[Durham INC] Postal Service delivery method swtich attempt

[Interneighborhood Council]

Chloe,

Thank you for alerting INC about this.  I will attempt to contact the
Postmaster and the East Durham station manager about this.    My first
reaction is that this is probably an unauthorized attempt on the part of a
letter carrier to get customers to change their way of receiving mail.  The
letters that used to be sent out were at least on USPS letterhead.  This
unsigned letter is on plain paper.  I would also note that it does not
actually say the person *must* change, it just says they "will be asked"
 to change.  The line about a 10 day "abatement period" is, therefore,
meaningless.  East Durham residents should ignore these letters, but do
report them to INC. I would also encourage them to call the East Durham
Station Manager and report the letters.

I would also ask anyone representing INC to respond in a civil manner to
problems with any government service.  Explain the problem, and give the
official an opportunity to respond.  Insulting language is not likely to
help, particularly if the official in question did not cause the problem in
the first place.

John Martin, President
InterNeighborhood Council of Durham


On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:02 AM, chloe palenchar <cpalenchar at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  John/others-
>
> I know INC has helped many people deal with this issue in the past. My new
> neighbor, Nathan, was just given this letter asking him to put a mailbox at
> the curb by our mail delivery person. How should he respond to this?
> (Nathan is on the To: of this email if you'd prefer to respond just to him
> on how to handle the issue.)
>
> I remain completely frustrated that the post office is attempting these
> misleading tactics. And even more frustrated that they have been more
> successful in my community than in some of the more well connected, well
> organized communities. It seems unfair to take advantage of people who
> don't know better. But, that's another topic.
>
> -chloe
>
>
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