08-01-2020, 04:24 AM
Over the last few weeks I've been getting more "final notices" in my PO Box for items that I never received an original notice for.
Obviously, if I had received the original notice they would have given the item to me after making me wait in line. It's not like I get 5 parcel notices in my box and throw half of them away. I take all of them to the counter, every time.
The concept of giving a USPS box renter a "final notice" for package pickup doesn't pass any common sense test unless the box is crammed full of uncollected notices. When I get these "final notice" slips it's an insult to my intelligence. The ONLY possible explanation for me getting one is that I was never alerted to the fact the USPS was hoarding my package back there somewhere in the first place and never alerted me to it.
I have had several USPS employees bring back (for example) 4 packages when I have 5 slips. One of them is notoriously known for saying the 5th slip was a "second notice". I had to bring up the tracking number up on my phone to show that wasn't the case... to a different employee. Not surprisingly, after a long wait, they found my package.
It seems like more and more USPS package deliveries are "dying" at the Hilo post office. I had one item that Amazon declared lost after the tracking information died at the Hilo post office, but I did eventually get the item about a month later.
I'm not dogging the employees who work there. I've been a USPS career employee myself and understand that it is a nightmare. I just present these experiences as raw data on how you may choose to deal with missing packages.
Also, recently, I got somebody else's US Treasury check (tax refund) put into my box. I could have taken it to the check cashing place / payday advance office and nobody would have been the wiser. Instead I waited 20 minutes in line to alert them of my misfortune (of having to wait in line to point out their deficiencies). Even the guy who I was talking to said "Yeah... this is pretty bad."
After reading about me whining about my USPS experiences here's the surprise ending: Be patient with them. They have a lot of shi!t going on right now.
Obviously, if I had received the original notice they would have given the item to me after making me wait in line. It's not like I get 5 parcel notices in my box and throw half of them away. I take all of them to the counter, every time.
The concept of giving a USPS box renter a "final notice" for package pickup doesn't pass any common sense test unless the box is crammed full of uncollected notices. When I get these "final notice" slips it's an insult to my intelligence. The ONLY possible explanation for me getting one is that I was never alerted to the fact the USPS was hoarding my package back there somewhere in the first place and never alerted me to it.
I have had several USPS employees bring back (for example) 4 packages when I have 5 slips. One of them is notoriously known for saying the 5th slip was a "second notice". I had to bring up the tracking number up on my phone to show that wasn't the case... to a different employee. Not surprisingly, after a long wait, they found my package.
It seems like more and more USPS package deliveries are "dying" at the Hilo post office. I had one item that Amazon declared lost after the tracking information died at the Hilo post office, but I did eventually get the item about a month later.
I'm not dogging the employees who work there. I've been a USPS career employee myself and understand that it is a nightmare. I just present these experiences as raw data on how you may choose to deal with missing packages.
Also, recently, I got somebody else's US Treasury check (tax refund) put into my box. I could have taken it to the check cashing place / payday advance office and nobody would have been the wiser. Instead I waited 20 minutes in line to alert them of my misfortune (of having to wait in line to point out their deficiencies). Even the guy who I was talking to said "Yeah... this is pretty bad."
After reading about me whining about my USPS experiences here's the surprise ending: Be patient with them. They have a lot of shi!t going on right now.