I am responding to a number of complaints on here about payments, etc. Taking so long to get anywhere. For the last year, we have had a lot of problems with the mail. I was told it could take up to 17 days for a bill to go one mile from my house to City Hall. So now I have to pay my electric bill in person to avoid being disconnected, even though they say my payment could take 17 days to get to them, they will not give their disconnect notices 17 days to get to my house!
The USPS is our only choice for delivering daily mail, and they are doing a poor job. Items that used to go to their destination in 2 days, I now have to send a week or more ahead of time. A lot of these complaints are about companies holding your payments that you know you sent, however, I am willing to bet that it took the USPS that long to get your envelope there! I am not the only one this has been happening too! I have heard numerous complaints lately about how long it takes the mail to run.
I even finally called to report the problem with the local Postmaster, and after 2 weeks of trying to get someone to returm my call, I was told that there wasn't much they could do! Because the USPS is the only choice we have, they don't have to do a good job anymore! Our tax dollars will pay them whether the mail takes 2 days or 3 weeks. Why should they care? It's not like I can take my business elsewhere! Except for privatizing, which could be a disaster, I don't even have a solution! Chalk up another one for the USPS!
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