Comments on: USPS Sick of Curbside Mailboxes http://www.hithimagain.com/2007/08/03/usps-sick-of-curbside-mailboxes/ A constitutionalist blog on politics and other miscellany. Fri, 18 May 2012 23:55:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Hit Him Again http://www.hithimagain.com/2007/08/03/usps-sick-of-curbside-mailboxes/#comment-53489 Hit Him Again Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:34:33 +0000 http://www.hithimagain.com/2007/08/03/usps-sick-of-curbside-mailboxes/#comment-53489 Lisa, you might be surprised to learn that it is illegal for FedEx or UPS to send letters (aka "First Class Mail"). The only types of letters that FedEx and UPS are allowed to send are termed "Extremely Urgent" and they are required by law to charge no less than $3 for private delivery. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Express_Statutes" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia provides a brief summary.</a> Lisa, you might be surprised to learn that it is illegal for FedEx or UPS to send letters (aka “First Class Mail”). The only types of letters that FedEx and UPS are allowed to send are termed “Extremely Urgent” and they are required by law to charge no less than $3 for private delivery. Wikipedia provides a brief summary.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.hithimagain.com/2007/08/03/usps-sick-of-curbside-mailboxes/#comment-53224 Lisa Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:03:35 +0000 http://www.hithimagain.com/2007/08/03/usps-sick-of-curbside-mailboxes/#comment-53224 "...[i]t should be noted that they would never get away with this method of cost-lowering in a free market because the consumer wouldn’t stand for it. " Silly, of course the consumer would stand for it -- we do every time we use a stamp instead of using FedEx or UPS or other private companies. They'll deliver anything anywhere, right? And how do you like those prices? I'll stick with my "Forever" rates that I bought at 42 cents a piece! “…[i]t should be noted that they would never get away with this method of cost-lowering in a free market because the consumer wouldn’t stand for it. ”

Silly, of course the consumer would stand for it — we do every time we use a stamp instead of using FedEx or UPS or other private companies. They’ll deliver anything anywhere, right? And how do you like those prices? I’ll stick with my “Forever” rates that I bought at 42 cents a piece!

]]> By: max http://www.hithimagain.com/2007/08/03/usps-sick-of-curbside-mailboxes/#comment-4263 max Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:33:47 +0000 http://www.hithimagain.com/2007/08/03/usps-sick-of-curbside-mailboxes/#comment-4263 In the town of Mendocino CA, the post office refuses to deliver mail outside of the old village center, that is, they will not deliver to our existing roadside mailboxes, even 1/4 mile from the post office. They say we "outside of the towners" MUST pay for a PO box and have senders add the mail box # to the street address as a destination locator. At the same time they are the most inefficient and morose bunch I've yet to meet. They routinely "find" packages behind things a month or so after expected delivery. Question is: are they not mandated by whatever charter they operate under to deliver to my roadside box. And how can they get away with this extortion of forcing me to pay for a PO box. Do I have to spend more of my time lawyering their rules to force them to behave in a manner not designed for their own lazy convenience? If anyone knows the rules they are supposed to follow or the location there-of, pls post it. In the town of Mendocino CA, the post office refuses to deliver mail outside of the old village center, that is, they will not deliver to our existing roadside mailboxes, even 1/4 mile from the post office. They say we “outside of the towners” MUST pay for a PO box and have senders add the mail box # to the street address as a destination locator. At the same time they are the most inefficient and morose bunch I’ve yet to meet. They routinely “find” packages behind things a month or so after expected delivery.
Question is: are they not mandated by whatever charter they operate under to deliver to my roadside box. And how can they get away with this extortion of forcing me to pay for a PO box. Do I have to spend more of my time lawyering their rules to force them to behave in a manner not designed for their own lazy convenience?
If anyone knows the rules they are supposed to follow or the location there-of, pls post it.

]]> By: Hit Him Again http://www.hithimagain.com/2007/08/03/usps-sick-of-curbside-mailboxes/#comment-961 Hit Him Again Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:27:50 +0000 http://www.hithimagain.com/2007/08/03/usps-sick-of-curbside-mailboxes/#comment-961 I am sorry to hear of your difficulty. Have you considered the possibility that your mailboxes were destroyed by the contracted carrier? I am sorry to hear of your difficulty. Have you considered the possibility that your mailboxes were destroyed by the contracted carrier?

]]> By: Jenny http://www.hithimagain.com/2007/08/03/usps-sick-of-curbside-mailboxes/#comment-960 Jenny Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:13:57 +0000 http://www.hithimagain.com/2007/08/03/usps-sick-of-curbside-mailboxes/#comment-960 My curbside box was destroyed overnight, along with those of my neighbors along a 6 mile stretch of road. The Sheriff won't come, have to get form on line and snail mail with photos. The Post Office says my old box is not tall enough and to come in and they will give me the height requirements because the contracted carrier drives a 4-wheel drive vehicle and I have to build it taller. What happens when the contracted carrier changes and they drive a normal size car? I will probably have to lower my mailbox. Since this is in a really rural setting, I can do nothing in response. The Post Mistress told me I can rent a box in town, but that she does not have any large boxes and my mail volume is too much for the little boxes they have available. No service here, only rules you cannot keep track of and people who do not assist. My curbside box was destroyed overnight, along with those of my neighbors along a 6 mile stretch of road. The Sheriff won’t come, have to get form on line and snail mail with photos. The Post Office says my old box is not tall enough and to come in and they will give me the height requirements because the contracted carrier drives a 4-wheel drive vehicle and I have to build it taller. What happens when the contracted carrier changes and they drive a normal size car? I will probably have to lower my mailbox. Since this is in a really rural setting, I can do nothing in response. The Post Mistress told me I can rent a box in town, but that she does not have any large boxes and my mail volume is too much for the little boxes they have available. No service here, only rules you cannot keep track of and people who do not assist.

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