really done had it with the USPS
    17 years
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The constant loss of mail, is befuddling.
I know because I get a daily email from informed delivery, showing me a scan of things that are supposed to come that day.
From memory, here's a list of things that never made it.
Car paperwork, MRI prior authorization, utility switch confirmation, W2 forms, credit card statements, bank statement, county tax bill, pension plan transition paperwork.
This is simply from memory.
There are days the carrier doesn't even show up (blink cams).
I learned long ago, "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, stays these carriers from the swift appointment of their appointed rounds."
Yep, I was a young buck and got into an argument with a postal worker, at the Jake Farley bldg in Manhattan. The clerk schooled me that the architectural firm of McKim Mead & White made that up, it was never, and will never be the USPS' motto. I remember thinking to myself, it's a good thing that one can get poor service and a history lesson in one stop.
Good to see that all these years later, things haven't changed.
Now to be serious--if I'm this aggravated about it today, when I'm elderly, what will it be like then, wasting time trying to call on the phone to get lost things replaced? Hint--when you call, they have no idea what you are talking about, that you never got something they mailed, or, once convinced you didn't get something, knowing what it actually was or what it said.
The end. lol
p.s. by going online, it looks like our county taxes went up double digits multiple years in a row, like 20 or so. Who the heck approves these things, and where do council members live, in another county?
US Postal Inspection Service
This seems to be a job for the USPIS if your local post office and letter carriers are not doing their jobs.
yours seems worse than mine
I also check informed delivery every day. But in my case it is quite rare for something not to show up. The most recent time that it happened it came the next day.
It seems to me that your local office and carrier may be providing worse service than is typical across the system.
personal GPS user since 1992
Same Issue
We often don't get mail delivery at our very rural location, especially when the weather is bad. It's been this way for decades.
As a result, we've gone "paperless" and deal on line with most of the businesses & agencies we use to minimize our dependence on the USPS. It's still a problem for package delivery though. Luckily, we get better service from UPS and Fedex.
Tell me about it!
About 20 or so years ago, the USPS started going over to machines to check the addresses on the envelopes. I remember getting a letter at work one day in a plastic bag. The only thing readable was the street address. Nothing else was in there. I asked the delivery driver the next day about it. (I handled the mail for our company at the time.) She stated that since they had went over to the machines reading the addresses, it had become more of a problem. She stated that sometimes if the envelope is situated just right, the machine will tear the envelope up. There are also times when an envelope gets stuck in the mailbag. At other times, it may get dropped behind one of the machines. She said that it was going to get worse and it has. Years ago, there were 15 USPS centers around the country that read illegible addresses on your mail. This was back when actual people were reading and sorting your mail. Since machines have taken over, they now only have one facility that reads illegible mail. When the machine can’t read an address, it is automatically sent to this location and a human will read the address. I believe they have 4 seconds to read the address, type it in the system and send it back to the facility requesting the information. I have gone over to doing almost everything on line. Recently I sent a bill from my home outside Cincinnati to Carol Stream, IL. The bill was mailed on the 29th of December. They did not receive it until the 15th of January and the bill was due on the 16th. This was the last bill that I had not yet set up for online bill pay. I kept watching for it to post. It never did so I went ahead and paid the bill online. On the 17th of January, I received notification that they had received the payment. Of course, I had already made the payment online so I actually made two payments. This company’s website is totally horrible so I changed over the payment method to my banks credit card. Since I then had a credit on the old account, I went and bought a gift card to a restaurant for the remaining credit which was for $68.14 or whatever the amount was. My wife didn’t know that you could get a gift card for $68.14. She thought it had to be in round numbers. So that is the reason why the USPS is in such bad shape. Ten years from now, we may not have a postal service in the US. I did read a few weeks ago that Finland is closing down its postal service. They will still deliver packages but no more mail.
"Everything I need can be found in the presence of God. Every. Single. Thing." Charley Hartmann 2/11/1956-6/11/2022
Denmark
I did read a few weeks ago that Finland is closing down its postal service. They will still deliver packages but no more mail.
I think you are actually remembering about Denmark. While they have not closed down the postal service, they have ceased home delivery of letters by it at the end of 2025.
personal GPS user since 1992
mail held for two months
I can't remember any problems except a torn envelope without contents. I do remember the time that they broke their one month rule and permitted me to have my mail held for two months.
As I understand it, informed
As I understand it, informed delivery shows scans from the local depot. In theory that mail _should_ be delivered that day, but that's not always the case. It still has to make it from the depot that scanned it to your local PO. That may involve another depot, weather delays, etc.
Most times if it's on informed del we'll get it that day, sometimes 1-7 days later, other times not at all. True progress!