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Scroll down to OTHER Answers. At 10:44 AM -0700 4/28/08, Dilip&Dil Deka wrote: > > To continue the nit-picking on grammar, the proper usage should have been: > > *** I would start with the Post Master of the particular post office, >or of the metro area......................... > in stead of : > >*** I will start with the Post Master of the particular post office, >or of the metro area............................ > >Remember "heten" in Oxomiya? > > > > > > > > > > > >At 8:14 AM -0700 4/28/08, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote: >>My bad. I forgot that you are an Amerikaan and not an >>Assamese :) Or may be , I thought you have taken up >>the arduous task of fixing flaws of USPS :-) >> >>I am aware of this Amerikaan Mannerism but in my >>experience I always heard something like - " I would >>have done this " instead of "I will ..." . >>Learning never ends. >> >>Going to the top indeed help as have been my >>experience with MTNL, Mumbai (new phone activated in >>less then 30 minutes once I met the DGM). >> >>The good news is, Fedex turned to be much better then >>USPS in customer Service. They have rectified the >>duplicate billing issue. Yet to work out the Service >>Guarantee refund but I am hopeful that Fedex will work >>it out. >> >>I have found a simpler solution than writing to Post >>Master or Congressman ..... stick to UPS for time >>sensitive international mail. >> >> >> >> >>>*** When I wrote "I will write to my Congressman" or >> "--- to my >>>Post Master --- " , it is a polite way of saying "you >>should be doing >>>that". It is an American mannerism, 'kothaar maat'. >> >>>I wish I could help. But I am too bust with too many >>different >>>things. I am sure you are quite able to pursue it on >>your on. Good >>>luck. >> >>>If the Post Master gives you the run-around, which I >>don't expect >>>him to, a call to the elected rep. does wonders. A >>few years back, we >>>could not get cable in our house. After two years of >>getting the run >>>around from the cable company ( because the house >>sets back more than >>>the 200 feet or so that they are required to string >>cables to) I >>>called our County Councilman's office. The clerk made >>one call and we >>>got cable within the next two weeks. Did not even >>have to pay the >>>extra fees for 200 yards of cable laying that I >>anticipated paying. >> >>>I told the story to my fellow Board Members of our >>large neighborhood >>>association about a a year or so back. Our leader >>remembered it. He >>>too had been having the same problem. So he inquired >>again how >>>exactly I got results. Told him again. He called the >>same >>>Councilman's office, and voila--a month later he had >>cable. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>At 12:35 PM -0700 4/25/08, Krishnendu Chakraborty >>wrote: >>>Thanks C'da. I have sent all details (dates, >> >locations etc) to you separately. Please keep us >>>posted on the progress/response. >>> >>>USPS domestic service is great but for International >>>Service I found UPS to be more reliable. >>>An occassional miss (by USPS, Fedex, UPS , any body) >>>is perfectly understandable but the attitude of >>>passing the buck is definitely not acceptable ... >>>particularly when you are paying such a high service >>>charge. >>> >>>Did you use the same service (GXG) or the regular >>>Postal Service? How was the delivery ? Did they >>stick >>>to commitment? >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >I would compile the facts, and send it to my >>>> Congressman. And follow >>>> up with him/her in two weeks or so. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> >>____________________________________________________________________________________ >>Be a better friend, newshound, and >>know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. >>http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ >> >>_______________________________________________ >>assam mailing list >>assam@assamnet.org >>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >assam@assamnet.org >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >assam@assamnet.org >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
