AW: US post complaints

[smerf]

This is standard practice. My friend at the p.o. always read magizines
during idle time on machines. All mags are shipped with a "dummy" copy on
the top and bottom of the palet to protect from idiots. There is no reason
for a deticated copy to be delayed. I've read these copys of everything
imaginable. There was a postman a few years ago in Dallas tx that was
dumping ALL of his daily mail in an abandoned house so he didn't have to
work. Go figure!

jh wrote:

> >>Where can I complain about lost mail in the US?
> >>
> >Well, the first thing to do is to ask anyone on the
> >list whether they have had trouble with the person
> >in question ;-)
> >before maligning the US postal service, who in the
> >Australian vernacular are a 'bonzer bunch of blokes'
> >(and sheilas).
> >I only ever had trouble when I was buying copies of Electronotes.
> >
> >paul perry (frostwave P/L)
>
> Things like that do happen. A few years ago I was
> on hunt for cheap second hand instruments, and so
> I was eager to get "keyboards" magazine with its
> classifieds on the first day - the main reason for
> my subscription. All went fine over the years, but some
> day I didn't get it, all my friends who bought it locally
> got it before me, and about a week later it was in my
> mailbox. This went on month for month: The magazin
> appeared, but only a few days later than normally.
> I did some research about the mail distribution system and
> learned that all magazines were sent to our city in one
> bunch, and then would be locally distributed. No way
> that it should come to me later unless there were problems
> on the very last path from the town's mail center to my
> house. This was about the same time the German mail
> started to hire seasonal workers for the mail delivery.
> My only explanation was that one of these students
> had an interest in keyboard music, too, read my "Keyboards"
> before me, delivered it a few days later and thought I would not notice.
>
> I filed a complaint at the mail company, they told me that
> they thought my suspects were kind of ridiculous, but
> you guessed it: From the next issue on I got my "keyboards"
> on the first day again.
>
> You won't believe such things until they actually happen to you,
> but they do happen.
>
> Which does not mean that people not answering to requests
> that *did* make it to their door wouldn't happen either. (;->)
>
> JH.