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| 447.1 | Snail Mail strikes again.... | MILPND::CLARK_D | | Fri Oct 15 1993 09:20 | 6 |
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Lost mail is forever happening. I sent mail interoffice from MLO
on Sept. 30th to HLO. It still hasn't made it and neither of the
mailrooms have a clue as to what happened to it.
/d
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| 447.2 | | REGENT::POWERS | | Fri Oct 15 1993 09:56 | 16 |
| The MOST likely scenario is that your LANDLADY is the one who lost the mail,
though there is the possibility that it is still in the post office, slipped
down behind a radiator or something.
As to paying the $15 to stop payment, I wouldn't, unless the cost
of the check being cashed would cost you extra bank overdraft fees.
If the landlady does have it and cashes it, you'll be a month ahead
on the rent. If somebody else does, you'll have an endorsed check
to show her, and either you ar she can present this evidence to the bank
to properly credit you or her. (This is why banks are supposed to need
ID to cash a check - if it's deposited, you'll know to whom and
through what account to seek recompense.)
Good luck....
- tom]
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| 447.3 | | SARSEN::PCLX31::satow | gavel::satow, dtn 223-2584 | Fri Oct 15 1993 10:10 | 10 |
| Where does your landlady live?
If she lives in Maynard, I'd say that mailing it in the post office is the
best thing. It once took a week for a letter to get from the box across from
McDonalds to our p.o. box in the Maynard post office. My understanding is
that mail deposited in the "Maynard only" slot in the post office never
leaves Maynard. But mail deposited in the other slot in the Maynard p.o. or
in the boxes goes directly to South Boston.
Clay
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| 447.4 | | POWDML::CHU | | Fri Oct 15 1993 11:37 | 26 |
| Re: .1
> "Lost mail is forever happening."
I know, but why does it always happen to those more important ones? :-)
Re: .2
The landlady did say there's the possibility that she accidentally threw it
away, but she never offered to deduct or split the $15. She did promise to
return the 1st one if it ever showed up in her mail. :-)
Re: .3
Yes, the landlady also lives in Maynard, and I deposited the letter in the
"Maynard only" slot in the post office. The mail has to be somewhere between
the post office and her house...
Anyway, I don't really like the $15 part. If I have to part away with that
money, I'd rather it goes to a charity than for this matter. But, I guess,
just like a lot of other things, the choices are sometimes made for us.
Ming
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| 447.5 | | REGENT::POWERS | | Tue Oct 19 1993 10:43 | 14 |
| >Anyway, I don't really like the $15 part. If I have to part away with that
>money, I'd rather it goes to a charity than for this matter. But, I guess,
>just like a lot of other things, the choices are sometimes made for us.
The only reason to pay the stop payment fee is if the overdraft cost to you
of having the check cashed is greater than $15. There will be no penalty
at all if you have enough money to cover two checks.
If the landlady has agreed to return the check to you if she finds it,
then you're okay, the bank will never see it. If she cashes it, you're
a month ahead on your rent. If somebody else cashes it,
the bank may have to make good on it for cashing a forgery.
If somebody else deposits it in their account, you'll know who they are.
- tom]
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| 447.6 | POSTAL WORKER'S COMMENT ON ACTON POST OFFICE | CLONEM::DONAHUE | TOBIN's coffee in my Dunkin Donuts cup! | Mon Nov 01 1993 13:16 | 8 |
| I was tlkaing to a local Postal worker the other day and mentioned the
discussion here in Notes, regarding loast mail.
This person said that they would NOT live in Acton, due to the amount of
complaints regarding the Acton Post Office.
Now, there's one who would know.... If local postal worker hear the complaints,
then there must be a problem some where!
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