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USPS Box at Post Office
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04/28/25 08:55 PM
04/28/25 08:55 PM
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Joined: Dec 2011
MT
snowy
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How many of you have a box at your local Post Office USPS? Does it cost you to have that box at the Post Office? The reason I'm asking is we just have such bad mail delivery and a lot of the times we don't get mail for days. We have the App that tells us what we are supposed to get so it is nice to have that check and balance system.
I guess it would cost me to have a box at the local post office, but I haven't checked on it yet.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: USPS Box at Post Office
[Re: snowy]
#8394677
04/28/25 09:09 PM
04/28/25 09:09 PM
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Joined: Dec 2011
MT
snowy
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I totally respect their service, and they tell me they struggle to find good people for the routes, and they aren't making excuses. I also know if you know of a problem good management leaders should have the problem fixed.
Just looking at other options delayed mail causes problem with many things including bill paying and documents etc. for responding in a timely manner.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: USPS Box at Post Office
[Re: snowy]
#8394681
04/28/25 09:18 PM
04/28/25 09:18 PM
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Joined: Sep 2011
sometimes PA ME or FL
ebsurveyor
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How many of you have a box at your local Post Office USPS? Does it cost you to have that box at the Post Office? The reason I'm asking is we just have such bad mail delivery and a lot of the times we don't get mail for days. We have the App that tells us what we are supposed to get so it is nice to have that check and balance system.
I guess it would cost me to have a box at the local post office, but I haven't checked on it yet. You can get a standard PO Box at no cost if you do not have delivery available. If you have delivery available, you must pay for a PO Box.
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Re: USPS Box at Post Office
[Re: snowy]
#8394686
04/28/25 09:30 PM
04/28/25 09:30 PM
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Joined: Dec 2011
MT
snowy
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^ thanks I thought it was the way it worked.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: USPS Box at Post Office
[Re: snowy]
#8394690
04/28/25 09:40 PM
04/28/25 09:40 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
ND
MJM
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I had a PO box for a couple years while my road was flooded south of me. Because they could not get through, I had the option of getting a box or moving my mail box 6 miles north, which is the edge of town. I got a box and they charged me It seems like $10 a month. I had the option of still getting it delivered by moving my mail box, I chose the PO box so I had to pay. When my road reopened I had to tell them they could get through and I wanted my mail at the house. The carrier got paid for those miles even though they were not driving them. Mail service here is a joke at best.
"Not Really, Not Really"
Mark J Monti
"MJM you're a jerk."
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Re: USPS Box at Post Office
[Re: MJM]
#8394692
04/28/25 09:48 PM
04/28/25 09:48 PM
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Joined: Dec 2011
MT
snowy
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I had a PO box for a couple years while my road was flooded south of me. Because they could not get through, I had the option of getting a box or moving my mail box 6 miles north, which is the edge of town. I got a box and they charged me It seems like $10 a month. I had the option of still getting it delivered by moving my mail box, I chose the PO box so I had to pay. When my road reopened I had to tell them they could get through and I wanted my mail at the house. The carrier got paid for those miles even though they were not driving them. Mail service here is a joke at best.
Yep, not good here either but not complaining about it either, trying to give the benefit of the doubt.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: USPS Box at Post Office
[Re: snowy]
#8394695
04/28/25 09:54 PM
04/28/25 09:54 PM
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Joined: Nov 2023
Lake Mille Lacs , MN
2poor
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I have both rural home delivery, and also keep a PO Box in town for some business.
It’s a lazy man who can’t find his wife a second job !
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Re: USPS Box at Post Office
[Re: snowy]
#8394703
04/28/25 10:13 PM
04/28/25 10:13 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Wisconsin
RdFx
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Wisconsin
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Order a forestry item from Minnesota, its been two weeks going back and forth in Texas !!!!
RdFx
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Re: USPS Box at Post Office
[Re: RdFx]
#8394719
04/28/25 10:49 PM
04/28/25 10:49 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
ND
MJM
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Order a forestry item from Minnesota, its been two weeks going back and forth in Texas !!!! I bet if they had shipped it Speedy it would have been there. I have gave them the benefit of the doubt for years and that hasn't helped. I got mail for my neighbor and put a not on it "Not at this address" and put it back in the box. He has a PO box in town. They shipped it back to Bismarck 140 miles from here and I got it again with a yellow sticky with my name on it. I drove to town with it and gave it to the post master and ask her to put it in his PO box. I get his mail about once a week.
"Not Really, Not Really"
Mark J Monti
"MJM you're a jerk."
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Re: USPS Box at Post Office
[Re: snowy]
#8394733
04/29/25 12:17 AM
04/29/25 12:17 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Oregon
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Oregon
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I've got my mail my whole life from a PO box. Used to be a combination lock ....D-6 was my combination. They changed to key locks about 15 years ago. Costs me $70 a year.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: USPS Box at Post Office
[Re: snowy]
#8394758
04/29/25 05:13 AM
04/29/25 05:13 AM
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williamsburg ks
danny clifton
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williamsburg ks
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po box here. no cost. dont deliver to the house
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: USPS Box at Post Office
[Re: proratman]
#8394804
04/29/25 07:25 AM
04/29/25 07:25 AM
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East Texas
BTLowry
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East Texas
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If the Post Office was a private business, they would have filed for chapter 11 a long time ago! Because they would have been sued out of business for breach of contract/failure to deliver services paid for Definitely bigger problems in our government but the USPS should get an overhaul from top to bottom
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Re: USPS Box at Post Office
[Re: snowy]
#8394845
04/29/25 08:46 AM
04/29/25 08:46 AM
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Joined: Dec 2011
MT
snowy
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It is the fourth yesterday and no mail. 15 pieces we are supposed to be delivered. I called the post office yesterday and told them this issue and they said they are having problems with that route. I told them I understand but I also know if you know the problem good management should be able to fix the problem.
This has been going on for years not a recent issue, but I needed to tell them my concerns.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Kept getting other peoples mail. One day I took a Sharpe and circled the address and wrote wrong address. Next day had a post a note saying don't wright on other peoples mail. Never received other peoples mail again. The volume of packages shipped USPS has dropped dramatically because of there incompetence. Any other carrier would have straitened problems out or filed bankruptcy.