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Right in front of my eyes

Mindy D — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:47:28 GMT

I was was just walking out to the mailbox to mail an important bill. I got to the box and I saw the mail carrier in his truck a few houses down the block. On his way toward my house. I waved. The carrier went to a couple of houses. I put the bill payment envelope in my mailbox and put the red flag up. The mail carrier drove right by it without even looking at the flag. I yelled loudly from my front yard as he had just almost passed by the length of my property and was picking up speed, "hey, hey, I have mail." He heard me. He then stopped and picked it up. I thanked him loudly and added in my thanks for his service during the pandemic. I hate to say it but I think he was only stopping when he had deliveries. I don't think he was picking up outgoing mail. He wasn't even looking for these. Here we put a red flag up on our mailbox when we have outgoing mail. Just a few weeks ago, I had put an envelope in the box and it was not picked up. My husband brought it inside. We had no incoming mail that day. The next day my husband put an envelope in the box and it was picked up but we had incoming mail delivered that day.

This payment can not be paid through my online banking and there isn't another way to pay it.

Re: Right in front of my eyes

SeaMaiden — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 18:24:23 GMT

Ok there is your post....at first it was a blank page.

@Mindy D I guess it would be hard to know if the out going mail was picked up or not. We have a community street lock box...I put the out going mail in....and just hope it is picked up. .so far it has as all my bills paid by check have gotten to their destination.

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Suziepeach — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:32:17 GMT

@Mindy D you got those eyes closed or what?

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Johnnyeager — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:28:16 GMT

Is this a "fill in the blank" test......

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Anonymous032819 — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:31:10 GMT

I guess we're supposed to have x-ray vision, or be mind readers?

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shoptilyadropagain — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:33:03 GMT

Well, whatever is in front of @Mindy D 's eyes is not in front of mine.

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Anonymous032819 — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:35:43 GMT

These responses are hilarious!!!😆 😂 😆 😂

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Kachina624 — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:42:32 GMT

I chased mine down the street one day waving a pink slip notice. He looked in his rearview mirror and sped up. He refused to pick up that slip and deliver whatever it was a notice of.

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Bri369 — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:42:45 GMT

Riveting story...

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Mindy D — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:43:16 GMT

Sorry, but I don't know how this happened.

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Spurt — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:45:56 GMT

@Mindy D @Kachina624

From what I read USPS has different crews for package deliveries vs mail deliveries/pickup

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Spurt — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:48:06 GMT

I dont know what was so hard to understand about the thread title....she's saying she witnessed the USPS guy not picking up her mail.....

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Mindy D — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:49:33 GMT

@Bri369 wrote:
Riveting story...

@Bri369 @You win for funniest comment. 😁

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Roscoe the Rascal — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:52:09 GMT

I never thought it was something they had to do and only kind enough to to when delivering something to you.

Plenty of mail boxes and places you are able to do it yourself.

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Still Raining — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:52:18 GMT

There is no such thing as as bill that can't be paid via your online bank site.

If the vendor has not set up a interface, your bank will mail their manual check for FREE. No postage.

I have to do this sometimes, the bank site will remember your account and their address. Haven't had any stamps in the house for a couple of years.

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Trinity11 — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:55:43 GMT

I completely understood your post @Mindy D . Today I received two deliveries from AmEx for gift cards ordered in November and a cable bill due yesterday. Thankfully, I have autopay on the cable bill. The US Postal Service are having issues due to various reasons. My mailman no longer picks up anything even if scheduled. I receive mail maybe twice a week if I am lucky...

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tucsongal — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:56:07 GMT

Well, now I want to know what happened LOL but I’m guessing the story didn’t initially show up. At any rate, with an important bill, I would recommend just driving to a mailbox or post office. I wouldn’t chance leaving it in an unattended mailbox where anyone could grab it. We’ve had a locked box in a cluster for 20 years so maybe I’m just accustomed to that security.

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Spurt — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:29:47 GMT

@Still Raining wrote:
There is no such thing as as bill that can't be paid via your online bank site.

If the vendor has not set up a interface, your bank will mail their manual check for FREE. No postage.

I have to do this sometimes, the bank site will remember your account and their address. Haven't had any stamps in the house for a couple of years.

@Still Raining

Our employer offered an option to purchase life insurance at a reduced rate as part of our work benefits. However each employee received a paper bill from the life company through the mail and the life company ONLY accepted payment by check through the mail---no online payments accepted..... Thankfully, my employer changed to another company that DID accept online and automatic payments....

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Mindy D — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 18:02:53 GMT

@tucsongal wrote:
Well, now I want to know what happened LOL but I’m guessing the story didn’t initially show up. At any rate, with an important bill, I would recommend just driving to a mailbox or post office. I wouldn’t chance leaving it in an unattended mailbox where anyone could grab it. We’ve had a locked box in a cluster for 20 years so maybe I’m just accustomed to that security.

@tucsongal @I was standing right there in order to watch the pick up. The nearest mailbox is not close by.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 18:09:48 GMT

I never put important outgoing mail in my mailbox. I go to the PO and drop it off there. The mailboxes in my neighborhood are not safe and I have seen small children taking stuff out of them. One time I found a hair clip inside my mailbox...how did it get there?...one of the neighbor kids put it there.