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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 1382136, member: 22331&quot;]<b>Delivery Confirmation Explanation</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Since the Postal System has taken steps to reduce costs, mail recipients in my vicinity are encountering problems with &quot;delivery confirmation&quot;. I recently had an in-depth discussion with our local post-master after many problems. The coup de grace was when delivery confirmation tracking information indicated that a package had been in transit ~70 miles for 6 days to my Post Office Box. On the seventh day, under interrogation she informed me that the postal changes resulted in many senior employees retiring, and the remaining employees are insufficient to handle normal duties, resulting in unattentive inexperienced employees being borrowed from other facilities. She said that delivery confirmation only means that a package is delivered to a postal station, and is to be reported by the delivering facility. Only signature confirmation is required by the receiving station. We eventually located the large package, which was found to have been in the postal facility for 6 days.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>The delivery confirmation procedure was also discussed with a minority post-master in a major metropolitan post office who in no uncertain terms refused to scan my package into the postal system. He loudly informed me with support from other staff members, that any postage purchased off site is not to be rescanned as that was the responsibility of whoever sold the postage. He informed me that the package could be delivered&nbsp; to any unattended &quot;drop box&quot;, available in kiosks, stores, service stations, etc., and would not be accepted at the station window which had long lines of &quot;customers&quot; waiting for retail necessary services.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Everything I now ship via USPS generally is in a small flat rate box, and has signature confirmation required. If the complete package weighs less than 13 ounces, and is compact, it occasionally is shipped in a cardboard reinforced padded envelope, </b><b>and also has signature confirmation required</b><b>.</b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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