[Rapscallion St Croix]

As long as I keep my eye level post office box.......

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

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]

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]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

...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.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

Come on, gg. That’s crazy talk.

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

Oh no. I missed that. They won? Oh well, it wasn't

THE GAME.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

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]

Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix

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]

Originally Posted by billethkid

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.

Originally Posted by billethkid

If there were only a way to opt out of junk mails.

There is:

How To Get Off A Mailing List - Consumer Assistance

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by fw102807

There is:

How To Get Off A Mailing List - Consumer Assistance

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

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]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

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]

USPS will replace contractors. They will receive benefits, vehicle and higher pay.

[silverblack]

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.