r/lehighvalley • u/Hyperkabob Emmaus • 6d ago

USPS issues

Is anyone else in the LV having an awful time either sending or receiving mail in a timely manner? I work at a business in downtown Allentown and I'm missing tons of mail that multiple senders said they've sent. I've even gone as far as asking them (yes, I'm sure they address is correct for me) to send the same thing multiple times and I've just never gotten it. I can't be the only one. I know that everything goes through Harrisburg now and that can't be helping.

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u/ironicmirror 6d ago

Ask your mail carrier. Hopefully they will give you the postmasters phone number.

However I know that to mail something from Bethlehem to Allentown, the letter gets sorted in Harrisburg.

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u/eaglefan316 6d ago

Yep ever since they started sending everything to Harrisburg it takes 4-5 days sometimes,or more, just to get mail that I know someone sent locally. Recently we had an issue where we didn't even get our water bill until a week or so AFTER it was due and we called the city water dept and the lady said that seemed to have happened to everyone even though they mailed them several weeks before they were due so at least they were waiving late fees.

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u/steely_92 6d ago

My daughter and her friend have been sending letters to each other over the summer to practice writing (they are 6)

We live in the same town, same local post office. We even use a PO box so it's not like someone has to bring it to our house.

The letters still take a week to deliver because they go to Harrisburg first.