misfitmorgan
Herd Master
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.