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Permalink Reply by Shawn on January 26, 2009 at 3:53pm

Over here on Penhurst we continually receive mail that belongs to someone else, which I think is a sorting problem at the post office. On occasion our mail is wet, or we will get several days worth bundled together and delivered at once. But it does not see to have a rhyme or reason to it, and it's not a huge problem for us. At least compared to what your describing.

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on January 26, 2009 at 5:32pm

That's true Sheri, I didn't think of it that way. It seems to be Fridays when we see it the most. I can tell, when the "Southwest" D&C paper they mail to the 19th Ward for Friday delivery shows up on Saturday, and sometimes Monday. Lately it seems to be OK, but I'm not home when the mail comes.

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Permalink Reply by Margy Meath on August 21, 2009 at 9:14am

Here on Marlborough Road we continue to experience mail delivery problems- late mail, no mail, mail that is withheld without resident 'permission', etc. Our efforts to address this problem have included: a discussion with the mail carrier, calls to the Westgate Office, discussions with the Westgate supervisor, calls to the Jefferson Road office, letter to Louise Slaughter, etc, etc.......
Yesterday at least 6 residents on Marlborough received NO MAIL - one could probably safely assume that this is not a mere coincidence.
Our regular mail carrier spends a lot of time on her cell phone (while delivering mail) and also socializes quite a bit with another mail carrier and select residents of the street.
Is anyone else experiencing a similar problem with Mail issues on their street??

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on August 21, 2009 at 10:03am

I just had a thought. What if you have someone send mail to a large group of residents on your street all at one time. Then keep a log when the mail arrives at it's destination. Do this several times at random to see what the results are on different days. You could send a postcard, that would cut the cost down a bit (.28 cents each).

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Permalink Reply by Wendy Sullivan on August 22, 2009 at 6:39pm

We have not had any problems on Woodbine so it might be specific to your carrier.

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Permalink Reply by Margy Meath on August 23, 2009 at 10:35am

thanks- we know that part of the problem is with the carrier but there is a larger systems issue that allows this individual behavior continue. as far as I know, most people got mail on friday- and yesterday our mail got delivered at 4:45 pm- the latest Saturday delivery I've ever encountered.

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Permalink Reply by Samantha C. Horrocks on August 26, 2009 at 10:19am

We've been on Arnett Blvd for two months and haven't had any problems with the mail. It rarely arrives at the same time every day, but I don't worry much about that.

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