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mnhtnbb

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19. We used to have the SAME problem---drivers who couldn't or wouldn't read the difference

Reply to Boxerfan (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 06:54 AM

Mar 2015

between XXXXX Lane and XXXXX Circle.

The two streets are adjacent and had the same house numbers. I would forever drive by
XXXXX Circle and notice a package on their doorstep--yep--it was addressed to us at XXXXX Lane.

USPS NEVER got us mixed up.

Solved the problem when we rebuilt after the fire: the Town was slowly changing numbers on our street
to all 3 digits (no 3 digits on the other street) and never anymore packages left at the wrong address.

But that's not a fix for a lot of people.

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Another reason to use USPS over UPS. Customer service actually told me a bald faces lie [View all] Boxerfan Feb 2015 OP

then...on the other hand--the post office can REALLY SUCK orleans Feb 2015 #1

Yeah, but the PO charges half as much to screw up. n/t pnwmom Mar 2015 #17

USPS isn't just part of 'America's fabric' -- it's mandated in US Constitution: Article I, Sec 8 Panich52 Feb 2015 #2

Article I, Sec 8 is powers of congress, not duties of congress. Angleae Feb 2015 #3

So when was any branch of govt reluctant to avail itself of the power given it? Panich52 Mar 2015 #13

When congress decided that the militia shouldn't enforce the law Angleae Mar 2015 #14

UPS left a package on my porch not addressed to me... Phentex Feb 2015 #4

Write to the CEO begin_within Feb 2015 #5

usps does insure dolphinsandtuna Feb 2015 #7

UPS automatically insures for $100, begin_within Feb 2015 #9

Registered mail can include up to $25,000 insurance Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #18

UPS and Fedex are worse than useless. dolphinsandtuna Feb 2015 #6

I absolutely HATE FedEx pipi_k Feb 2015 #8

The sender can request "Signature Required" begin_within Feb 2015 #10

sure, but dolphinsandtuna Feb 2015 #11

Actually one of the items I just bought pipi_k Feb 2015 #12

The signature is an electronic thing, begin_within Mar 2015 #15

We must be buying from the same company. PADemD Mar 2015 #16

We used to have the SAME problem---drivers who couldn't or wouldn't read the difference mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #19

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