When you have to look for an app to locate a damn mailbox, this is a sign of an agency whose apparent goal is to eliminate customers.Mail collection boxes are a visible representation of the U.S. I live in an apartment complex with almost 100 units and our box was removed a decade ago as being "underused". Now you have to drive into a parking garage, park, and walk up steps into a condo building where the new station is located. There used to be a drive-through, that was removed. I now have to plan my errands to revolve around finding a collection box. The reason I used this collection box is because it was near where I was running an errand. It is charged to an HSA debit card, so now if someone eventually has that letter fall into their hands, they have all the info to use that credit card.
But now, almost a month later, my doctor's office never received the payment. I thought the box was actually serviced, as it was marked with pick-up hours. I made a big mistake of dropping a letter in the slot at one of the little substations USPS has for people to use PO boxes. How close is your nearest collection box? Do you have a collection box in your neighborhood? Do you use it regularly? We also recommended the Postal Service maintain supporting documentation on its removal and relocation decisions, and establish a process to monitor out-of-service collection boxes. We recommended management require each district to periodically evaluate whether to relocate or remove underused collection boxes included in the annual density test that determines the average volume of mail collected. While the area and its 10 districts have procedures for removing and relocating collection boxes, they were not consistently followed. Our recent audit report looked at the Postal Service’s collection box removal process in the Eastern Area and found that it was not effective. They also are reliable, secure, and convenient receptacles for mail.Īs part of its efforts to keep its collection infrastructure proportionate to customers’ needs at a reasonable cost, the Postal Service has eliminated underused collection boxes that on average receive fewer than 25 pieces a day it has also added collection boxes where they are convenient for customers. On the other hand, mail collection boxes are a visible representation of the Postal Service to the American public, and their disappearance has been noted. Some collection boxes are barely used and are expensive to maintain. It’s a tough balancing act for the Postal Service. They’ve also questioned whether this effort is saving USPS money in the long run. Postal Service has gone too far and removed too many collection boxes in neighborhoods. Nationally, the number of collection boxes declined by more than 12,000 in the past 5 years. They also seem to be disappearing as quickly as mom’s homemade apple pie. Mail collection boxes are practically as American as apple pie.
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