Mail delivery problems start all over again!

[Landofun]

Originally Posted by JJFrisco

I found that the house numbering was very confusing in Frisco. I'm not sure who comes up with the house numbers, but it almost seemed intentionally confusing.

For example, our house number was 8286 and next door was 8268. They could have put any other house number next door and they picked the one that looks the closest to ours

That happened in both of our houses in Frisco and we always ended up with the wrong mail.

Don't they also look at the street name? Our street numbers, street names, last name and first names are totally different and they still delivery my neighbor's stuff to me. Are they smoking something?

[JJFrisco]

Originally Posted by Landofun

Don't they also look at the street name? Our street numbers, street names, last name and first names are totally different and they still delivery my neighbor's stuff to me. Are they smoking something?

We always gave our carrier pot brownies for christmas.

[Razorback Wife]

We have a great mail guy and there are rarely any issues. I think we just got lucky. Every once in a while I will get a magazine for the same house number, but a few streets over. Doesn't happen often and I just stick it in the car and drive it by their house when I get a chance. No biggie.

[Rebel]

Originally Posted by penguin

My understanding is that at the Frisco PO, the mail sorting is done at the PO, and not by the carriers. If this is not accurate, I trust that Uncle Lolo will correct me.



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Sorting down to the route level is done at a processing center by machine, then sent to the local PO (stonebrook or rolator). From there each individual carrier will sort the "flats" down to the house level, load them back up, put them in the vehicle and deliver them.

[uncle lolo]

Originally Posted by JJFrisco

We always gave our carrier pot brownies for christmas.

On behalf of your carrier, Thank You.

[flyingsolo]

I've lived here 14 years. After not receiving Easter and Valentine gifts my mom sent the kids, my mom not receiving gift cards I sent her, not receiving some of my bills, not receiving my beach photos I ordered online, the post office saying they delivered my package and it was probably stolen and then a month later the company said the post office sent it back to them..... I SEND nothing out of Frisco. I pay my bills online and have most statements sent online.

If I have to mail something, I do it at my office.

[JWMcKinney]

I live in FISD, but have a McKinney address, and I have terrible mail service also. I get my neighbor's mail, from all over the street. Sometimes I don't get bills that I know should have came. These guys are the worst I've ever seen. I don't always get to see who delivers it, but I'm pretty sure it's not the same person every time. Postal service is horrible here. You have to stand in line to buy stamps! The last place I lived had a vending machine in the post office for stamps. And there is always only ONE person working the counter! I got to the post office almost 45 minutes before closing time, to overnight a package, and by the time I got to the counter, it was past 5, so my package couldn't be overnighted. Ugh, I'm gonna go postal on these postal people!

[Bluegill]

Originally Posted by penguin

I chose to begin receiving most mail elsewhere. Some people use PO boxes; some use neighborhood PMB box providers (like Pack-N-Mail type businesses).

If you get a PMB box somewhere DO NOT get it in Frisco. Your mail will just end up in the PO Box with the same number.

For example your address might be:
123 Main St PMB 114
Frisco TX 75034

Your mail will end up at the Frisco post office in PO Box 114. When/If that person returns it to the post office it will not be redelivered correctly - they will just send it back as undeliverable. Six weeks later.

Verified multiple times.

[GladysKravitz]

When I read these mail threads, I cringe. While mail isn't necessary for a lot of things these days, it is really bad when it gets screwed up.

We have a fantastic mail carrier (in McKinney). We maybe get one misdirected piece of mail every couple of years. Nothing seems to go missing. He brings stuff to our door and actually rings the doorbell, unlike UPS and FedEx, who apparently just chuck packages towards the porch from the truck and then drive onward.

One thing I have noticed, and people should really take note of this if they drop mail off at the post office: If you drop your mail in the drive-up boxes, be sure to put your hand all the way into the slot and chuck your mail in. Do not just slide it into the slot and drive off. Every time I go to the post office drive-up boxes, I put my hand in and close to 100% of the time I could pull out a handful of mail if I were so inclined. Instead, I reach in and push all the reachable mail into the box so it is out of reach.

I had a few greeting cards go missing after dropping them in the drive-up boxes at the main McKinney post office many years ago. They didn't contain gift cards, but I thought it was odd that the greeting cards were the only thing missing in the 10 years we have lived in McKinney.

[FriscoRes]

Originally Posted by Landofun

Don't they also look at the street name? Our street numbers, street names, last name and first names are totally different and they still delivery my neighbor's stuff to me. Are they smoking something?

No, they don't even look at the country. I mailed a card from the post office on Stonebrook to my aunt who happened to be in Israel for her birthday. They tried to send the card to Oregon because they have the same zip code. Luckily, I noticed my receipt and went back in to check. The person at the counter just figured it was Jerusalem, Oregon?!?!?!

(I have to say, I like my mail carrier. We only get the neighbor's stuff every once in a while.)