10-26-2010, 11:02 AM
Update!
I went to the mailboxes and found ALL my checks wrinkled up in the woods behind the boxes. Also found some neighbors' outgoing mail. All the envelopes were opened and trashed, but we were able to find a couple of the payment coupons for the bills.
Keaau Postmaster says he might do away with the outgoing slots in the cluster boxes and install one box at the top of all 4 HPP entries. He also had me call the police. They came in like 10 minutes, and though it took some time to explain what happened, the officer was very responsive. He then met me down at the mailboxes and couldn't figure out how in the heck the bad guys got into the outgoing mail - there's a barrier in the slot as deep as an adult's hand. So either they fished out the mail (we count 7 pieces, which were my 4, 2 other people's, and a netflix envelope) -- so either they're fishing it out using wire or something, or they've picked the lock.
Two of the other checks found were from a month ago. So this is at least the 2nd violation at this box. Cop said maybe the other two people just didn't mail their bills in until a month after they dated their checks, but I know one of these people and she said it was definitely mailed a month ago.
Scary, yes?
BOTTOM LINE: DON'T PUT YOUR MAIL IN THE OUTGOING MAIL SLOT AT THESE CLUSTER BOXES. Pay, as other posters have said, online, or take your payments to the P.O.
I went to the mailboxes and found ALL my checks wrinkled up in the woods behind the boxes. Also found some neighbors' outgoing mail. All the envelopes were opened and trashed, but we were able to find a couple of the payment coupons for the bills.
Keaau Postmaster says he might do away with the outgoing slots in the cluster boxes and install one box at the top of all 4 HPP entries. He also had me call the police. They came in like 10 minutes, and though it took some time to explain what happened, the officer was very responsive. He then met me down at the mailboxes and couldn't figure out how in the heck the bad guys got into the outgoing mail - there's a barrier in the slot as deep as an adult's hand. So either they fished out the mail (we count 7 pieces, which were my 4, 2 other people's, and a netflix envelope) -- so either they're fishing it out using wire or something, or they've picked the lock.
Two of the other checks found were from a month ago. So this is at least the 2nd violation at this box. Cop said maybe the other two people just didn't mail their bills in until a month after they dated their checks, but I know one of these people and she said it was definitely mailed a month ago.
Scary, yes?
BOTTOM LINE: DON'T PUT YOUR MAIL IN THE OUTGOING MAIL SLOT AT THESE CLUSTER BOXES. Pay, as other posters have said, online, or take your payments to the P.O.