Forwarding Mail - a cautionary tale...
We've been seasonal camping for a few years now. Each year we have had our mail forwarded by the Post Office. It's been working okay. When we got back last year, there was 1 piece of mail in our ma...
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Unfortunately the USPS does not have a decent system for forwarding mail. It seems to be dependent on your local carrier checking and remembering.
When I started as a full timer, I had already set up my South Dakota mail service months in advance. I notified all the sources of mail I could think of. Then a week or so before selling the house and moving out, I set up mail forwarding with the local post office. The new home owners were slow in moving in so I checked the mail box at the house and sure enough it was full of our mail. I made another trip to the post office concerning the forwarding. We were set to begin traveling but unfortunately my wife had an accident and our trip was delayed several weeks. During that time we were camping at a relatives house. Weeks later and more trips to the post office, I was still finding our mail at the old house. Years later we found out that an important piece of mail had been lost. We found out when the IRS sent notice that we owed taxes due to a check for thousands of dollars that we never received.
I don't have anything good to say about the mail forwarding system for the USPS.
When I started as a full timer, I had already set up my South Dakota mail service months in advance. I notified all the sources of mail I could think of. Then a week or so before selling the house and moving out, I set up mail forwarding with the local post office. The new home owners were slow in moving in so I checked the mail box at the house and sure enough it was full of our mail. I made another trip to the post office concerning the forwarding. We were set to begin traveling but unfortunately my wife had an accident and our trip was delayed several weeks. During that time we were camping at a relatives house. Weeks later and more trips to the post office, I was still finding our mail at the old house. Years later we found out that an important piece of mail had been lost. We found out when the IRS sent notice that we owed taxes due to a check for thousands of dollars that we never received.
I don't have anything good to say about the mail forwarding system for the USPS.
