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USPS - establishing new service - no mail for a month.

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jme5343

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At work we just built a new shop - about 3/4 mile from downtown Hartford, so still well within the beaten path. However, it's not easily visible from the road.

We got an address from the city and all that jazz, I filled out the mail forwarding info, but it's been a MONTH and we've gotten 0 pieces of mail. I called, opened a ticket, nobody ever got back to me, so I finally called my closest PO and asked what was going on. The shipping supervisor said "It's on a dirt road, blah, blah, blah". Okay??? So? It's literally less than 1/4 mile off the road and the kicker is that I see the mail truck go across the private road to our office every day.

Anywho, I'm going down to talk to the shipping supervisor and carrier in the morning, but I'm not aware that I have to have a mailbox on a paved street or anything. I drive a freaking three cylinder Honda and I have no issues with the road to our office, so I don't think they should either.

I'm wondering what my requirements are, outside of having an approved USPS mailbox at my location, does anyone know?
 
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Had a similar situation a few years ago. It's not an optimum solution but the P.O. will hold your mail for pickup. We just made dropping off the outgoing/picking up the incoming one of the receptionist's daily duties.
 
either move the mail box closer to the paved road and pray to the gubberment or
pay for a P.O. box

your density is in your own hands
 
jme5343 said:
but I'm not aware that I have to have a mailbox on a paved street or anything. I drive a freaking three cylinder Honda and I have no issues with the road to our office, so I don't think they should either.
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i live in a small town. if you live in the town limits you have to have a PO Box, the USPS does NOT deliver mail in town. Howerver if you live outside the town limits where there are NOTHING but dirt road the USPS will deliver your mail.

WTF...
 
and the kicker is that I see the mail truck go across the private road to our office every day.
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I'm confused. So they go down that road to get to your office, which is further than your new shop?

Or, why not just have them deliver to the office?
 
OutHouse said:
i live in a small town. if you live in the town limits you have to have a PO Box, the USPS does NOT deliver mail in town. Howerver if you live outside the town limits where there are NOTHING but dirt road the USPS will deliver your mail.

WTF...
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That's why they are going bankrupt...
 
There are many communities in the US that are now having to get mail boxes out on the main thoroughfares if they are on what the USPS considers a private roadway. Or you get a PO Box. And if you don't like it, too bad they say, no mail for you. And if you live in the country dirt roads, look forward to getting a PO Box in the nearest town. No more deliveries for you. All changes that are coming for everyone, enjoy.
 
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OutHouse said:
i live in a small town. if you live in the town limits you have to have a PO Box, the USPS does NOT deliver mail in town. Howerver if you live outside the town limits where there are NOTHING but dirt road the USPS will deliver your mail.

WTF...
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Same here, makes no sense.
 
boomhower said:
Same here, makes no sense.
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It makes sense to Congress critters catering to rural voters. Chances are that urban voters won't vote based on mail service. Rural voters might. There was a story out last year about the USPS' attempt to kill mail delivery by aircraft to this guy living on an inholding in an Idaho wilderness area. His Congressman screamed that the USPS had an obligation to provide universal service even to folks who choose to live in the back of beyond. The USPS backed down. When the USPS tried to close thousands of money-losing rural post offices Congress refused to give them authorization to do so. The quasi-governmental status of the USPS has led to a situation where Congress holds all the authority with no responsibility. It is time to either cut the USPS loose or to re-federalize it and fund it appropriately.
 
jme5343 said:
Anywho, I'm going down to talk to the shipping supervisor and carrier in the morning, but I'm not aware that I have to have a mailbox on a paved street or anything. I drive a freaking three cylinder Honda and I have no issues with the road to our office, so I don't think they should either.

I'm wondering what my requirements are, outside of having an approved USPS mailbox at my location, does anyone know?
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Why don't you just ask them tomorrow?
 
Spacehead said:
Why don't you just ask them tomorrow?
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Because I don't trust them. They're the government. /remove tinfoil hat

I can't put a mailbox over by the road because it's between a couple sets of railroad tracks and the mailbox would be in the way.

I can do a PO box, but it's a PITA because all of our letterheads, envelopes, business cards, etc were already printed with the new address.

But, if they'll let us keep the address and hold the mail, I'm okay with that. It's mostly crap mail anyway. I can just run down there a couple times a week.
 
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