USPS Forwarding Problems

Toolguy5 wrote:
I see we are not the only ones with issues.
Our post office will only hold for 30 days. If we know we will be gone longer then that I have been forwarding our mail to my sons house. It worked great for 2 years. This year it is all screwed up.mi filled out the paper work when we left. When we cam home I stopped the forward. At that time I started getting my sons mail as well. Went to my post office to complain. He had me fill out a change of address for my son. Things still aren't right. I called customer care service and she told me the local post office gave me wrong forms. She walked through everything and made corrections while on the phone.

I have to block a sign in the mail box saying change on file or the jerks will deliver mail when we are gone.

Does anyone use any of the forwarding services like Escapees on a temporary basis. If so how does that work.

Wow, this dredged up some bad memories. I forgot that a few years ago, when we hit the road, fulltime, I used my son's address as a domicile address. When it came time to move our address to our new sticks and bricks house, it was a mess, with the USPS delivering my son's utility bills to our new home, well after they were due, and other Serious issues. We snowbird now, and forward our mail to Saint Brendan's Isle mail service in Florida, for the winter months. We use their digital scanning and handling system and are thrilled with their competence. They have provided us years of flawless service. When USPS does their job properly, typically our entire snowbird season is pretty trouble free, when it comes to actually receiving first class mail and magazines. Got to keep my fingers crossed on that though, since when the USPS decides to screw it up, they really screw it up...........