What time does your mail get delivered?

silkyk · ‎03-03-2011

We are rural customers and our mail for many,many years was delivered by early afternoon (before dark) which was good because we have a mailbox out on our small country road. No problems for years. Last night we had our mail delivered at 8:30 PM! This has been going on for about a year now, getting later and later and I think this is just crazy! I am just curious as to what time other rural customers get their mail. It is way too far to go into town everyday to get my Q packages.....and bills.

Burnsite · ‎03-10-2010

Hi, silky, My mail comes around 5:30PM. I wish it were earlier, but I've adjusted over the years. In my neighborhood, when the mail is a great deal later than that, a substitute letter carrier is on the route.

I once looked out at night and saw the postman, not our usual person, examining mail under a streetlight to figure out which customer I was. He was really upset at how long it was taking him--I felt bad for him.

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

I'm not a rural customer but our mail is delivered at different times. Sometimes it's at our house by 10:00 in the morning and other times it's 1:00 and other times 4:00. Sometimes we get mail twice a day, super early and later. I have no idea why. We don't seem to have a regular mail carrier anymore either. It's always someone different.

millieshops · ‎03-09-2010

My mail in Florida arrives some time after 4 pm and before 7:30. I don't have a long walk to the mailbox area, but most days I do carry my flashlight just to be able to insert my key!

When I'm on Long Island in the summer, I get my mail noonish.

You'd think I prefer LI, but I don't. That's because rarely a week goes by that there's not an error with that delivery whereas my FL mail is virtually 100 percent accurate.

RetRN · ‎10-01-2013

Usually around noon.

SydneyH · ‎03-10-2010

Unless our carrier is not available our mail is delivered between 11AM and 11:45AM like clockwork.........

debic · ‎09-02-2010

Generally between 1 and 4. I saw a mail truck delivering packages at 8:30 yesterday morning. I was shocked.

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beckyb1012 · ‎03-09-2010

At my office it is usually here before I go to lunch but sometimes I find it on the floor through mail slot of the of locked door when I get back around 1:00.

At home it is usually between 4:00 to 5:00 pm.

"Live frugally, but love extravagantly."

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@silkyk wrote:
We are rural customers and our mail for many,many years was delivered by early afternoon (before dark) which was good because we have a mailbox out on our small country road. No problems for years. Last night we had our mail delivered at 8:30 PM! This has been going on for about a year now, getting later and later and I think this is just crazy! I am just curious as to what time other rural customers get their mail. It is way too far to go into town everyday to get my Q packages.....and bills.

Apparently you live WAY out of town. So that makes it more costly and problematic for you to get mail I guess. We live in town and it comes about 2:45 daily.

At least you don't have to go to town everyday!