Thread: If it is that darn hard to deliver mail

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.

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----.

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.

Originally Posted by IthinkNOT!

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.

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.