! I have to reach into my mailbox with my arm and use my hand as a "rake" to make sure I've emptied the box. I'm not even at the tippy top either. Our box is one step down from the top. You may have guessed.......I'm height challenged.

JoMar 03-25-2018 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 1526633)
If there were only a way to opt out of junk mails.
All the USPS provides is service to the postal station trash can.

Anybody want to venture a guess how many actually make it to the house?

If the junk mail that goes largely unread could be eliminated that would take a major strain off the postal work load......however that is never going to happen....

I would like to think if the story is true that the USPS would have sent some sort of notification indicating a potential effect on delivery times. Since no one has seen such a notification one would/could expect no detectable difference in handling the mail.

How do we know whether the sub contractors are not being replaced one for one with USPS employees. Those being let go would only be aware for sure of one thing....they are being let go!

I guess we shall see....maybe the change in snail mail delivery will be unaffected?
All my mail goes home, including junk mail, we recycle and putting it in the trash cans defeats our commitment to help.

fw102807 03-25-2018 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 1526633)
If there were only a way to opt out of junk mails.
There is:

How To Get Off A Mailing List - Consumer Assistance

retiredguy123 03-25-2018 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by fw102807 (Post 1526732)
I really don't think this will have much affect on your junk mail. The mail people just automatically put most of the junk mail in every box.

Kenswing 03-25-2018 03:02 PM
If your junk mail comes with a postage paid return envelope just stuff it full of your other junk mail and send it back..

manaboutown 03-25-2018 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Kenswing (Post 1526772)
If your junk mail comes with a postage paid return envelope just stuff it full of your other junk mail and send it back..
Back in the 1970s and 1980s I used to do this while watching television at night. I jammed as much weight as I could into each envelope, sent A junk to B and vice versa. The amount of junk mail I received abated over a few months to about a third of what it had once been.

thetruth 03-25-2018 04:18 PM
If, you don't know
 
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 1526567)
The way to save money is to eliminate the USPS totally. Let UPS and FEDEX take over. More than 95 percent of my mail is junk that is delivered at a price that is way lower than the actual cost to the taxpayers.
Priority Mail, according to me a great value, actually handled by FEDEX.

Today with flat rate phone service, e-mails the post office has lost much of the business and profit from days of old.

In the Villages wow mail service is far less costly than the service we used to get at our old home. Here, you need to drive, walk or? to pick up your mail at a central location.
We used to get delivery to our home door at no extra cost to the sender.

silverblack 03-25-2018 07:34 PM
USPS will replace contractors. They will receive benefits, vehicle and higher pay.

silverblack 03-25-2018 07:39 PM
Contractors were told it was not in the best interest to keep them. Only mailstations whose contract is up March 31st. They are being replaced by USPS carriers. They receive benefits, vehicle and higher pay.


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