Lets hear about your experiences with US PS delivery!

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

I am just about fed up with the routing that they take to deliver something to you. I had a package come out from California to Tennessee that took three days yet l  had a package that was 200 miles away from me has still not gotten here in five days and had to go north to St. Louis then over to Indianapolis before even thinking about coming Nashville!! BTW its still not here!

Edited April 13, 2021 by The Tuul Crib

[peter lena 8,634]

TUUL CRIB, recently had a similar  experience , in todays world many items purchased go thru an assortment of vendors , add time and often zero feedback on order status . I complained and they barely seamed to care . after I finally received the order  , sent them back a very poor rating on their service. they were very quick to respond to that ! left the poor rating on their site information , do a lot of on line purchases , and am quick to thank sites that get it done . also have a lot of related shipping cost info , which helps me get the best buy, pete 

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,326]

I have one better about a letter ( invoice ). Dr's office mailed  my wife an invoice on 3-15-2021 we received yesterday 4-12-2021. The Dr.'s office is 6 miles from us.  Accountant called the wife today "when are you going to pay invoice ? " , wife replied I just got it yesterday. They went back and forth you a while , finally accountant "could mail by end of month? " hope they get it by 5-15-2021.

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

I would tell you about it but I never got it. I just gave someone money in Florida and they "delivered it my door" and it was never to be seen again.... oh and they wouldn't refund me either just kept telling me will have the post master general call me, also never happened.... 

[305 380]

USPS has been absolutely horrible lately....and so has UPS

 

a month to get a package from New Jersey to Minnesota for USPS,   with UPS i have one the is going on three weeks from Kentucky. it's been in many states...including Washington.....but not Minnesota

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

I just don't think that the US PS is doing enough to fix this problem. Then they keep raising the rates every other year so there has to be an end to this somewhere!

[krystolo 504]

I have a client who works for the Postal Service. She said that the issue is there are many workers out after Covid exposure or with Covid. This puts a lot of pressure on the remaining workers to compensate for the routes. She said after they finish their own route, they are often asked to deliver a coworker’s route after hours. Additionally, they’ve had to work weekends to cover workers who are out on quarantine.

I was very curious about the slow downs and wondered if there had been a change in processes or resources available to get the deliveries done. However, it seems it’s just a manpower problem.

[Yossarian 208]

I live right in the middle of Missouri.  A few months ago I mailed something to my brother in Illinois.  USPS sent it to Kansas City first. I don't think anyone there did well in Geography class.

 A few  years ago I ordered something and tracking showed UPS was a few days ahead of schedule. Suddenly it started heading back to the place of origin and eventually arrived on the originally predicted date.   I swear someone caught that and was afraid of setting expectations too high so they re-routed it.  

 

[squonk 41,155]

I live 8 miles from interstate 90 in NY directly between Rochester and Syracuse. I get a tracking number and watch my package ping pong back and forth between these 2 fine cities for a week until somebody decides to throw it out the window as they drive by Exit 41.   (Or stop at the casino) 

[pfrederi 17,741]

Swapped some parts with member here who lives in Virginia.  His package to me arrived in 3 days my packages to him took a week.  Initially there was no tracking update for 4 days then showed up in New Jersey...

[squonk 41,155]

I just received a flat rate box sent Monday with an expected arrival date of Friday and here it is Wednesday. It's a crapshoot!

 

[Ed Kennell 38,227]

I mailed a musical  Easter card to my 1 1/2 yo grand nephew about 10 days before Easter.    I put two $.55 cent stamps on cause it was a little thicker than a regular card.

It showed up in my mailbox  today stamped  with a insufficent postage ....$2.90 more required.   That's $4.00 to mail an Easter card that had to go 10 mile.    They also used a ball point pen to destroy the existing stamps on the envelope.        Took nearly 4 weeks to make the return trip.      

[Pullstart 62,912]

THIS JUST IN!  IT’LL ALL BE BETTER NOW!  Well I hope so... there are two people waiting for tractah’ parts to arrive!      

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said:

I mailed a musical  Easter card to my 1 1/2 yo grand nephew about 10 days before Easter.    I put two $.55 cent stamps on cause it was a little thicker than a regular card.

It showed up in my mailbox  today stamped  with a insufficent postage ....$2.90 more required.   That's $4.00 to mail an Easter card that had to go 10 mile.    They also used a ball point pen to destroy the existing stamps on the envelope.        Took nearly 4 weeks to make the return trip.      

Wow! Sad!

[Tractorhead 9,064]

The last day‘s we ordered some goods from about 3Valley‘s down the Road, 

i read it too late it was just a short jump in the Car.

 

it tooks 3 Weeks until it arrives, so not a Problem on US PS allone i think.

 

depends on some things,

here also some delivery companies work with franchise worker.

depending on their work ethic you get your goods sooner or later.

 

the good thing is, i allway‘s got my ordered goods until now !

[lynnmor 7,308]

Today this was delivered by the USPS, I was very lucky that all the small parts were still in there.  Some of the blame should be directed to the poor packaging.

 

Edited April 15, 2021 by lynnmor

[Ed Kennell 38,227]

I just recieved an email  from an oficial looking  USPS.    It said thank you for shopping USPS, please complete the survey to recieve $50 worh of free merchandise.

 

My computer flagged it as an unsafe site.

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

I received an email saying that my package was in route to my house from the local post office which I have never got one before from them. It gave a link to click on to see what time would be there!

Hhmmm

[Tractorhead 9,064]

That dang phishing tries.

 

Got nearly every day a try to be handed over to any Websites...

You Bank Accound has changed, please use this site to update or verify your Account Data.. 😎

 

yap, sure i will do that - handed over to „Trash“

@Ed Kennell

Allway’s take firstly a closer look at the complete Sender‘s email account.

if this is non conclusive -> trash it.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 15, 2021 by Tractorhead

[Pullstart 62,912]

Hey @krystolo!  Two packages are in your town on time for delivery tomorrow!  USPS Win in my book!

[krystolo 504]

Awesome!!  I got the tires yesterday. Gonna be ready to roll! Thank you!!

[953 nut 55,321]

On 4/15/2021 at 12:52 PM, Ed Kennell said:

I just recieved an email  from an oficial looking  USPS.    It said thank you for shopping USPS, please complete the survey to recieve $50 worh of free merchandise.

 

My computer flagged it as an unsafe site.

 

On 4/15/2021 at 1:23 PM, The Tuul Crib said:

I received an email saying that my package was in route to my house from the local post office which I have never got one before from them. It gave a link to click on to see what time would be there!

Hhmmm

Package delivery emails are the latest scam going around. Though they look official they are an attempt to get into your bank/credit card and rob you blind.   We all know the USPS is muck too busy mutilating packages to send out emails!       

https://fraud.org/package_delivery_alert/

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

On 4/15/2021 at 1:23 PM, The Tuul Crib said:

gave a link to click on

 

I know you knew better than to click a link in an unknown email but many people are driven by curiosity.

 

It needs to be repeated ... NEVER click on a link in an email from an unknown sender!

 

Curiosity killed the computer!

Edited April 17, 2021 by Jeff-C175

[Ed Kennell 38,227]

Answer to Who owns the USPS.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an "independent establishment of the executive branch" of the United States Government (see 39 U.S.C. § 201) responsible for providing postal service in the United States. Within the United States, it is generally referred to as "the post office."

 

The USPS is often mistaken for a government-owned corporation (e.g. Amtrak), but as noted above is legally defined as an "independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States,"[cite this quote] as it is wholly owned by the government and controlled by the Presidential appointees and the Postmaster General. As a quasi-governmental agency, it has many special privileges, including sovereign immunity, eminent domain powers, powers to negotiate postal treaties with foreign nations, and an exclusive legal right to deliver first-class and third-class mail.

Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

 

 

 

[squonk 41,155]

On 4/14/2021 at 3:41 PM, Ed Kennell said:

I mailed a musical  Easter card to my 1 1/2 yo grand nephew about 10 days before Easter.    I put two $.55 cent stamps on cause it was a little thicker than a regular card.

It showed up in my mailbox  today stamped  with a insufficent postage ....$2.90 more required.   That's $4.00 to mail an Easter card that had to go 10 mile.    They also used a ball point pen to destroy the existing stamps on the envelope.        Took nearly 4 weeks to make the return trip.      

Ed you could have driven there, slipped the card under the door and gone an gotten an ice cream cone and come out ahead!