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The Living Force
Since the middle of March, I've been coming across reports of delayed or lost mail in Local News Reports, mainly in the Tri-state area of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. The Reports are generally brief, (one short paragraph or a few sentences) and that the problem is being investigated.
Due to financial problems, there was some changes and mergers in the Postal Services in January of this year and many smaller, rural Post Offices were closed.
This Report comes out of Richmond, Virginia - which is typical of many of the reports I have come across.
Woman loses checks in the mail, calls 12 for help
http://www.nbc12.com/story/29277783/mail-problems
June 19, 2015 - RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) -
Nearly two weeks ago, Temika Brown handed off letters to her mail carrier. Those letters included two checks and a money order, all for bills that needed to be paid. None of those letters arrived at their intended destinations.
"I had to call cancel and do new checks and everything," Brown said.
This cost her $80. With her bill money missing, Brown went to her area post office on Hopkins Road in South Richmond to get answers.
"I was told they were having problems at the Richmond processing. But I couldn't get a number to the processing, and that was basically it," Brown said.
That's where we stepped in. I reached out the U.S. Postal Communications director and got this statement that reads in part:
"Let me apologize on behalf of the Postal Service for any service concerns our customers experience. I can assure you postal officials are looking into the possible reasons for any delays and will work to resolve this quickly."
I was also told that postal standards changed nationally in January, which resulted in longer delivery times. The USPS also says there have been some hiccups during the transition.
Temika says from now, on she will use Priority Mail to make sure her checks and other personal information aren't compromised. She has a warning for others who choose not to: "Be careful," Brown said.
Postal officials are looking into what may have caused Ms. Brown's mail to be delayed.
Comment section
* Here's a simply solution, stop paying by mail, most bills can be paid over the internet or setup automatic payments via your bank! You'll get confirmation of the payment and all is good!
* Paid $25.00 today to stop check mailed inside of Ampthill Post Office on 13 May 2015. Called several Post Office phone numbers, most would not answer or reply. Ones that answered said it was not their problem and gave me phone numbers that would not answer or call back.
* There are tons of delays in the Richmond plant. But the employees are getting tons of overtime. I was told employees are taking home 5-10,000.00 checks bi-weekly. This does not promote better work ethics. It needs to really be investigated. 30 days is ridiculous for a deliver standard and if they changed that should have been "news" reported.
* I mailed five checks inside of the Ampthill Post Office on 13 May 2015. Four of the checks were delivered. One is still missing in the Postal service. I also know of another person in the same situation. The only reply from the P.O. has been that mail is no longer delivered in 2 to 4 days. The expected time was changed in January. It now takes up to 30 days to deliver local mail. I suggest you allow at least a month for your bills to be delivered. Postal officials are telling the public fairytales concerning this problem, or simply not answering the phone. A fish rots at the head first.
* My niece lives in south Richmond. She mailed a card Jan. 1 of this year, addressed to me for Charlotte, NC. It arrived June 8 of this week. It looked battered and had what appeared to be coffee stains on the unopened envelope. My understanding is that a Richmond postal carrier trashed a lot of mail earlier this year. So, that card could very well have been in that recovered batch. Even in Charlotte, NC we have had a few instances where the carrier decided to trash the mail rather than deliver. I feel particularly sorry for the people struggling to pay already late bills and to discover their payments never went through. As a result, they could lose EVERYTHING. We are at the postal service mercy. Some very bad decisions are being made in that organization with bad consequences. It seems they answer to no one but themselves. Yet, we keep throwing our tax dollars their way.
* I have had several issues with my post office on Franklin Ave in Petersburg. I called spoke with a lady who wasn't very pleasant and when I got no where with her asked to speak to the post master. He was also no help by any means and I still have problems getting my mail.
The delay in Postal Service, especially where checks or money order's for payment is concerned, reminds me of when the Social Security Administration advertised an end date of January 1st, 2015 for Postal Mail checks and everything was switched over to electronic payment to a Bank Account. Might be part of the reasoning behind the Postal Service changes - to force electronic payments for Bill's, etc.?
Due to financial problems, there was some changes and mergers in the Postal Services in January of this year and many smaller, rural Post Offices were closed.
This Report comes out of Richmond, Virginia - which is typical of many of the reports I have come across.
Woman loses checks in the mail, calls 12 for help
http://www.nbc12.com/story/29277783/mail-problems
June 19, 2015 - RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) -
Nearly two weeks ago, Temika Brown handed off letters to her mail carrier. Those letters included two checks and a money order, all for bills that needed to be paid. None of those letters arrived at their intended destinations.
"I had to call cancel and do new checks and everything," Brown said.
This cost her $80. With her bill money missing, Brown went to her area post office on Hopkins Road in South Richmond to get answers.
"I was told they were having problems at the Richmond processing. But I couldn't get a number to the processing, and that was basically it," Brown said.
That's where we stepped in. I reached out the U.S. Postal Communications director and got this statement that reads in part:
"Let me apologize on behalf of the Postal Service for any service concerns our customers experience. I can assure you postal officials are looking into the possible reasons for any delays and will work to resolve this quickly."
I was also told that postal standards changed nationally in January, which resulted in longer delivery times. The USPS also says there have been some hiccups during the transition.
Temika says from now, on she will use Priority Mail to make sure her checks and other personal information aren't compromised. She has a warning for others who choose not to: "Be careful," Brown said.
Postal officials are looking into what may have caused Ms. Brown's mail to be delayed.
Comment section
* Here's a simply solution, stop paying by mail, most bills can be paid over the internet or setup automatic payments via your bank! You'll get confirmation of the payment and all is good!
* Paid $25.00 today to stop check mailed inside of Ampthill Post Office on 13 May 2015. Called several Post Office phone numbers, most would not answer or reply. Ones that answered said it was not their problem and gave me phone numbers that would not answer or call back.
* There are tons of delays in the Richmond plant. But the employees are getting tons of overtime. I was told employees are taking home 5-10,000.00 checks bi-weekly. This does not promote better work ethics. It needs to really be investigated. 30 days is ridiculous for a deliver standard and if they changed that should have been "news" reported.
* I mailed five checks inside of the Ampthill Post Office on 13 May 2015. Four of the checks were delivered. One is still missing in the Postal service. I also know of another person in the same situation. The only reply from the P.O. has been that mail is no longer delivered in 2 to 4 days. The expected time was changed in January. It now takes up to 30 days to deliver local mail. I suggest you allow at least a month for your bills to be delivered. Postal officials are telling the public fairytales concerning this problem, or simply not answering the phone. A fish rots at the head first.
* My niece lives in south Richmond. She mailed a card Jan. 1 of this year, addressed to me for Charlotte, NC. It arrived June 8 of this week. It looked battered and had what appeared to be coffee stains on the unopened envelope. My understanding is that a Richmond postal carrier trashed a lot of mail earlier this year. So, that card could very well have been in that recovered batch. Even in Charlotte, NC we have had a few instances where the carrier decided to trash the mail rather than deliver. I feel particularly sorry for the people struggling to pay already late bills and to discover their payments never went through. As a result, they could lose EVERYTHING. We are at the postal service mercy. Some very bad decisions are being made in that organization with bad consequences. It seems they answer to no one but themselves. Yet, we keep throwing our tax dollars their way.
* I have had several issues with my post office on Franklin Ave in Petersburg. I called spoke with a lady who wasn't very pleasant and when I got no where with her asked to speak to the post master. He was also no help by any means and I still have problems getting my mail.
The delay in Postal Service, especially where checks or money order's for payment is concerned, reminds me of when the Social Security Administration advertised an end date of January 1st, 2015 for Postal Mail checks and everything was switched over to electronic payment to a Bank Account. Might be part of the reasoning behind the Postal Service changes - to force electronic payments for Bill's, etc.?