Re: USPS is broken
[Re: moparx]
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12/14/20 02:14 PM
12/14/20 02:14 PM
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Maybe you can send that driver to somewhere south of Des Moines to pick up my package that was due Friday? Tracking shows it left Des Moines on the 10th and is somewhere in between hither and yon.
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Re: USPS is broken
[Re: tboomer]
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12/14/20 06:10 PM
12/14/20 06:10 PM
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I'd like to have sympathy for the postal service because as we are all well aware of the conditions that are currently faced with (Covid, political turmoil, High shipping season) but... if you had been watching them operate prior to these conditions not much would be different. Their lack of efficiency and just plane old don't give a crap is now highlighted. In teh past I have seen a package ship from Albany OR to Byron NY go from Albany> Seattle>Los Angles Back to Albany > St Paul> Columbus> University Park PA >Syracuse NY > Rochester NY, where t had to rest for 4 days, then to Byron. Mind you Syracuse and Rochester are both to the east of me while the rest are mostly West (university Park PA is almost Due South. I mention this example because they are always in need of federal help $$$ but seemingly do nothing to fix it. Every time they touch the shipment it should add value (get it Closer to the destination) but I see this frequently, a lot of times I see Roch to Faiport back to Roch..for a package(s) that came from OH. Again a city (Roch) to a small town Fairport) both of which are East.Ok rant off...Yes I am waiting on a package that was shipped on the4th from OH and has been it transit to the next destination since the 6th...BTW they also said its going to be late... 2day Priority, but wnat they dont tell you which 2 days it will be a priority.
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Re: USPS is broken
[Re: 3hundred]
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12/15/20 07:58 AM
12/15/20 07:58 AM
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Maybe you can send that driver to somewhere south of Des Moines to pick up my package that was due Friday? Tracking shows it left Des Moines on the 10th and is somewhere in between hither and yon. Tracking shows my package in Memphis, Tn as of 2:43 this morning. So 5 days on the road from Des Moines to Memphis. Is Memphis closer to D/FW than Des Moines? Eh, about 260 miles closer, in FIVE days. Mebbe by Christmas
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Re: USPS is broken
[Re: fastmark]
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12/15/20 09:42 AM
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Another GOOD REPORT for the USPS ... My DeanO Martini CD .... came from Minneapolis via media mail .... FOUR DAYS ...
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Re: USPS is broken
[Re: Redbird]
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12/20/20 05:59 PM
12/20/20 05:59 PM
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My sister sent me something that was shipped from Canton, MI to where I live in Lake Orion, MI, which is quite literally only 40 miles away. It took USPS 13 days to deliver it.
Bought something the other day and it arrived today on a Sunday by USPS. They are massively inconsistent.
It used to be here in Lake Orion, our local post office would never deliver your packages on time (you'd get "receptacle blocked" despite living on a street where basically no one parks on the street and I live on a corner anyway, and then have to pick your item up at the post office) because they just wanted to go home. But that stopped about 2 years ago thankfully.
Have always been happy with UPS. FedEx is usually OK for me also.
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Re: USPS is broken
[Re: goldduster318]
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12/20/20 07:58 PM
12/20/20 07:58 PM
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About a year ago, I shipped a pair of long Corvette sidepipe mufflers to a guy in Calgary, AB. Normally takes about 10 days to ship air & clear customs, etc - I ship all out of country orders with the USPS. About 20 days later, the guy contacts me & says they have not arrived yet, so I track the box. It shows a normal course & shows delivered to a Canada postal hub, then no more info. So he's stopping by his local post office every day, & they tell him they don't have it & don't know where it is. This goes on for another 2+ weeks - no answers. He is just about to order another set of mufflers & I was going to file a lost claim, when he gets a call from his post office from someone he does not know, & they ask him when he is going to come & get his box that has been sitting there for almost a month! WTH?
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Re: USPS is broken
[Re: 3hundred]
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12/20/20 08:41 PM
12/20/20 08:41 PM
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Maybe you can send that driver to somewhere south of Des Moines to pick up my package that was due Friday? Tracking shows it left Des Moines on the 10th and is somewhere in between hither and yon. Tracking shows my package in Memphis, Tn as of 2:43 this morning. So 5 days on the road from Des Moines to Memphis. Is Memphis closer to D/FW than Des Moines? Eh, about 260 miles closer, in FIVE days. Mebbe by Christmas I'm rapidly losing hope my package will make it by Christmas. It arrived in Memphis 5 days ago, on the 15th, 5 days later on the 20th, it's still in Memphis. The originally scheduled delivery date was December 11th.
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Re: USPS is broken
[Re: 3hundred]
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12/20/20 09:36 PM
12/20/20 09:36 PM
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Maybe you can send that driver to somewhere south of Des Moines to pick up my package that was due Friday? Tracking shows it left Des Moines on the 10th and is somewhere in between hither and yon. Tracking shows my package in Memphis, Tn as of 2:43 this morning. So 5 days on the road from Des Moines to Memphis. Is Memphis closer to D/FW than Des Moines? Eh, about 260 miles closer, in FIVE days. Mebbe by Christmas I'm rapidly losing hope my package will make it by Christmas. It arrived in Memphis 5 days ago, on the 15th, 5 days later on the 20th, it's still in Memphis. The originally scheduled delivery date was December 11th. That's usps code for we don't know where the package is located.
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Re: USPS is broken
[Re: justinp61]
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12/20/20 10:28 PM
12/20/20 10:28 PM
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UPS has been GREAT. My regular UPS guy said this has been the easiest Christmas season EVER for him and he's been there 25+ years. He said they just built a massive automated facility here in SE MI. He used to drop off and then pickup. Now he just picks up and they have another truck or even UPS employees using their personal cars dropping off. I don't care but SOMETHING is working. He said management mentioned restricting incoming volumes from some of the big box stores. Said why would they take on more volume than they know they can handle. Finally someone in the C suite using the brains they are being paid to use. To you and i this is called common sense and we just scratch out a living making the same common sense decisions My packages have been arriving ON TIME. Thanks UPS! I just looked at my shipping program to see some typical delivery times. MI to NY in 2 days. MI to TX a little longer, 5 days. BUT THEY ARRIVE. And the tracking is reliable. I have many USPS packages that are now taking 2 to over 3 weeks. I will NEVER ship by mail again. They have cost me THOUSANDS this year. Lost (stolen, thrown in dumpsters, burned?), upset customers directing their frustration at me and are demanding refunds or replacements, return postage on packages that arrived weeks late, etc. There are a thousand stories like mine all over the internet. I quit shipping via USPS (for good) about 2 weeks ago and hoping I'm at the tail end of this hell. Now I get occasional "why is your shipping so much on a small item? That would ship in an envelope" complaints. They'd have to walk a mile in my shoes to understand. Luckily 99.99% of they people, myself included, are grateful that UPS packages arrive in 2-5 days. I bought 2 last second gifts, early this week. I selected UPS ground shipping and BOTH arrived within 2 days!!! I was floored. "The current delays are significantly impacting small businesses as customers demand refunds for disappearing packages. For example, eBay told sellers it is "updating estimated delivery dates" and is giving packages 10 extra calendar days (which isnt NEAR enough) after the buyer marks an item not received to see some movement in the package's tracking history before a refund is issued. But in some of the most backlogged facilities, 10 days isn't enough. Independent e-commerce sellers often get refund requests much sooner. Meanwhile, the USPS is still telling customers any package ordered by December 18 will arrive by Christmas" “The delays are bad. They are real bad. The delays are running about three weeks for me,” said Summer Rothrock, owner of Leo and Lynn Jewelry in Pittsburgh" - In Cleveland, HUNDREDS of trucks waited up to 20 hours to deliver or pickup mail at the processing and distribution center. A spokesperson for the Northern Ohio District of USPS told Cleveland.com that the processing center has "faced challenges." - People waiting on packages in Louisville said they have seen items scanned into the Louisville distribution facility only to disappear for weeks. E-commerce sellers are having similar difficulties getting packages out of the facility to be sent around the country. - The Greensboro, North Carolina processing facility—which happens to be in Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's hometown—is experiencing similar problems as Louisville, with packages inside for weeks.
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Re: USPS is broken
[Re: 71TA]
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12/21/20 09:04 AM
12/21/20 09:04 AM
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Ordered some parts out of WI on the 14th, they shipped UPS on the 16th. Got an email from UPS saying out for delivery on the 19th and here's a spiffy little interactive map so you can follow our truck around. Fell for that once before, discovered I'm somewhere near the end of the route. Checked late in the day and watched my box drive back to the depot. Oh well, it's out again today.
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Re: USPS is broken
[Re: justinp61]
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12/21/20 02:42 PM
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Maybe you can send that driver to somewhere south of Des Moines to pick up my package that was due Friday? Tracking shows it left Des Moines on the 10th and is somewhere in between hither and yon. Tracking shows my package in Memphis, Tn as of 2:43 this morning. So 5 days on the road from Des Moines to Memphis. Is Memphis closer to D/FW than Des Moines? Eh, about 260 miles closer, in FIVE days. Mebbe by Christmas I'm rapidly losing hope my package will make it by Christmas. It arrived in Memphis 5 days ago, on the 15th, 5 days later on the 20th, it's still in Memphis. The originally scheduled delivery date was December 11th. That's usps code for we don't know where the package is located. Today, they can't even tell me where they think they left it! This service is currently unavailable. This service is currently unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause. Go To USPS.com I think that's code for going someplace hot?
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Re: USPS is broken
[Re: burdar]
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12/21/20 05:00 PM
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I have to agree. Up until recently, I've had great luck with USPS. I still pay many of my bills the old fashioned way by putting a check in the mail. I sent my CC payment out on 12/12. It is due today. I figured 9 days to get to Phoenix from CA should be plenty. Nope! Payment still has not been posted as of this morning. I had to call my CC company and tell them what was going on. Since I'm never late, they are waiving any fees or interest if the payment doesn't make it today. It's a stark contrast to earlier this year when I sent a letter to the original owner of my Belvedere and it took only a couple of days for my letter to go from CA to PA.
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