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"The Postal
Service shall have as its basic function
the obligation to provide…prompt,
reliable, and efficient services to
patrons in all areas…”
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Despite those altruistic words "the
obligation to provide services to
patrons in all areas" my postal
carrier stopped doing what FedEx Ground,
United Parcel Service, and freight
companies do—pickup & deliver to my
porch. Priority Mail package pickup
service is promised by eBay & the USPS
online, but civil service employees
apparently are not accountable to
anyone. My carrier resented walking 25'
around my carport so he stopped
providing postal services. |
| Priority Mail Package
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My Residential Pickup
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Postal Misconduct |
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promises Carrier Pickup |
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"you never have
to leave home..." |
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eBay promises |
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USPS website |
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FedEx Ground
picks up here |
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USPS picked up
for years
until... |
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Stop at sign,
walk to
porch |
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Everybody picks
up & delivers
here |
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Nice & clear
pathway to walk |
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Wide driveway |
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Reserved parking |
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| Refusal to walk 25
feet to my porch |
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merchant rather
than walk 25
feet |
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Won't walk 25'... |
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Stolen stamps! |
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Smashed! |
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Disabled space? |
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Freight delivery |
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No Dalai Lama?
But he's such a sweet guy! |
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$482
disappeared! |
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Signed PS Form
3849 vanishes |
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No PS Form 4245 |
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You're not
disabled, you're
just fat & lazy |
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Ah! PS Form 4245
There you are! |
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2-4-09
Letter
(HIGH RESOLUTION)
explaining all issues
related to the wrongful
denial of Priority Mail
Package Pickup service.
2 MB |
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2-4-09
Letter
(LOW RESOLUTION)
explaining all issues
related to the wrongful
denial of Priority Mail
Package Pickup service.
500K |
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DOCUMENTATION 2-5-09
(HIGH RESOLUTION)
explaining Priority Mail
Package Pickup service.
4 MB |
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DOCUMENTATION 2-5-09
(LOW
RESOLUTION)explaining
Priority Mail Package
Pickup service.
1 MB |
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February 6, 2009
The Honorable Senator Dianne
Feinstein
United States Senate
331 Harte Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20515 / Fax 202
228 3954
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"The Postal
Service shall have as its basic function
the obligation to provide …prompt,
reliable, and efficient services to
patrons in all areas…”
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RE: ESCALON, CA postal
carrier refuses to walk 25 feet
to pick up Priority Mail
packages for shipment—a service
promoted by the USPS on TV, in
posters, on their website and by
eBay & PayPal.
Dear Senator Feinstein,
Please help restore my Priority
Mail package pickup service.
It is available to all eBay
sellers who ship Priority Mail,
and to all USPS patrons with
online accounts to print postage
labels. There is no requirement
for a “circular driveway” as
claimed by the Escalon
Postmaster who stopped service.
I see only an ethical failure
evidenced in the letter from the
Sacramento USPS office
referencing my driveway as
“…rural roads…obstructed by
gates, or that cross unbridged
streams that are not fordable
throughout the year.” My
driveway has no “unbridged
streams” as shown in photos at
matthewhenson.com/usps.htm
This is a shameful act of
discrimination by a carrier
unwilling to walk 25 feet to
pickup Priority Mail packages—a
service available to all online
shippers.
USPS ends in the word “service”
as does the phrase civil
service. Someone needs to remind
the local PO of this fact. Thank
you.
Sincerely,
Verne Robinson
Publisher of Dark Companion,
creator of the Matthew Henson
websites |
Cc: John E. Potter, U.S
Postmaster General;
Annie Kennedy, Postal Regulatory
Commission;
Dan G. Blair, Chairman of the
Postal Regulatory Commission;
Ann Fisher, Director Public
Affairs and Government
Relations;
David C. Williams, United States
Postal Service, Office of
Inspector General; |
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| UPS and FedEx park to
walk 25 feet to porch for
pickup & delivery. But the
Escalon post office stopped
doing so recently. They refuse
to walk even this short
distance—not to deliver
letters—but to pickup Priority
Mail packages as promised by the
USPS website. |
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Safe,
efficient carrier pickup location
The USPS picked up packages from here
for years until one day Ritchie decided
to stop it.
This service is available to all postal
patrons, to all USPS Priority Mail
shippers who schedule carrier pickup
online.
Refusal to provide a service the USPS
provides to all customers is
discrimination.
Click to see
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The USPS delivered parcels to my
porch & picked up Priority Mail items
here without incident for several years.
FedEx Ground regularly picks up
packages, and has backed up without
incident for several years.
UPS delivers item to my porch regularly,
and they, too, have backed up without
incident for several years.
Then, suddenly, Ritchie claimed he "cannot back up".
But
the fact is there has never been any way to visit my
home without backing up.
"The Postal
Service shall have as its basic function
the obligation to provide …prompt,
reliable, and efficient services to
patrons in all areas…”
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| You may write a letter
to these government agencies.
Tell them you want Matthew
Henson's books & pictures
shipped by Priority Mail even if
that means the postal person has
to walk 25 feet, and back up his
little postal car to leave. |
REQUEST TO RESTORE PRIORITY
MAIL PACKAGE PICKUP SERVICE TO
THE MATTHEW HENSON WEBSITE IN
ESCALON CALIFORNIA
The Honorable Senator Dianne
Feinstein
United States Senate
331 Harte Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Fax 202 228 3954
The Honorable John E. Potter
U.S. Postmaster General
475 L’Enfant Plaza SW
Washington DC 20260-0010
FAX 202 268 4860 / 202 268 5211
Dan G. Blair
Chairman of the Postal
Regulatory Commission
901 New York Avenue, NW Suite
200
Washington, DC 20268
FAX 202 789 6886
Ann Fisher, Director
Public Affairs and Government
Relations
901 New York Avenue, Northwest
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20268-0001
FAX 202 789 6886
Email: Ann.Fisher@prc.gov
Annie Kennedy
Consumer Relations Specialist
901 New York Avenue, Northwest
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20268-0001
FAX 202 789 6891
David C. Williams
United States Postal Service
Office of Inspector General
1735 N. Lynn Street,
Arlington, VA 22209-2020
FAX 866 756 6741
United States Postal Service
Consumer Affairs Office
3775 Industrial Blvd. W
Sacramento, CA 95799-0070
FAX 916 373 8629 |
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(above) safest place in the
world to back up
(below) note from Escalon PO
"Not allowed to back up" |
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PDF versions of Letters sent in
January, 2009 |
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5-page complaint to Inspector General
October, 2008 |
Numerous incidents letter Postal
Regulatory Commission
January 2009 |
Medical necessity letter:
Inspector General
January 2009 |
Supplemental letter: Inspector General
October, 2008 |
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