Mailbox repair (TN style)

[misfitmorgan]

The carriers are tracked. They have to scan the packages when they deliver, or attempt to deliver. If they scan it in the PO, bad news. The Postmaster can see those scans - time and geo-location of WHERE the scan was done. If they brought it to your house, scanned it and brought it back to the PO they should have put the notice in your box or on the door right then.

The fact that the notices were in the box the next day isn't necessarily out of order. Some packages come into the PO after the carrier leaves so while you can see tracking that says it got to the PO, the carrier might not know anything about it until the next day.

If you are pretty sure your house is "deliverable" and you are getting notices saying it isn't, you can ask the Postmaster (or Supervisor if it is a big PO) to come out and do a site evaluation. Also, is the "truck" the carrier is using THEIR truck or one of the Post Offices "LLVs"? Wife also says the carriers' opinion is that the LLVs are notoriously bad on ice and snow, no 4WD, may or may not have snow tires. Thus, what you think is perfectly passable may not be for them.

Does the relief carrier always manage to deliver packages to the house?

In the end, if you are pretty darned sure the carrier is not doing their job, a discussion with the PM or Supervisor is in order.

I understand how the carrier might not see it until the next day. The tracking said it was delivered though....so i looked all over for it and no box. So i went to the PO the next day and it was there and then the next day tracking said notice was left and nothing was in my box mind you i had the package already...the day after that i got the notice in my mailbox.

I do not know when i have a relief carrier and when i dont i know ups and fedex deliver just fine in worse conditions. Also the little saturn we had had no 4wd and old summer tires so i doubt it would be better then a LLV that being said they use a jeep to deliver our mail so i assume it does have 4wd.

 

[Baymule]

I got a delivery of Azomite yesterday via the USPS. On Monday, I got a email notice that delivery was attempted, but we were not home. NOT. We were home. I got email notification that a note was left for me hours before the note was actually left in the mailbox. Confused by the cross communication, I decided to wait it out. Yesterday morning, I got a call from the carrier (one I've never seen before) and he asked if I would be home. What really happened, was that he didn't try to deliver the day before, it had just hit the Post Office. He left the note, which I thought was dumb, but he brought the packages and we put them in the storage building. One is still hanging out there, I told him to leave it at the gate if we weren't home. I warned him about out Great Pyrenees and cautioned him to NOT open the gate. A young man, he had very rotted front teeth, which reminded me of meth teeth. Have no idea of his present or past way of life, but I don't need a dope head opening the gate and skulking about while we are gone. Yay for big territorial dogs.

 

[Bruce]

I got a delivery of Azomite yesterday via the USPS. On Monday, I got a email notice that delivery was attempted, but we were not home. NOT. We were home. I got email notification that a note was left for me hours before the note was actually left in the mailbox. Confused by the cross communication, I decided to wait it out. Yesterday morning, I got a call from the carrier (one I've never seen before) and he asked if I would be home. What really happened, was that he didn't try to deliver the day before, it had just hit the Post Office. He left the note, which I thought was dumb, but he brought the packages and we put them in the storage building. One is still hanging out there, I told him to leave it at the gate if we weren't home. I warned him about out Great Pyrenees and cautioned him to NOT open the gate. A young man, he had very rotted front teeth, which reminded me of meth teeth. Have no idea of his present or past way of life, but I don't need a dope head opening the gate and skulking about while we are gone. Yay for big territorial dogs.

He must have his wits about him. The test to even be eligible for an interview isn't easy. You can try it here.

I understand how the carrier might not see it until the next day. The tracking said it was delivered though....so i looked all over for it and no box. So i went to the PO the next day and it was there and then the next day tracking said notice was left and nothing was in my box mind you i had the package already...the day after that i got the notice in my mailbox.

I do not know when i have a relief carrier and when i dont i know ups and fedex deliver just fine in worse conditions. Also the little saturn we had had no 4wd and old summer tires so i doubt it would be better then a LLV that being said they use a jeep to deliver our mail so i assume it does have 4wd.

That sequence sure sounds like the carrier is WAY out to lunch and you should talk to the PM or Super. It would be very interesting to see the scans, especially the one that said it was delivered. I wonder where the carrier was when that scan was done. Since the package was at the PO the next day, I wonder how THEY got around the requirement to scan it "delivered" when you picked it up since it was already in "delivered" status.

 

[misfitmorgan]

He must have his wits about him. The test to even be eligible for an interview isn't easy. You can try it here.



That sequence sure sounds like the carrier is WAY out to lunch and you should talk to the PM or Super. It would be very interesting to see the scans, especially the one that said it was delivered. I wonder where the carrier was when that scan was done. Since the package was at the PO the next day, I wonder how THEY got around the requirement to scan it "delivered" when you picked it up since it was already in "delivered" status.

Well according to them this one is still in transit. But i did get it lol.
https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=9400111699000936196044

I have no idea what they do at the PO even when i pick up the packages if i look at the tracking it says delivered in/at mailbox. I can not atm find the package they did that on but i have to check my amazon still.

 

[Baymule]

Still missing 1 out of 10 packages. Got another email notice that delivery was attempted. No it wasn't. I filled out the redelivery forms and submitted it. Again.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Still missing 1 out of 10 packages. Got another email notice that delivery was attempted. No it wasn't. I filled out the redelivery forms and submitted it. Again.

Yeah i just call the PO and tell them to hold it for pickup...cause i get sick of playing the delivery persons game. I have seen delivery attempted quite often....and i am dumb struck cause she even did it in the summertime and no notice was left.

i am starting to wonder if she just doesnt wanna get out of her vehicle because of the livestock....who kind of let themselves out. Like our Alpine Buck...and nubian buck....and mini boar....lol and chickens and ducks of course.

 

[Bruce]

Could be @misfitmorgan

They are allowed to not deliver where it is not safe to do so. BUT that isn't the carrier's day to day choice. They need to document the problem. Usually it is dogs but a buck could be just as problematic. Of course I wouldn't expect them to be somewhere the carrier has to go to deliver a package to the house.

 

[greybeard]

Mine just leaves the packages on TOP of my mailbox, even tho the moron knew the package wouldn't fit when they left the branch PO with it. Box measured 3" x 18" x 32" (My mailbox is just a standard size rural looking box and over 1/2 mile from my house out on a paved road--anyone could have drove by and picked my package up without even having to get out of the vehicle--luckily a neighbor saw it and brought it to me)

 

[misfitmorgan]

Could be @misfitmorgan

They are allowed to not deliver where it is not safe to do so. BUT that isn't the carrier's day to day choice. They need to document the problem. Usually it is dogs but a buck could be just as problematic. Of course I wouldn't expect them to be somewhere the carrier has to go to deliver a package to the house.

They pretty much just roam the property so they might be out front sometimes but mostly they stay by the barn and in the back so it wouldnt be a daily reason not to deliver parcels. And they pull the same stunt on saturdays when we are home and dont come in the driveway at all. I see them go by sometimes and go get the mail and ill have a slip that delivery was attempted...nope it wasnt. They stopped at the box tossed stuff in and kept going down the road.

 

[Baymule]

I GOT MY PACKAGE TODAY