A fan of the United States Post Office? It can't be. How is that possible? Well it is. Let's…read morestart with how affordable it is to ship something via the USPS. Let's start with US First Class Shipping. If your item is less than 13 ounces and fits the right dimensions, you can ship US First Class mail. It's about a 2 to 3 bucks across the USA and it comes with free tracking. If your item is more than 13 ounces, your best bet is to do the Flat Rate Shipping. Guess what, the Flat Rate boxes and envelopes are FREE. Yes, you heard me FREE. Let me spell it out for you. F-R-E-E. I know you're saying, " What's the catch?" There is no catch. go to their website and order your supplies. Here's the run down on the supplies. The Flat Rate Box can double as Flat Rate or Priority Express Mail. Flat Rate is typically two to three business days while the Priority is the next day. Sometimes the Flat Rate and Priority Mail can be the same day. If it does not need to be there absolutely positively overnight, just ship it Flat Rate. Flat Rate comes with $50 of insurance and Free tracking. Go to www.usps.com Click on Postal Store, Then on the right, click on FREE SHIPPING SUPPLIES Order the Dual Use Priority Mail / Flat Rate Box 11" x 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 OR Dual Use Priority Mail / Flat Rate Box 11-7/8 x 3- 3/8 x 13-5/8 If you are a Padded Envelope fanatic like me, you can also order the Priority Mail Padded Flat Rate Envelope. 9-1/2 x 12-1/2 Now that you have your FREE supplies, you are on your way to go to the Meridian Post Office. Your agents are Valerie, Amy, and Mark on most days. They are all great and customer focused. Most likely you will be in line about 10-12 people deep. Most of the customers in front of you don't know how to mail or didn't take advantage of the FREE Supplies and the others are picking up their packages with their little brown slips. You can always use the two automated machines in the lobby. They will work with your Flat Rate boxes and padded envelopes. If you choose to see Valerie, Amy, or Mark, here's some tips. (1) Answer their question whether or not the item is fragile, liquid or hazardous. Matter of fact, check online before you go whether or not the item you are sending can be sent via USPS. (2) Know when you want the item to be delivered (3) They will ask you if you need further mailing supplies or cash back so be prepared. Lastly, don't be that guy or gal that walks in and does the sigh of all time. I appreciate their service and the fact they do it so efficiently. Plus, I'm saving a bundle by shipping via the USPS.

This post office is messed up. An item sent to me on June 26 certified mail from Kentucky arrived…read moreat Boise USPS Distribution center on June 28. Receive notice the item would deliver June 29 with a photo of the item. It has shown "On the way" since June 28. Went to the PO and the entire facility was being run on n the parking lot. Mail carriers sorting mail by their vehicles, container PODs with mail was n them all over the place. Trying to get help on line or on the phone is impossible. I'm told it's still on the way. For over two weeks now. No hope of receiving the item.

My experience has always been great - there are usually a couple of gentlemen at the desk and they…read morehave always been helpful and efficient. I had an issue with an eBay package scam that I needed to track down, and the gentleman was very nice and referred me to the distribution center just down the road where they can get gps coordinates of where packages were dropped off. I had no idea that existed if you're ever missing a package and need to check that it was delivered. It was very helpful. Folks will only take time for bad reviews, often it's just a misunderstanding of the process. People are just doing their jobs- share some kindness!

Horrible service, and it just keeps getting worse! My mail gets delivered to my neighbor and I get…read moretheir mail. At the 11st address it is rare to someone happy to help you. At the postal annex they can't seem to follow the hold mail requests. Hold at the annex for me to pick up is clear but they take it upon themselves to do the opposite, now 2 times in a row. Postmaster get your team trained, fix the problems!

Open 10am-1pm on Saturdays if it's a challenge for you to make it in during the week…read more Very helpful staff: I was mailing some packages and also handed him a stack of mail that was already stamped. He felt the staple that was in them and said they were non-machinable and would require extra postage. I'm glad he caught that because all my Valentines would have been sent back and not have made it to their destinations on time.

I really enjoy going to this post office because they have the self service kiosk and the parking…read morelot is always easy to get in and out of. I haven't had to actually go in and physically had to speak to someone yet so I can't speak on the customer service here. The place is always clean and so is the parking lot. It's obviously the same standard price for shipping as any post office but I did notice the one downtown will charge an additional fee for a birthday card to be self scanned and didn't like that. So on top of my postage I had to pay an additional fee at the downtown location.

Only negative reaction was an extremely rude customer service lady. Most everyone was pleasant.read more

First off, let me say that everyone I spoke to at this location was polite and very helpful. That's…read morewhy it's 2 stars instead of 1. Here's my story: I was expecting a package with perishables inside. I checked the USPS tracking # and it stated "out for delivery." When the mail came and no package, I checked again and the USPS site had updated to "Package being held for pickup at customers request." I made no such request. Nampa has 2 post offices, but no address was listed. So I went to the post office downtown (5 miles) and waited in line for 20 minutes only to have them explain that the package was given to the wrong courier, and could be picked up at the other post office (another 5 miles). They gave me the address and the phone number. Not even sure why they have a phone# because it immediately goes to a message "Welcome to Verizon wireless, the person you are trying to reach is not available." The next day, the tracking website said it was available for pickup, but offered a "chat", which I tried. What a waste of time that was. There is no human interface as real companies trying to win your business provide, just a chat bot that has no information whatsoever. So I drove to the other post office only to be told that it was out for delivery! Any other business run this way would not be a business. Their tracking website is worthless. Whoever developed it should definitely not be doing websites. We used to laugh at other countries because of how inefficiently government services were run. The US post office is definitely worse. Should be privatized, and closed down in lieu of a business that is actually there to win your business.

I shipped important paperwork from this location via Fed-Ex. I also paid for a return envelope. I…read moreNEVER got my documents back. I went back into Postal Express and was told there was nothing they could do. I went to Postal Connections-even though it wasn't shipped from there and they got me a refund!

Terrible, daughter went in to get a box to ship a 8x10x2 pic and she sold her a huge box. What a…read morewaste

The staff always seem so bothered by every single person that they help. They do not seem like any…read moreof them actually want to be there. The service is always so poor. I will drive out of my way to go to any other locations if I have to actually talk with someone. Same price at all the locations.

We requested a hold on our mail when we were going out of town. They were supposed to deliver all…read moreour mail the day after we returned. The day we were traveling back, they sent me a email or text saying the mail would be delivered the next day. We did not receive our mail that day or the next but got it in the third day. Not very good service! I do like the ability to hold the mail by logging in on a computer. A lot better than the old way of filling out a yellow card.

After needing to part ways with my regular, close to home shipping store due to inefficiency with…read morelines taking 30+ minutes every time I go in, I have now found Postal Annex to switch over to. Its an incredible place to help meet shipping needs. I've gone in twice in the last two days and I've watched the employees work efficiently, quickly, respectfully. They have known customers on a known name basis, I've been so sweet and respectful with elderly customers, worked as a team to have packaging boxes ready and prepped to help me with a multi package shipping project, have had me out and cared for with my transactions in less than ten minutes and there haven't been long lines. I am impressed and will move my needs for shipping over to them moving forward.

I always enjoy doing business with Postal Annex because they provide excellent and varied services,…read morethey have capable, friendly staff and care about the customers and know many by name. They are unique in the gifts and gadgets, plus greeting cards they carry.

I come here regularly, at least once a week sometimes more often. First off there's 1000 parking…read moreplaces so that's never an issue. Secondly everyone I've dealt with has been extremely efficient and very very nice. I don't know who's being mean to who in previous visits, but I have never found that to be true. it can get busy here and I've stood in line on a few occasions, but the line always moves fairly quickly.

I am currently standing in line at this location and have been for 30 minutes to mail a package…read more The line has about 7 people and there is only 1 clerk currently working. This is ridiculous for a taxpayer funded agency to not address costumer service issues, like a line to the door.

This is the fastest USPS I have ever been to. They employees were knowledgeable and quick. I went…read morewhen there were only 2 employees and a pretty decent length line but I was in an out within 10 mins.

Downtown Borah St. Post Office, BOISE, ID.. has worst customer service. 7 people in line only two…read moreworkers. One of them left after she served 2 people. The other one moved at a snail's pace (Betty) is the name on her tag. She was helping with someone certified mail and was taking her time. She seemed to be enjoying the fact that there were 8 people in line waiting for her while she took her time- I've never seen anyone move so slow..... 4 people left the building without being served. I stood in line about 20 minutes and finally just gave her a post marked package. She was very passive aggressive had no intention of moving at a normal pace seemed to enjoy making people wait instead of helping them... closest to the worst customer service I have received... oh wait... there was no customer service......

I came in with a tricky (to me) return, that I'd been struggling with. Molly knew exactly how to…read morehandle the issue and was incredibly nice on top of having the expertise! Thank you Molly!

Customers are treated like helping them is a burden. Very unfriendly for something as simple as…read moredropping off a relabeled package.