…is quite disappointing.
I am a little old-fashioned in a way. I like to send greeting cards. I spend time choosing perfect cards for the people in my life. Cards, though, have not maintain their old-fashioned prices. Not to mention the cost of a single stamp. So I spend time and money on people I love and I trust that that my mail will be received in that love. But it isn’t. You know why?
Because it never gets there.
A few examples:
I sent out three cards on April 30/ May 1. One was for my sister’s birthday on May 10th. She’s never received it. Another card was sent to someone who lives 3 hours from me. She received her card on May 10th. Ten days to travel three hours. A second card went to the same area. Nothing. Who knows where my two missing cards are.
My daughter who lives 4.5 hours away, has sent me a Mother’s Day card for the last three or four years. None have ever made it to me. Well, except for one that was actually returned to her and she gave to me at Christmas last year.
A couple of years ago, I dropped three bills into a postal box in town here. None of the three bills ever made it to their destinations. They were never returned to me either. So I was late on all of them, plus I had stop payment fees on the checks I wrote.
I heard that the price of stamps is going up again. I’m trying to figure out just what that money pays for since my cards and letters just disappear. Hmmmm…maybe DOGE can figure it out.
With an ugh and a sigh…as I practice my deep breathing exercises…
Not gonna let this ruin a perfectly good day though. But I am thinking of writing off the USPS for good.
♥️
Andi
Coffee with Andi 
OMG and it has been getting worse. I was tired of late fees and stop payment fees from the bank so I pay all bills now through my bank because of that. It is done electronically bank to bank. I also send email or text greetings because of the problems with the post office. It amazes me that Amazon has cut ties pretty much with UPS and is using the post office for most of its deliveries. My poor mail lady ends up delivering 50 lb bags of grub worms for my chickens but they will deliver an envelope with a DVD in it via UPS.
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I’ve had one or two bills that got lost in the mail in the past few years, but for the most part haven’t had too much problem… or so I thought until I talked to my cousin to make sure I still had her correct address, since her Christmas card came back last year. Come to find out she moved about 12 years ago and has never received any of my Christmas cards. Okay, I understand she moved, so there is that, but I had a return address and they always have to have a forward address for your mail, so I am frustrated also! ugh! I am like you, hoping Doge can help!
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It’s very frustrating!
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Your right. USPS has really gone downhill. Packages from eBay take weeks. Things arrive broken. It’s a mess. But stamp prices continue to rise.
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