New Civil War postage stamps

[John Grossbohlin]

involved as the PO was not doing anything to resolve the issue... 5 1/2 years now since the problems started.

John

[Lobby Dosser]

Do you get junk mail?

[John Grossbohlin]

Yup... I get mail every day... but a large percentage of "real" mail never makes it at all or comes 1-13 months late... The USPS drove me to use the internet for any and all personal business possible because they are so unreliable... I didn't renew many of the 30+ subscriptions formerally coming each month as the periodicals were not arriving reliably. Every time I hear the USPS blame the internet for their financial woes I think they've got the causal direction reversed. I wish they'd fold the orgzanization up and let private industry take over. Private industry would be held accoutable... the USPS isn't held accountable for the crappy service.

BTW, I could name you a bunch of other people with similar problems, it's not just me. I'm not paranoid! LOL

[Larry Blanchard]

Some have crappy service others have great service. I'm in the latter group. Our carrier has been the same for over 20 years and she does a great job. You might be surprised at the results you get if you complain

- unless you're the only person complaining.

Some things are better done by private industry, some by government. Way back before the tea party, a conservative politician in northern Illinois campaigned on the premise that the only things the feds should do was raise an army and deliver the mail :-).

[J. Clarke]

Bear in mind that there is no private company that can deliver a package the size of a first class letter for the price the postal service charges.

[John Grossbohlin]

It's not a carrier problem.... they consolidated sorting centers and things went bad at that point. I've filed formal complaints repeatedly over time and have encouraged others to do so... trying to get others to file a formal complaint is like pulling teeth. The same pattern occurs every time. They talk to the carrier. We've told the carrier that we know it's not him (3 different regular ones involved over the years) but management is in denial that there is a systemic problem.

Yup, national defense was supposed to be the primary function and then Ben got the PO thing going. ;~)

[krw]

Likely because they're barred from delivering mail. Also note that the USPS can't deliver mail for the cost of a first class letter, either.

[Just Wondering]

FWIW, neither can USPS. It loses money on every first class letter. It has to make that money up on other places, one being commemorative stamps.

[Bill]

LOL - I'm still not buying one. And, after all this, nobody better mail one to me! : )

[John Grossbohlin]

In my case they don't deliver the mail period... they just "take" the postage and don't supply any service.... Thus, my mail delivery experience is like stamp collecting for them... collect money for nothing but a pretty picture.

[Han]

"John Grossbohlin" wrote in news:PvqdnXh5f62-AzbQnZ2dnUVZ [e-mail]:

No problems here in North Jersey (07410). If indeed mail does not get delivered although it is properly sent, it should (I think) be a case for the USPS police ... It's not as if Saratoga is somewhere in the wild west ...

[Bill]

To my chagrin (right word?), my wife tipped our postal carrier $20 for Christmas, :O ! I explained that I thought $10 would have been "plenty" (yeah, I'm my dad's son...). It's hard, and surely not worth it, to control all of the "leaks"--especially after just buying a few new router bits. Our service is good and our mail arrives neatly wrapped up in our junk circulars, rather than just stuffed in the box. You might try that to see if it changes anything--besides the obvious of course.

Bill

[Larry Blanchard]

I have trouble tipping someone who's already well paid for the job they do. I've never tipped our carrier but still get great service and she's always friendly.

I used to tip paperboys when they were still boys but I haven;t seen one of those in years. Our paper currently gets delivered by car with the radio going strong at 3AM :-).

[J. Clarke]

Personally I would prefer that the mail not be wrapped in the junk circulars. I have to go through all that crap to make sure that nothing important has been missed.

Hell, I'd prefer that the junk circulars go in a separate mailbox with no bottom and a trashcan under.

[willshak]

J. Clarke wrote the following:

I need junkmail. I burn branches and twigs in my yard and need the kindling.

[J. Clarke]

One can always pull it out of the trashcan under the mailbox :)

[willshak]

J. Clarke wrote the following:

I don't want to have my mailman make the decision of what is junk and what is not.. Right now I have 3 bags of shredded mail that I will use to start a fire in my burn pit. I'm just waiting for a good day to do it.

[John Grossbohlin]

I couldn't get the Postal Inspectors to investigate... they didn't even respond.

Considering that the mail all has the same exact addressing and comes from myriad sources (banks, financial, insurance, periodicals, fraternal organizations, schools, local govt and the usual junk) it's a mystery why I get mail every day but huge volumes of it never make it or come weeks or months late. The problem is upstream of the carrier and the local PO... it's at the sorting center(s). The latest "excuse" was the address isn't in the national 911 database. Funny... the 911 emergency services found it immediately and described the location exactly. To paraphrase somebody, "It's the PO stupid!" ...not directed at anyone but the system!

John

[HeyBub]

Mail delivery dependent on 911?

So when you call the cops to report a drunken Freddy Kruger with a chain-saw, they'll send you a postcard with instructions?

[John Grossbohlin]

Apparently.... that's one reason to dial 1911, as in 1911A1. There are 7 responders at that number. ;~)

The PO says that the National 911 data base is the reference for "real" addresses.... if it's not there it doesn't exist. Guess I should be lucky they don't think I'm dead!

There are photos of my house in a book by the city historian with a caption citing it's location at exactly the same address that the PO says doesn't exist though the PO has been delivering mail here for many decades. Endless BS with no resolution....

John