Snowplow destroyed mailbox - mailman stopped delivering

[Icepick]

The snowplow knocked my mailbox right off the pole after the last snowstorm we had a week and a half ago. I called the town to report it and was told they would send someone out to repair it for me. Well, they still haven't gotten to it.

Meanwhile, this past Thursday the mailman told our baby sitter that we had better get our mailbox fixed because he's getting tired of walking our mail up to the house every day. This guy is just upset that he has to get out of his truck and walk the mail up to the house instead of dropping it in the mailbox as usual.

So we have not received any mail yesterday or today. This is very unusual because we at least receive junk mail every day. Are postmen allowed to not deliver mail to customers if they feel the slightest bit inconvenienced? We have not received an official notice that they were no longer delivering mail and have not been told it is being held for us.

I'm going to call the post office on Monday and find out what's going on. I was just wondering if anyone knew if this was normal procedure for the US Postal Service.

 

[Leros]

Are you required to have a mailbox to receive mail?

 

[waggy]

let me guess a country road right? yes you are sopposed to have a mailbox.

 

[DeadByDawn]

Your postman has been doing you a favor. No mailbox = no mail where I'm at regardless of why it's not there.

 

[Safeway]

Buy a damn mailbox you cheap ass. They are like $5.00.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Safeway
Buy a damn mailbox you cheap ass. They are like $5.00.

It's not much fun digging a hole and placing a post in frozen ground.

 

[George P Burdell]

Why can't you put one up yourself??

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: Safeway
Buy a damn mailbox you cheap ass. They are like $5.00.

Nail a box to a stake temporarily.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Safeway
Buy a damn mailbox you cheap ass. They are like $5.00.

It's not much fun digging a hole and placing a post in frozen ground.

Sounds like the pole is still there.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Safeway
Buy a damn mailbox you cheap ass. They are like $5.00.

It's not much fun digging a hole and placing a post in frozen ground.

Sounds like the pole is still there.

Yeah, I just re-read it. If that's the case, why have you not just gone to Home Depot to buy another one?

 

[Icepick]

Originally posted by: waggy
let me guess a country road right? yes you are sopposed to have a mailbox.

Well, in that case I'll call the post office on Monday and find out what the next step is.

 

[DeadByDawn]

Originally posted by: Icepick

Originally posted by: waggy
let me guess a country road right? yes you are sopposed to have a mailbox.

Well, in that case I'll call the post office on Monday and find out what the next step is.

Here, i'll save you the phonecall. Put up a mailbox.

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Safeway
Buy a damn mailbox you cheap ass. They are like $5.00.

It's not much fun digging a hole and placing a post in frozen ground.

Sounds like the pole is still there.

This thread has a pole?

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: Icepick

Originally posted by: waggy
let me guess a country road right? yes you are sopposed to have a mailbox.

Well, in that case I'll call the post office on Monday and find out what the next step is.

The next step is TO GET A FSCKING MAILBOX YOURSELF FROM HD OR LOWES FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.


Glad I got that out of my system.

 

[Icepick]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Safeway
Buy a damn mailbox you cheap ass. They are like $5.00.

It's not much fun digging a hole and placing a post in frozen ground.

Sounds like the pole is still there.

Yeah, I just re-read it. If that's the case, why have you not just gone to Home Depot to buy another one?

The same thing happened two years ago and at the time I just got some wood screws and fastened the box back to the pole. I couldn't get a nice tight fit so I had to fasten a couple of 1x3's to the sides to brace it in place and it looked half assed. Some neighbors told me that the town will usually come by and fix it if the snowplow takes it off so I thought I'd give that a try and see how it turns out.

Looks like I'm going to have to abandon my faith in the local government in this case and take matters into my own hands.

 

[KK]

our door broke off ours a couple weeks ago, the mail man said he wouldn't deliver our mail for that, so I'm guessing no mailbox would be a bigger deal.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Icepick

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Safeway
Buy a damn mailbox you cheap ass. They are like $5.00.

It's not much fun digging a hole and placing a post in frozen ground.

Sounds like the pole is still there.

Yeah, I just re-read it. If that's the case, why have you not just gone to Home Depot to buy another one?

The same thing happened two years ago and at the time I just got some wood screws and fastened the box back to the pole. I couldn't get a nice tight fit so I had to fasten a couple of 1x3's to the sides to brace it in place and it looked half assed. Some neighbors told me that the town will usually come by and fix it if the snowplow takes it off so I thought I'd give that a try and see how it turns out.

Looks like I'm going to have to abandon my faith in the local government in this case and take matters into my own hands.

if you complain to whoever is in charge of the plowing htey might. but the post offce WILL NOT.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Icepick
Meanwhile, this past Thursday the mailman told our baby sitter that we had better get our mailbox fixed because he's getting tired of walking our mail up to the house every day. This guy is just upset that he has to get out of his truck and walk the mail up to the house instead of dropping it in the mailbox as usual.

Geez, poor guy. Imagine the horrors he'd endure if he had a walking route.

Heck, my old mailman would drop the mail off at our door voluntarily if we got a package. But he retired a few years ago. The new guy just either ties the package to the mailbox in a plastic bag, or balances it on top, using the flag to prop it in place.

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: Icepick
Meanwhile, this past Thursday the mailman told our baby sitter that we had better get our mailbox fixed because he's getting tired of walking our mail up to the house every day. This guy is just upset that he has to get out of his truck and walk the mail up to the house instead of dropping it in the mailbox as usual.

Geez, poor guy. Imagine the horrors he'd endure if he had a walking route.

Heck, my old mailman would drop the mail off at our door voluntarily if we got a package. But he retired a few years ago. The new guy just either ties the package to the mailbox in a plastic bag, or balances it on top, using the flag to prop it in place.

He is on a county road -- some of those house are set back 100s of feet.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Safeway
Buy a damn mailbox you cheap ass. They are like $5.00.

It's not much fun digging a hole and placing a post in frozen ground.

Well, with his nickname, I'm sure he won't mind. :laugh:

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: Icepick
Meanwhile, this past Thursday the mailman told our baby sitter that we had better get our mailbox fixed because he's getting tired of walking our mail up to the house every day. This guy is just upset that he has to get out of his truck and walk the mail up to the house instead of dropping it in the mailbox as usual.

Geez, poor guy. Imagine the horrors he'd endure if he had a walking route.

Heck, my old mailman would drop the mail off at our door voluntarily if we got a package. But he retired a few years ago. The new guy just either ties the package to the mailbox in a plastic bag, or balances it on top, using the flag to prop it in place.

yeah. you go ahead and walk a country road route. where the houses can be up to a half mile apart. good idea.

 

[mattocs]

I have to have a PO Box to get mail.


Stupid small towns

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Icepick

Originally posted by: waggy
let me guess a country road right? yes you are sopposed to have a mailbox.

Well, in that case I'll call the post office on Monday and find out what the next step is.

Just don't tell them that the mailman brought the mail to the door for a few days... some of the postmasters don't take kindly to the rules being broken: no mailbox = no mail. There have been a few cases where mailmen dropped off Christmas cards to customers on their route - but, they didn't send them via mail (no postage on the cards.) BIG trouble for those mailmen. Ditto paperboys who put newspapers in regular mailboxes..

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Safeway
Buy a damn mailbox you cheap ass. They are like $5.00.

It's not much fun digging a hole and placing a post in frozen ground.

Well, with his nickname, I'm sure he won't mind. :laugh:

Lol, he'll use himself to dig

 

[DainBramaged]

If I were him and I read this post, I'd just burn your mail.