[Durham INC] Fwd: Postal Service delivery method swtich attempt

[Christine Chamberlain]

Thank you for the explanation Bill.  It makes more sense after seeing your perspective.  It is true parking would be an issue.  Plus, you reminded me of the trickery they used in the letters last time.  Thank you for the reminder.

 
Christine Chamberlain


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 From: "TheOcean1 at aol.com" <TheOcean1 at aol.com>
To: inc-list at durhaminc.org 
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Durham INC] Fwd: Postal Service delivery method swtich attempt
 

Speaking 
as a Realtor, if you purchase a home in an older neighborhood that is porch 
delivery, then that's your mode of delivery.
Asking 
folks to change that would be fine, but tricking them into it 
isn't.
 
If you put 
up a rural mailbox in an urban neighborhood and leave it for 90 days, it becomes 
etched in stone as your mode of delivery... so it's not a decision to take 
lightly.
 
The USPS's 
own code dictates that such a change should be sweeping to avoid creating a zig 
zag route for the mailman. (Going from curb, to porch and back again, is not a 
time saving route)
 
Inner city 
neighborhoods are not suited to curb side boxes due to folks parking on the 
street in front of them. Mail inside curb side boxes isn't as secure as a box on 
the porch  -  unless you are out in the country.
 
Bottom 
line: Even if it was to the USPS's advantage to convert all delivery to curb 
side boxes, the choice is the citizen's to make. That should not occur because 
of a slyly worded letter ending in "do this by this date or we'll return your 
mail to the sender", which is what most of the other letters 
said.
 
Imagine 
yourself as the lower income new homeowner who has your hands full with all 
the details of a recent move. Purchasing and installing the curb side box is an 
unexpected expense in both time and money. It will be the most likely thing 
you'll hit with your car, and they look ridiculous in true urban 
settings.
 
Lastly, 
having visited with each incoming new Postmaster for years, all agree that this 
practice isn't fair, nor has it been approved by them.  They each committed 
to stopping it, and we should hold them to what they said they'd do.

Bill Anderson
REALTOR
(919)282-8209cell
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