[JeepSnake]

Mike,

Priority mail can't be trusted either. Several years ago when I sent in my manila envelope completely full of forms, recommendations, references, etc. for taking the engineering licensure exam, I thought I'd be smart and send it via priority mail. I'd have been better off just sending it via regular mail. It took over 3 weeks for it to make the 90 mile trek from here to Montgomery!

Adding insult to injury, when I called the USPS trying to confirm delivery after 2 weeks, they told me "No, it hasn't been delivered."

So I ask, "Do you know where it is, or is it lost?"

"Yes, I can see the tracking information. It is not lost."

"Well, where is it?"

"I'm sorry sir, I can't tell you that because you didn't pay for the tracking service."

I came very, very close to going POSTAL that day!!!

(That having been said, though, we have had some of the nicest and most helpful postal employees in our local PO and running our rural route over the years.)