Re: Ebay Orders.

On 5/22/2024 3:59 PM, AMuzi wrote:

On 5/22/2024 1:35 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

 I'm not sure what to suggest except
to get a PO Box.  It's a bit tricky, but you can get packages
delivered for pickup, which has eliminated the porch pirate and "lost
in shipment" problems....
The catch is that the PO Box costs money and you have to pickup your
packages at the post office. 

ISTM that if this were a significant problem, some company would provide a service to fix it. "Ship your stuff here and we'll hold it for you."
Maybe there is such a company. I haven't looked into it because like most of Tom's problems, I've never had the problem.

If your local post office is short on
staff and long on lines, that can be a problem.
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 Varies by local Post Office.
 Our PO box is accessible in the lobby (6am to midnight). Packages too large for the box are in a parcel locker, the key to which is left in our box with directions printed on the keyfob. Retrieve package, drop fob in the mail slot.
 We do not have long lines nor the scrum of legendarily irascible and surly postal staff. Our limitation is by the severely truncated open hours for mailing and our single postal clerk usually works 3 nearby Post Offices in a typical 8 hour shift.

The village post office moved to the edge of our neighborhood maybe 20 years ago, into a building four times the size of the previous one. They said the reason for the move was that the previous one had only two clerk counters, so sometimes fairly long lines. But the current building has only two clerk counters, so fairly long lines. And they were going to move in lots of mail sorting equipment; but that went to Cleveland instead.
Anyway, the post office boxes seem to be available 24 hours; and I've always found the clerks to be friendly and quite efficient.
The branch manager is another matter, but since he no longer lives across the street, he no longer affects me much. Unfortunately our mailman - um, or "mail carrier" - is a nice guy who still has to put up with him.
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- Frank Krygowski