USPS....

are you sending priority mail express. they get there in 2 to 3 days or you get your money back.
even priority is good.

if you are ,you then are getting your money back. if your sending it cheaply then you take your chances.

and having large and clearly printed addresses and labels. ive gotten some things i cant hardly determine my address or where it came from with the scribbling writing some use.
 
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TeddyKGB said:
USPS has been terrible lately.

I'm on my 3rd package as of late that was sent priority mail that once it leaves the post office goes MIA. No scans, no locations, just continuously says in transit and late arrival.

My last package took 2 weeks, zero updates, then one morning pops up as out for delivery....
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Yes me as well. It’s been a disaster for most of my packages going out.
 
I had one cue I purchased get stuck at a NJ regional sorting center for 22 days, then it processed and was put on a truck to KC. When it arrived at KC it sat for another 9 days at the MO regional sorting center who then sent to the wrong post office who promptly sent it back to the regional sorting center where it sat for another 9 days then to the right post office and finally to me. Yeah, almost two months waiting on a cue...

And this is the new operating normal.
 
I shipped 2 packages USPS in January. Both took 2 weeks. In both cases they showed scanned at the post office when I dropped them off with no additional updates until delivery. Shipping out of Mississippi. I thought it was just in my area.
 
I stopped using USPS for packages about three years ago - using FEdEX and never looked back. USPS tracking is a broken system. Problem for me is I cannot control some cue sellers who use USPS on eBay - last week I had to file an eBay dispute on a “lost” cue being sent to me - tracking went dead for a week! Then one day cue just shows up at my house - where in God’s name do these packages go when they are “lost” by USPS tracking??

When you do not run a business for profit everything eventually goes wrong - this is a fact of life!
 
MTfish said:
I was in my local USPS office in Belgrade, MT this December to check on a lost package. A lot of folks were coming in looking to buy Christmas stamps. The dude working the counter told them "We ordered them over a month ago. They shipped but they've been stuck at the Billings office for 10 days. They should have sent them UPS and they'd be here."
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🤣
 
Podunker said:
God bless USPS. I sent out a written check for 2 houses and 3 vehicles to an insurance company in Early July. This was in the provided envelope with proper window, proper stamping, and return address. Early September came back listed undeliverable. ??. My insurance was 5 days past due. I scrambled and paid semi emergency thru bank account. You can say this was my fault for sending thru mail. I used to send 600 invoices a month through this system without fault for close to 50 years. It was a trusted entity. Just last week I had a 3 week hold on my mail while in Florida. I came back to lost mail. Took me all week to track down my simple hold mail, which I have done many times in past. 6 days straight to local post office to check on mail. Mutiple calls. Meeting with local postmaster. Conference with people in California, 3000 miles away. Mail was at a distribution center 1 mile from me, which I wasn't allowed to go to. Had a phone # to center. Wife and I called 50 times, phone was never answered, message box was full. Finally an angel mail clerk took pity or got sick of dealing with us and personally drove to the center and brought our mail back. Either way I an indebted to this lady. This entity we used to trust has gone to hell. If I had a choice, I'd rejoice in firing them. Now I'm going to go totally on line and deal with the freaking hackers than trusting the inept USPS. Excuse me for venting. Nothing about pool here.
Hey Massachusetts. I'm Southern Maine. Close to you. Your just lucky. Anything important goes out registered.
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Like you, I have lost all respect for what once was a reverred institution. Thru rain and snow and sleet and etc .... Yeah. Right. Sad.
 
I've been shipping 3-7 packages each business day for the past month, which is down a bit from my normal average. Most of these go through USPS Ground Advantage (the cheapest mode other than Media Mail). In that same period I've had 2 shipments that stalled out for several days, but the tracking showed where they were stalled and eventually they were delivered. These 2 instances did constitute a rise in delays as I normally go several months without any delays, so possibly the USPS is having some issues. Still not bad - 2 delayed deliveries in over 120 shipments. Maybe I'm just lucky.
 
Michael Webb said:
Lmao
I'm on day 5 and counting, for something from Boston, 2 hours away.
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The latest from USPS, 1 hour ago.
No guarantee on priority mail delivery dates. They say they won't even look into it until it's been a week.
Priority express, up to 3 days.
ISN'T THAT SPECIAL!
 
Im thinking its all weather related honestly, its been pretty brutal for the last month and once youre behind its hard to catch up, you can only fit so much shit in 1 truck
 
TeddyKGB said:
Im thinking its all weather related honestly, its been pretty brutal for the last month and once youre behind its hard to catch up, you can only fit so much shit in 1 truck
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If the weather was an issue store shelves would be EMPTY. If the roads were icy/snowy for more than a few days they'd have issues because the little delivery vehicles they use are terrible in snow/ice. Unless you live near mountains, Great Lakes/Northern states or an ocean your local town/city/state will be able to deal with snow/ice 99% of the time.
 
TeddyKGB said:
Im thinking its all weather related honestly, its been pretty brutal for the last month and once youre behind its hard to catch up, you can only fit so much shit in 1 truck
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Down here, it's mostly part timers and temps with 2 tenured employees and no postmaster in the local office. Mail gets sent down into the city of St Louis B4 it gets delivered to the towns west of the city locally. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️
 
fab944 said:
I have a package "moving through the system" now that was shipped from Vegas to PA.
2 days ago it was in NJ (8miles away) moving through to Distribution Center in Bethlehem, PA (16miles away)....it did a "drive by"...:sneaky:
Yesterday it moved from Bethlehem to Macungie (34miles away) and today it shows it went to Philly Distribution Center (85miles away!!).

I'm guessing it had to "slingshot" south to get enough momentum to make it back north to my post office.... 🤔
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My guess is new delivery algorithms. (They get the bulk through as quickly as possible, while you wait.)
 
I have standardized on UPS
If for no other reason less stress
Every time I ship something post office there is some kind of stress involved and inevitably the buyer wants me to call them and check it out which is a pain in the ass

Other than having to go to the post office in sign a form for my new house to get my mail I haven't stepped foot in a post office in over 3 years
UPS doesn't screw up and they're tracking is way better
UPS doesn't damage packages

FWIW FedEx blows as well
The problem with FedEx is they're fine as long as everything goes right if you have to change something have them hold it for pickup if they lose something if they miss a delivery it's a nightmare and they'll just lie and lie and lie at least the postal service doesn't lie about it

My ranking goes like this
1) UPS
2) DHL
3) Drive the package cross country yourself
4) Give the package to a complete stranger who claims to be able to deliver anywhere in the world
5) USPS
6) FedEx
 
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