Updated review: I was hoping the new owners would make things better, but that is not the case. I have rented a box here for my business for 5 years. New owners took over 3 weeks ago. I made a payment 2 weeks ago. After I collected mail that day, they have been holding my mail. Tonight the owner refused to give my mail to me, even though I am still well within the 6 months of termination (actually about six weeks), even if they back- date my payment to the previous owners, which is not the agreement I made with the employee when I made the payment. I was giving them a chance to get it right going forward.
New owners are not aware of the requirements of the USPS regarding termination of contract and not complying with the rules set out on USPS website regarding the delivery requirements of a CMRA (Commercial Mail Receiving Agency), which is what Postnet is:
https://pe.usps.com/archive/pdf/dmmarchive20041209/d042.pdf
See Section 2.5-2.8, esp. 2.7.
Postnet Corporate and the new Franchise owner of this location have no interest in taking care of a long-time client. If you are a business, I HIGHLY recommned you go elsewhere to rent a box, unless you intend to stay there forever. You can't forward your mail with USPS and new owners will stop delivering your mail the minute you terminate. Which is illegal and against USPS guidelines.
Shame on Postnet! Shame on the new owners! They are either unaware of the Post office laws or refuse to admit them, and refuse to answer my questions about their procedures with regard to delivering mail (also see previous post*). Paying another 6 weeks or 6 months would not have been an issue AT ALL if the new owners had been reasonable and not just start holding my mail for payment I didn't make to the previous owner, AND refused to give it to me for 2 weeks when I had JUST made a payment. It's more of a hassle for me to update my address for my business than to pay another $20, trust me.
Businesses beware!
I have video of him holding my mail in his hand tonight and REFUSING to give it to me! Thinking about submitting to Turko files or another TV station.
Or reporting to Postmaster General.
Let me repeat this:
You can't forward your mail from a CMRA with USPS!!!
And the new owners will stop delivering your mail the minute you terminate.
They have no understanding or willingness to abide by the USPS rules.
They are REQUIRED to forward to you or hold your mail for 6 months after you terminate (with certain exceptions, like junk mail).
They refuse to admit or comply by the rules. Even when pressed.
If you rent there and are considering not renewing or moving, do yourself a favor and give yourself PLENTY OF TIME to update your clients or contacts with your new address. Don't expect them to hold your mail or do the right thing.
Shameful!
BTW - not sure if this was on previous post or not, but new owner claimed he wasn't aware of the bags and bags of mail that had accumulated at this location when he took over. Later, an employee admitted to me that they had recently (with the new owner) returned several BOXES (the plastic ones USPS uses to collect mail) of "Undeliverable mail" over several days, because "it was too much for the Post office delivery lady to take at once - she made us spread it out". The new owner will lie directly to your face. He is only concerned about money. No customer service skills whatsoever. At least Joseph was personable. And tonight the owner couldn't figure out if they had returned my mail to the PO or kept it. He had to call an employee to find out where it was, which tells me they still don't have their procedures figured out.
Sorry for the rant - it's just been an extremely time-consuming, frustrating and embarassing situation (when you have to keep asking clients to send checks that disappeared into the Black Hole of PostNet, or you get a Christmas card 4 mos. late, or a date-sensitive document from the Government 5 months after you were supposed to return it. My business is taxes, so I just can't afford these kind of mistakes.
Sorry, Postnet, you have lost my business for good. And this goes for any location.
Hope to save other businesses some hassle in the future...
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