I had to stop shipping via USPS and may never offer again. Because of COVID and around the holidays every year USPS takes anywhere from 5 days to 6 weeks to deliver. Distance doesnt matter. I could mail to my neighbor and it could take a month (and has happened). In fact I personally deliver most packages within 10 miles

USPS closed the Toledo HUB about 7 years ago (GENIUSES) and now flood the SE MI (Allen Park - Priority Mail & Pontiac - First Class Mail) hubs. When things get busy around the holidays they bring in empty semi trailers and fill them to deliver after the holidays. 4-6 weeks of mail gets stuffed into these trailers. We ship 30,000 packages a year now and I have the local Postmaster's cell phone number. Not to find packages, that is IMPOSSSIBLE in spite of all the calls asking if I have some "secret" information hotline, but to find out HOW BAD things are. My guys says all the big city hubs especially IL, NY, NJ, NC, TX, CA, are in the same boat. Just warehousing packages until the the rush subsides. Said about twice as much mail is coming in as going out?!?!

So I am only shipping UPS (FedEx is nearly as problematic as USPS.. I cant use them). Even UPS is running a couple days behind but at least the tracking and delivery is reliable. I liked the recent news story where UPS told a bunch of major retailers that they weren't going to handle their packages and instead focus on small to medium sized business probably because its more profitable than the rock bottom rates the big guys negotiated.

Anyone else seeing similar issues. I've been talking to other vendors and resellers all over the country and have been hearing the same story. I have noticed a few companies I have been purchasing from (not Mopar parts) are only offering UPS or FedEx also. No USPS.

I have not noticed a difference in my USPS package deliveries here in Nashvegas, but i have noticed a decline in the number of places offering USPS as an option.

Sounds like a symptom of what you are saying.

I have had good luck with USPS and UPS, but FedEx is beyond horrible here. In fact the only orders I have had completely lost and I had to get a refund from was lost by FedEx.

I hope I haven't jinx myself

Ive been over 20 days recently on some important packages via usps. Gonna start doing alot more fed ex since it seems to works well in my area recently.

10 days MINUiMUM has been typical lately.

I think USPS need to morph to stay alive

1) NO letters or charge $5 for a letter and jack up junk mail rates. Just parcels and compete with UPS and FedEx. This is 2020. We dont pump our gas anymore either. I've been waiting on my home loan payoff letter for weeks now. They MAILED it.

2) Instead of home delivery have some sort of mega PO box system. Even automate it (with some human oversite and GUARDS). Home delivery model is so 1776. Its dangerous; dogs, postal workers jacked, etc. Porch theft is out of control and here in EE MI is brazen and has become a career. Postal workers in the new stealing, burning, throwing away mail. I know its just a few bad apples but ONE bad apple is too many. USPS costs me thousands every year. Some years they lose 1% of shipments. ONE PERCENT. 3 packages a day! UPS has lost one package this past year.

FedEx - I used to get Hello Fresh, home delivered meal kits. They were coming A WEEK LATE. Had to stop that. I ordered a bed cover from 30 miles away. Took over 2 weeks to get delivered. This was back in July. Had an NOS part I ordered from NY that took 2 months. Thought it was gone for good THAT was the last straw.

Jim - I share your frustrations with the USPS. Seems the government doesn't care. It gets worse by the day. Just had a priority package take 11 days to go 90 miles.

I just signed up with UPS this month for the first time. So far, service has been pretty good.

I sure hope the USPS gets fixed up after the administration change. If I drop a local letter off directly at my post office...it get's sent 60 miles away to be sorted...then sent right back to the same PO I dropped it at to be delivered to the end user. What kind of efficiency is this????? So, it's 3 days minimum for delivery of a local letter that is less than 1 mile from the PO. The tracking system is nearly useless. I'm waiting on package from IL that was dropped off by seller on 12/4. The tracking doesn't even show it was received yet. Who knows when it will arrive.

Recently I had one package from LA take a long trip of about 10 days but every thing else here in MD has been running fine. It seems like all the package delivery companies are having some issues keeping up due to Covid.

They have had what, ten months to step up and adjust?

yet i sent my sister two packages via USPS priority 3 day delivery [pa to virginia] late friday afternoon, and she got them monday morning.
so

USPS around here is a crap shoot to say the least, And as mentione,you mail a letter,it goes 40 miles one way to be sorted,then sent back here. Our local PO has a hiring freeze now. A local guy who is a rural carrier,says he might not get any days off if the sub quits. I do know for the amount of work he does he gets paid very well plus benefits.

I am out of my daily prescriptions. New scripts have been in the mail for 3 weeks and there is NO ETA!

I have had some MIRICLES too. Not all bad. Had a package ship from MI to the state of Washington in just SEVEN DAYS. Back in the good ole days 10 years ago that would have been 5 days

I believe problems with USPS are regional, not systemic. I have no complaints about their service; usually have accurate tracking on packages and even have a daily delivery notice come via e-mail. (informed delivery, daily digest)

https://informeddelivery.usps.com/box/pages/intro/start.action

Nice update from UPS.

We were unable to dispatch the trailer on time. This may cause a delay.

2020-12-08, 07:00:00

pa to virginia.... Probably could of punted them like a football being that short of distance.

i agree, other than the one package I have no complaints here either. Funny thing is I had a case of oil shipped from TX using FedEx and I was fully expecting for some of the quarts to be leaking oil but the box was dry as a bone. Miracles do still exist.

I just put in an order to you two days ago 71ta...I don't care if you send it carrier pigeon, you were the only one that had it and I needed it!

I have had excellent luck with the USPS with only a few hiccups. UPS is fine but when the nearest pickup point is 75 miles away..... And FedEx? Did I happen to tell you I hate FedEx? How much time do you have to listen to a rant?

Haven't noticed any changes here in NY, New England. Less than a week for my 1st class mail and Priority to reach their destinations.

I suppose the following might take this thread towards a Lockdown, but it's not the USPS that's broken - it's the Government.

The Government can "break" any agency by micromanagement and budget controls...
Imagine if you had to run a company, but were told by the owner you couldn't charge more than a certain rate - told you couldn't increase rates - told what you had to pay your employees - told you had to provide minimum vacation, healthcare and retirement benefits - told you had to keep an office in every town in the country - you get the idea.

Despite that, the USPS charges less than most other carriers, and US citizens pay less than citizens of other countries.

Merry Christmas,
- Art

Knock on wood, FedEx is doing fine for me delivering all my stuff to customers - they are usually right on schedule. Leave MI. Monday, arrive to CA. or OR. on Friday.

So Allen Park is the big home for mail overload then - I figgered. One of my daughters orders quite a lot of sewing supplies & the orders usually ship USPS. Fairly often, she has stuff coming in that is unreasonably delayed. When she tracks them, the road always leads to Allen Park & then no estimates as to when delivery will be. One package was there for over 3 months, then like magic it arrived one day. We are maybe 60 miles from Allen Park. An F5 tornado direct hit might fix that place.

Last Friday, we mailed three identical packages from New Jersey to Long Island, Boston, and Seattle via USPS Priority Mail. The Long Island package arrived the next day (Saturday), Boston on Sunday (surpising there was a Sunday delivery), and Seattle on Monday.

Of course, the other side of the coin happened a couple of months ago when it took 3-1/2 weeks for a package to get from NJ to IL. I started filling out online tracking forms at the beginning of the third week, and three days later the package magically appeared at its destination.

For me, the moral of the story is that the USPS is unpredictable.