Don't you just love the USPS

[rockfla]

I bought a small item off Ebay back on June 28th/29th. The seller, in So Cal, sent it to me on July 1st here in Florida. It's currently showing NOW on its third trip across North America. It arrived in here in my home town on July 4th (1st trip across). July 6th it was in Phoenix AZ. July 9th it was back where it started in City of industry Cal (2nd trip across). July 11th it was in Charlotte NC. Jully 15th its been through three local postal distribution center (3rd trip across) and am waiting to see just where it ends up NOW????? Fully expecting Minot ND next. AND they keep raising the cost. SMH

[19Fordy]

No surprise. I was talking to my USPS mailperson who delivers my mail and she told me that the caliber of people now being hired to replace those retiring USPS veterans is far below what it used to be and will only get worse. To the new hires it's only a job.

[Krylon32]

I ship a lot of my parts USPS Priority mail. A week ago I shipped a 40 Lb box of parts to Germany USPS Priority Express, it got there Monday. The week before I sent some parts to a friend in Marquette NE. about 80 miles away. It took a week. Several years ago I sent some merchandise to SO-CAL in Pomona Ca. For over a month according to my tracking it traveled back and forth between 2 post offices in Pomona 16 or 17 times before my local PM reached out and got it straightened out. 40+ plus years of shipping with USPS I could write a book. Still the best deal going so I'll keep using them when it works.

[deuce lover]

You're not alone.Just happened to me .Daughter sent a small pkg from TX to me in France Jul 6th. It spun around Dallas then Ft Worth then Coppell then Rockwall the back to FW then Dallas then Coppell and 2 days ago appeared in Chicago and on its way to the destination.Thank god there is a bottle of Motrin along with 32 parts in that pkg to help ease the pain.The tracking history is as long as your arm!!

[Dick]

I had this exact experience a few years ago when I shipped a package to another barn member.

Turned out the computer on the receiving end was reading the return label to return it to me because it was a printed label. It liked the machine printing better than the hand written ship to portion of the label.

The receiver talked to his local PO and they caught it on the 3rd trip east.

[rockfla]

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Originally Posted by Krylon32

I ship a lot of my parts USPS Priority mail. A week ago I shipped a 40 Lb box of parts to Germany USPS Priority Express, it got there Monday. The week before I sent some parts to a friend in Marquette NE. about 80 miles away. It took a week. Several years ago I sent some merchandise to SO-CAL in Pomona Ca. For over a month according to my tracking it traveled back and forth between 2 post offices in Pomona 16 or 17 times before my local PM reached out and got it straightened out. 40+ plus years of shipping with USPS I could write a book. Still the best deal going so I'll keep using them when it works.

Hey Krylon, we had a customer mail Us a check for his account back in November of 2023, he's about 20 miles west of Us. We never got his check by Mid January.....so he re-mailed a check and paid. End of February of 2024, the first check he send, post dated Nov23 arrived in our local mail delivery!!!!!

[51504bat]

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[rockfla]

Originally Posted by 51504bat

The USPS didn't have a problem getting my draft notice to me. But that was a LONG time ago.

Funny, in the vane, they never seem to miss getting bills to me....NOW that you bring it up!!!! AND Always early too!!!!

[Jeff/Illinois]

Originally Posted by 51504bat

the usps didn't have a problem getting my draft notice to me. But that was a long time ago.

ha!!!!

[5851a]

Most of my ups is delivered by the USPS here. I sent a return to Amazon and requested UPS pick up, I put it in drivers hand and a month later Amazon charged me again because they didn't get return in a month. Our fed ex is in a plain white truck that throws the boxes out at the front door after dark. Sad times.

[deuce lover]

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[deuce lover]

Originally Posted by 51504bat

The USPS didn't have a problem getting my draft notice to me. But that was a LONG time ago.

Before computers,right ?

[Planojc]

Stopped using the USPS a long time ago and switched to UPS. Don't have to stand in line and the package gets there in three days.

[tubman]

Someone mentioned computers in a humorous way, but I think they're right. When I sell my condensers, they always go out in a Small Flat Rate box with a label printed by a commercial shipping software suite. We have never had a reported problem in over 300 shipments. I believe that is because the USPS is now highly computerized and designed to handle properly labeled standard packages efficiently, untouched by human hands. Anything else, and they have to be handled outside the system, which is where things go wrong. It's just the price we pay for efficient handling of 90% of the items. The other 10% that have to be handled manually suffer as a result.

[40cpe]

My mail carrier told me that they are considered part time and have to take a few days off periodically to break the cycle. A job that used to have good pay, benefits, and job security is now a low paying job without an incentive (except personal convictions) to excel. Multiply that scenario throughout the USPS labor force and you get what we have today.

[Ryan]

I’ve banned 2 accounts for posting politics on this thread. Be warned. I don’t host that shit.

[itslow]

A couple months ago I had an original Ardun valley cover sent from St Paul, MN to Des Moines, IA. Literally went through DSM distribution center en route to Chicagoland where it bounced in/out of the facilities there before returning to DSM. That was a nerve-wracking couple of weeks.

At least my local post office hasn't been problematic.

[52flthed]

Originally Posted by planojc

stopped using the usps a long time ago and switched to ups. Don't have to stand in line and the package gets there in three days.

this!!

[deuce_roadster]

I had a package bounce back and forth between the sender and a regional package processing center and it was because the destination address was only my 1st name, no city, state or zipcode. I suspect these get re sent and returned automatically. Remember they are dealing with probably a billion things a day.

[richard crow]

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