US Post Office

Unfortunately, my experience with the Lemon Grove Post Office has not been great. For some odd reason they do not deliver your mail, even after they scanned it via email (recent address change). Completely unacceptable!

Always busy, always a line and the parking is terrible. At least there is a drive-​through mailbox drop-​off. The thing that really irritates me though is the overzealous clerk who works behind the counter. I won’t drop any names but you’ll know him if you meet him. He’s the one chatting away with customers while the line grows, the guy who always has some bizarre, irrelevant comment about what you’re mailing. I appreciate good customer service just as much as the next person, but this is just too much. I just want to send my package and leave – I’m not looking for a new best friend. I’ll head to College Grove next time, thanks.

My local post office that I have been using since living in Spring Valley the last 20 years. I am an avid comic book collector that has bought and sold many books throughout the years. Most in the last two years due to the comic book industry just exploding. Many key issues have easily doubled or tripled in value. A lot of it because of popular movies and TV shows of the comic books they are based on.
So I come here to mail out packages. Mostly priority with tracking numbers attached. One package runs me around five bucks a pop. If you need help mailing any items, etc. They will let you know the best way to go about it.
I usually come in the mornings in the middle of week. There is sometimes a line. But the post office crew have been there for years. They knock out the line pretty fast. The parking in front is limited but there are also parking spots in the back of the post office. If you are not necessarily in a hurry. Park in the back.
Not the friendliest bunch but they are friendly enough. They definitely have a cast of characters working there. They do however know their job and they do it efficiently. Never had any issues all these years going there. I will continue coming here to do business.

I stopped by this post office to pick up a book of stamps, but to my surprise they did not have one of those automatic stamps machine where you use your ATM card. What a bummer because I had to wait in line, then wait in line some more, wait, wait, and then I finally I got my stamps.
They were nice people but please install one of those machine thingies…