On this past Tuesday afternoon a FedEx truck delivered a box of discs to my house. Because the delivery person was too lazy to bring the box to my door, they put it in my mailbox. I had already gotten the mail from the mailbox earlier in the day, and so did not know to look for a box in it. On Wednesday, the US Postal delivery truck delivered my mail, and seeing a box in the mailbox, took it and brought it back to the town post office. I then received a card in my mail today saying that I have to pay USPS $16.90 shipping to get my box of discs back.
So, I have $269.40 in discs sitting in the post office because they are having a turf war skirmish with FedEx. And, I am supposed to pay for it.
I already talked with a clerk at the town post office, who told me that he is just a clerk, and thus not authorized to hand me my box without payment. And, I have already gone to the FedEx online claims website, and am getting the runaround with no results yet there. I will next be calling the town postmaster general, or whatever they are called, tomorrow. Apparently, it is under her orders that delivery persons are to take FedEx packages out of mailboxes and charge citizens shipping to get them back.
Any suggestions for me before I talk with my wonderful post master general?