I'm giving 2 Stars for the convenience of having a post office I can walk to from Trader Joe's or Starbucks.
I've had a few really bad experiences at this post office that I won't go into, but they were probably the most outrageous experiences I've ever had at a post office anywhere.
I'm writing this Review because of what happened yesterday, the cherry on top of my overall experience with them...
I walked in at literally 4:30 on the dot and already they had everything shut and no one in sight.
My box was too big to fit into the slots at thhis post office, a situation that needs to be remedied.
In case you're wondering why I waited until 4:30, I was combining errands in a logical order based on location and appointment times, and the UPS Store would not take my package even though it was a Sure Post Package (a Return to Merchant.) They would accept it if I paid them $2! No way.
So I would have been there at 4:15 had I known the UPS Store wouldn't accept a Return Package that was Sure Post!
I rang the bell of the window hoping to just hand the prepaid, labeled package to someone since I couldn't get it into their slots, but no one responded. So after trying 3 times and 5 minutes passing, I spoke up because I could hear people working back there and I knew they could hear me.
I explained that I got there at 4:30 on the dot & they had obviously closed up early, and all I wanted to do was hand them a package that wouldn't fit through their tiny slots. I don't have the luxury of wasting gas to drive back there, or at that point, driving up to Alamo even. I was at the end of my route and I only venture out 2-3 days per week, if that.
No one replied, they simply started making less noise as if I wouldn't know they were back there. C'mon!
Then I said ok, I'll wait for the 5 pm pick up, but I just need to know where to take it. Does a truck come to the front of the building, do I need to go out back? Nothing! Crickets.
Then I heard someone was rolling a cart towards the back of the post office and I remembered there was a corridor between the post office & Ike's Sandwich Shop. So I ran even though it wasn't even 4:45, and there was a postal enployee putting packages in the back of a USPS truck, so I was able to give him my package.
PLEASE PUT UP A SIGN LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO DO IF THEY MISS THE 4:30 CLOSING in case their packages can't fit through those ridiculous, tiny slots! The pick up is at 5 o'clock, so the least you can do is provide a very large sign or two, letting people know so they don't waste a trip!
Please let me know who I have to complain to in order for you to put in a reasonable sized package collection bin!
It has been this way for years, and it's a HUGE inconvenience for those of us who sell items occasionally on eBay (95% of the time losing money in them.)
It's also an inconvenience for those of us who need to return packages to many merchants. Items sold on eBay are often misrepresented, and lately it's so often I'm reluctant to buy anymore. I ask the Seller questions but they don't respond. Maybe I need to write a review about eBay!
I have respect for USPS as an institution, but I don't understand why you can't do a better job serving the public in some of these ways I mentioned.
Also, please get rid of Louis de Joy! read more