[Brando]

Apartment living - you get used to things never showing. Online bill-pay and e-mail notification are a life-saver. We've had instances where the carrier would not check outgoing mail because "there's only 2 or 3 envelopes in there". The worst is some utilities here won't take online (CC/EFT) payment without an additional $10-$20 processing fee. That's nuts, so we'll mail a check. Except it won't go out, or they won't "receive it" until a day or two after it's due. How do you prove they got it? What if they didn't? I find the USPS to be shoddy for mail delivery. Packages they have a better success rate in my opinion.