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United States Postal Service (USPS) delivers mail and provides shipping services throughout the U.S. Its services include first-class mail, priority mail and package delivery. Started in 1775, USPS provides across-the-board postal services, including domestic and international shipping, with a mandate to serve all U.S. residents.

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    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2008

    We moved 4 years ago 1 mile down the rual county road, I've put in a change of address with my maiden and married names along with the family members that get mail in my home. I still get mail for the fire dept. 1 mail box before mine, any neighbor with a 6 in the address, or simular names. I've not received some bills or letters with the correct address. I now have in my box my neighbor's SS check which I'm sure he's looking for. The post office has added the yellow Notify sender of New address because he has a name I once had. The first name is not the same or the old address. This is not the first time this old man hasn't gotten his check. He comes to our house for dinners and visits and we hear his complaints almost monthly.

    I've called this mail carrier on 2 other occasions to ask him to give me only my mail and made sure I've had my change of address. I do not like filing formal complaints & thought if I brought it to his attention he would be more careful. We lived at the last address (which he also delivered to) over 20 years. It's not like we're new to the area. This is the last straw! He is incompetent and needs to be replaced.

    Bills are not received, neighbor's ss checks in my box, distrust and lack of confidence in my mail carrier to handle my sensitive and very personal mail.

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    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2008

    I am not recieving mail sent to me in the last two months that has been reported mailed.

    One was the loss of a job contract and information about debt consolidation. Information about me not delivered has contributed to identity theft issues.

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    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2008

    We have been living in the same place for quit some time and anyone living within 50 miles of our home and has [our name] as a last name their mail comes to our house or, our mail gets forwarded without our consent. my husband's erx-wife just had her mail forwarded to where she is staying and she live in crystal springs,ms and we live in brandon. her name totally diferent than ours. how did our mail get forwarded and our names were not even on the forwarding mailcard?

    this is not the only time this has happened in the past 6 months.my husbands federal tax check went to someone elses house and they spent it and we r having to deal with that right now. if we do not personally do a change of address then our mail should come to the address above. we have tried to call,but nothing has changed yet. the mai;l that got fowarded is our land documents and they r very important. the post office our mail comes out of is the one at GRANTS FERRY SHOPPING CENTER ON LAKELAND DR.BRANDON,MS 39047

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    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2008

    I went into the post office on a Sundday to buy stamps from the maching. I put in $10.00. It took my money but would not give me any stamps. I then put in $0.25 and it gave me a credit, so I put $20.00 in thinking, I will just call and get the $10 back tomorrow when the post office is open. It took the $20.00! So now that maching has $30.25 of my money and I still have no stamps.

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    Reviewed Aug. 2, 2008

    I sent a large yellow envelope by Certified Mail from my local Post Office in Margate, FL. to the United States Department of Education in San Francisco,CA. I received the green card back with no name and no signature on the card. I needed proof that this mailing be physically accepted by a person and the name of that person. This was gross negligence on the part of the carrier representing the Federal Government.

    I spoke, in person, to the suporvisor of my local post office and he told me there was nothing he could do. He said,That's on their end, not on our end. This is ridiculous, I payed the extra money for certification on proof of the person that took this mailing. I called 411 to get the phone number for the U.S. Dept. of Ed. in San Francisco, CA. to verify if they received my mailing. There was no phone listing for the address where I mailed to.

    I talked to a supervisor and she verified that there was no U.S. Dept.of Ed. located at that address. Now where is this important information contained in this mailing, especially with Identity theft surrounding us. Please help me, do I have a lawsuit against negligence of the Federal Government of the United States Postal Servic?

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    Reviewed Aug. 2, 2008

    I mailed out a 30 lb. box from Ohio to Arizona in late April and it is now early August and just now received my package that I thought was forever lost. It had over One-Thousand dollars worth of goods in it and was sure it would never arrive after so many months. For those of you that lost a package make sure you send a letter detailing the packages contents, addresses labeled and any other information you can remember to the Mail Recovery Center. That is the only reason I now have my package.

    It would have been auctioned off if I hadn't written a letter. I thought it was a long long longshot for it to be found there but believe me send a letter and hope for the best. I sent the letter out over a month ago and figured they found nothing and gave up hope. But surprisingly it showed up at my doorstep.

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2008

    I get other peoples mail every day. Last week 7 pcs including credit card bills were put in my box by error. My tax incentive check was delivered to a business across Town. That owner got the check to me by hand. This problem is widespread and indicates the local Post Office is dysfunctional.

    I have spoken with the manager many times and the situation does not change. A family member sent a perishable to me at a overnight cost of $38.00. They made no attempt to deliver it and I had to go to the Post Office and find it in the back. I think management should be removed at this branch

    This is ongoping with no changes. They don't return phone calls and are seldom available to complain to.

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2008

    Someone damaged the Post Office owned mail box for the entire commercial center [12] businesses. The Post office cannot deliver mail until it's repaired and they have not repaired it and it's been almost one month. The repairs would only take one hour to replace the back section of the box.

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2008

    I'm serving our country and I'm in Afghanistan. My wife sent me a box from home by priority mail 13 days ago. I still have not received the box from home. She paid 35 dollars to mail it to ensure the package would get to me quickly. As you know this is the only thing we have forwarded to is receiving packages from home. I'm very upset that the U.S. postal system does makes us serving our country a priority and show the respect for us serving overseas. There is no excuse for my package not arriving to me. It just not the money, it's the principle! Documents inside the package and deadlines missed due to the failure of the U.S. Postal Service ensure package delivery as promised and customer paid for.

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    Reviewed July 31, 2008

    On July 14th I mailed a birthday card along with $40 dollars cash to my friend Lina Lindsey who only lives about an hour away. She has not recieved this card nor has the card been returned to my residemce.

    My friend was supposed to use that money for gas to bring my pet dog that I had left there because i was out of town. In this time my pet was hit by a car and passed away. This would have NEVER happened if the USPS had done their job!

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    Reviewed July 31, 2008

    I am stationed with the Army overseas. A package with a computer was mailed from NC on 8 Apr 08 and was insured for 2200.00. We waited the allotted 45 days and then waited a little longer to make sure because of the military postal system. We filed a claim at the end of May. We contacted claims customer service and got no where. My friend who mailed the package called and got no where. We asked to speak to a supervisor and were told that they would take my number but we would have to wait for the supervisor to call us back. That they did not transfer calls directly to a supervisor.

    We have been working with the military postal service supervisor here and they are having trouble with the claims dept in getting them to respond. We are now going on 4 months since the package was sent and over 60 days since the cliam has been filed. The USPS brocher for claims say it should be resovled in 15 to 20 days. We were advised that because we were overseas that we should expect to wait 30 days. We have waited we simply want our money or the computer in working order that we ordered.

    I put out 2200.00 for a computer. I may be an officer in the Army but 2200.00 is a lot of money. It has caused great stress on me and my wife because this was her birthday present.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2008

    In Dec 07 I filed a complaint with the Post Office: to report bills that did not arrive. It was not until I received this months bills with over due notices that I was aware of the situation. I reported this to the PO supervisor who said there was nothing they could do as everything on their end was correct, but should it happen again let them know.

    Well this did happen last year with several significant pieces of mail- I reported it and received the same response to my problem. As you know, when a bill is paid late this reflects on one's credit report, in turn one's credit report determines whether or not that individual is approved for loans and mortgages, also the interest rates are based on your credit standing- if you have bills that are paid late then you have a lower credit rating and in turn get a much higher percentage rate on your loan.

    THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. My credit card interest rate did go up to 24% (Brooks Brothers mastercard assured me this would not happen but some months and many phone call and letters later it remained.) The post denied this being their fault. Today, 30 July 2008 I received the lost mastercard bill.

    Luckily I was able to pay off the credit card but not before it cost me several hundred dollars in extra finance charges.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2008

    I mailed boxes from TX to OR. When I went to pick them up 2 of the boxes were damaged. One of them had the side completely blown out and they taped it back. Not only were my items damaged but I am missing items. There is nothing I can do because I didn't insure them.

    These items were fossils and rocks that my dad and I found while I was on vacation. There is no way that I can replace these as they were one of kind items. I will never ship anything using the USPS again. NEVER!

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    Reviewed July 30, 2008

    They repeatedly receive packages for me and do not leave notices of the delivery. I only find out the package has been delivered when I contact the sender! This happened several months ago with a book I ordered for my son. And again on a shipment I was expecting from JC Penny. I contacted JC Penny to cancel my order because of no delivery and they advised that the order was delivered to the post office on 7/17 and an attempted deliver was made on 7/23.

    Again, no notice was left. Here I find this out on 7/30. I called the post office and they won't answer the phone. I must go to the Chestnut branch to pick up the package. I want to file a complaint about them not ever leaving a notice when they receive a package and complain about them not attempting to ring my door bell when they receive package. Nor do they answer the phone when you call. ABSOLULTE POOR customer service.

    I had to buy another suit for a meeting becuase I thought my JC Penny package had not arrived. Alot of time and energy was spent in locating the post office, calling them to no avail; the gas spent in going to pick up the package from the post office and now returning it to JC Penny and the aggrevation and frustration effused in dealing with people who don't care about others property.

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    Reviewed July 29, 2008

    My mailman has made sexual advantages to me. He grabbed me twice stating he "just wanted to feel me". I have filed a complaint, but nothing has been done. The post office finally called me today admitting "it had slipped between the cracks". They said it could be over a year. The so called "man" can retire at any time. What happens then? When I asked what will be done, they said because of a privicy act, they couldn't tell me.

    What about me? Why is he being protected when I was violated? If they have a no tolerance policy about things like this, why hasn't anything been done? I need someone with knowledge about this to please help and advice me. I was once very outgoing and friendly to everyone I met. I am now withdrawn, and afraid to be friendly to people. This has been one of the worst experiences of my life, and nothing is being done to protect other innocent people.

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    Reviewed July 29, 2008

    I live in a area that has many mail boxes in 1 central location. Many times the mail person that delivers the mail, they have left the whole bundle of everyones mail on top of the boxes. The mail is not put securely in the slots.. all mail is left on top to be stolen or tampered with. I have compalined several times and the post office does nothing. a few weeks back all the mail boxes were broken into and all the mail was tampered and thrown on the streets. I have requested mail boxes be placed in our homes however the us post office will not do that. I am tired of the poor mail service we have. It is unfair. Our mail has been tampered and with all the identity theft we have I do not feel safe with the post office doing such a poor job and they are not trying to resolve the carelessness.

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    Reviewed July 29, 2008

    Today is Tuesday, 7/29/08 and Monday one week ago, I mailed a very important letter to my son in Ft. Lauderdale. I requested a sign receipt and insured the letter for %500.00. As of this date, the letter has not been received nor delivered. I have all my receipts, what can I do, as I personally believe someone has tampered with the letter.

    an irreplaceable item has disappeared, my son believes I have not posted the letter which causes distrust.

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    Reviewed July 29, 2008

    I am having issues with the courier, Rosie. I also want to add that I feel (like many other people) that post office employees are very rude and unwilling to help. They simply will only do the minimum and not go above and beyond to try to help anyone. This courier is LAZY. Every time I have a priority mail piece, I end up having to go to the office and get it myself. In the past, she never left a notice on the door or in the box (I live in an apartment). The USPS tracking would claim that an attempt was made and that no one was at home.

    NOT TRUE ON MANY OCCASSIONS as I am self-employed and work from my home (I'm also a housewife), so I usually make a point to stay at home and wait for my mail if I can. She wouldn't leave it in the leasing office in the past, but yesterday she actually tried to and no one was there to receive it. I called ot complain (tried to be as nice and diplomatic as I could) about what happens and my frustration, and I guess that word got back to her and her pals because they all have an attitude! Yesterday, July 28, 2008, I was expecting FOUR packages! I was here almost the entire day.

    She always seems to come around 4:00 or 5:00 pm. NOT today! She came around noon! Well, I was here at noon! Guess what? I didn't hear a knock. How could she have left notice? When I did go to my box to check to see if anything had arrived, there was ONE notice indicating that she had attempted to deliver TWO packages and that they were left in the leasing office. Not so because no one was there to accept them. The packages were going back to the post office. I went there around 4:30 to see if I could get them.

    To make a long story short, I was told by one nice worker that I could wait for her to arrive as she usually gets there around 6:00 (this branch closes at 6:00). I left briefly and came back and the same clerk was not around. Another named Russell S. tried his best to get me to leave. I knew something was up. He just didn't want me to wait. He said I couldn't. I said I would until 6:00 and if the courier wasn't there by then to retrieve them for me, I'd come back in the morning to pick them up. He walked to the back and kept going on and on about how crazy I was and how he tried to tell me, etc. He was talking so loud and being so disrespectful. I could hear him even though he was way back in the back -that's how loud he was! He went on and on. I think that the courier was there and he was talking to her (and anyone else back there). She came out and gave me TWO packages and I signed for them. She literally THREW one at me across the counter.

    I signed for them, and informed Russell that I'd heard him insult me many times and quite loudly. He basically said "so?" and shrugged it off. He also yelled at me when I tried to say something in my defense and said "we're done" -or something to that effect. He was hateful and arrogant and sarcastic to me. Why do postal workers get away with this stuff? Now, the BIG PROBLEM IS THIS: When I arrived at home, I tracked the other two packages. One was at this branch along with the two that I got early yesterday morning. I saw that when I tracked them all. I expected it would be delivered, too. Well, it was but NOT TO ME! I got no notice from the courier about this package, and when I went to the post office, I was told that it had not been processed.

    When I tracked it later in the evening, the USPS tracking shows that it was DELIVERED around noon! No signature, no notice of any kind. As far as the last one, well it was last scanned in on Friday, July 25, and it apparently hasn't moved since then. Funny thing...they were all mailed out on the same day and should have arrived at about the same time.

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    Reviewed July 28, 2008

    I wish to file a customer compliant regarning no Monday mail delivery. No mail is delivered or picked up on Monday from my residence. I have missed mail delivery on packages that were on priority delivery and no mail has been picked up from home last three Mondays. There is no possible way that there was no mail to deliver on any of those days and to argue that three secessive Mondays had to mail is not possible.

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    Reviewed July 28, 2008

    I left town and requested that the post office hold my mail until I returned three weeks later on July 3. I expected to then receive all of my mail on that day, but while the regular mail began again, the rest of my mail never came. So I went to the post office on the 5th of July, but they were closed until Monday, the 7th. My wife went on the 7th only to be told that they had no mail for us. I went the next day and was told the same thing. They reconfirmed that they had indeed lost all of our mail; perhaps packaging it up with someone elses mail. A supervisor confirmed with our carrier that there was quite a bit of mail that had been held, but when he came back that day, it was gone and he presumed that it had been picked up.

    I apparently have no recourse for the bills I never received, the penalties I have had to pay as a consequence and graduation checks that were sent to my daughter and she never received. Who knows whatelse was lost during that three week time and who may have received my personal information. Lesson learned: never trust the US Postal Service to hold your mail. Get a friend or neighbor to do it for you.

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    Reviewed July 27, 2008

    Request your prompt attention in the matter of the mis-delivery of our U.S. mail at Woodville Road, Hertford, NC 27944. In June 2003, we moved into our home and submitted a change of address effective 2 June 2003, last name W. (FACT - on file). In November 2007, our son Jeff opened a P.O Box in Elizabeth City and submitted a change of address on 26 November 2007 for INDIVIDUAL ONLY (FACT- on file). During the pass 18 months, our mail has been mis-delivered to our son's P.O. Box causing delay in paying bills, important notifications and missed appointments.

    We have made numerous inquires to our post office manager, Mr. Dan M. and Sandra C. concerning the mis-directing of our U.S. Mail. Mr. Dan M. stated that the Post Office received a new computer system and blamed the computers for the error. FACT- Computers only put out what people put into it. Sandra C. stated, "it's easier to change your name for proper deliver of mail. If you don't fix the problem I will." (FACT- numerous copies of mis-directed mail on file).

    We have been unable to reach achieve satisfactory results with the Post Office Manager at Hertford Post Office, W Grubb St, Hertford, NC. Request Consumers affairs take corrective action with the Hertford Post Office to properly deliver our mail to Woodville Road. Your prompt and direct attention to resolve this matter is warranted. During the pass 18 months, our mail has been mis-delivered to our son's P.O. Box causing delay in paying bills, important notifications and missed appointments.

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    Reviewed July 26, 2008

    Several months ago I received a call from a person living about 8 miles away. The party was a vet under Veterans Administration Medical and recognized the mailing package as being a VA Medical shipment. This package was barcoded as delivery confirmation required. The person drove to my house and brought me the much needed medication. VA has started tracking delivery on all of mine as missing or lost shipments have been a continuing problem.

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    Reviewed July 25, 2008

    I am having a problem getting my mail because the mail carrier say that there is a dog in the middle of the street up the street from my house. I called the post office and the supervisor got a real nasty attitude with me and said that he need to call animal control. He should have called animal control when she first reported the problem, instead of just not delivering our mail, and he could have been a little nicer about it. Please help me get my mail.

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    Reviewed July 24, 2008

    I have paid $27.00 for 100 US post cards. They are so flimsy they can not be called post cards since there is no cardboard in them. Because they are so flimsy they do not get processed properly by the post office and either they do not get delivered because they get mutilated or they are returnd to me since my name is on them. The price of postcards increases yet the amount of material to produce them decreases to the point that they are really worthless.

    I complained to the local post office everytime one of my postcards is returned to me in a mutilated condition or just returned to me because the card had my return address on the back of it but they refuse to refund my money or do anything to correct the problem. Who has the authority to make a refund on defective postcards sold by the US Postal Service? Do you know how to contact someone who can get some results in manufacturing real POSTCARDS. Please advise. Thank you

    I have wasted money on useless postcards that do not get delivered. I have lost opportunities to win contests because that is why I use postcards. I have wasted my time entering contests that never receive my entries.

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    Reviewed July 24, 2008

    We are a business in a building with several other business. We are not at all in a rural or unpopulated area. We consistantly receive our mail after business hours, after 5PM. On occasion, it has not arrived until 6PM. It never arrives before 4:50 PM. This has gone on for weeks, ever since they re-organized the postal carrier's routes.

    Overtime has to be paid out every day to employees who stay to receive and process the mail.

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    Reviewed July 24, 2008

    This postal carrier leaves a (sorry missed you notice)every time I am expecting a parcel. She did the same thing on friday 18 july 2008. I called the post office as the slip instructed and requested it be redelivered on monday the21st.I was given a complaint #. I waited for the carrier as this parcel is important. She did not have the parcel when she arrived. I informed her that I had had it scheduled for delivery today and I have the complaint number. She just laughed and shrugged her shoulders but I could see that she was angry.

    I rescheduled for delivery the next day (tuesday 22 july) Complaint #2 .I waited again...She did not have the parcel this time. Now I am getting a little [upset] because now I see that this is deliberate behavior on her part. She saidnope they did'nt give it to me and started that stupid laugh again. On wednesday 23 july she did not have it knowing full well that I had told her and rescheduled twice and the crowning glory is that she had the nerve to say I do have a final notice for that parcel.

    How can she give me a final notice when she did'nt even have the parcel. I called to report her behavior and to reschedule. So in sumery their are 3 reschedules and one neglect complaint and it has been almost a week since the 1st delivery attempt and all I have is a bunch of Sorry's and complaint numbers. Should I just pick it up after I paid to have it delivered. Let her win? Or will someone somewhere make this woman do the job she is getting to do!

    I am retired from the army. I have PTSD and a bipolar disorder and arthritus in both knees and had my right knee operated on twice and need a cane to get around most of the time. I reside in a senior disablelity building and this carrier knows all of this.

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    Reviewed July 24, 2008

    On July 1 I filled out a change of address for my mother to Bradenton, FL. All mail was to be transferred to the Bradenton Address. On July 7 I met with the actual mail carrier and gave him a change of address card from the Apt. When I went to clean out my mother's apt. there was a ton of mail. I again turned in a change of address. Today, 7/23/08 I received a call from the Luthern Tower office stating that my mother again had a build up of mail and was asked to come in and fill out a form AGAIN.

    Tonight 7/23 I paid $1.00 to change her address on line and will go into the Lutheran Tower Apt. and turn in another change of address/which makes 5 attempts to forward someone's mail who has moved permanently to Bradenton from St. Petersburg, FL/

    No Statements of banking, hospital bills not received, personal correspondence not received. My mother is 86 yrs. old , just suffered a broken hip and is explainably upset she can't get her mail at her current address .

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    Reviewed July 23, 2008

    I supposed to receive a package from my mother in law who lives in Moscow Russia. After weeks of waiting we decide to ask to our postal office what is going on and the first answer was that the package is not still here. Then we waited for another week and decide to ask again. Then we gave them our tracking number. The employee at the counter went to talk to somebody inside the office and after a while return to u s and said that the package is here on the CUSTOM department.

    Today we receive a surprise phone call from my mother in law saying that the package was returned to her with out an explanation about why it was returned? Then today i went again to my postal office and asked for an explanation but they could not give me a satisfactory one. They said it was stopped at CUSTOM are which is probably at Long Beach and the person who spoke to me told me that i need to ask to the 411 for a number where to locate the CUSTOM office. I called to 411 and wave me this number:1-800-. I spoke to somebody who only told me that the protocol require to send a letter FROM THE SENDER which also is my mother in law in Moscow and wait like around three moths to get an answer.

    The consequences are the following: _She spend like $220.00 dollars in to send the package to us to receive it at the end back to her. - She is afraid to re- send the package again to be re-refused one more time. -The stuff she sent was baby clothes for our newborn which she is not being able to wear once this miss understood ends. - The moral offense they are provoking to us not giving us an explanation and the frustration they are provoking just not giving us not an expensive package if we talk about money but a sentimental and moral offense.

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    Reviewed July 22, 2008

    When I moved to my new location, the lady's mail on Blue Level Providence Road was in my mail box. I wrote on it that it was not my mail, and sent it back and the next day, it came back to my mailbox. Then the other day the next door neighbor's mail came to my mailbox. Now, the neighbor up the road has called and said our mail was in HER mailbox. It seems awfully funny that the mail carrier can NOT get the mail boxes right when our box is CLEARLY numbered on the box on Both sides. What is wrong with that mail carrier? Is he dumb, stupid, has a hangover, or Just plain can't see?

    I have had to make an extra trip to the post office to straighten out the letters being sent to the wrong mailbox which is sometimes inconvenient for me, and now I have to make an extra trip to my neighbor's house to get my mail which should have been delivered to my own mailbox. Isn't that what the mail boxes are for-is to put OUR OWN mail in our OWN MAILBOXES? I think it is riduculous when we have a mailman that do his job right, maybe we need someone else who can.

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    Reviewed July 22, 2008

    About 2 weeks ago I ordered 2 items to be delivered to the above adress and after about 1 1/2 weeks passing by and not receiving my items I contacted the post office to ask where my items where, they said that one of my items have been returned to sender because it was undeliverable to the above adress and that my other item was delivered a few days ago. I asked them why was it undeliverable and where was my other item because it was never delivered to me! They said they couldent help me and that I was to go to my post office and ask about my items. I went to the post office and they were very unhelpful saying that there was nothing that they could do they couldent help me and that my item was not there.

    I again called USPS.com and they said they couldent help me either so they gave me the phone # to consumer affairs. I contacted consumer affairs told them about my problem and they immediatly contacted the main post office at zip code (33166, Virginia Gardens, Florida) and spoke to Amy, she got back to me later that day and told me that 1 of my items was there. I went later that afternoon to retrieve it. Amy at post office 33166 told me that she was going to speak to the delivery crew to ask where my other item was..it showed that it was delivered earlier that week but I never got it! I have not heard from Amy so I made a return trip to post office 33166 where I found out that Amy is now on vacation.

    I would like to know where my item is and how to retrieve it and if it was delivered why was it delivered to a wrong adress!! Also to add on we have been at this suite # in this building for about 6 months now never have had a problem with mail but Bellsouth called us yesturday trying to confirm adress as our bill was returned for wring adress. after reviewing adress with lady at bellsouth we both have the same adress and everything is correct. I have not received my item that is now lost and now our business is not receiving any important mail that should be delivered to our office...our company is losing on thousands a day as we wait for important letters and packages to come in the mail! Why is the post office not delivering to our suite in our building after they have done so for many months? Do they have someone new? Can someone please get back to me and help me resolve this situation. Thank you

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    Reviewed July 21, 2008

    A parcel sent from America via USPS arrived with the contents damaged. The parcel was clearly marked fragile and was well packaged and appears to have been dropped on its end.

    This was a plexiglass Ferrari dealer sign with a warning that it was fragile and stating it was plexiglass. The damage sustained has made the item worthless. The value was $2000.

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    Reviewed July 19, 2008

    we have not recivedany mail in three weeks my bills are past due i made contact with my creditors they informed me that the have mailed out the statmentscan someone tell me why we are not getting our mail

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    Reviewed July 18, 2008

    Since 1992 when I opened up my office, I have been having trouble receiving my mail. It is rarely ever placed in my mailbox. Registered letters are received with the green cards still attached or not received at all.

    I am an insurance based dental office and I am not getting my insurance reinbursement checks . I have also not received important mail from the IRS etc.

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    Reviewed July 18, 2008

    Just to let you know that the US Flag, that we are all proud of, is all tatered and torn. It has been like this for quite some time now. I doubt that the postmaster has said anything about it. It needs to be replaced. The old flag can be giver to the American Legion or VFW for proper disposal. It will be nice to see a new and proper flag there. Thank you.

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    Reviewed July 18, 2008

    My mail box is on the side of the road. Today, someone took the package and tore off the billing on the front of the package and left the billing in the mail box. I do not have the item. Do I have to pay for something I did not receive? This is the first time I have had this problem. Thank, You

    Item stolen from mail box but they left the billing that was on the front.

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    Reviewed July 18, 2008

    My mail box is on the side of the road. Today, someone took the package and tore off the billing on the front of the package and left the billing in the mail box. Order number: 3032 6194 4637. I do not have the item. Do I have to pay for something I did not receive? Check my history since 1998, this is the first time I have had this problem. Item stolen from mail box but they left the billing that was on the front.

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    Reviewed July 18, 2008

    It's simple. I shipped 11 boxes with the US Postal service from zip 02144 to zip 77027 and I got 10 back. They are saying that there is nothing they can do because we did not buy tracking. Why is it that our mail is not guranteed to get where it needs to go and if the USPS loses a package, they are not liable. Why must I have to buy extra insurance for them to be liable. they are liable and they should find my box that I paid 40 dollars to ship. When I told the USPS, they said there is nothing they can do.

    Every winter jacket that I owned was in that box. Every belt, pants, shoes, etc. Can't the post office just find that box?

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    Reviewed July 17, 2008

    I had taken a package to the Swissvale, PA. Postoffice containing a broken digital camera the was authorized by warranty to be returned within 15 days. I clearly filled out the Label as specified by the warranty company on the top, I typed in bold print TO: and place the company address of where it was going to be sent. Below I Typed RETURN ADDRESS in bold print as instructed. I took it to the post office in Swissvale, PA and paid for next day air delivery at a cost of $4.52. I then went on vacation for a week when I returned home I found the package had been delivered to the return address that was my house.

    I took the package into the post office after standing in line for 20 minutes with one clerk checking in packages and a line stretching well outside the door. I final got to the clerk, I showed the clerk the package, she immediately said "it is your fault that the package was delivered to your own house because the labels are not in the right order. " I said to her you personally checked it in, and inputed the info into the computer why didn't you say anything." She said I will get my manager. While I was waiting for the manager the people in line where shaking there heads, and several commented, these people screw up and it is everybody elses fault.

    The manager then arrived and I explained the same thing to the manager and, his response was it is your fault for not putting it in the right order, our computers read the label and it has to be in the right order. I said your clerk inputed the information into your computer and as I understand it the sorter reads the bar code not the label." He no it reads the actual label." Which I find hard to beleive because if it did then my name would have been return address. I then ask him if that was the case then, Why didn't his clerk that checked the package alerted me of this problem. He had no answer for me, I told him this is why UPS and Fed EX kick are kicking you in the package industry. He then asked me if I wanted to ship it again.

    I said no I will use UPS. He replied go a head you will pay more. (I didn't say what I was thinking which was atleast it will get to the right location.) as I walked out, I commented back to the manager please realize how many of the these people in line are laughing a you and your service level. It just so happened that a UPS truck was picking up a package at a nearby business, so shipped it next day air. I work for a fortune 20 retail company and ship alot of packages to several locations and this post office is next door. However, I will never ship another package with the post office. After the customer service that was displayed today.

    I know this is only one post office and the post office is self funded agency of the goverment, but why more than any company that I ever dealt with they never admit fault. Please just one time. I would like to hear a post office employee not blame it on the customer. Cost me an extra $7.00 to over night it to the Warranty company before the warranty ran out and a lot of frustration.

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    Reviewed July 17, 2008

    I unfortunately have three complaints with the USPS in the past month and a half. #1 We arrived in Hawaii May 30, 2008. A few months prior to leaving the mainland (Wisconsin), we shipped 3 insured boxes of books via Media Mail (we are/were students) and they arrived here about a month before we got to Aiea, HI. We told our roommate that he wouldn't have to pick the packages up, we would just get them when we arrived in Hawaii. We did not want him to have to deal with three 50+ lb packages. The Monday after our arrival in Aiea, we went to the post office to pick up our packages.

    We were then notified that one of the boxes had been "damaged" so they inspected the contents and discovered that not everything in the box was media mail (which we did not know, we sent blank envelopes and about 10 packages of note cards thinking that blank paper would be ok, apparently not). So they told us that they then acquired postage due, and they only hold mail for a certain amount of time with postage due before sending the item back to sender. And since we had no idea that there was postage due, they sent the boxes back to sender. Our roommate in Hawaii did not receive any notification that there was postage due, nor that they were being sent back. The original package slip which we held in our hands did not indicate postage due or any time period the post office would hold the packages for. This is not the only time the Aiea post office has given poor service.

    #2 The next day we went back to attempt to fix an error we made on our original change of address slip we filled out in Wisconsin before leaving. We simply didn't know the formatting of addresses in Hawaii, thinking that when our roommate gave us xx-111 Street St. as an address, that it meant xx Street St, Apt 111. So we asked the manager what we need to do to fix the problem, she told us we needed to go to the Pearl City post office because that is where our mail carrier is based out of and that we could talk to a manager there to fix it. So we went there, he then told us that we need to call our post office in Wisconsin and fix it through them since that is where we originally filled out our sheet. So, we called our old post office. They told us there is a SINGLE FORM that we needed to fill out to correct the error, that ANY POST OFFICE would have on hand and be able to correct the error. So we went back to Aiea USPS and sure enough, the form was literally right next to the postal worker.

    #3 Receipt of opened mail with my entire social security number dangling in broad daylight, and no stamp that said 'Damaged in Mail Processing' which I know they are supposed to do if an item gets caught. The mail piece is one of those types with the perforated edges on three sides. The bottom, the side that's not even perforated, was opened cleanly and completely as if by a letter opener, one side and a third of the top perforations were also open cleanly with the perforated edge piece dangling. I went to the Aiea post office to report it, I was again directed to the Pearl City post office to talk to a manager, talked to a manager, and was told that since our mailboxes are the locked kind, that they can't do anything about it and that he would talk to my mail carrier. I couldn't fill out a complaint form or get any sort of guarantee that my identity was not going to be stolen. Only, a "there is not much we can do, it probably got caught in a mail machine."

    #1 We then had to have a family member inconvenience themselves at home, pick the packages up, pay the postage due just to receive the packages, repack them, and pay again to send them back here because we need our books. #2 No economic or physical damage except lost travel-gas and time. #3 Hopefully no economic or physical damage will result. I guess we will see if someone starts tampering with my identity.

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    Reviewed July 16, 2008

    I called to see why I have not received my replacement social security card that was mailed June 17,2008 and was told there was nothing she could do. I also mentioned a letter I was supposed to be getting from Montana that was mailed on July 8, 2008. Same response. It does no good to complain because nothing gets done.

    I really don't care to have my social security number floating around. Who knows who will get hold of it and what they will do with it? This is a real concern of mine.

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    Reviewed July 16, 2008

    MAIL/CREDIT CARD/IDENTITY THEFT! I received correspondence from a bank with a credit card enclosed...but the card was missing. On Monday, July 14, 2008 approximately 2:30 p.m., my daughter called me to tell me that she had retrieved our mail from our (locked) mailbox only to discover that one of the letters from a bank had been opened and the "enclosed" credit card was gone. I told her to get back in her car and go the the post office located on Hillcrest in Inglewood and tell them the situation and show them the correspondence. They gave her a little piece of paper and told her to have me to call the number(s) on the piece of paper.

    I called on Monday, July 14th and left a message for the manager to call me. No call back...I called again on Tuesday, July 15th and got a recorded message. I then called on Wednesday, July 16th at approximately 11:00 a.m. and spoke with Art S. who assured me that the postmaster would call me back... at approximately 3:15 p.m. I called again because I had not heard back from ANYONE and finally spoke to Judy Hall who took the information down regarding the incident and told me that she would get back to me--she would not commit to a date/time that she would get back to me but said she had to do an investigation.

    It has been an ongoing situation with "mail" problems on my street. I continuously receive my neighbors' mail and they receive my mail. I have experienced receiving people's mail on a completely different street. This mis-delivery of mail has been ongoing for the last couple of years and I have called numerous times to report this matter. My mail has even been on "monitor" status by the post office--but the problems continue. And now it's a situation of mail/credit card theft that has not been addressed. It seems that the Post Master or Manager should have contacted the victim at least within a 24-hour timeframe. But here it is 72 hours later and the situation has not been address.

    This is why we have so much mail theft--the Post Office doesn't respond to complaints! I need help with this situation. I'm already trying to clean up my credit report because of past identity theft. PLEASE HELP ME OUT! Mail theft, credit card theft & identity theft.

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    Reviewed July 16, 2008

    On February 23, 2008, I went into the Post Office to file an insurance claim on some merchandise that was mailed to me from overseas. I filled out all the necessary paper-work and submitted all the required information. I was told by the postal clerk (Harry) that it would take about 3 weeks before I heard anything.

    Well, after almost 3 months had passed without contact from him or the people that handles the insurance claims, I called the post office to inquire about the claim. I spoke with Harry and he told me that he had misplaced the paper-work for the claim and that I needed to resubmit the paper-work again. Well, I was highly upset at this time, because if I had never contacted him in regards to the claim, then he would have never notified me about the paper-work being misplaced. So, I told him to mail me the paper-work and I will fill them out again and I asked him if he could take care of it right away.

    After resubmitting the paper-work (a week later, I called to confirm that he had processed the claim and he told me that he didn't have the time to do it but that he would do it the following week. I was truly disgusted inside with him. I almost wanted to take back my damaged merchandise than to have to keep dealing with his slack work behavior.

    Finally, he sent me a copy of the claim that I had filled out, which verified that he processed it on June 6. On July 14, I went by the Post office and told Harry that as of that date, I still have not heard anything about the claim. So, he gave me the number for the claims office and they searched their database and said that they had no record of my claim. Then I proceeded to describe my disgust to the claims representative on the phone, regarding everything that I've gone through with Harry at the Post Office, and she told me to go back to the Post Office to resubmit the paper-work for a third time or contact Consumer Complaint.

    I don't think that it's fair to my fianc overseas, to pay for insurance coverage on his package and not receive the benefits that are supposed to accompany it. As of July 16, I've decided to go back to the Post Office to retrieve my damaged goods.

    As a consequence, my fiance paid for insurace coverage that was not bestowed to him because of the postal clerk's lack of incompentence. The merchandise was an expensive oil that sat in a crystal mount that was shattered during delivery. This situation had demised my trust with sending precious gifts through the Post office.

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    Reviewed July 16, 2008

    I am a college student and due to bad misdealings with my inefficient college (will make a complaint about them shortly) I ended up having to pay for part of my tuition out of my pocket when it should have been paid for through a tuition assistance program. The agreement was that I would pay for the classes so they wouldn't drop my housing, but the tuition assistance program would send me a check for the $5000 for my program tuition and that way all parties would be happy. Well, they sent the check, but it's been 26 days and there is still no sign of the funds. I have also not received my stimulus check. I have contact the tuition assistance program who says they can't trace the check until 30 days has past, and I have contacted the post office with no response.

    Due to the$5000 lost, not to mention several other debts I incurred in order to keep the agreement, I am now in jeopardy of having no place to live in the fall semester, meaning I have to drop out of school. I can't afford the inflated prices of $16,000 a year for housing plus the $2000 a year increase in tuition. I have received every piece of mail that has been mailed to me except for my checks! I am even missing a $30 rebate check, that the rebate center has sent twice. I don't know what's going on!

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    Reviewed July 15, 2008

    Mail Misdelivery. Not the 1st time it has happen.

    potential identify theft

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    Reviewed July 15, 2008

    I filed a complaint yesterday, but was able to contact the actual mail carrier & resolve the situation today, so I would like to withdraw the previous complaint. The Postal worker was very nice & compliant - it was a new person, and we worked out all the issues. I think everything will be okay from now on.

    SITUATION HAS BEEN RESOLVED - NO FOLLOW UP IS NEEDED.

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    Reviewed July 15, 2008

    I filed a complaint yesterday, but was able to contact the actual mail carrier & resolve the situation today, so I would like to withdraw the previous complaint. The Postal worker was very nice & compliant - it was a new person, and we worked out all the issues. I think everything will be okay from now on. SITUATION HAS BEEN RESOLVED - NO FOLLOW UP IS NEEDED.

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    Reviewed July 15, 2008

    I had not receieved my mail, since Monday July, 7th 2008. I called July 14th 2008 to the post office on Keist at 8:30am to ask why is my mail not delivered. The man answering seemed very bothered by having to check and see why. When he checked he said that there was no reason my mail should not have been being delivered and that the carriers were not there so he didnt have an answer for me and that I would have to check back the next day. At 5pm my daughter located the carrier in our neighborhood and asked about the mail.

    The carrier came to my residence at 5:15pm and informed me that they had been on vacation for 2 weeks and when they returned they saw were my mail had been held. She said she asked the person taking her route in her absence why 6xx Rockwoods mail had not been delivered and they stated because of dogs. She said she told them no that is 6zz Rockwood and that she has never had a dog problem at my address. I asked were was my mail and she said it is at the Keist office. I went to the Keist office at 5:40pm I knocked at the quick service door and the man answered after ringing the bell and knocking for 15 mins. His name was Jeff Johnson I explained to him the situation and being very obstinate he finally went and found my mail. He informed me that if a hold had been placed on my mail the carrier was to inform them so it could be filed and no letter was there.

    I discovered that I had missed a very important appointment on the 9th of July that had been postmarked on the 3rd of July. That I needed a letter stating my mail had been held without my knowledge. He told me I could not receive a letter because the carrier must have had a reason. I asked him that if they did have a reason why was the reason not on file if that is their procedure. He was very mean and unhelpful and was like so what. I even told him what my regular carrier had informed me and he said that they should not have told me that ( I AS THE CUSTOMER SHOULD NOT KNOW THE TRUTH) He blatantly was not going to give me anything for he said it was probably my fault.

    At 6:05 I was still waiting in the lobby as still no help another employee asked me as he was walking out did I need help and I told him I was waiting on Mr. J. At 6:16 I could here conversations going on from behind the box area I was waiting and I heard the other employee ask Mr J. had he checked on me in the lobby and Mr. J. very sternly said NO. Then went on to say to the other employee that I wanted a letter and that he wasn't giving me one cause it was most likely a dog problem mine. At 6:20pm Mr J. finally came out and said he was still waiting on the carrier who was to replace the normal carrier while on vacation. (what will the carrier do I know lie to cover his behind) My house and the house that actually had the hold is the only two houses on the block at the end of the street. So it is out of the way for him to come all the way down to my house just for my mail when he could say dogs in my yard also.

    I also made sure Mr J. knew that I was going to file a complaint because this situation was not being handled properly . I informed him that I was going to call the Post Master and he told me it would be a waste of my time I would just get shuffled around. (can u believe that) At 6:30 my normal carrier came to the window and spoke with me and Mr. J. and told him that she had never had a problem with dogs at my residence and that the dogs were always in the driveway on the other side of the other house that she had placed the dog hold on herself. At 6:40 the other carrier came in and said he didn't deliver because of dogs on my porch. I told him that those dogs never enters my yard and whenever I was missing the mail I started looking for the postman and he never even entered my block.

    I also have and indoor small cog and if any animal comes close she picks up a scent and goes mad and this never happened. He said he assumed that the dog hold was at both addresses and the normal carrier said no I told you that it was only at 6zz Rockwood. Then I asked him if that was so why didn't he follow procedure and make a dog report. He showed me as the customer I wasn't anything and got obstinate and started to walk away. I told him the truth was he didn't want to go out of his way to deliver on that block because it would have been only to one house so why not use the dog excuse. My neighborhood is largely hispanics whom speak no English. He figured that they would never complain or know how to. I am a woman who recognizes they did not want to do their job.

    Mr. J. told me I could not get a letter at this time and that I would have to return in the morning to get the letter for I should be compensated. He even finally recognized the truth and also seeing I was going to issue a complaint to even The President if necessary. The appointment I missed was my foodstamp appointment which stated I would be denied if I did not attend my appointment. This appointment was necessary for me to be able to feed my children and has placed a monetary hardship on me as a result. I have had to use my bill money for food and as a result of the ineptness of the postal worker I am very unhappy. This is not my fault and I would like for something to be done about this situation immediately. The majority of the people at the usps Keist office, I spoke with was very rude and only because of the severity of the situation did I continue to deal with them.

    I have been placed in a financial burden. I have had to use my bill money to buy food for my children and grandchildren. I am on a very tight budget and every day I have had to go buy food using this money. It has placed me in a depression and worry on how was I going to survive. When I went and applied I had hoped for emergency help which was needed but was told I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE APPOINTMENT WHICH i WOULD HAVE RECEIVED HELP THE SAME DAY.

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    Reviewed July 14, 2008

    My mail is not being delivered every day due to the fact that the postal worker will not deliver if there is a vehicle parked in front of the mailbox. On my street at any given time 80% of the mail boxes are blocked by vehicles I have explained to him that they are not our vehicles and unless i am willing to start a war with neighbors they do not care to move them.

    So i contacted the usps and they advised that it was my problem and that the postal worker does not have to get out of his truck so when he comes down our street 2 out of 10 houses get there mail. I grew up in chicago where the postal workers walk from house to house and they still do so i find that hard to believe he doesnt have to get out of his truck excuse. I was told that i would be contacted back in two days. I will be holding my breath untill then I guess?

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    Reviewed July 14, 2008

    Today (July 14) I was informed that I (Specifically) was no longer allowed to drop off packages after 5:00PM. The Post Office is open until 6:00PM. I run a small business and have a daily pickup. However, the pickup is earlier in the day and I drop off what is left on my way home. The packages already have proper documentation, postage and post mark. I drop off between 10 and 30 packages.

    I believe this to be discrimination against me specifically. An employee informed me that the Post Master made this decision. This after another employee yelled at the clerks last week and told them not to let me in. This was not only in front of me, but several other customers. This is totally unacceptable

    I spend over $50,000 per year with the Post Office. When my customers can't get their packages in time, they shop from my competitors.

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    Reviewed July 14, 2008

    Mailman repeatedly refuses to deliver mail. We are at the beginning of his route as well as only across the street, but we get it very late or not at all. Has been confrontational with our staff, and we have to repeatedly go across the street to pick up the mail, because it is not being delivered in a timely manner, if at all.

    There is clearly a personal issue between the mail carrier & one of the libraries maintenance people. This behavior has to stop. It is the mail carriers job to deliver the mail, and this is a public institution that rely's on prompt mail delivery in order to get materials such as magazines and newspapers out to our patrons.

    Our patrons are not getting library materials on time, and it is causing a back up of materieals to be processed.

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    Reviewed July 14, 2008

    I have been waiting on my phone bill and cable bill to be sent to me as well as my medicine and the machine I need to test my blood sugar from the doctor. Which my girlfriend had been calling these people regarding my bills as well as my medicine and they stated that they had sent the medicine out and the bills and they would send it again because I haven't received it at all. This past Monday July 7, 2008 I went to check my mail at the P.O. Box but wasn't nothing there at all.

    So I went back Thursday July 11, 2008 my P.O. Box was Full but I still didn't received the main bills I been waiting for as well as my medicine and the machine. So I went back to the Post Office Friday July 11, 2008 to check my P.O. Box again still nothing. So when I was leaving this Janet Hall that work at the Post Office came out and told me that she has a lot of mail that she has been holding without my consent or knowledge of this situation. So I asked her to give me my mail and she stated that the person name on the mail must come in to pick up the mail themselves.

    So I went and got my girlfriend to go pick up the mail that was in her name, Millwood Rd, Dunlap, CA 93621 in which she know my address anyway for many years. So my girlfriend went into the Post Office to get a stake of mail that we have been waiting for over a month to pay our bills. She held this mail just to be nosy to see whom my girlfriend was and what she looked like which was racist. Anyway my girlfriend went into the Post Office to ask for the mail that this Janet H. held for no reason because my girlfriend had letters coming in under her name with the P.O. Box xx, Dunlap, CA 93621 as Linda J. and she got that mail. Because by her having Linda Jones with the street address on the mail she told my girlfriend that she wanted to see who she was with this address because she didn't know who she was and that she felt that she had every right to hold her mail for a month without my consent or my girlfriend consent in which is very racist because. Than she told my girlfriend that she didn't have any problem with Verizon Phone Company in putting her name on her phone bill which I feel was very racist and prejudice.

    I want this Woman FIRED and investigated as well because I'm not the first one she has did this too. My medicine wasn't notify to me in my P.O. Box 25, Dunlap, CA 93621. My blood sugar went up to 578 ml and now my health has gotten worse as well because of this person who illegally doing what she want to do on her own against me as well as with other people she has done this too. She isn't fit to work there to do what she feel like doing as well as holding my mail against my wishes and lie about it. She's not Above The Law! This need to be investigated here at Dunlap Post Office because this mess has been going on for many years with this damn woman against me and other people. I had just let it go for many years until this reasonally happen on getting my medicine for my Dibetic pills and machine to test my sugar.

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    Reviewed July 14, 2008

    I recently sent an insured and delivery receipt package from overseas ( Bahrain) to my wife in Oceanside Califorina by USPS Priority mail. After hearing no word of package delivery either through delivery receipt or through the pink slip system I called the Post Office branch in Oceanside. I was told by one person that the package was sent back automatically to my return address? There was no explanation for this and they did not hold my package for the 15 days that they are supposed to and there was no pink slip.

    I called again to find if they knew or when the package was returned.....they did not know and there was no way of tracking this. How can a package just dissappear, even one that is insured with delivery reciept required? I was shocked and upset. There is absolutely no accountability what so ever for the USPS. I mean you go to the website and there is no customer service area?

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    Reviewed July 13, 2008

    1) On June 21, 2008, they dropped a pink notice off that a parcel was at this post office. On June 23, 2008, they promised to deliver it on June 28, 2008. They never came back! 2) On July 12, 2008, I put $8.50 into this same post office's stamp machine and received no stamps, and it kept all of my money.N JUNE 21, 2008, THEY DROPPED A PINK NOTICE OFF THAT A PARCEL WAS AT THIS POST OFFICE. ON JUNE 23, 2008, THEY PROMISED TO DELIVER IT ON JUNE 28, 2008.

    I have written this post office; called this post office; and all I have received is one nice person, Lucy, who promised to help me out, and nothing else, to date. Can you contact them and get them to improve 100% their customer service, stamp machine, and their delivery service? They owe me my parcel--unknown value, save in stress--and now another $8.50 in cash, and they have done nothing! And they won't call me back or respond, in any real way!

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    Reviewed July 13, 2008

    I questioned the Post Office about a mistake that was made re-keying our post office box at our store and was verbally attacked by the person who changes the locks and the postal supervisor. The supervisor would not give me her name or the name of the employee who inappropriately starting yelling at me. He commented to me you drill the box, which is a federal crime.

    The supervisor, in our opinion, handled the situation incorrectly. I told her that I had not been able to open our box to get our mail and she said that is not my problem sir. Of course, at a later time in the day they denied the entire situation and told me I caused a comotion when I reacted to the verbal attack. The survaliiance video will show the situatiom.

    Verbal abuse and abuse of power that caused me mental distress.

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    Reviewed July 11, 2008

    there not delivering all my mail, the people at the post office act like the mail belongs to them, not all of them that would be unfair, but the truth of the matter so of the postal worker have visible attitudes, do a community survey you will find the truth, Sir Im tired of this I need my school money.

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    Reviewed July 11, 2008

    My only complaint is the upkeep of the yard around the building. Grass needs cutting, trees and hedges need trimming. This neglect makes the building look like it's vacant or closed. I consider it basically an "eyesore". The service inside the office is very good; it's just the outside appearance that's lacking.

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    Reviewed July 11, 2008

    Inbound International Arrival, June 18 2008, 5 pm, ISC NEW YORK NY (USPS) Origin Post is Preparing Shipment (Sent from UK June 16 2008. No Further notice received. USPS have not helped address my queries. Are there delays at JFK? Is it lost? It's been over three weeks. parcel is going to Alabama sent by International. signed for and it was meant to arrive in 5 days. Royal Mail in UK said they cannot do anything until after 25 days? Packet had personal effects, used jewellery (Engagement ring) which I was returning, CDS and a card. Does anyone know if customs charges on personal effects? Could they be holding it up because of the ring?

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    Reviewed July 11, 2008

    Ive had this po box for years and I keep getting other peoples mail in my box.My box is full of unwanted mail.We have the smalest box so it gets full very quick especialy with other peoples mail. We keep complaining yet they keep giving us other peoples mail. That mail is for my family only.Asked if it would help to change our box and the womans reply was no it wouldnt be fair. What?This is so nerve racking. Seems the more we tell them the more they do it!

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    Reviewed July 10, 2008

    I am a very small business owner struggling to survive. My ONLY advertising is direct mail, sent First Class via the USPS from Hawaii Island facilities 96720 and 96749. I have spent over $1200 on printing and postage to reach a very targeted clientele, most of whom know me personally. I have sent 7 mailings in the past four months, consisting of beautiful large format postcards with PROPER postage mailed from the walk-up WINDOWS of USPS facilities 96720 and 96749. I have been told over and over again by intended recipients that they have NOT received my mailings!

    Astonishingly, the first mailing was sent in envelopes, and the mailing addressed PROPERLY to the MAYOR of Honolulu was returned to me for INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS! The Mayor! Hawaii's reputation as a backward Third World country that somehow slipped into the Union is no excuse for deception and fraud on the part of Hawaii USPS employees. I suspect this problem is in the Honolulu facility, as the cards I send to myself from the above facilities as a way of monitoring the mailings have always reach me.

    I am appalled at the ingrained and tolerated hostility toward the customer and employers by post office employees. The USPS is in a financial mess in great part due to a system that tolerates and encourages this criminal behavior on the part of employees who should be fired, if not jailed, for their actions against your customers' businesses. I am requesting a response from USPS officers to this message. I should not have to even ask that, but the record of customer service on the part of the USPS is undeniably abysmal.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2008

    Over a month ago I registered a change of address at the Eastsound Post Office. I have since then received some mail but nothing in the way of bills or financial statements. Today I called to complain. One of the office postal workers went back to the carrier station to look for my mail and found THIRTY overdue letters addressed to me but set aside, twenty-six of them with financial information such as banking, credit card statements,now overdue billing statements from health insurance, hardware store, Northwest Airlift, and two rental checks whose absence have caused extreme concern. Some letters dated back as far as June 4th.

    The office worker who found the mail was dismayed and apologetic but said the only thing to do was to complain on the postal complaint site rather than directly to the Eastsound postmaster, which seems odd. In any case I cannot actually locate the right site(there is a complaint site but it doesn't seem to go to the post office itself) This is very serious as I nearly lost my health insurance, airlift insurance (we live on Orcas island), my rental income checks, and have had to pay late fees on credit cards and on other overdue bills as well.

    I feel this is a serious complaint about one postal carrier and whoever is overseeing him at the Eastsound post office. This carrier should not be handling mail. It is particularly odd that nearly all the mail was time sensitive and of a financial nature. Something should be done very quickly before real harm is done. Thank you!

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    Reviewed July 9, 2008

    My local mail carrier has been delivering my neighbor's mail to me. I have contacted the post office three times in the past two weeks. During my phone call today, I was told to try Consumer Affairs and I was given this confirmation number: cv38609276. I have spoken to the route supervisor several times and this is still happening. The same exact thing happened last year and I thought it had been resolved until two weeks ago.

    All I want is for my mail to be delivered to my house, and my neighbor's mail to be delivered to theirs, respectively. My address and name is on my mail box in high-contrast, 2" letters and the street number is on the front door in 4" numbers. I was mailed a pink sticker to put on my mailbox so that the carrier would know to pay extra attention to the address, so the only thing I can think of is that this is deliberate. I am beginning to think that the post office is retaliating because of my complaints. Possible lost mail including financial and legal documents, and also magazine subscriptions.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2008

    I received a letter in the mail from the Patch-Up Operations ( address above) stating the enclosed mail was damaged while being handled by the U.S. Postal Service. They wanted me to accept their sincere apologies, etc. etc. and it was signed by Eric D. C., Plant Manager, Tampa Processing and Distribution Center, PO Box 33xxx, Tampa, Florida 33630-9997. There was no phone number for me to find out what happened to my check for Pasco County Utilities. They sent me the stamp from from envelope and part of the bill with our address.

    The check was not returned. I needed to know what happened to the check. Did they forward it to the water company? I had to google this Spruce St. address and got the above number where I talked to a person. This person assured me the check was shredded. I have no proof of that. She claimed I would get a letter stating that. I did NOT. Meanwhile, do I take a chance of having my water shut off? This woman at the above number for the Post Office swore to me the check was shredded.

    Well, after issuing a new check in the amount of $84.37 I got a call today from the Water Company telling me they received the other one and credited my account. I was livid. I don't have money growing on trees to write out two checks in that amount. The Postal Service swore to me the other one was shredded. How can they do this? (They also stated I could write to MRC at PO Box 44xxx in Atlanta, Ga. Why should I do that? I needed to talk to a human about where my check was.)

    Why is there no way to contact a person when something like this happens? I went to my Post Office today and they told me there was no one to really talk to. Someone has to be responsible for such errors. I am not upset about the actual piece of mail being damaged, but when I am unable to talk to someone who knows what happened to the check, I have a problem with that. I could have bounced a check or had my water turned off! I would like the Postal Service, in particular the Patch-Up Operations who sent me this letter to take responsibility for making me understand how I was not given more information.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2008

    I have applied for many positions using the usps web site, starting back in March 2008, with announcement #215352. I have applied for many many other positions also, including casual and temporary positions also. I have called the employment phone number, and was blown-off with a quick disconnect. All of the positions I have applied for are now closed. I have never received a test date or any contact that my application was even received.

    I have been looking for work for over 7 months. Could someone please look into this and let me know how to get an applicaion into the post office. When I talked to the people at my local post office, they acted like I was a threat to their job, and said they really didn't know what I should do or whom to call. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You for your help.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2008

    I am writing to report egregious mismanagement of the P.O. Box services at the JAF Station Post Office, zip code 10116 (next to Penn Station). I have rented a P.O. Box there since January of 2005 and generally pay the rental fees in 6 month increments due at the end of June and December. When I recently visited the JAF Station Post Office on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 I inquired about what I believed to be a missing commuter pass that is sent to the P.O. Box. The pass is sent on the 20th of the prior benefit month and is generally delivered by the first week of the benefit month. I had already not received a pass for June 2008 but as my employer benefit program does not guarantee delivery to P.O. Boxes and there was no means of tracing this first class letter, I chocked it up to a loss. However, I became concerned when I visited on July 8 as that month's pass had also not arrived.

    When I stated to the clerk at the P.O. Box window, a man with glasses, that I believed that someone might be stealing my commuter cards as they had been missing for two months in a row, he performed a quick check and informed me that my P.O. Box was closed as I was in arrears since December 2007. I assured him that I had in fact paid for the P.O. Box in December 2007 and except for my missing commuter passes, had received all of my mail to date including two package slips which I handed him. Further, there was no payment notice in my box. He again stated that they had no record of my payment and that the P.O. Box was closed. That they had "let this slide" for awhile and were now cracking down. As there were several customers in line who requesting P.O. Boxes and were being told that they were sold out, I offered to make the payment due at the end of June, and to come back with proof of my December 2007 payment but the clerk refused, stating that I had to pay for an entire year from December 2007. At this point I asked to see a manager.

    After approximately 10 minutes, a manager appeared. He basically reiterated the same accusatory language about "letting payments slide" in the past but that the post office is now "cracking down" on people who fail to make payments. I assured him that I had in fact made a payment six months prior, but after a perfunctory glance through some sort of book he stated there was no record of payment. I then asked why if payment was at issue, there was no payment notice in my box. That having a notice that the box was being closed and payment was overdue would have provided me with the opportunity to appear with proof of payment instead of trying to remember the information on the spot. He became defensive, gave me an icy stare and growled "are you being sarcastic." He then snapped that if I was not going to make a payment at that moment then the box would be closed before and storming out from behing the P.O. Box service window to the area behind the P.O. Box and placed a piece of cardboard at the back of my P.O. Box.

    At this point I left the post office to go to work. At work I was able to locate the credit card payment from my online bank account in approximately three minutes. I had in fact paid for the P.O. Box on January 5, 2008. I took the subway more than 50 blocks back to the post office later that day and presented a copy of the credit card transaction at the P.O. Box window. I asked to speak to the manager from that morning and I was told he was unavailable. Fortunately there was another manager available who was helpful, updated my payment record to reflect the last six months of payment, and allowed me to make a new payment to renew the rental through December. The clerk that I spoke to that morning was still on duty and incredibly continued to carry on about the Post office not keeping good payment records previously and now "cracking down" on payments. And while waiting in line to renew the box, I encountered another P.O. Box customer who stated that he had the same issue, but when he stated that he had made a payment they 'took his work for it.'

    I frankly find this entire situation outrageous. First, that the Post Office should be so negligent in their handling of P.O. Box records. Second, that postal customers should have to bear the burden of this negligence. I am outraged that individuals with such poor customer service skills are promoted to management. And I think it is inexcusable that the post office would close a P.O. Box without first providing notice to the customer that the account is believed to be in arrears.

    This is admittedly not the only complaint that I have had about service at the JAF Station Post Office over the past year. The Post Office summarily decided to cut back their P.O. Box service window hours of operation approximately 9 months ago, but it took several months to get them to actually post the hours of service. I have visited the P.O. Box window during service hours to pick up a package for which I received a package slip only to have the clerk unable to locate it. I have been made to wait for 45 minutes in the regular service line to pick up a Netflix dvd envelope which inexplicably did not fit into my otherwise empty P.O. Box.

    But for the fact that I was caught completely offguard with this most recent and egregious incident and thus had no time to make forwarding arrangements, I would have found another resource for receiving my mail. Clearly I cannot rely on the Postal Service to get it right.

    I personally had to spend nearly $100 in replacing a commuter benefits card that I have now learned was returned by the post office on June 5 and re-sent by the commuter benefits company on June 20. Today I received an e-mail that my July card was also returned. I have no way of knowing what else I did not receive.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2008

    I received a notice to pick up my priority mail and took it to the post office on Monday the 1st of July, 2008; my coin could not be found. I went back the next day with a Tracking # and my coin could not be found. I was told that my priority package was scanned at 2:23 pm on that Monday the 1st of July 2008.

    I was at work and could not have been there. No one is assigned to pick up my mail: never without written permission. I want my coin found! They can check the tapes and find out who scanned that priority mail belonging to me! I want action! That coin cost me $59.50. I want my money or my coin!

    $59.50 plus many hours of waiting for action wanting action.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2008

    My mail box on my 9 home area was vandalized 2 weeks ago the carrier for some reason decided to deliver the mail only to 2 people in the area I have seen this done twice I took the complaint to the supervisor of the post office that is responsible on my area he was very rude and I was told by him that the carrier can do whatever she wants, I feel I've been descriminated, we are talking about a goverment agency, and you have to take whatever they tell you, I feel that my mail is not safe with that particular carrier

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    Reviewed July 8, 2008

    Recently I help a friend mail out a book she sold in ebay. the book was not a expensive book (under $5). I mailed it neatly wrapped in brown paper and the book had a plastic bag over it before the paper was wrapped over it for mailing. I mailed i via media mail. I make sure I get the window clerk that is good before I approach to the window for stamp purchase.

    Today my friend told me that the buyer of the book filed a complaint on the book saying [Hi Norma, Do you think we should give the buyer a refund or send her a replacement? It sounds like the PO inspected the content and repackaged it. Another reason I don't like media mail. This is what the buyer wrote to me:

    This book was received by my daughter inside of a re-packaged by USPS envelope. The inside packge from you was oil soaked and black inside with some kind of dirt. The plastic surrounding the book just barely saved it from destructiton. From the packing tape, it was apparent that the package was taken to the post office by you in this deplorable condition. ]

    I know I did not mail it with oil soaked and black mark on it. I also know usps won't accept package unless it is properly packaged. what should I do? Now not only our end lost in postage fee, we also lost in other things that went with the selling of the book. I need your help. I want to file a usps complaint. This was a small book paper back. I think it was the fault of usps. if they damage things that item should be returned to the sender not keep forward it to the receiver. I need help and advise. please reply

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    Reviewed July 7, 2008

    mail is being opened by usps staff; re-taped and then placed in my mailbox.

    privacy violation

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    Reviewed July 7, 2008

    Items, that I had ordered and paid for were shipped to me from Pennsylvania on June 5th, 2008. I tracked the package to the Portland, Oregon Post Office. Received in PDX. June 19th, 2008 The package was scanned into PDX BUT was NEVER received in Oregon City Post Office. So, obviously I have never received my paid for items. Where is this package? Who looks into missing packages?? What can I do? This is very frustrating.

    Two items, in this package,were gifts for family. I am retired and paid good money for these items AND POSTAGE. I can't afford to replace them. How can a pkg. be scanned into a Post Office and then just disappear?

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    Reviewed July 7, 2008

    For the past 5 months that lived at my new address the post office dosnt deliver my mail and when they do the put my mail in the wrong post box ..I have put my name in the post box and Ive spoken to all the carriers but I kept seeing a new carrier every time so I compained to the post office over the phone and still it was not resolved ...

    Now my check was supposed to come by mail and I did not recive it ...I was fed up I went to my local post office to see what happened maybe it was returned to sender or they had it in the back I did not know what happened so I took my mom and we went over there...I went to the window I advise the teller of the problem he advise me to wait at the managers door then another postal worker came out and advised me that the mannager was on the phone so I waited patiently ...

    the same man came out again and asked me the problem so I explained he said the manager would be write out, so once again I waited not 10 min. later rhe same man comes out and tells me to call the manager ...I said didnt you say he is on the phone .. He said no the manager is not her only a supervisor At that point I was very upset you make me wait and now your telling the manager is not there ...I was very upset I raised my voce and said let me speak to the supervisor ..So he leaves upset ..

    3 min. later the supervisor comes out and ask me what the problem so I explain Idont get my mail and I need to know if a letter that I was supposed to recive by today 6-7-2008 was there now I know I was suppose to recive it since everbody I knew recived theres already...so I expained it to him ..He ask if I spoke to the mail man I said there is a new one every week ..then he stated my mail man was in the hospitol ..I was upset I told ok understandable But how are you going to fix the problem ...(The mail I was missing was my pay check mind you I was broke )

    So then he saids I cant Ive only been here 2 days and I dont know why Im here ..I said what you dont know why your here to fix my problem now what am my supposed to do why do I have to be incovienced by other peoples incompatance ...At this piont I was yelling how can you tell me your a supervisor and not help so he said wait here so I thought he was going to help me....NO he came back with the managers number for me to call I was so upset I advise him I work early at 4:30am and I work all day I dont have the time ..Mind you since he came out he was nasty to me my mom had told him why are you so nasty to us we need help he closed the door in our faces and my mom yelled you are an ass and told the window guy he was an ass the window guy nodded then he came out and said Ive been here a week and I cant help you

    I said so you lied you havent been here 2 days then he said to get out he didnt want us there slamed the door in my face I said yelling tampering with mail is a federal offense and I have had ny tamperd with when its in other peoples mail boxes ...he said shut up get out I was upset I told him to call the police and I can complain to them about the mail its abuse what is happening to the public and me....He did want to call the police and a nice lady said they are bad here not make a scene the would loose my mail on purpose that she went through the same problem.....so I went home and called help me howard on the news....I just so upset I was lied to and he was nasty and I dont know what happened to that Check

    I was belittled and Broke all my money was on that check my car was not payed or my rent not even my cable , I couldnt even go food shopping I have to scronge to get gas money to get to work thats not fair Im going to fight this Ill take it as far as I can go for my self and the public that have to endure the rath of the post office its simply not fair ....the point of customer service is go above and beyond and you know what they dont they dont care .There are so many people more qualified and unemployeed and they cant get the job because you have to know somone who knows some one or are a family member to get the job and you know what its not fair they think yea I got the job I dont have to care well the wake up call will come you have to care and I wont stop till this injustice is resolved I ll do what I have to I will go as far as sueing the USPS

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    Reviewed July 6, 2008

    We have not been receiving mail on a consistent basis for more than two weeks. Over the last two weeks, we have not received at least 30-40 pieces of mail because we have not received mail at least 8 days out of the last two weeks. We have not been delivered our usual average of 5 pieces of mail a day. We went to our local post office in person and spoke to the supervisor and 2 other employees. They did not have our mail and did not know where it was. They said it was not in the post office. They did not offer for us to file a report of missing mail, so we are doing so now through the online postal inspection service.

    We are missing important checks and packages, bills, and magazines. The amount of checks and electronic goods we are missing are valued at over $6000.00. (!) We called the police to file a report and they told us that the postal investigation service will handle it. They would not allow us to file a complaint with them. We need this issue resolved as soon as possible. Dates non-delivery of mail has affected us: June 21-July 5. PLEASE NOTE: we are STILL not receiving mail. It was not delivered today. It only came one day this week.

    Over 6k worth of missing checks and electronic media cards that we ordered. Missing magazines, bills, credit card statements etc.

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    Reviewed July 5, 2008

    Lately, USPS has lost 2 of my packages on different occasions to my PO box. I have to have them reshipped using UPS or other carriers. There is another 1 package that was shown delivered the tracking system like the other lost packages of mine but I have been to the office more than a couple times that I had assumed they have lost it even though he (Roy seems to be the only one every staffs' pointing at) refused the responsibility and even implied that I have already taken the package from my po box.

    Then more than two months (end of June 2008) later, it showed up in my po box, it was supposed to be delivered in the beginning of April. I have to wonder what new sorting/shelving system are the staffs using these days. I also have one package that I have shipped out to CA for almost a month now and still showing in the system as Being Processed.

    Total should be over $30

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    Reviewed July 4, 2008

    Mail was addressed to my PO Box. I receive rent checks and money orders every month at this box. A new employee sent the envelope back stamped return to sender unable to forward without a return address on the envelope. There was a money order enclosed for $408.54. I have attempted for 1 1/2 years to get some help. i have sent copies of what the M.O. would look like, envelopes that were addressed the same way and returned, but to no response at all.

    The local postmaster suggested i contact you, as I can not get any response. The money order must be somewhere in the dead letter file. The person who wrote the money order has since gone back to Mexico. Please help me locate this money.

    We need our rent money of $408.54 and have lost a lot of energy, time and money trying to find it with the postal system. There must be a place to look. Where is it?

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    Reviewed July 3, 2008

    My mail is getting tampered with. In the small community everyone knows everyone. I have gone so far as to take a witness into the Post Office with me when I retrieve my mail. I have missed court documents and attorney notifications because of this problem. I went to another town to open a PO Box and was told I could not do so without stating the physical address where I live. I am in danger if I do that. I do not want family or friends in danger either.

    This has cost me thousands of dollars in attorney fees, phone calls, late fees for missed bills and relocation fees. I need someone to take this seriously.

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    Reviewed July 2, 2008

    My mail keeps getting returned because multiple employees claim I don't live at my address. I get mail for the wrong address, but my mail gets returned to sender. Which makes me wonder why I paid $25.00 cash, got a dated receipt, received mailbox keys from the POST OFFICE after presenting my drivers license and a letter from the local apartment complex for my name.

    Does the Golden Post Office give out mailbox keys to people who don't live at the corresponding mailbox for a TWENTY FIVE DOLLAR BRIBE? You'd think for a twenty five dollar key, that could afford some accuracy.

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    Reviewed July 2, 2008

    We are at the end of a route. It never fails at least once a week we do not get our business mail I have complained thru the postal system and it does not help at all. The branch manager came out to our business and tried to make numerous excuses for the poor service. They can not keep good help at that branch for some reason. I asked him if he could change the route or do something so we could get our mail. This is an ongoing thing with them. As of today July 2nd, we are still have a problem with them.

    WE DO NOT GET OUR MAIL EVERY DAY.

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    Reviewed July 2, 2008

    I went in to have a package sent back to a company She made sure that my business was taken care of BUT when I tried to verify that my tracking # would be on my receipt She firmly and in a scolding manner replied, You can't ask me that again after I told you once I told her I was trying to cover my self that the company told me to make sure I got a number

    I called back to the office when I got home and spoke with Craig the supervisor and he said my number should be on the receipt and I assured him it was but she had no right talking to a customer like that when I was just trying to verify that I was going to have a number for my records and he acknowledged my concern and said he would follow up Whether he did or not will remain but I feel she deliberately tried to humiliate me For what reason I do not know In fact, this is the 2nd time she waited on me that she got sarcastic

    What are the clerks thinking when they make remarks like that to customers? If they have to hear a question 5 times then they should just answer it 5 times but don't be callas especially when the customer didn't do a thing to deserve it Val won't be waiting on me anymore and I hope there isn't anymore customers that feel the same way

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    Reviewed July 2, 2008

    The situation occurred between May 7th and June 17th of 2008. The situation involved a letter that was sent certified mail (tracking number 7007 2560 0002 4273 2793) on May 7th from the College Park, MD post office. The package contained time-sensitive material being sent to the USCIS at the Fallon Federal Building, Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, MD. Since this building is a federal building, they do not allow public inquiry to the mailroom and it is impossible to know if a package arrives there. For this reason, my husband and I chose to use certified mail delivery for our package. We began tracking the package online shortly after sending it so that we could confirm its delivery. The online tracking service registered that the package arrived in Baltimore on May 8th at 11:15am and was being held at the pickup station.

    Since the package was not meant to be picked up, but actually delivered to the Fallon Federal Building, we were concerned. We wanted confirmation of the delivery and so, after tracking the package each day online for ten days with no change in status, we started an endless journey with USPS to try to obtain the service that we paid for (a certification that the mail was delivered). After more than a month after sending the package and many hours spent calling multiple dependencies at USPS, we never received satisfactory information about the delivery. It is clear that not only we did not receive the service that we paid for but also this irregularity caused us a series of disturbances that are described below and for which we are requesting indemnity.

    Upon seeing no change in the online status of our package, we called customer service at the number provided on our certified mail tracking sheet. The woman with whom we spoke confirmed that the message on the computer did in fact seem strange, and informed us that if the package was left waiting at the pickup point for more than two weeks, the package would be sent back to us. She advised us to wait for a few days for them to update the website and provide confirmation of delivery. When we told her we had been tracking it for some time, she provided us with the number of USPS in Baltimore where the package would have been sent, and instructed us to call there.

    We called the Baltimore office several times between May 23-28. We spoke with two individuals and a supervisor, Ms. D., who informed us that they would work to try to find out what happened to the package and to call back. The intent was to give us some formal confirmation of delivery. Finally, on May 30, we called back again to the Baltimore office and, to our surprise, were informed that there was no Ms. D. who supervised the station. We were instead instructed to hold for Mr. James W.. We talked with Mr. W. and told him the situation. He said that he would track the package for us the following morning before 10 am and get back to us. At this time we also called the costumer service line again and talked with a woman named Lisa T. She wrote a record of the issue and said that someone would call back in one business day. She told us that if we had to call back, the confirmation number for our case was cv37948752. Neither James W. nor someone from customer service called back the next day.

    On June 2 we talked again with Mr. W. He said he would request a copy of the form sheet that was supposed to be signed on delivery and he asked us to call him the next day before 10 am in order for him to send it to us. On June 3, we called Mr. W.'s office, but he was unavailable. We informed the person we spoke with about the case and he said he would try to speak with the carrier who would have gone to Hopkins Plaza about the situation. We also left a message for Mr. W. Additionally, we called back to the costumer service line to inquire why we never received a call back. The employee we spoke with said that USPS would try to track the package again so that we could get delivery confirmation, and gave us the following confirmation number for our case cv38000660.

    On June 4 we called again to costumer services. The employee said that the case had been passed to costumer affairs, and gave us the number to call. The employee also gave us another case number cv38026274. We called the customer affairs line and nobody answered. After a few moments, the answering machine picked up, informed us that our call was very important to USPS and then disconnected the line. This happened twice. We also called James W. and left a message but he did not reply.

    On June 5 we called costumer affairs and again nobody answered. We then called the costumer service line once more. The employee who answered the call also informed us that the person in charge of the case is named Christal but no more information was available, and we could not speak with this person. Upon requesting, we were connected to a supervisor named Chris. Chris said that if customer affairs did not call that day, the case would be passed to a higher level. We also called James W. twice and left a message but were not able to speak with him. Another employee said that they would check with the carrier for that route.

    We called the Baltimore office to speak to James W. again two more times between June 5 and June 16th but did not find him available. At this time, we decided to schedule an appointment with the USCIS at the Fallon Federal Building to deliver a backup copy of the time-sensitive materials to ensure their delivery, since the delivery of the original package still had not been confirmed. (Note: both individuals involved in any USCIS case must be present at USCIS appointments.)

    On June 16, the day before the appointment, we called the Baltimore office again and spoke with James W. He said that he thought that the case was solved, but gave no explanation why he thought that. We informed him that we still have not received the confirmation of delivery that he promised. (This is because he never sent it, and he acknowledged that). He said that he would call back later, but after not getting a call back for two hours, we called again. Mr. W. said he was still waiting for his carrier and he would call back later that day. He read back both of our phone numbers to ensure that he had them correct. He never called.

    June 17 we were obliged to take a MARC train to/from Baltimore to meet the appointment with USCIS. During this visit we also went to talk to Mr. W. in person at the Baltimore Post Office Annex. He again informed us that the package delivery confirmation was still not available. He seemed to think our frustration at the situation was humorous. The economic consequences were imparted both in time and money: Cost of sending package certified mail = 7.25 Train tickets to and from Baltimore MD = 24.00 Value of work-day hours spent on phone with USPS = 5 x 20 = 100 Value of 2 person-work-day hours spent traveling to Baltimore, MD = 10 x 20 = 200 Total $331.25

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    Reviewed July 2, 2008

    I had requested a legal document from the courts. I had it sent in a LSASE, and when I opened my mail box, today, it was crumpled up in a ball, in the bottom of the box, with a magazine on top of it. I took it to the post office and waited 25 minutes total, before a supervisor came, and I have a bad back, which I'll explain in another complaint. Teresa made a copy of it, even though a copy doesn't really show the damage. She said she'd talk to the carrier.

    I came back, and the other supervisor, David, whom I originally asked for was there. So, I explained what happened to David, and asked him for the two stamps that it cost me to request the document, not counting my time, which I said is worth $200.00 per hour. He gave me the stamps, and I asked him if he would talk to the carrier, because this is a time-sensitive document that I have to re-request and have the other party served. He said, Well, I'll tell him you're concerned, but maybe you didn't check your mail and he stuffed the stuff on top of it. I said, No, I checked my mail twice today. He said, Well, maybe it came a previous day. I said, Look at the post mark, June 30, 2008. Today is July 1st. He said, Well, that's hypothetical. He then said, I could request that the carrier leave a note for you to pick anything up that doesn't fit in the mail box. I said, That doesn't have anything to do with it.

    Obviously, we're not talking about a box that doesn't fit. It's a legal sized envelope. I took my stamps and left.
    At least $200.00 worth of damage...time, effort, plus...I have to re-request the document and have the other party served in time. I don't see how it's possible. This has caused significant problems. The actual damages is much much greater.

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    Reviewed July 1, 2008

    package tracking usps online track and comfirm shows that the package I'm waiting for was 'Processed and Left' their Bell, California facility at 8:43 am, June 27th. The Bell usps facility is only 20 minutes away from my place. It's July 1st and I still haven't received my package yet. So I called the usps and they told me that it's in a track en route to make deleiveries to whatever destination. And it's impossible to track. when is it coming? 2 to 9 business days. It's only 9 miles away and it takes them 2 to 9 business days. a mile a day?

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    Reviewed July 1, 2008

    I have had multiple issues with this Post office. First they stopped delivering my mail for no apparent reason which made my bills late and cost me late fees. When I inquired about it they had no answer for me as to why it happened.

    The next time I recieved a package and never got it. When I inquired about it I was told that the Post Office delivered it. When I went to the Post Office They were not only very rude with me but they told me that if their carrier said she delivered it then it was my problem. I stayed at the Post office for 2 hours waiting for the delivery person to get back in from her route and she said she remembered delivering a package. I asked her if she would go back to the community where I lived and open the parcel boxes and she said she would. When she opened the parcel locker and there was my package. The key to the parcel locker was put in someone elses mail box.

    Finally I put my mail on hold while I went on vacation. I filled out the form provided by the Post office stating what date my mail should be held and what date to start re-delivery of my mail. I also checked the box stating that I would pick up my held mail. When I got back from vacation I found a package had been delivered and place in my mail box. I went to the Post Office to pick up my held mail and was told that they did not have it and the delivery person must have taken it. Some how I don't feel that it is right that I have to waste my time and gas to chase my mail and be treated rudely when I followed the Post Office procedures with my mail.

    I wasted my time and gas as well as encountering late fees due to poor mail delivery. Not to mention being treated rudely by Post Office employees. These are the people that created my grief to begin with.

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    Reviewed July 1, 2008

    Postal service has on numerous times have delivered the mail to the wrong address, including checks, goverment checks, i have had people around the neighbor hood, delivering my mail because it was not delivered to the right address, this is surely getting tiring, as they make pleanty of money , and can't do there job, what else can i say, ,,

    checks could have been cashed by a untrustly person, just a good thing an honest person delivered it to me, and did the postal service job, ,,

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    Reviewed July 1, 2008

    I sold an item on ebay, packed in a large cardboard box 2-3 priority mail. Week and a half later a gets a email from receiver saying the the box was damage and he refused it and sent it back. Now i'm in awwws because this is a big cardboard box well packed. So week later i receive a letter with the top of the box i sent with my name and receiver name and a few stamps from usps saying the are sorry my package was damage in mail.

    So i open the letter and they want me to fill out this form of lost mail and discribe what was in my package. No the puzzle is, HOW DID THE TOP OF THE BOX GET REMOVE? My guess is after receiver refused it the usps knew they had damage it and somebody had to pay to have it shipped back to me and to elimimate them spending their money they just cut the top of the box and mail it with letter.

    So i have filled out letter and sent it back to minnisota which is the lost mail recovery center. It's been two weeks and nothing yet. My main problem is the reciever should have accepted the box knowing even after the usps had damage the box there was nothing in it that could have been damage. Everything was solid iron. No receiver wants me to refund his money because of all this. I did my part and box shipped it. He refused it and sent it back and now it's lost.

    I'm without parts and a dispute with ebay.

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    Reviewed June 29, 2008

    My 1500.00 eBay purchased,insured ring, delivery signature required was stolen the minute it was "accepted" by the Garden Grove, CA Post Office at 4:15pm on 6-16-08. Never been seen ot heard of since and no one knows where it is... Dispite calls to start a case and getting a case number assigned on the package, and many emailed letters to the Postal Inspection Service, not a word or a call has been returned. Not a word. The seller even passed out flyers warning customers about postal theft within that Garden Grove post office. There is no incentive to find their own thiefs, as it is our own tax dollars that will reimburse me, not the UPSP personal coffers. This is a joke.

    After reading the numerous compliants about this all over the Internet, I realize this is just another broken arm of our government and it will never be fixed. Common sense says it was taken in Garden Grove as it never made it to the distribution center for the trip north. My local post office said it never made it to Oakland, CA whcih is our distribution center either. If you VALUE your heirlooms or jewlery, alway send it over-insured, paper wrapped with PAPER tape (hard to find, but necessary to be tamper proof) covering every single seam of your package. Have the post person, stamp every inch of each seam of the tape crossing onto the package wrap with an offical red circle stamp of the post office. This is so the seams cannot be tampered with. Send it

    REGISTERED and INSURED and SIGNATURED REQUIRED so the package must be signed for on each leg of the journey through the theif ridden Post Office employees. and locked in a cage at night. If it is ost, they will never find it nor will they try too. They know they have a theft issue, and they turn a blind eye.

    I guess the postal workers union is scary than the American public. Never send Insured packaage Priority Mail....it is like a beacon for steal me!!!! ALWAYS take the steps to warp and paper tape your seams. ALWAYS. This is my second loss and both wwere insured but the seller used Prioirty mail boxes. Priority gives one a false sense that the USPS makes your package important. It doesn't. I bought the ring for a great price and the seller insured it for what I paid for it. But it's actual value was more, and I wish I'd paid the extra cost to insure it for triple. The ring was my 29th anniversay gift. I am an angry, disappointed born in the USA taxpayer.

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    Reviewed June 29, 2008

    I am trying to get home delivery after years of using a post office box. I put in a patron card on June 9th. Two weeks later I spoke to the postmaster because Netflix doesn't recognize my street address. She assured me it would only be about 3 days more and I would be all set. Another week has gone by and I still can't get my Netflix delivered to my home! Now what!

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    Reviewed June 28, 2008

    I sent a package overnight mail with USPS in March 2008. I was given a tracking number and told the package would arrive by 10 AM the next day. This was a package that the individual I sent it to needed by that day and he took a day off work to stay and wait for it. It never arrived that day. I went to the USPS website to track it, and the site said only that the package had left the terminal here. I called to file an investigation into the missing package the next day, and although I was told that someone would call me with information by the end of the next day, nobody called me.

    I waited until the next day, phoned again and was told that nobody knew where the package was, that it was not scanned if it arrived at the destination, and they advised me to go to my post office and file a missing package form. That afternoon, the package arrived at its destination, with nobody waiting for it, and the postal worker did not leave it, just left a notice for it to be picked up.

    This is the absolute worst service I have ever experienced. Now I am awaiting a package that was sent via priority mail over a week ago, and when I try to track it, all the site says is that the person sending it notified them of a pending pickup on that day. There is NO information as to its whereabouts, even though it was definitely picked up by the postal service 8 days ago. I will personally NEVER use the post office again for packages of any kind, especially if they need to get to the destination quickly.

    The economic damage was loss of a day's pay for the person waiting for the package, and the fact that I paid the Post Office the overnight fee when it took 4 days for the pakage to arrive.

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    Reviewed June 28, 2008

    Our postal delivery lady won't give us our mail if any cars are park in front of the mail box, we have our other home boxes in front of our fence boxes are only one side of the street she would hold our mail but delivery the negibors mail, she had given warning and not the owners of the cars that don't belong to our address, we been having this problem w/her for sometime, last week she yell my husband name when I open the door, she ask who car was infront of the mail box I said its minds and she threaten to give me a ticket, I explain to her the other houses tenants are park in my stall I have no where else to park, she had a attitude, she is not a friendly person, I can't see why she don't step out of her vehicle its just a few feet away

    my husband is on disability a few times his checks would come in late cause other vehicles are park in front of the mail box, I thought there is a law that wind, rain or shine the mail gets delivered. She had done this to a police officer who lives a few houses away, she went to the office to make a complaint she was ask to go back and dilevery his mail. Need Advice on how to handle the situration I asked my husband if he would move the mail box to a different location or ask the negibor if he could get a PO Box so we all can get parking on our street.

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    Reviewed June 27, 2008

    I have recently become disabled. I have to continually pickup certified mail. This office I have to go to has one or two people working there. I have to wait a minimum of 15 to 20 min each time I go. The people working there are so slow they would not last at any other job. This is very poor costumer service.

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    Reviewed June 27, 2008

    I mailed an insured package last December. Package was damaged. I have not received reimbursement as of June 27.

    I did receive a phone message (May 22) concerning reimbursement. Lady (who did not give either her name, her phone number, or the company she was representing) stated that I would be receiving a check "within 10 to 15 business days".

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    Reviewed June 27, 2008

    My friends moved in with me and they put in some change of address cards, and the post man took mine and my husbands name off the mailbox, and replaced it with my friends name in the mail box. We are all living here, so the post man shouldn't have taken the names out.... we cant even get anyone to pick up the phone, then when they did pick the phone up, they got really Rude, then hung up... One of the mail men that delivers here drives uncontrollably, been seen drinking on the job, and gives other peoples mail to the wrong addresses. DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PLEASE. ITS A POST OFFICE..!!!!!!!!

    went to the web site and there is not one positive thing said about this post office. Something should be done with management....

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    Reviewed June 27, 2008

    why is everybody that works at the postal service so angry? Or is it just a case of too many Chiefs and not enough Indians? Do the supervisors have any real training? They yell at customers. They cut you off while talking. And they treat you like you are dumb for asking any questions. Not ever once stopping to think that maybe their system is not as sound as it should be. These people deal with millions of people everyday, yet they have no professionalism. Maybe it's because they are union workers and it is next to impossible to lose this job. Maybe if they had some real consequences for treating their customers like dirt they would think before opening their mouths.

    I was in line to pick up hold mail when a supervisor started telling me that I should not have my mail on hold if I no longer lived at this address. That's fine , but until the change went through i wanted to hold my mail there so that my stimulus check would not be sent back to the irs. She started yelling at me like I was across the room and Ihad to remind her thatI was standing right in front of her. Then I asked to speak to a supervisor and she informed me thatshe was one. i thi=ought, "Unbelievable!" even if you go into the postal service in good spirits chances are, you will leave feeling like you have been treated with the utmost disrespect. Is there any way to make the postal service answer to treating their customers so badly? If there is, please let me know. I will be the first to agrre with that.

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    Reviewed June 26, 2008

    I'm quite upset because two of my checks; 1 income tax refund and the 2nd one is a stimulus check from the IRS so far has not gotten to me in the mail. I do not know what is going on but I would appreciate if the situation was investigated. Now I already contacted the IRS regarding the matter. They informed me that they would trace the check. I also contacted my zone post office and at this point I need to know what is going on. This is a serious matter as I have to provide for my family as we are having hard times right now. My baby and my wife. This is unfair. It's not just 1 check but 2 checks. Now that's really strange. Please contact me as soon as possible.

    Being that these two checks are missing it is putting a financial strain on my family.

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    Reviewed June 26, 2008

    On 5/9/08 I mailed a Priority mail with delivery confirmation at Plainsboro Post Office. Since then I've been checking USPS track & confirm. The results are: 5/11 processed in Bellmawr,5/13 proccessed in Bellmawr, and 5/14 processed in Edison. And then it stays there forever... The address of the mail is "Rutgers University in New Brunswick". I could just mail it by regular mail. Since it is an important mail, I chosed USPS Priority with delivery confirmation. I stopped by the post office, spoke to the supervisor. He used the track # to check online and got the same results. He could not explain why it enrouted to Edison and could not help track my mail. He took my tel # but never called me. I used USPS website "email us" to complain twice, but no response.

    I stopped by the Post Office the second time and spoke to the Post Master. He apolobized but could not help track my mail. He asked me to call their 1-800 number to complain. I did and the lady gave me a reference number and ask me to fill out a form for postage reimbursement, which I did today and got my postage back. The matter is not the $5.25. The issue is what happen to USPS? There should be a way to follow up my mail and give me an explanation. What happen to my important mail with personal info? I can't imagine that my priority mail just got lost like this. I always trust USPS services.

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    Reviewed June 26, 2008

    Have filed mutliple compaints locally about not receiving mail for the past 4 years!! Never get credit cards, bill statements, my medicare cards, my absentee ballots!! Have had to acquire them by other means....and I am severally handicapped which presents major problems for me.

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    Reviewed June 25, 2008

    I am not the only one receiving somebody elses mail in our mail boxes.
    This is happening mostly every day and I am really afraid that my personal bills get into the wrong hands, it that happen they will able to use my personal information, credit cards numbers, charge into my accounts.
    This is terrible and we need to get a solution as soon as possible. Please, HELP!!!!

    Thank you,

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    Reviewed June 25, 2008

    I had a Priorty mail delivery for my bank in New York with tracking. I called for confermation and it was delivere to the post offive on June 2nd but no delvery date for the letter. I waited another week but still no delivery. I contacted my postmaster here in Pennsyvania and she tried to do a follow up history, and was told the letter was delivered but the carrier was so busy he did not bother to scan it ???. The bank has said there was no delivery and now I am at a lost as to where this SO called priority mail is. This is extremly annoying there seems to be a lack of effort in New York. It is now nearing July and still no resolution.
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    Reviewed June 24, 2008

    According to a order we had a package was in San Antonio on June 19th and According to the Post Office Web site the package was delivered on the 20th. But to whom is the question. Because we didn't get it and upon calling to see where the package was Mr. Martinez said he would investigate. Our regular mail carrier called and stated he kinda remembers putting it on the landing of our front door and knocking yet someone is always home 24-7 no knock was made no package was at the front door.

    Our carrier normally delivers mail between 12:45PM and 1:30PM yet the web-site states it was delivered at 3:17 pm something is wrong with this picture. Mr. Martinez also wants me to report and find out from the sender if the package could be left at the door with no notification. I am up the creek with no paddle. I feel the post office is liable for my merchandise and not the company. All I know is that I am out $95.05 the post office should pay not the company.

    out of money and no merchandise. My money does not grow on trees and ninety five dollars is a chunk when you work payday to payday to make ends meet.

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    Reviewed June 23, 2008

    I have been fighting with the post office and mail carriers in this area for the last 3 years. I have had my mail delivery stopped on numerous occasions and now as of 4/25/08 was forced to rent a P.O. Box in order to receive my mail.

    I have a 8 year old white boxer. He is an inside dog and only goes out with us in the back yard (which is fenced in) or in the front yard on his chain. I have had animal control at my door numerous times stating that my dog was out, when I tell them that he was not out, then they leave. On 2/09/08 they did issue me a dog at large ticket stating that the mail carrier took a picture of the dog that he was and was prepared to go to court if he had to. I decided to fight that ticket since I knew that the dog was not outside.

    When we went to court, much to my surprise, he lied about having a picture of the dog. I am tired of this. I have contacted the Post Master General, and wrote a letter to my congressman with no help. They just say that if I want to be a dog owner then I need to take care of my dog and not let him run! At one point I was told that if they even saw my dog in the window that they would not deliver my mail.

    Even with the P.O. Box I am not getting my mail delivered! I have mailed returns at undeliverable, just return to sender for no reason at all. I have bought packages from EBay and Amazon.com that have been lost and never delivered. making complains doesn't seem to do anything at all

    I have moved my mailbox away from my house (this area has the mailboxes attached to the house, so I put a box at the curb) That mailbox cost me $35.00 at Menards. Then I was told that they could not deliver my mail again, so now I am putting a fence around my front yard so that the dog can not get out of the yard at all. That fence is costing me about $3000.00 to buy and install. When is this harassment from the post office going to stop (they are also harassing one of the neighbors that live 3 doors down from me)!!!!!!

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    Reviewed June 22, 2008

    Your delivery person on our route did not leave our mail on Sat. 6/21 as requested as a resume date. They did not leave any part of our accumulation. Please see that our mail is delivered on Mon. 6/23/08.

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    Reviewed June 21, 2008

    In September 2007, I reported to my local post office that I was not receiving my mail regularly. On investigation, Mr Anaya informed me a change of address form had been submitted and showed me the postcard. I informed him the card was fraudulent as I had never lived at the address indicated, nor had I submitted the change of address. The signature was not close to mine, and obviously the person who submitted it was not asked for identification. He had me fill out another postcard supposedly canceling the fraudulent change of address. I submitted a report online to the US Postal Inspection Service. I attempted to file a police report at my local precinct, which was refused because no attempts had been made at identity theft. I alerted my creditors about the fraudulent address.

    I thought I had covered all bases. Yet every few months one creditor (Municipal Credit Union) with whom I had a credit card, would send me a notice about a change of address (to the fraudulent address). I would contact them immediately, they would cancel the current card and issue a new one. This happened 5 times. After the second credit card change, I went to MCU, explained the problem to a manager and had alerts placed on my account about the fraudulent address. Still the problem kept recurring until I transferred my balance to another card and refused to accept any more cards from MCU. Each time I received the change of address notice from MCU, I contact Mr Anaya directly. I told him the postal system must have a database that routinely notifies financial institutions of changes of address, and that the fraudulent address was never removed from that database. He insisted no such thing existed and that the problem was with the creditors. The post office had done all they could.

    On 6/2/08, I contacted a postal inspector and eventually was directed to the consumer affairs department of the postal service. They confirmed the existence of a database and that the fraudulent address had never been deleted. They said they would contact Mr Anaya and walk him through deleting the fraudulent address from the database. I called the consumer affairs dept the following day and was assured the problem had been corrected.

    The problem has not been corrected! A friend mailed a letter to me a week ago, as a test. I have not received it. Nor had I received a bill I was told was sent out a week ago. In fact, except for junk mail, I received mail only one day this past week. In addition, as of today, one of the credit reporting agencies (Experian) still has the fraudulent address listed as my current address. To this day I have no idea what has become of 9 months of my mail and the postal service offers absolutely no remedy.

    The toll this has taken on me has been more emotional, than financial. It has interfered with my work performance, as a registered nurse. I've had to take time off from work a number of times to try to rectify the problem. I'm paying a monthly fee to monitor my credit. I've had to request all creditors send statement and bills electronically to me. I've become depressed to the point I had to seek professional counseling. How can one postcard continuously override an address that has been mine for 16 years? I thank you for any assistance given in rectifying this nightmare.

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    Reviewed June 20, 2008

    I am trying to stop my mail forwarding, but all my attempts have failed. This story already continues more than two months.

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    Reviewed June 20, 2008

    I sent a package express mail on Friday June 13th for $63.85. The clerk told me it would arrive Saturday. I said they office is not open on Saturday. She said no problem, we will mark it for NO WEEKEND DELIVERY which is printed on my receipt and the tracking information. She said it will deliver Monday. Monday I called the destination to see if it arrived. They said their mail does not run until about 2:30pm. I called back at about 3:00pm. They went to check and no package. I looked up the tracking number and it said delivery attempted Saturday-office closed left notice card to be picked up. I called the business again to tell them they accidently tried a Saturday delivery even though they messed up and left a card to go pick it up. They went back to the box--no card was found.

    I then had to call the 800# for the USPS. They gave me the reference number for the business to go pick up the package at the post office and appologized that the USPS does not make 2nd delivery attempts. By this time it was too late for them to be drive to their post office. They went the next day causing a delay in my package reaching the person to get my business ad into a publication thereby causing lost business sales. I called the 800# back and after another 20 minute wait for a live person was told an appology and given a reference number and to go back to the post office I sent it from for a refund. I went to the post office today (June 18th).

    The clerk, after about 10 minutes came back and said I get no refund. I argued my point that the USPS caused the problem and I was told to come back here with the original receipt for a refund. He referred me to his Supervisor. She told me that the USPS did their job and that the 800# is not a USPS employee and has no right telling me I could get a refund. I showed her the reference number to the case and she told me she did not have to see that. I told her it did not matter if they were an employee or not--they are representing the USPS. She told me the package was there Monday and the business I sent it to should have picked it up. I told her about the card not being there and by the time we had all the information it was too late. She looked at me and said they were not responsible for a lost card. I began to get heated! I told her that it was the fault of the USPS for trying to deliver on Saturday when I have in writing NO WEEKEND DELIVERY. If it was not for that error of the USPS my package would have been delivered when it was supposed to. She kept referring to the tracking printout that my package was in Texas on Saturday and they did their job.

    I told her they did not do their job--because of them not following their directions, my package had to be picked up by my receiver which caused a delay. I asked for proof of the Saturday card notification. She said she could not provide that. I asked for a number to file a complaint--she said call the 800#. I said why--they are not the USPS as you pointed out--if they can't be approved for giving a refund approval how can they listen to my complaint with any authority. She just shrugged her shoulders and said you can talk to the Post Master but he is gone for the day and he will tell you the same thing.


    That is when I got enraged. I told her that I would not be here if the USPS had done their job as instructed and my package would have arrived as I had ordered. She just smiled and said "And it did" and walked back to the back.


    I am boycotting the illegal monopoly of the USPS. They are a scam business. They are the poorest people service business next fast food restaurants. I am going to remove my mailbox. Any bills can be sent to me via UPS or FedEX or emailed to me. I do not have to use their service--I have that right. I am going to take this further and find a lawyer that can sue the USPS for my lost business. I have written documentation of my order requesting NO WEEKEND Delivery and written documentation of how they made the error in the delivery attempt on Saturday. As well as phone call records I made to the 800# and claim reference number I was given.

    This is going to cost them a lot more then $63.85. Sorry public--they will probably have to raise the price of stamps another penny to pay for this claim!

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    Reviewed June 19, 2008

    I live in a trailer/modular park called Rochester Estates. The mail carrier Rick in question has had problems delivering mail to my house because I have a female American Eskimo that barks. I have a deck with gates at both entrances, her tie out line is at least 15-20 feet from where he enters my property and walks across my grass to the next house.

    I was having my decks painted this past Wednesday, June 11 and the tie out was placed in a different spot, and the hardware was off the gates so the gates were held open so it the hinges wouldn't split the wood. I was standing in the door way while she was out, and the mail carrier Rick came to deliver mail, and Lizie saw him and ran out to him and had her front paws up on him like she greets everyone. He started yelling and making threats, and drove immediately to the park office. I called the park office and reported the incident.

    He claimed that my dog bit him (never mentioned it to me), and then told the police and animal control officer that was subsequently called. I had left for a meeting with my boss, and was called back by my neighbor to talk with the officers. The police officers said the dog did not bite him, there were a couple scratches on his knee(he was wearing shorts) from her claws that occurred when I pulled her away from him. The police did not make a report, no ticket was issued, the dog was not quarantined because the skin was not broken. They determined the dog was friendly and not vicious, just very friendly and loves attention. I didn't have to sign any report. I have been told that the mail carrier filed a false report, thus I could file a suit.

    The mail carrier Rick has repeatedly threatened myself, my dog and two of my neighbors while they were watching her in my absence. In the past he would not deliver my mail for 1-3 days at a time because my dog barks, and he seems to be terrified of all of the dogs in the park(Rochester Estates). I am not the only person who has problems with him, and he has created problems for many dog owners since he started delivering the mail on this route.

    His Supervisor, Missy who I have talked to on two occasions has been very kind and has tried to work things out, but her supervisor wouldn't allow Missy's solution to the issue. Missy determined there was no reason for him to be afraid, and my deck and tie out were created to give him 15-20 feet away from the dog. I had moved my mailbox a year and a half ago, so he wouldn't have to come close to the gated enclosed deck or the yard tie out.

    He has continued to harass me and now has not delivered my mail since June 12. The real clincher was on the day of the incident(11th) he delivered my mail, but has not delivered it since the 12th. I have contacted the Rochester post office and the supervisor over Missy will not allow my mail to be delivered. I was told to change my address or pick it up. I am a senior citizen and widow with physical issues(handicapped) that make it difficult for me, and on one issue to hand hold a leash thus the reason for a tie out leash, and she(the dog) is my peace of mind and makes me feel safe. I have bills to pay and I need my mail delivered to my home.

    The other thing that concerns me in this matter, is that he(mail carrier Rick) has created a bad situation between me and the park. I have been seeking legal counsel on this matter, but am hoping to resolve it myself. Any help would be appreciated. I know there is an issue with this park(Rochester Estates) and the USPS over the delivery of mail. The park has had walking mail carriers for many years, and the USPS wants to have a central mailbox area, so I feel that myself and others in here are being used as pawns to secure what each party wants to accomplish. Thank you for your help and hopefully a quick resolution.

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    Reviewed June 17, 2008

    I priority mailed a package to Malaysia with important documents (bank cards and ID's, medications and vitamins) on April 5, 2008 and it has not been received by recipients yet. Their customer service is very rude and is not helpingme. They are not paying me for my damages.

    ID cards, bank cards, medications and vitamins are lost. It cost about $200 to replace the vitamins and medications.

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    Reviewed June 17, 2008

    The USPS does not get a single piece of mail correct. My box has mail thatdoesn;t belong to me on a daily basis.

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    Reviewed June 17, 2008

    On Wednesday,June 11, 2008 I went online and rescheduled a redelivery for two parcels with confirmation number for June 14, 2008 and stayed home and waited all day and no one came. I had called the Knickbocker Post Office and was told that someone will come by 5:30pm and no one showed up.Then I received another slip for another package with a final notice for June 20, 2008.

    I then went online again on June 16,2008 to have another redelivery on June 17, 2008 because I will be home then. I filled in all the information but it would'nt take the date that I put in. I wasn't given a confirmation number. Now I won't receive my packages. Is there something that you could do to recify the situation?

    I have a walker and can't climb the stairs and the elevator doesn't always work. I may not be able to carry the packages either. I was told to contact Consumer Affairs to handle the matter.

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    Reviewed June 16, 2008

    We do not always receive some of our magazine subscriptions in the mail. We will get a few issues and then miss a few or not get any at all for 2-3 months at a time. Sometimes we get them but they have been opened, torn and read already. We NEVER had this problem until moving to Erie, Colorado! Several of our neighbors have the same issues as well and complained and nothing is ever done about it! Now we have moved to Saint Louis and what a surprise, we are STILL NOT receiving our forwarded periodicals from our old Erie address, which we are supposed to have 60 days to receive. I know it's Erie because we are receiving our magazines that already have our new address, just not the ones being forwarded.

    And when we call the publishers to let them know we missed issues they always re-send them out or extend our subscription. So I know it's not the publishers fault! So, how does the post office get away with stealing consumer's magazines? And when I called the main USPS customer service line, the USPS employee Mike tells me his system is down. And when I e-mail USPS, their employee Creed responds with can't help due to we only handle the technical issues NOT CUSTOMER SERVICE issues ok, so Creed must have lied since it gave me customer service issues to choose from on their drop-down menu to e-mail them from! So again how does USPS get away with stealing and lying and not giving us customer service!

    It's a shame that I may have to cancel ALL my magazine subscriptions due to the post office. Will I start buying them at $5.00 -$7.00 each issue? Probably not! So not only am I losing out on this but the magazine publishers are too!

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    Reviewed June 15, 2008

    I have a complaint about my mail delivery person.This person delivers the mail but refuses to take any outgoing mail...as a result,our outgoing mail delivery box is overflowing and many of us are going to get into trouble with our bills because the mail has been sitting there for 5 days waiting to be delivered.I want this taken care of immediately.

    My mail has been sitting in the outgoing mailbox for four days.

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    Reviewed June 14, 2008

    For the last month i have been getting other peoples mail that is not mine every other day! The name is not the smae nor anything close to mine and there po box is no where close to mine. It's not always the same person i get it's a diff. person every time. I wouldn't be so mad i always take it back in and tell them it's the wrong box but i know that my mail is not getting to me because i have yet to get a couple bills that are now past due. Also they do not care about how they put the items in the box i have opened it to find mail smashed up to the box door when there isn't that much mail.

    I have had to call my cc company and other bills in to know what i owe so i can pay them.

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    Reviewed June 13, 2008

    Bought an item from ebay, have been waiting for 20+ days and the package is not delivered, and the seller claim the package is delivered. So I call my local usps with the tracking number given by seller, and same response, the usps lady told me the package is delivered and anything else will be between the seller and me. So I ask the seller if he has the correct address and he does. First of all, USPS tracking number does not associate with an address, so in fact seller can be lying to me about sending this package. And assuming the buyer is not lying then the usps's tracking system is flawed. from my experience, when the tracking number showed delivered that means it's out of the local office, and not actually delivering the package, if the mail man ran out of the time and decide to go home early.. then the package will be mailed the next day even thou it says delivered. This is bad for the consumer b/c this tracking number gives them the right to point fingers to seller or buyer.

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    Reviewed June 12, 2008

    I mailed a package to Quebec, Canada from Cape Canaveral, FL to my fiance on 04/05/08. The cost to mail the package was 89.30$. When the package arrived, my fiance opened it and found some items damaged. She immediately called USPS and told them and they gave her a file #, and told her to take it to the nearest Canada post office to show them the damage. She did that and Canada post told her that they were not responsible for the damage, so they were not going to file a damage report. She called USPS and told them this and the person at USPS told her that USPS would send an enquiry to Canada post.

    After 3 weeks I called US post and asked them what was going on and they told me that an enquiry was sent to Canada Post and they were waiting for a reply. I told USPS that my fiance did not get a call/letter as yet. I asked them the process that they would follow if they did not get a reply and the person just said you need to wait and hung up. In the 3rd week of May I called again to say that nothing had happened and no enquiry was till recd. USPS told me that an enquiry was sent and that they were waiting for an answer. Once again I asked the person at USPS the same question ... What if Canada Post does not reply? Once again they hung up on me.

    Today I called USPS again and the lady said that they would send an enquiry to the Sender. I told her that I was the sender, so she said We will send an enquiry to the recipient. When I asked to clarify, she hung up. On 3 occasions I have tried to go on the USPS website to complain and after I type my whole issue the message does not get sent. The damged articles are worth more than 600$. The postage I paid covers only damage only up to 219.22$. That is all I want. The damaged articles are still in Canada and my fiance has since returned to the US. Pls. help!

    We have been given the run around by some very inconsiderate USPS employees. Their English is so poor as well. I could barely understand the English of the people that i spoke to. The damge totals more that 600$.

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    Reviewed June 12, 2008

    I have been using the Sedona post office for several years. I am well liked by two of the postal clerks there, Veronica and Trinidad. Repeatedly over the past year I have been treated in a rude and unfriendly way by a postal clerk by the name of Sharon S. She will not smile at me or act pleasant in any way. When I have tried to introduce myself she has been consistently rude. When I say good morning she does not respond with anything other than a sort of grunt.

    A few months ago I sought to make a complaint at the post office and spoke to a woman who did nothing at all regarding the matter. I want this matter brought to the attention of someone who will do something about it. Numerous other people I know who use the same post office complain of similar treatment from Sharon Smith. It seems wrong to me that I am required to pay taxes, some of which go to the Postal Service, but I am still treated in a rude way by someone working for the Postal Service. I hope that someone will respond to me about this matter.

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    Reviewed June 11, 2008

    Twice I did not get my package!! I have purchased glasses from ebay, twice now! Each in differnt time, and differnt merchant, When I track then it would say I got them! But I never did! It only happens when its glasses because i bought a cheap make up bag and it came they even squeezed it in my mailbox! Everyone in the post office is pin pointing someone else! Our regular mailman said that he did not do the delivery! Then I spoke to a supervisor Ms. Reade she said nothing can be done!

    Lost of money! It is bad especially that I am unemployed and these are just prescriptive glasses!

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    Reviewed June 10, 2008

    We have 2 dogs and have since we lived here. They bark at the mail lady everyday on a regular basis. This past week she decided she would no longer deliver our mail. She said the dog came through a window. lol There is no way the dog went through the window. Maybe she put her nose through a little hole in the screen but that was it. She has petted both these dogs before and no problems. Not sure why she just doesn't want to deliver now. I think the USPS should pay me if I have to go get my own mail or maybe we could fire that one and get a new carrier.

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    Reviewed June 9, 2008

    Very poor delivery of mail in our apartment building. Primarily putting mail in the incorrect mail box. I received a Discover credit card bill for April in May with a USPS sticker for unable to forward. There was no forwarding address I have lived here for 2.5 years. Because of that Discover has bumped my percentage cost to 19.99 percent through NO fault of my own. I am writing to them, my congressman, the USPS and my lawyer.

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    Reviewed June 9, 2008

    My parcel was delivered to an incorrect address. The person at USPS said they would investigate, get me the incorrect address that the parcel was delivered to so that I could pick it up myself.I never heard back from anyone. When I called USPS they said someone looked at the complaint and closed it out!

    I have not received my possessions. USPS is a broken entity and the people that work for them are useless.

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    Reviewed June 7, 2008

    Our mail carrier only comes to deliver when he feels like it, which is only 3 or 4 times a week. I have complained to his supervisor both on the phone and in person. I have heard every excuse such as when he calls in sick, there is no one else to do his route. Well this guy must have some serious health issues because he misses deliveries and pickups to my address at least twice a week.

    I work from home and have to send and/or receive correspondence in order to keep my work flow going. I am a private investigator and if I do not get and/or receive my mail, it slows down my business and ability to produce work.

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    Reviewed June 6, 2008

    Our carrier has not been delivering our mail. We have not received many of my bills. Before changing addresses we got many pieces of mail daily. Now we go weeks without getting anything, then when we do it has the new address with a note inside stating it was returned. There are many cataolgs and magazines that we have ordered and paid for that have not been delievered.

    The supervisors in Wasilla are still no help. All they do is sweep it under the carpet. We're tired of having our mail returned to sender. I believe the carrier is doing this on purpose and our mail service will continue to suffer. Anyway you can help would be great.

    By having our mail returned many bills are being paid late.

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    Reviewed June 6, 2008

    I am tired of beeing treated by rude, surly and at most times, incomprehensible people at this particular post office. I would strongly suggest that the people that work there actually go to some kind of customer service class, that tells them how to communicate efficiently without being short, and rude with customers.

    There are so many instances that I have witnessed where an employee there wouldn't answer a question, or berated elderly people for even asking a question. The people that work there should not have a job. Seriously they abuse the public as they know they are the only post office many people in that area can go.

    None, unless you count mental abuse!

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    Reviewed June 6, 2008

    We have had contiunual issues with mail delivery coming out of this post office. I have had items mailed at the Maryvale Station not show up for weeks. In our home delivery we have had numerous problems in mail being lost or returned to the sender. Important insurance and medical items have never been received.

    We have also received mail that is not ours, and in returning them to the mail carrier to take to the correct addressed, were met with an ill tempered attitude. This has been an ongoing issue with this post office, and in attempting to call the number listed online, there has never been anyone answer.

    My mother is a cancer patient and has missed several items sent by her doctors in the mail. She also did not receive an insurance check that had to be reissued. I had insurance papers that were sent back to the insurance office resulting in a delay in payment on my end for services rendered.

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    Reviewed June 5, 2008

    I am receiving mail and small packages. They are open or destroyed. I have had to go to fair hearing and court for some documents and letters that was never received. I can't begin to tell you how many things that I was suppose to have received that I didn't receive.. And I do think that I am a victim of identity thief due to the bad postal service in Co-op city.

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    Reviewed June 4, 2008

    I have carrier that keeps lying about my dog attacking her I have followed all steps to secure my dog I meet with the mgr now keep in mind I have stayed the same address for 2 1/2 years the other carriers did not have a problem with delivery of my mail I have always had a dog since she as been my new carrier she also was delivery of wrong mail as well this a case of when I feel doing my job I went and purchase a new mail box to put the road that was request at frist by the so called manager kevin c.phillips which I signed off on I work for a large company which reqiures a lot of my time I cant keep going to the post office every day for very important mail when I get off at 7:30 pm everyday I'm part of the union cwa for AT&T WHEN I GET MY PAY CHECK BY MAIL THIS IS MORE THEN AN INCONVENIENCE THIS SIMPLY SOMEONE NOT WANTING TO DO THERE JOB ...

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    Reviewed June 3, 2008

    I mailed a package on May 23,2008 inside the post office for 4.80. The contents are ajob to make money to live. It was worth 120.00 plus the 4.80 to mail it. This was of very great importance to myself!!! Today the package showed up in my mailbox completely torn apart and taped by Postal workers. Remember I mailed it inside w/proof. The package has appeared like it got wet and washed the receiving address off. It looks like someone spilled a drink on it or whatever. I can't believe this I'm just in tears.

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    Reviewed June 3, 2008

    My Post Office Box Rent was due on Saturday May 31, 2008. The rent was unpaid on June 3, 2008. When I went to the post office to get my mail the box was blocked and empty. I understand this part because it has always been policy that the box be blocked for ten days and if the rent is not paid the box will be permanently closed.

    The problem is when I went to the window to pick up my mail I was told that I could not get my mail because my box rent had not been paid. Can the post office refuse to give me my mail because the box rent has not been paid?

    The check for the rent had been written we just had not taken it to the post office.

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    Reviewed June 2, 2008

    We have a very lazy postman and I don't know what I can do about it. It is not in my power keep people from parking in front of my mailbox. It is located on a public street and people will park where they want. And I am not receiving my mail because of this! I pay 42 cents a letter and up to $10 a package, and why? So that I don't receive my mail until a week later? (The mail man writes on the mail, Mailbox blocked/Date) This is totally unfair!

    We pay what we're supposed to pay to the post office no questions asked, and now we can't get our mail delivered for about a week later if the mail man decides he doesnt want to deliver it. What if my mortgage payment was due and it had to be paid late because the mail man didnt deliver? Who will be help liable? On top of gas prices and everything else going up, now we have to worry about late fees because the mail man is being lazy! Please help me! What can we do?

    Received a late item from an ebay transaction and it resulted in a big problem.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2008

    I attempted to pay my P.O. Box renewal fee in person on May 23 2008. I had the bill from the P.O. 12 Months renewal is stated as $40.00 and the Due Date was May 31, 2008. When I arrived at the P.O. I was informed by the clerk that the fee had been increased by $2.00. I said fine - but that increase should not be effective until AFTER May 31, 2008, as my bill gave me until May 31st to pay only $40.00 for renewal. She informed me that her boss told her to start charging the increase even though the Due Date for the current amounts (minus increase) was not for another week.

    While $2.00 may not sound like much, I feel it's the point here. It seems fraudulent to me that someone at the USPO can just decide to begin a PO Box increase at their whim, and completely disregard the Due Date we customers were already provided in order to pay the current rate prior to an increase being put into effect. I received NO NOTICE of any increase.

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    Reviewed May 30, 2008

    Post office gave me a key to my mailbox at my new address. Then when I arrived home, I noticed the clustor box # was different than the # they gave me. I notified the post office and they were just rude and nasty. They said my lock would be changed by Wednesday. Wednesday came and went with nothing. I called the supervisor responsible and she was rude and nasty again, saying they would have it done Thursday.

    The postal carrier came and changed the lock on Thursday, but due to to fact that the post office and his office do not communicate, the key that the post office gave me does not work. I've called numorous times to find out how to get my mail and they are rude and nasty, upset that I am calling. I still cannot figure out how to get my mail. I've asked if there is any other way I can get my mail until they get this issue resolved and I am met with rude remarks as if it is MY fautl.

    (This has been an issue with other people on my street, and it has been mentioned to the post office, but they do not want to help of fix the issue) My renters insurance was cancelled due to the fact I never received my policy.

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    Reviewed May 30, 2008

    On Friday May 23, 2008 I arrived home from work to find a mailman on his cell phone talking while trying to find our mail boxes for the units were I live. I took him to the front of the house where they where in full view. He opened up the box and when he shut it, he broke the box. My neighbor and I witnessed this happening.

    On Saturday we received no mail and then on Tues and Wed. Monday was a holiday. I called at 4:00 Tues the 27th and Michelle said that the mail was still being delivered and then Wednesday I called and found out she was not in and spoke to a man at the front desk. He was very rude so I called the Boston number and complained. They said the box was broken. This box is less then a year old and I know for sure the mailman broke it. My neighbors were either in or called the Post Office to complain.

    On Wednesday, we had two deliveries plus someone to check for my neighbors mail. So mail was in the boxes and we all had mail in our doors. The mail had no elastic on it and it fell out when I opened the door. My neighbors mail was found in someone elses because they could not find a door to put it in. If the box is broken or their is a problem I think the mailman should have let us know that they would leave it at the post office. We are all waiting for checks and not sure what happened.

    I am very angry about this and thought that their was a law that you did not leave mail thrown in the door. I also know that the street next to mine did not receive mail. What's up with Framingham? My mailman was out because of surgery. He is the best mailman, helpful, friendly and goes by the rules of his job. He definetly goes beyound his duty. His name is Carl.

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    Reviewed May 30, 2008

    From my childhood I was taught to respect the US Postal System. Perhaps this was that it was part of the gosvernment when I was a child. I held great respect for the system and would have consistently told others that it was the best system in the world. All of this changed yesterday May 29, 2008. I had rented a PO Box to handle some business that needed to be done apart from my employer. The cost was worth it for I needed the service. When the rental ran out in April I re-newed the service.

    Yesterday I went to this box and found the key no longer worked. Speaking with employees was no help. I was told that unless I could show my receipt for payment that no one could establish that my rental staus and I was treated as someone who could not be trusted. I find it hard to believe that a system as large as the US Post Office is not able to verify whethe a PO Box rental is paid for. When I asked for more information I was put off. To the mid-level management person who met me appreciation must be voiced that she did look to see if any mail existed. I lost my temper. I was wrong. But I received lousy service. At the close of our interaction I was promised a phone call by early morning today May 30.

    When I called to find out what was done I was treated as a troublesome person. (I must admit that this is my interpretation). Eventually Mr. Dennis J., branch manager entered into the discussion. Mr. J.'s attitude was marked by anger. The night before I had completed a fom to redirect my mail. I had planned to do this later in the month of June, But I had lost confidence in the US Post Office. This is my concern. As an indirect representative of the US Government I expect that your management should be taught how to respond to customers who believe they have been treated improperly.

    On May 29th I was never once expressed an apology for my inconvenience or the possibility that someone in that office had made an error. It appeared that the assumption was made that I was misrepresenting my status as a current PO box rental customer. I was told that I would need to wait for teh issue to be resolved. That it could not be resolved that day.

    Today after I finished speaking with Mr. J. he eventually acknowledge that there may have been a problem at the branch. From the interaction I was able to discern that the box would be accessible again. (I still need to verify this). But no other action was to be made.

    I have known some exceptional individuals who represent the US Post Office through my lifetime. They have been a model of courtesy and quality. However, today I felt it necessary to pass on my complaint that someone may better train your employees.

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    Reviewed May 30, 2008

    I had a package sent to me via US Postal Service. When I did not receive the package in the time allowed, I contacted the sender who informed me the package was delivered one week prior to my contacting him. I then called the post office at Linn Creek, Missouri to see why I did not get my package. The post master said it was delivered. I told her I did not get it. She called the mail carrier and asked her what she did with it. The carrier said she hung it on the outside of the box. As a result of this, it was stolen.

    The box my item was shipped in was later recovered in the ditch about a half a mile up the road from my mail box. At no time did I ever inform the Post Office to leave anything on the outside of my box. And, they have always previously left any packages too large for the box, on my porch. The post master admited they were in the wrong and said that particular carrier had become disgruntled due to a route cut which decreased her pay.

    The item that was stolen was a watch valued between $400 to $800. I paid $200 for the item and I am seeking a $200 reimbursement from the US Postal Service. I feel you need to be able to trust the United States Postal Service to deliver your mail in a safe, competent manor. I have now lost a valuable item that I was able to obtain at a bargin price. Most doubtedly I will not be able to replace it at such a price. This has created doubt in my mind as to the honesty of my postal carrier as I don't know for sure if she took the package or not.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2008

    Several times I have received packages in the flat rate envelope, and some times I am charged an additional postage, and sometimes not. I always get told that I can't have tape on it or that it isn't flat, so they have to. Everytime that I call the 800 number they tell me that I can have tape on it and that it can be any shape that it wants. But yet they do nothing about it. Is it discrimation, I don't know, but it makes no sense to me at all.

    I don't understand why their is such a difference between the postal employees. The envelope says flat rate, and does not say anything about adding tape or changing the shape of the envelope. Their hasn't been any damage, but I am tired for always being told that I shouldn't be getting charged by 99% of the postal system, and then get charged.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2008

    The mail carriers, usually the subs , donot care where they place the mail, even when the proper name and apt. # is on it.Sometimes this is important mail someone is waiting for. Numerous complaints have done no good.

    None, yet....but it's only a matter of time before an important piece of mail is placed in someone's else box that decides to tear it up or it is placed on top the mailboxes and it gets destroyed.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2008

    This has happened countless times and I've finally decided to file a complaint. The USPS fails to deliver Priority Mail packages even within 5-7 days. My latest customer just informed me that a package I shipped on May 19 via Priority Mail has not been received, and it's now May 28. That's 10 days since it was shipped. Tracking revealed today that the package was processed in Illinois yesterday. This service is totally unacceptable, as I paid $11.11 to have it delivered within 2-3 days. I'd be happy with even 1 week. But now it looks like it will be 2 weeks if I'm lucky.

    The USPS cannot get away with such poor business practices. They should be held accountable, like anyone else that sells a service or product. Please file a complaint with the proper office to see that my complaint has been recorded. Thanks. I have an online business and when orders are not delivered as I promise them, since I use Priority Mail, then it makes my business look bad and could potentially make customers not buy from me again. I rush to ship orders within 24 hours, only to have them sit in some USPS facility for weeks.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2008

    I several items of mail that I have not received that were shipped through the us postal service including several important checks. All of these items were shipped from different businesses and still have not reached me. It has been 2 months. I have had difficulty in reclaiming the lost checks as my employer wants accountability for the losses that occurred as a result of the us mail service.

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    Reviewed May 28, 2008

    I'm writing this letter with regards to a local post office in Troy, Al. I am very displeased and quite angry with services from the Postmaster himself. Around May 15th, 2008 I went into the local Post office in Troy, Al. The reason for my visit was due to not receiving any mail for the past three weeks. I spoke with the customer service representative, which she directed me to someone else. This young man was very polite. He explained to me that someone had came into the post office and requested on a form, that the mail for this address be held at the post office. I explained the situation to him, letting him know this was not done by myself, sister or uncle, mail recipients of this address. I did question whether or not I.D. was required to stop mail. No direct response was given. He assured me that this would not happen again and gave me a stack of mail. The next day I received mail. I have not received any since then, two weeks later. I was giving the post office time to reroute my mail back to my address.

    On May 27, 2008 around 10:30am I went back to the post office again. I explained to customer service representative my situation. She went to the back and came back with one piece of mail. She said she did not see a hold card for my address, but really did not understand what was going on with my mail. She then called a gentleman from the back. I again explained my situation to him. He asked did I have an idea of who stopped my mail. I gave him a name. He said she could have only done that if she lived there prior. I explained it had been close to over three years. He said that I needed to call the sheriff if it happens again. He took my name and phone number. He explained that he would not know exactly where my mail was until the mail carrier returns with the mail.

    He took my phone number and said he would call me. I had not heard anything from him around 4pm, so I called back. The person that I spoke with then, referred to himself as the postmaster. I begin to explained who I was and was interrupted by him saying he was familiar with exactly who I am. Mr. Postmaster's tone from then on was loud, rude and very offending. He went on to say he had spoken with his mail carrier and new the reason for me not getting any mail. He said the mail carrier told him that I had not checked my mail in almost a month and a half, that's why they were no longer putting mail in my box.

    I tried on several attempts to tell him that I check my mailbox everyday and that mail has not piled up in my box. He said that he knows I'm not calling his mail carrier and government employee a liar. He said his employee does not lie and he does not want to hear that. I tried to explain that I had been into the post office two weeks prior and found out someone had put the mail on hold. He said that that employee told me a lie and that his statement was not true. I was trying to explain that the mailbox next to mine is always full and open, not mine. He said he know its mine, he's familiar with it. He told me my mail had been sent back to the issuers and there's nothing I can do about it now.

    His next very offense statement was "All it is, is that you're looking for something that should be coming in the next couple of days that's very important to you and now you want to be concerned with the mail." I said, excuse me. He repeated himself. I immediately asked to speak with someone else. He aid he was the Postmaster, the highest in the office and there was no one higher than him, for me to speak with. I said, maybe not there, but there is someone in another office with more authority. He said no there is not and that I would be getting my mail soon and maybe I'll check the box now and hung up.

    My concern is what did he mean by "All it is, is that you're looking for something that should be coming in the next couple of days that's very important to you and know you want to be concerned with the mail." This statement meant it's almost the first of the month and I'm looking for my welfare check. I'm a nurse @ the main hospital in Montgomery, Al. I've been a nurse for 10 years. I'm a taxpayer and not a welfare recipient. Secondly, he made the comment that his government employee was not a liar. Well I've been a government employee for 12 years (USAR) and served in Iraqi Freedom 2003-2004. Because of that I'm a veteran, looking for mail from the VA concerning medical treatment. My integrity should be just as good as anyone's. Thirdly why would he lie and say that there is no one higher than him and not give me contact information for consumer Affairs. Instead I had to make two long distance calls, to two other post offices until I received the information.

    Lastly his tone and rudeness was very inappropriate and unprofessional. I would never treat my patients like that or any human being I've already spoke with two representaives from the Post Office administration. I am not at all pleased with the outcome, even though they were extremely nice. It appears that Mr. G. will get away with the statement he made to me and his offending tone. I will not ignore the situation. Expect to her from an attorney.

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    Reviewed May 28, 2008

    A customer mailed a check from ZIP code 46514 to ZIP 46514, within the same city. Envelope was stamped by South Bend Post Office on April 8, 2008. The envelope arrived on May 27, 2008, almost 2 months later! A call to the customer service (complaints) at USPS resulted in the representative stating that "there is no guarantee for 1st class mail when to arrive at its destination". Upset customer, signed up for an event, was never credited, as event was over by the time check was received.

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    Reviewed May 28, 2008

    I had a box in my mail box that was damaged and one of the products I ordered was missing. I called and I was told that that box was in the mailbox for 2 days. Yes it was because I was gone during memorial day weekend. I know that no one messed with my mail because my tax income check was in the box too. I thought maybe the product fell out of the box and maybe they found it in the truck or at the office...but the person I talked with wasn't hearing what I was saying only specifing that the box was in the mail box for two days.

    I just wanted to give them a heads up. and since I'm writing this I have lived in the desert for 30 years and have never seen mail so slow in getting to me as it does here in the cove. We ended our conversation as her saying I should get my mail every day...still not hearing what I was trying to say. I have another product being sent to me. so the matters over. Hope I didn't offend anyone and I hope I still get my mail

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    Reviewed May 28, 2008

    At least twice the post office has kept mail back and did not put it into the box. This is not fair and probably not legal. How do I get a local post office investigated?

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    Reviewed May 28, 2008

    We had to change our address in the spring of 2007 for 911 purposes (stayed at the same location). In November of 2007 I wondered why I wasn't getting my credit card or mortgage statements. It turns out that the USPS changed me and my fiance's address to one in West Virginia (we have lived in NH forever, never WV). It took forever to find someone helpful for us. Finally we got in touch with Lorri, who works at the USPS customer service(?) division in Manchester, NH.

    After lots of fretting over possible mail fraud, we figured out that there was some kind of glitch in the postal service's mail forwarding system. They had randomly change our address to the WV one and all of our most personal mail was going to a stranger's mail box. She blamed this on the Fast Forward system, a new computer address change system that I believe is independent of the postal service, though it seems they rely solely on Fast Forward now. It is now May.

    Every single month since November we have had to call Lorri to have our address changed back. She keeps saying things like, "Oops, I missed taking it out of one more part of the system, it should be OK now....". Meanwhile, our credit card information, mortgage statements, credit card offers, and who knows what else is going to someone in Harrisville, West Virginia.

    In this day and age of identity theft and various kinds of fraud, it's really disturbing that the post office continually sends our most personal mail to a complete stranger. I don't know what else to do. Has anyone else had this problem? Who can I contact for help? This is getting ridiculous, expensive, and dangerous and the USPS seems fairly unconcerned. Any advice or help anyone can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Lots of time spent every month on the phone to the postal service, creditors, and credit reporting agencies. Late fees from credit card companies. Monthly fee for enrolling in an identity theft protection plan to try to protect myself in lieu of this.

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    Reviewed May 23, 2008

    I have exhausted every attempt to get this matter resolved. On May 16th, 2008. I went to the counter of my local post office and purchased a money order from the post office with the reference number. I advised the clerk that I needed to make sure that I could track this mail and get a confirmation when it is delivered. She advised me that the certified mail service would take of my concerns. This letter and money order was going from Jacksonville to Jacksonville. As of today, the recipient has not received it. I have made several calls to my local postal service. I have made a complaint with the postal inspection. I have made a complaint to the Northeast Florida Consumer Affairs and to Lisa Saunders that handles complaints for the e Postmaster General office. All of these entities told me that someone would contact me.

    On top of that, I was advised that I could put a stop payment on the money order for a fee of $5.20 and wait for 60-90 days to get my money back. All of this is unacceptable, because it was the post office that either lost of stole my mail, which included my money order. I have found out that the post office I utilize already had complaint of thief from others. I want my money back ASAP. This is outrageous.

    Today, I spoke with Rosa at my local post office, which was rude and less than helpful and had the nerves to tell me that she was familiar with the situation and asked me why was I calling. I am calling because, I have made complaints with several entities about this situation and was promised a callback within one day and it has been two. I am calling about the lack of cooperation and consideration that I have received. I am calling because, I paid for a service that sets my mail apart from the regular mail and I did not get what I paid for. Apparently, other people have similar situation, which is how I found your email and fax number.

    In the middle of drafting this email, I just got a phone call from Misty from the consumer affairs office. She advised me that the mail has not been located. She also advised me that the post office does not have a way to put a stop payment on the money order that I purchased from them and that I indeed would have to wait that long to receive my money, which is just ridiculous. This is what I am going to do. I am going to fill out the forms for my money order.

    I have been trying to figure out a way to not use the post office ever again. I have spoken with UPS and was advised that to mail a letter, I could use the UPS ground service, which would cost about $7.00 for a letter. I will attach a copy of my complaint in every piece of mail that I send to charities, sports entities and any other contact. Surely, no charitable organization needs to purchase a money order from the post office. I am going to make sure that every website that I build has something about my experience with the U.S. Postal Service and the chain emails has proven to be priceless.

    My bill has not been paid.

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    Reviewed May 23, 2008

    I ship about 500 orders per month for my business. In the last 2 years over 100 have been lost in the mail. Most of the lost shipments were in a 6x9 Tyvek Plastic envelope. The contents were pills classified as dietary supplements by the FDA, not drugs. My opinion is that somewhere in the postal distribution some workers are shaking the envelope, hearing the pills and pilfering the envelopes. Perhaps they think it is an expensive drug product. The total loss to me has been in the thousands of dollars, but it does not make sense to insure the shipments as the $1.50 insurance cost if applied to every shipment would far exceed the replacement value of the 1%+/- loss rate. ($18,000 for insurance versus the $3,500 losses).

    An interesting fact is that the losses are highest in mail sent to Texas and account for over 25% of the recent problems. These are all to different towns and cities, so the pilfering is not being done at a local carrier level It is not due to the labels, as they are laser printed in highly legible type from the customers' own address input. Also they all have a return address. None of the recent lost mail ever comes back to me. The situation seems to have deteriorated over the past 3-4 years, but maybe that is because I am doing more and more mailings.

    I have records of all of the lost shipments for the last 4 years (Products sent & Names & Addresses of whom they were sent to.), and suspect that they would total about $5,000. I have resent all of the non-delivered orders to my customers. This has cost me at least another $2,000, as well being an inconvenience to my customers. I also tend to be blamed for it, instead of the postal service when my customers do not receive their paid for shipment! I can not accurately gauge the cost of that negative to my business.

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    Reviewed May 23, 2008

    Finding that I was unable to access the PO Box for my organization, the counter clerk told me I was locked out for failure to renew. Fine. She however continuted to inform me that she had placed a renewal notice and a reminder notice in the box. THIS IS NOT THE CASE. In fact, this very matter, an insistence of a renewal notice within the box, was given me a year ago. (1) while reminder notices may be the policy of USPO it is not happening at Walbrook 21216 and not in my box (2) I waited for over 20 minutes for a Mr. Troy Griffin-acting manager to come to discuss this matter and to find out the renewal fee. He newer appeared...20 minutes seems reasonable on a Friday morning 8:10-8:35. The counter clerk didn't know the rate (3) I could not discover the cost of renewal of box.

    1) Outwright frabrication of the placing of renewal notices in the box -I am sure this notice is not required BUT please don't claim notices are issued when they are not 2)Failure to be able to speak with management 3) failure to assertain renewal cost in order to pay it 4) Out right I could care less attitude of branch staff. I believe this branch to be to be one of top disfunctional branches within the city of Baltimore USPO system. I do not need contact by an attorney, I am an attorney.

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    Reviewed May 22, 2008

    I had asked the Postmaster of the Brockton Post Office to consider putting a mail box at my office location of 500 Belmont Street, Brockton. There are no mail boxes on the left hand side of Belmont Street from downtown Main Street, heading West on Belmont Street (Rte 123), for atleast a 5 mile stretch. On the other hand,there are 3 mail boxes within 50-60 feet of eachother on the right hand side of the street, across from 500 Belmont. There are 10 offices at 500 Belmont, and it would be alot safer for all consumers to have a mail box on our side of the street. There is also a bus stop, which would make dropping mail off safer, than having to cross a very busy street.

    I put in a call to the postmaster (Michael), and left him a detailed message, asking him to call me. He never responded. I called a month later, spoke with a Debbie and relayed my request. She said she would give him the message. He still did not respond to me, but did respond to our mailman Scott. Scott came into my office, asked me if I had requested a mail box on the left side of the street. I said I did, and he said that the postmaster told him Never happen. I would like to know what the problem is with having one mail box on the opposite side of a street that has 3 in a row on the other side.

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    Reviewed May 22, 2008

    I just sent my passports to Canada Embassy Buffalo NY for the visa stamping. Canada embassy sent to back me on May 2nd, 2008 as priority mail. After that I daily contact to usps they did not find my package yet. They scan my package on May 04 2008 in Rochester NY after that they dont have any information. I contacted in Rochester NY they said I dont any information about your package.

    After 12 days means May 18 2008 they further scan my package in Jamaica NY. Then I contact to post office. They said we found your pacakage . you will get your package by may 20 th 2008. Then I went to post office on May 21st. they said we are searching your package. What is going in post office? Still I did not receive my package. There very important documents inside the package. But usps do not have any information of my package. I have been filed the complain usps consumer affair. But no response yet

    I need to apply new duplicate passport my whole family. once againe I will send back to canada immigration for visa stamping . for the new passport I need to physical present in fornt of consuler . my embassy in texes and i live in miami . it lost lot of money if I lost passport

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    Reviewed May 17, 2008

    Mail carrier stops mail for no notable reason. When the postmaster is called he doesn't respond and has staff say he's not in. Sent postal law official to my home on false complaints. Carrier is a serious crazy person and is unstable and violent.

    My mail is not being delivered and no legal or viable reason is being given. The only answer I get is TOO BAD. I've been flipped off and insulted by the carrier a few times and nothing is done about it. He's scary.

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    Reviewed May 16, 2008

    As a high volume seller on Ebay, I use Paypal for all my transactions. I sale quite a lot and USPS as the shipping carrier. The last several months I have had more complaints from buyers, saying they have damaged goods, the item is not getting there for weeks. I'm so disappointed and will be switching to UPS as my choice of shipment. I'm not for sure what's going on with USPS, BUT I DON'T RECOMMEND THEM ANYMORE.

    MULTIPLE BROKEN ITEMS THAT I HAD TO TAKE A LOSS ON BECAUSE OF POOR HANDLING. SLOWING SHIPPING.

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    Reviewed May 14, 2008

    On March 17, I printed out usps shipping labels at home for 7 packages to be mailed. I left the packages on the counter inside the local PO. During the next few weeks I was contacted by 5 of the people who were to receive a package. They had not been received. And when checking on the PO website to track them, they hadn't even been scanned in! I had to refund payment and shipping to these 5 customers in the total amount of $122.89. When I spoke with the local PO Postmaster, he was intrigued, but did not find the packages, or offer a simple apology. I think the PO should refund my money.

    I support myself by making on line sales. Refunding the item amounts and postage hurt me badly. I lost $122.89.

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    Reviewed May 13, 2008

    A package has been posted on 04/18/2008 (Parcel Post) at: Post Office-Hilldale Station, Madison, WI Weight of the parcel: 10 lb. 5.0 oz Postal Fee Paid: $12.75 (at the USPS counter) Addressed To: Charlotte, NC Items in the parcel:- 1). Traditional Clothes. 2). 2 Family reunion video cd's. 3). Musical audio cd's. 4). Few personal gift items. Worth of the above items: $300

    Its been 25 days so far, and never received the destination. USPS is unsure of the parcel's where-abouts? Still USPS requires more time to delivery the parcel? USPS should take the responsibility for loosing the parcel. NOTE:- This is the second time that I am experienced in the last 10 months. During June/2007 the parcel which I sent to a friend in Philadelphia received the mail with contents missing. I requested USPS to open an incident, but was later denied to proceed any investigation due to lack of USPS's Additional Services rendered.

    Firstly I request USPS to track and deliver the parcel either to Sender or Receiver. If not, USPS should take the responsibility and pay the worth of items which is supposed to be delivered.

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    Reviewed May 13, 2008

    No mail delivery whenever we have a substitute delivery person. This happens on average 12-15 times a year. Then when you call no one evers answers a phone and if they do they can't help you because that is not their zip code.

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    Reviewed May 12, 2008

    i did not receive my passport like the delivery confirmation said i did. also i have been receiving mail belonging to other addresses for years and some for this address though no one by those names have everlived here. i have complained about this often and most recentloy i turned in this mail to the post office 2 times and told them not to deliver me this mail to my address. i gave the names of mark and elizabeth and for a limited time the name of vince to continue to deliver mail to my box. i stated i will notify them in the future when no longer to deliver the name vince to my mail address. a tall lady with brown short hair wrote this info down and told me she was the supervisor.

    the next time i wrnt in a couple of weeks later and complained to a lady supervisor that the mail of other people was still coming to my address. a lady with shoulder length blond hair said she was the supervisor. she told me that these other people must have lived at my address prior to me. i told here we have been living at the address for 19 years and it was a bob and mary who lived there prior to us. she then told me well, you need to be careful, it looks like cases of identity theft. i found this statement to be out of line the way she said it..

    i told her i have been here just a couple of weeks before complaining that her mail carrier is giving me other people's mail and i have been receiving the wrong mail for years despite my complaints and that other people are receiving my mail. she said again just to be careful because it looks like a case of identity theft.

    a few days later after this i called the post office and told a worker i needed to talk to a supervisor because my passpoet delivery confirmation number shows that i received my passport when i did not. the lady who told me she was the supervisor took my confirmation number and said she would call me back. and she did after a minute or so . she told me i need to call the passport people because the number i gave her shows that my passport originated in hot springs arkansas and they don't have an office there. i told here what difference does it make where my passport is coming from. the fact is that it was confirmed that i received it when i did not. i told her the mail carrier probably gave it to someone else. she replied now i don't believe that because carol [i think that's who she said or a name similar to it] is a great worker and she would never do that. i then reminded her that i continue to receive others mail. then she told me again that i need to call the passport people and get the information on the correct confirmation number.

    i do not think she was helpful and that she simply wanted to argue with me. i just told her i believe it was delivered to the wrong address and that it was in a priority envelope and that i would remember receiving that. she told me i believe you did receive it. i told her again that i did not and then i hung up. i made a complaint with usps using the 1 800 # on my passport info form and did not receive a call the following day as i was told i would.

    i am out 101.50 that the passport cost me.

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