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Baitball Blogger

(52,718 posts)
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 11:36 AM Oct 2024

More missing mail from the post office.

Now it's a water bill we never received. That makes three.

One bill from Boston was mailed last month, we received it yesterday.

Another local letter from a friend, never arrived.

Something is going on with the post office, so be sure to walk your ballots to the elections office or use safe drop boxes when they're available.

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More missing mail from the post office. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Oct 2024 OP
Had 3 mail in ballots to folks that do not live here in my mail box. multigraincracker Oct 2024 #1
We need to get rid of De Joy. Baitball Blogger Oct 2024 #2
When we got home from vacation Tree Lady Oct 2024 #7
I called Senator Ossoff yesterday SilverDawg Oct 2024 #3
I've been having issues with mail never arriving for years Amishman Oct 2024 #4
I've had conversations in the past with USPS personnel bucolic_frolic Oct 2024 #5
I actually had this service, Baitball Blogger Oct 2024 #6
Every package, I get an email telling me it's been delivered. maxsolomon Oct 2024 #8

multigraincracker

(38,039 posts)
1. Had 3 mail in ballots to folks that do not live here in my mail box.
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 11:40 AM
Oct 2024

I went ahead and hand delivered them to the neighbors.

Tree Lady

(13,384 posts)
7. When we got home from vacation
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 12:48 PM
Oct 2024

found a bunch of mail for neighbors. We were gone 3 weeks and they were waiting for some of the things. Like you I just gave to them as we know them.

SilverDawg

(886 posts)
3. I called Senator Ossoff yesterday
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 11:46 AM
Oct 2024

about the dismal service here in Midtown Atlanta. Still looking for official DMV mail I need and should have been here last week. Don’t know if I’ll get my absentee ballot, either, as it should have also arrived. If the government is going to use the US Postal Service to do business, said Government needs to ensure the system is working.

Amishman

(5,945 posts)
4. I've been having issues with mail never arriving for years
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 11:50 AM
Oct 2024

Anything critical now either gets sent with tracking or sent by alternative means, I simply cannot trust regular mail to arrive with 100% certainty.

bucolic_frolic

(55,814 posts)
5. I've had conversations in the past with USPS personnel
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 11:53 AM
Oct 2024

We get temp/daily postmasters at holiday times. Sometimes the post office is closed. I complained, there is a sort of master postmaster 30 miles away that oversees quality. He was very nice, but really could provide no answers. But I do see now they make an effort to post if hours are irregular, and when they will be open. Usually there's one employee doing 2 hours or so at 3 offices.

There is a tracking service online. SUpposedly you can get scans of incoming mail and they'll tell you where it is located. I haven't had mail go missing in several years, but back then some pieces were misplaced into bins that got misplaced. What was amazing was if you found someone to help, they could go on the computer and search the route and find exactly where the item was. I had to call New Mexico once to ask them to find a certain piece and jostle it loose. Only knew to do that because the USPS here took the time to locate. Now, no one will take the time.

Baitball Blogger

(52,718 posts)
6. I actually had this service,
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 12:04 PM
Oct 2024

and they stopped sending scans of my mail. I'm going to set it up again.

Thanks for reminding me.

maxsolomon

(39,120 posts)
8. Every package, I get an email telling me it's been delivered.
Thu Oct 17, 2024, 12:53 PM
Oct 2024

When I get home, there it is. Same for packages I mail.

Sorry you're having issues. Maybe you have mail thieves looking for checks to wash.

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