This is the only post office in America that I actually look forward to walking into…read more 1. You will ALWAYS be greeted with a smile, and likely by someone who knows you or knows of you through your family that comes in (if you are local) 2. It's not crowded. Like ever. I've never had to wait here. There is usually only one person working at the front desk and someone in the back to take care of any problems. 3. The new grid box at the intersection of main st and beechwood has made it much easier to get in and out of the parking lot without making every route 1 driver angry. They have signs everywhere that they prefer small bills and when I tried to pay with a 20 they didn't make me feel like an idiot and let me slide with my 78 cents in my pocket for my $1 charge! AT THE POST OFFICE!!!! I would come here even if I didn't live in Thomaston to avoid basically any other post office.

After we bought the box at the Rockland post office we came home and put it together. Alan had…read moregone to the Camden post office and picked up a couple of large Priority Mail boxes this morning, but they were too small for our purposes so we were going to return them when we came to mail our box. We put our new sweatshirts and t-shirts in, nestled the dish among them, put in more clothing and some chargers off to the side and topped off the whole thing w/ our accumulated paper bags, which we can use for recycling newspapers at home. I addressed it, we sealed it and, since we had time, drove to the Camden post office on the assumption that it will be busier tomorrow (Saturday), when it's open only from 9am-noon. We parked in front. Alan carried the box to be mailed while I carried the two boxes to be returned. He directed me to where they were stored and went right to a clerk who was available to help him. After I put the boxes away I joined him at the counter. We had it marked fragile and chose the slowest, cheapest rate since we're in no hurry. It was almost 15 pounds and came to $46 and change. That's about what we were charged for sending the ceramic fish from the gallery in Woods Hole. It would have been more economical if we had taken it ourselves and just put it in one of the large Priority Mail boxes, as well as it had been wrapped. No matter. Maybe we'll remember next time. The clerk who helped us was very personable and again we were in and out quickly.