Geez your recurrent stories in the US about your postal service, it's both scary, astonishing and entertaining. I will never complain ever again about the French post after reading all your stories !
Everything you relate is just soooo out of this world, so unbelievable from the richest country in the world... I can only believe it because well you seem legit people !
I am now starting to understand why 4 years ago, when I contacted a good friend in the US i San Francisco, and asked him to order some stuff from Mouser (a few CERMET trimmers to fix the storage and CRT board on my Tek 5111A scope... only Mouser had a good enough replacement somehow ! ) and forward it to me in France so I can avoid the $$$$ sum that Mouser wanted to export it to me.... he said to my dismay : "Look Vince, I would love to help you but I can't do that ! Our mail service here is so broken that it's not a good idea, trust me !!! ".
At the time I though hey maybe he is not really my friend if he can't even be bothered to send me an envelope.... but now in retrospect I understand he was not being mean or lazy, he was dead serious !
How do you do when you get an important registered mail, ig you get it too late or never get it at all ?! That cold get you into serious trouble !