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    I'm pretty sure I get all my mail but I only get mail about 3 times a week. I used to get mail 6 days a week, now half that. What ticks me off is I used to get the sale ads on wednesday because the sales started on thursday. Now I'm lucky if I get the ads by friday. Usually I get them saturday after dh has left for work. I also get my mail anywhere from 10 am to 3 pm. So I get to check the mail box 3-4 times before I finally give up.

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    My PO has been given specific instructions....if the mail carrier is too lazy to bring packages to my door then they are to leave a notice in my box and I will pick it up at the PO.

    What I love..for a while they were putting my mail in my Mom's box ....we don't even have the same last name! Its not that I care if she see's my mail, but she only sorts through hers once or twice a week, I do mine daily. When we built here the PO was very specific that they would not deliver any of my mail until I had my own box. LMAO Then they thought they would take a short cut and use one box.

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    I hate our community boxes at the corner. At least when we had our own box in front of our house the mailcarrier took the time to come to the door to deliver the big items that didn't fit. Now it's all jammed in. It does have a larger area for packages but if the package is bigger then they come to the door with it and tell me off. HECK I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW A PACKAGE WAS COMING TO ME. And what is wrong with taking it back to the post office and leave a note to tell me it will be waiting for me to pick up?

    When we lived in an apartment the mailcarrier would call me and I would go get a package. They should go back to delivering mail to the house mail box then maybe they wouldn't complain so much. The easier the post office makes it for the carriers the more they b----.

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    A few weeks ago, I stopped by the mailbox at lunch. As I pulled up to the community boxes, I noticed a big stack of mail just sitting on top of the mail boxes.

    I grabbed it, went back to work and called the post office. He drove to my work to pick it up.

    The sad thing was, it included SSI checks, one from Family Support, and a bunch of other bills and so on.
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    People need the direct deposit for any checks. Heck, it's not only thieves taking checks it's the post office not delivering them right. Bet they would have blow away if you didn't get them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IthinkNOT! View Post
    And while I am on the subject of mail...

    Why does an ebay seller tell you the item has been shipped, give you a confirmation #, and then when you go to track it, it says:

    The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on 1/12/2009 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date.

    Just because you tell the post office you are going to ship the item, does not mean that it has been shipped. And then why wait and ship the package a week after you tell the post office that you are going to ship it?
    I have had that happen on items I shipped an items I was to recieve, sometimes when you print your shipping label from paypal I have noticed that it may not show any updated tracking info until it has been delivered, which has me on pins an needles for 4 days waiting since the package was not insured, I dont know why but it does happen with paypal printed labels alot.

    And to your first comment, I'm sorry to hear this, I have a regular mailbox in front of my house and my mail carrier is just flat out lazy, they honk the horn an wait 5-10 secs, well with 2 toddlers in the house I cant just run out without making sure what their doing, they will drive off an I have to go to the post office for it, they dont even try the next day they leave a notice in my box. We do have a female carrier that fills in for him she tosses stuff on my porch, I guess the 8steps to the top take too long.

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    My Mail Was Getting Stolen From My Mail Box,so I Got A P.o. Box And For 3 Years Now I Still Get Alot Of Other Peoples Mail In It-and If Thats Not Bad Enough,my Ex And I Have Been Separated ,dIvorced For 11 Years Now,and They Put His Mail In My P.o Box,he Also Lives In A Different Town,then Me-so I Can Understand Your Frustrations.

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    ...so I am wondering... I have sent you 1 package and 1 envelope in the last 2 weeks... you didn't say anything, so did you get them???

    or do I have to file a complaint too? (I know our mailpeople sent it -- our local people are ok about boxes and stuffs)
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    I haven't gotten anything in the past 2 weeks except for my memory card for my camera and my train from Summer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CLARKS4 View Post
    Sorry for your troubles. We have a wonderful mail carrier. If we have something that wont fit they deliver to the house. If it even looks like rain they will put it in a plastic bag.
    MY MAIL MAN COVER A PACKAGE IN A PLASTIC BAG TOO! I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOOO SWEET!
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    I live litereally blocks from my PO and they lost a pacakge of mine. I was furious. Had DC and it said it was Delivered. I had to get up, myself, and find my own package by going house to house...for blocks. The postmaster was not helpful at all, but sure was running in circles when I finally showed him my pacakge was infact misdelivered and OPENED. The guy claimed his dog opened the box....uh...with a knife? Because the cut was perfect!

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