[Christopher schneider]

My mail box is jammed with my mail and package. They jam in small packages instead of putting it into the bigger box. I have spoke to them and have gotten no place with them

[aninjamom]

In February, I mailed a birthday card and gift to my daughter in a small, padded envelope, to Savannah, GA. It had to go "priority", so I had tracking...it got to Jacksonville, and disappeared. I complained, they looked for it, claimed they couldn't find it a week later! I complained again; they finally found it and she got it - TWO WEEKS LATE! I could have gotten it there myself in 5 hours.

[Crazyladycruz]

Ordered an item from Amazon, got shipment in two days...forgot I have a change of address on file since I’m from WI. So it went up north. I was home TEN days before it made it back up.
It’s a government thing!
Maybe we should put Amazon in charge of our mail...just say’n

[Pinball wizard]

The hub and spoke system works for FedEx.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by redwitch

Imagine checking every envelope for zip code here (don’t think they would have a scanner) — the time, manpower, etc. Trucks going to/from Orlando do so at least twice daily. I imagine it is much more cost effective to have Orlando do the sorting rather than here. That is why they have distribution centers.

Yep!

[nn0wheremann]

Originally Posted by JimD215

I mailed a first class envelope within the same zip code and within a mile of post office to someone. Well the envelope has to travel 60 miles to Orlando just to come back here for delivery. You think they would see the address in the same postal area and deliver it. This is why they don’t make money and costs keep going up.

Cursive handwriting. If you don't block print, there is no one in the letter sorting craft at the Lady Lake PO who can read it. They send that to a specialist in Orlando. Or so I have been told.

[ColdNoMore]

If it's a nearby zip code, try to just put the address you want it to go to as the 'return address'...then accidentally forget to put a stamp on it.

I've never personally tried it, but read it somewhere...so was wondering if it would actually work.



(Yes, I know it would be illegal and was meant for the chuckle effect only...so save the lecture.)

[Ladygolfer93]

I agree. When I moved here 15, 16 years ago I was stunned that it could take 10 days for a birthday card to reach the Midwest and had a birth announcement from the Midwest take 15 DAYS from the date of the postmark to reach The V's. Over the years had to just relax and accept "it is what it is". I still get so tired of the number of letters I get in my pigeon hole box addressed to other people. The ads don't concern me so much but I have received what is obviously pension plan papers, IRS letters, and other mail which am sure are very important and possibly time sensitive. Lived in several states over many years and never had to carefully read the address on every piece of mail like one has to do here....but again, life is very short so why waste time "fighting" it. I do wish we had "real" USPS people handling our mail, not a guarantee of more professional work behavior of course, but I just go back to all those years before retirement without a single piece of mail belonging to neighbors put into our mailbox, and the timeliness of mail delivery. That's the "old days" I guess...LOL !

[VillageIdiots]

Originally Posted by JimD215

I mailed a first class envelope within the same zip code and within a mile of post office to someone. Well the envelope has to travel 60 miles to Orlando just to come back here for delivery. You think they would see the address in the same postal area and deliver it. This is why they don’t make money and costs keep going up.

By this logic, doesn't it make sense to just take it where you want it sent and save the cost of the stamp?

[Bobstr]

I place a 10 day hold yellow card to my Pinellas carrier and come back only to find all the mail is still jammed into that small slot anyway, why bother.

[Mleeja]

Originally Posted by chuck90199

UPS might not be the best way. Funny (odd) story. On May 28th I ordered a prescription refill from a new mail-order pharmacy, paying extra for 2-day delivery. They shipped it UPS instead of USPS, and it got a tour of the southeast US. Kansas to Kentucky to Florida, then back to Kentucky, and a return the next day to Florida. Here's the screen shot of the shipment progress. So my 2-day delivery only took 4 days.

UPS service is supposed to be “service guaranteed”. If you paid extra for the two day service and it took four days, you are due a refund from UPS.

[karostay]

Originally Posted by JimD215

I mailed a first class envelope within the same zip code and within a mile of post office to someone. Well the envelope has to travel 60 miles to Orlando just to come back here for delivery. You think they would see the address in the same postal area and deliver it. This is why they don’t make money and costs keep going up.

I mailed Easter gifs to our 2 grandchildren in Conn.
The Monday before for $15 2 day delivery
Should have arrived latest on Thursday .
Never made it Preceding Monday tracking code said they were in Puerto Rico .
Went post off complained..Answer I got You should have spent $25 for 2 day guaranteed delivery

My reply...Privatization can't come fast enough

[Iceman1941]

Yes, especially since there are very few posts like the one described.

[blueeagle65]

We have found that posting our mail at the Oxford Post Office is by far quicker regardless of the destination.

[MrsPhil]

wherever there's a PO, there should be a sorting machine - it is not handsorted. And, yes, they do silly things that cost more money. I recently had a very non-essential package delivered on a Sunday! This was in June, not Christmas holiday stuff. It could have very easily waited one more day for our regular delivery rather than paying someone double time for Sunday.

As for delivery within TV, it really isn't rocket science: why not have a slot for TV zip codes and just send the mail to those PO's? I can't see how it would be cheaper to send all TV mail to Orlando and back again.