First class postal rate to anywhere in the country is 46 cents. What other organization could or would do it for that? "Junk Mail" and other marketing mailings, including political mailings, helps cover the cost.

Shut down the USPS? Seriously? Check out what they do:
One Day in the Life of USPS... By the Numbers - Postal Facts
Is the service perfect all over America? No, but it's pretty good when you consider the volume

I have never had a significant problem with the postal workers or service in The Villages (Sanibel), including mail holds or delivery. Knocked on the back door many times to pick up a package and they always help. In fact, the workers at our postal station often bring packages directly to my door.

A tie for best laugh of the day.

Nine years here......no complaints. Keep up the good work , USPS.

USPS
I have always "hated" the idea of dealing with the post office. However, since arriving at The Villages i can report a completely positive experience with the gals who work Winifred Mail Boxes. I have also received deliveries to our home by the same gals. I hope your future experiences improve for you.
By the way - for everyday postal needs- certified mail, large packages, try going to the Oxford P O- a "stones throw from 466&301 . these folks are professional, friendly and helpful. Try them out
Good luck in the future

I live in Pennecamp , our mail stall are great.

I have only lived here in Collier for two years, but I've had nothing but excellent service, especially on packages. Amazon UPS packages come the to their USPS office in the destination area and and address delivery by USPS because it saves UPS money. I receive an average of three packages a week and those too large to fit in the Villages substation mail boxes are delivered to the house. I think it's great service given the volume of mail.

I have been here for five years now, and have absolutely no problems with usps

Uh, online?

Try fed X instead

my experience also. Found our local mail box tenders to be quite helpful.

The biggest problem with USPS is The U.S. Congress. As a general rule the 10 years we have been in TV we have found most Contractors competent and cordial. The USPS lost 5.1 billion dollars last federal fiscal year. Still, because Congress's inaction the cost of a first class stamp went down. Thats really makes sense or is it "cents". The postmaster general has tried to close inefficient rural post offices but Congress won't let Him because they want to be reelected and it might hurt their "career". For years, The Villages has tried to get a Post Office but to no avail. It's a mess but the Contractors who put mail in our boxes are not the ones at fault.

We have excellent service at the Fernandina postal center. The staff is very efficient and friendly. Oversize packages are always delivered to our residence.

Unfortunately the USPS does not control what they deliver. The businesses that send there mail to the USPS in most aspects request that all addresses be delivered. Although the USPS does court these businesses to do the job they are told where and to whom it will be delivered to. They have no choice. The USPS has two customers, the senders and the receivers. So unless you contact the sender to stop sending you junk mail it will continue. You can find this info on the Internet. Regarding about firing letter carriers, it does happen. There are carriers who don't make the standards during probation and those that are caught stealing or doing drugs or not delivering the mail. But the majority of the carriers are conscientious and appreciate their jobs and do not take them for granted. The USPS didn't sell the parcel post business to UPS. They just stopped doing it during the 80's because first class letter mail was a better option at the time. Instead of expanding to handle both they cut service to handle just paper mail. Then as first class mail dwindled they changed direction and decided to start package delivery again. USPS is not a dinasour, it is still trying to catch up with the rest of the private services because they deal with the federal govt and we all know how dealing with the federal govt is. But it is a universal service that sends a letter for the same price to anywhere else in USA and it delivers 6 days a week and yes there is the mail volume to justify that. There are some locations that are delivering packages 7 days a week when needed. Things are changing for the USPS slowly but surely.

Well, get used to it. The USPS is not a responsible agency, do you know they are the Gov.???
I found that express overnite has some small print, not applicable to certain areas, where are those areas>
As usual, note the stuff going on with our non leaders, no one gets fired for goofing off, that is the trend for sure.

Not sure if I'm doing what you're doing or not. We'll be gone from the Villages for 2 months & we're having our mail forwarded to another address in Ohio & we're not having any problems, but then again we're not expecting any packages.