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> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:11:26 -0400, pocomount@webtv.net (Surfer E2468)
> wrote:
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> >SUE: when talking to your post office,try to find out why they are
> >removing all the mail boxes from the corners,we now have to drive 21/2
> >milesto mail a letter,our mailman said not to leave it in our
> >mailbox,because of theft idenity
> >
> >
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> >cruise lover>
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> Terrorism don't you know? Someone might put a bomb in the mailbox.
> Anythign over either 1 pound or 2 pounds (I forget which) *must* be
> mailed at a postal facility so they can ask you if it's a bomb. Thus
> are we ever so much safer.
>
> The main Post Office here in town no longer has curb side boxes of any
> sort and they lock the building up tight on Sundays so there is
> basically no way to mail a letter on Sunday at all now in the
> immediate down town area.
>
> I almost never use a curbside box as the pickup times always seem to
> be way early in the morning or there's no weekend service so anything
> I mail won't go out until tomorrow at the earliest so I just take
> stuff to work (we have a small P.O. in the lobby.)
>
> JIm P.
Actually, the curbside boxes at the post office are picked up after closing.
It is the surest way to make sure your mail will go out on the weekend. The
box must be cleared at PO closing, then later the driver going to the mail
processing center clears the mail. So, mail in those boxes are typically
assured of getting processed even when the PO lobbies are closed.
The collection boxes are mainly being removed because of vandalism, not
terrorism. The vandalism for personal information and checks are a big
problem with these boxes.
The cluster boxes at apartments and other areas are the way of the
future....mainly as a cost reduction (& decreased pay for the carriers).
Another reason for the collection boxes being removed is revenue, as well.
If those outside locations do not perform well, it decreases route time to
service those boxes (and decreases the potential for vandalism of the boxes
as well).
Now, you know more than you ever cared to about the post office!
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