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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 2114298, member: 22331&quot;]I appreciate your understanding of how the postal system should function, but I believe you&#039;ll find practices differ from your understandings.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Domestic Mail Manual which cites all generally practically utilized regulations, I believe you&#039;ll find is no longer available in postal &quot;stations&quot;, available &quot;on-line&quot;, and generally often unknown even to the station Postmaster.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found the clerks, and even the Postmaster to be unfamiliar with the actual regulations. Upon being verbally accosted on multiple occasions, having shipments rejected by even the ill-informed Postmaster when I quoted a specific DMM regulation number, I would return with a regulation copy, requesting prominent station posting of the regulation for personnel edification.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had a long standing relationship with postal inspectors, who don&#039;t respond as you&#039;ve indicated, but must generally generate a large portfolio before initiating a legal &quot;action&quot;. This generation process may consume many years.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the relatively recent past, I sent a $12,000 registered shipment through the system. Knowing the fallibilities of the system and employees, I insured for the full amount, and purchased &quot;Signature Confirmation&quot; which normally would allow some semblance of tracking.</p><p><br /></p><p>I generally always personally deliver my shipments to the local postal station, and request a receipt of acceptance, which many Postmasters refuse to supply a customer. After weeks of non-delivery, and no tracking information posted, other than the original post I had requested, the customer had become veeery excited. I contacted the Postmaster to intercede and locate the shipment. She spent yeomans futile efforts in unsuccessfully attempting to locate the shipment. She was informed that the shipment couldn&#039;t be located. I never did receive shipment or tracking confirmation from the postal system. </p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually the customer informed me that the shipment had arrived, and I forwarded the information to the Postmaster, who verified same. The idealistic Postmaster retired the following month.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe you shouldn&#039;t expect reliability from U.S.P.S..</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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