So I wouldn”t have expected this. Less than 48 hours after the USPS was scheduled to retrieve my little 37-cent monkey from that blue box in Mountain View (5 p.m. Pacific on 5/17), my sister found it in her St. Amant mailbox – with no postage due notice or anything. 
This shot, obviously, was taken in Louisiana – at the site of my sister”s soon-to-be-completed swank river house.
The USPS did the right thing by delivering the letter, but it”s not insignificant that they didn”t even bother to stamp “insufficient postage” on it. I suppose it”s possible we”re still in an unspoken grace period after the rate increase, so maybe I should wait a year or so and give the test another shot.
Or maybe the postal workers didn”t even notice I put a 37-cent stamp on and I should try mailing a letter with a Hello Kitty sticker in place of postage.
And this also raises the question of how much of a ripoff Priority Mail is. They promise 2-3 day delivery for a premium price, but is it routine for a simple letter to get picked up and delivered so quickly? I mean, well done on getting the monkey to Louisiana, but if the USPS is this good at getting regular mail moved, what”s the value in Priority Mail?
