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Forwarding Mail - a cautionary tale...

mgirardo
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Explorer
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 mailbox from middle of the summer, but it wasn't important so no big deal.

We don't get a lot of mail, all of our bills except one are paperless. However, since I am self-employed, all of my customers pay by check sent via mail. About a week after we got here mail started to come in and we were getting mail regularly. But then after about 2 weeks, we stopped getting any mail. My wife had to go back home for a couple days. When she got there, she found the mailbox was full! She went to the post office and asked about it. Our carrier was still there, so the agent at the counter brought her out. She was new, just started on our route a few weeks ago and had no idea our mail should be forwarded!

If you have your mail forwarded by the Post Office and all of a sudden stop getting mail, be sure to contact your local PO right away. We have gone through a lot of carriers in the last 10 years or so. Hopefully, we don't get another new one this summer!

-Michael
Michael Girardo
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accsys
Explorer
Explorer
When you fill out an official temporary Change of Address with the postal service, it should never get to your local post office as it is rerouted at a distribution center. I guess if your mail was coming from a local address using your same post office it would never get to the distribution center?
John & Doris
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Campinfan
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Explorer III
Good info to pass along. Not applicable to me but still good to know.
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