Comments on: USPS Temporary Mail Forwarding Could Use Some Improvement

By: Duari

Duari — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:14:08 +0000

My dad has terminal cancer and I am handling all of his financial affairs. Due to the fact that he cannot live alone he is living with me. We did a temporary mail forwarding through USPS site. It took 3 weeks before I received any mail at my address and it seems that I was only ever getting “some” of his mail….NOW in the past 10 days I have received nothing!!! Several calls to USPS have been insanely frustrating!

By: Jason Wilkin

Jason Wilkin — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:52:28 +0000

Sorry the people at the old address have the same last name only…
the forward is for an individual and that mail is forwarded…
The rest of the mail is being held for some reason.

By: Jason Wilkin

Jason Wilkin — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:49:20 +0000

Why is it that everytime I forward my mail as an individual to another address the people at the old address with the same name stop recieving mail?
Very frustrating concidering there are very important checks and documents that are not getting to the right people….

I’m ready to go postal!!

By: Em

Em — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:49:41 +0000

I had temporary forwarding while I was traveling over the month of December, and scheduled it to end December 31, so that when I returned home on January 3, I would already be receiving my mail again.

It is now March. I am receiving about half of my mail. I opened a new bank account as soon as I returned in January and I am still waiting for my new debit card to arrive, it has been returned to the bank TWICE with some sort of statement that I am out of town for an extended period of time. Some of my other mail has been forwarded to my temporary address. A package my friend sent me a couple of weeks ago has not appeared anywhere.

Last week I called my post office (for the 3rd time since mid-January) and FINALLY found out that they had accidentally created two temporary forwards for me. One scheduled as I wanted it to be, another that would continue forwarding my mail until the end of MAY.

I hope to actually begin receiving my mail on a regular schedule in the next few weeks.

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Kallen Web Design - grand rapids mi web designers — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:22:24 +0000

When we get out of town for six weeks, and put the forwarding notice in online, it takes about three weeks for our mail to get to our new destination. Seriously, three weeks to get five states away? This makes paying our bills late. Also we received a notification that our sprint cellphone bill was returned to sprint for bad forwarding. And after three weeks, the daily mailbox full of mail is coming in at a few things a week. Where is the rest of our mail? I mean, this is during tax time, too. Are our 1099s getting returned to sender? This is unbelievably bad service. Next time I’m going to have a neighbor grab the mail and ups it to me twice a week, at least I’ll get it that way. This is just stupid. I’m embarrassed that my tax dollars are paying for this.

By: Salma Abu Dayta

Salma Abu Dayta — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:33:07 +0000

Great article, for international mail forwarding, the USPS is not the ideal channel, they cannot compete with services like http://myuspostoffice.com or http://getmyusmail.com both offer clients worldwide a US address for all their mail forwarding without the hassle of Post Office. I am using http://myuspostoffice.com they have a $79.99 annual plan which is the lowest around and I am happy with the service, they forward all my Amazon.com purchases timely and economically.
The US Post Office on the other hand was nothing but a nightmare.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:38:11 +0000

Bob was totally right! Thanks so much for posting your comment; I just successfully cancelled my forwarding order! I hope it takes effect immediately.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:59:09 +0000

Dunno if it happened since you made the original post, but you *can* cancel a forwarding order online.

Go to the forwarding page (as if you wanted to enter a new order), but click the “view, update or cancel a Change of Address order” link. It’s right below the “Click here to begin” button.

You’ll need the 16-digit confirmation code from your original order. It’s included in the email the USPS sent you.

You can also update the order — change the date, address, or whatnot. You can also change from a temporary forwarding to a permanent one if you decide to stay at your new address.

cheers,
Bob

By: Ron Burton

Ron Burton — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:21:41 +0000

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http://www.usa2me.com/site/pgeFaq.aspx

Ron

By: Jason King

Jason King — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:05:20 +0000

Agreed! USPS needs to put a cancel Mail forwarding. I tried to end a temporary forward and had to call the post office my self… get this! the person that answered the phone said “hang on a second let me get a sticky pad so I can leave Tony (my mail man at my actual home) a message.

The mail is still being forwarded to my temprary address. I know Tony would have remembered this if he got the message. My doubts lay heavly on the “messageing system” being left to how good the adhesive is on the back of the sticky pad. I hope he usees The Bic brand next time.

Regards,

Jason