I get an incredible amount of mail for my parents. They get a statement from their medicare supplement every time they go to a doctor and it isn't even a bill. Between that, and all the mail they get from Secure Horizons and offers and other crap, they get easily five times more mail than I do. No wonder Dad was confused. I get stuff that I know we cancelled for Dad months ago. It goes in the trash or on the fire. I save up the stuff from the supplement folks and look at it every week or so. None of it is bills. In fact, they are getting money back these days from the Phamerica people because Medicaid is paying for most of that now. Makes me nuts. I keep their lights, water and gas on at their house. I am going to sell it here pretty soon. I need to get over there and start cleaning it up. A chore I dread.
I pay most of the bills either online or on the phone. I mail the car payment and the mortgage. I don't use the mail nearly as often. My parents things keep the PO box full though.
Seems like the USPS could do an early retirement thing like GM did a few years ago. I know plenty of old geezers at the post office who need to go on with their lives.
I heard that postage was going up again. Is that true?