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Last Answer on February 18, 2022

I think you misunderstood my question. I meant when the person walks up next to his box when you drive by, do you give him the mail, or do you put it in the box anyway? My carrier won't deliver my mail unless I am well away from my box when he comes.

Asked by bryce over 12 years ago

I deliver the mail via foot and don't drive up to a mailbox as you describe. The town in which I deliver mail does have sections where the letter carriers do drive up to a mailbox and put the mail in. I did this when I was a substitute letter carrier and will do it on occasion if that carrier is out or needs assistance. If the situation you described occurred while I was delivering, I would hand them the mail. I don't know if there is a policy against handing the mail directly to a customer in the environment you described. Some carriers may not want to hand the mail directly to a customer from their postal vehicle for safety reasons.

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I recently mailed my passport for renewal via priority mail and the postal clerk entered the wrong zip code and now it has been stuck at the processing center for a week now, so what happens next?

Asked by pruqui over 12 years ago

I am not sure what happens next. Eventually, the Priority Mail envelope (which contains your passport) should either have its ZIP code manually corrected and sent to the proper Passport Renewal Office, or be returned to you "Undeliverable As Addressed". I don't know the time frame that this will all take, but with Priority Mail, the item shouldn't be sitting in a processing center for a week. You can call 1-800-ASK-USPS for possible assistance.

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Can I give my mailman the key to a new lock mailbox I just bought? I live in a 3 family house and someone is stealing my mail.

Asked by LA about 12 years ago

LA, it is awful that mail is being stolen. I don't know what good it will do, but I would recommend reporting that to your local post office or the Postal Inspectors. To answer your question, I don't know that a mailman would get involved with being responsible for a key to a private mailbox. If everyone on their route did that, how would they keep track of all of those keys? Furthermore, if that mailman was off/sick/vacation, how could you be sure that the replacement mailman would get the key? I just don't think it will be feasible or practical or possibly even allowed. Another option (though less convenient) would be to rent a PO Box which would definitely be secure.

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a letter was picked up at my employers office in burbank,ca. in the afternoon. when should i get it in downtown l.a.(about 20 miles apart)

Asked by Cboy4200 over 12 years ago

I believe the service standard for a letter from Burbank to LA is 1 day. It is not a guarantee but most letters probably meet that standard.

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I accidentally forgot to put a stamp on my envelope and I mailed it already, does it matter as long as I am mailing from New York to New York

Asked by mariellemorales587@yhoo.com about 12 years ago

Without the proper postage (or any postage at all), one of 3 things might happen with the item you mailed: 1) it will be delivered as if it had postage 2) it will be delivered, but the recipient will be asked to pay the postage (currently .49 for a first-class 1 oz. letter), or 3) the letter will be "returned for postage" to you if you put your return address on it. Where you are mailing the item from/to shouldn't matter if it was mailed in the US.

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I've been having this issue that I sometimes don't receive postal mail.It gets returned to the sender saying: the individual has moved.This has been happening mostly with mails being sent to me from out-of-city.Any clues as to why this is happening?

Asked by Hamza about 12 years ago

I'm sorry but I don't know why this would be happening. Did someone with a similar name possibly live at or near your address and then moved and not leave a forwarding address? I know that isn't a likely reason. The only suggestion I can think of is to contact your local post office and re-affirm that you are still at your present address and don't return any mail that comes with your name to your present address. If it isn't your local post office that is returning your mail, I don't know how/why this is a happening. Thank you for writing.

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Just got offer for cca position AND just found out my license is suspended, what can i do? been unemployed for a year and really need this position.

Asked by mary over 12 years ago

I am not sure what will happen re :your license being suspended and being offered a CCA Position. How long do you think it will be before you get your license back? I don't believe it is legal to have you driving a USPS vehicle with a suspended driver license.

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I think you misunderstood my question. I meant when the person walks up next to his box when you drive by, do you give him the mail, or do you put it in the box anyway? My carrier won't deliver my mail unless I am well away from my box when he comes.

I recently mailed my passport for renewal via priority mail and the postal clerk entered the wrong zip code and now it has been stuck at the processing center for a week now, so what happens next?

Can I give my mailman the key to a new lock mailbox I just bought? I live in a 3 family house and someone is stealing my mail.

a letter was picked up at my employers office in burbank,ca. in the afternoon. when should i get it in downtown l.a.(about 20 miles apart)

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I accidentally forgot to put a stamp on my envelope and I mailed it already, does it matter as long as I am mailing from New York to New York

I've been having this issue that I sometimes don't receive postal mail.It gets returned to the sender saying: the individual has moved.This has been happening mostly with mails being sent to me from out-of-city.Any clues as to why this is happening?

Just got offer for cca position AND just found out my license is suspended, what can i do? been unemployed for a year and really need this position.

Mailman (City Letter Carrier)

Ask me anything!

What do YOU do?

I think you misunderstood my question. I meant when the person walks up next to his box when you drive by, do you give him the mail, or do you put it in the box anyway? My carrier won't deliver my mail unless I am well away from my box when he comes.

I recently mailed my passport for renewal via priority mail and the postal clerk entered the wrong zip code and now it has been stuck at the processing center for a week now, so what happens next?

Can I give my mailman the key to a new lock mailbox I just bought? I live in a 3 family house and someone is stealing my mail.

a letter was picked up at my employers office in burbank,ca. in the afternoon. when should i get it in downtown l.a.(about 20 miles apart)

Also on Jobstr...

I accidentally forgot to put a stamp on my envelope and I mailed it already, does it matter as long as I am mailing from New York to New York

I've been having this issue that I sometimes don't receive postal mail.It gets returned to the sender saying: the individual has moved.This has been happening mostly with mails being sent to me from out-of-city.Any clues as to why this is happening?

Just got offer for cca position AND just found out my license is suspended, what can i do? been unemployed for a year and really need this position.

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