I Kid You Not

[GeoBoy]

I think part of the problem is that the post office, their equipment and their carriers were never designed for delivering packages, and now with this big Amazon contact it has slowed everything. A carrier now has to sort all these packages and get them into their vehicle, that isn’t designed to carry all these packages, now when they make a delivery they deliver the mail to the box and also have to get a package or packages out of their vehicle and walk them to the residence and scan them, then return to their vehicle and do it all over again and again.

[Hatchdog]

I live rural on a motor route and it seems that lately (maybe for the last couple of months) our USPS package deliveries are dropped off by a separate carrier than our “normal” mail. When I have seen the package delivery is’t been by a different person than the letter delivery and there have been days that I get a package on my porch with nothing in the mailbox at the road only to find envelopes in the box later. I do have a very large mailbox with the idea that the carrier can place small to medium packages in it which she does.

Recently I mailed a small package to Corona CA and the difference between regular parcel post and priority mail was only 5 cents. The package did arrive on time.

[JEBar]

as of 10:42 AM Eastern time on 12-29-20 nothing new showing on the USPS tracking site since :

December 28, 2020, 1:34 pm
Departed USPS Regional Facility
SAN JUAN PR DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Your item departed our USPS facility in SAN JUAN PR DISTRIBUTION CENTER on December 28, 2020 at 1:34 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination.

[CT_Shooter]

I registered with USPS online quite awhile ago. ( https://reg.usps.com/login )

Each day, I get an email with the subject line "USPS Informed Delivery" containing scanned photos of the envelopes that should arrive in my mailbox later that day and a separate email notification of any packages that will be delivered, including their tracking numbers.

It's a great service and it's free.

[JEBar]

suggestion appreciated .... I signed up .... looking forward to seeing how it all works

[JEBar]

unfortunate indeed .... as noted in post 6 that's pretty much the same message, without the "colorful" language that I got from the Post Mistress at our local branch .... earlier today my wife received an item purchased from Kohl's and post marked as being shipped from Indiana on Dec 3rd .... 26 days to get it from there to central NC .... there is no excuse for it

[CT_Shooter]

... there is no excuse for it.

There is no excuse, but there may be an explanation. https://about.usps.com/who/leadership/o ... mg-ceo.htm

Upon assuming office in June 2020, he instituted a number of cost-cutting measures such as banning overtime, forbidding late or extra trips to deliver mail, removing and dismantling hundreds of high-speed mail sorting machines, and removing some mail collection boxes from streets. The changes caused significant delays of mail delivery, resulting in investigations by Congressional committees and the USPS Inspector General. In August, DeJoy announced that the changes would be suspended, and in October, the USPS agreed to reverse all the changes.

[Shakey Jake]

I gave up on USPS for mailing anything besides letters or Christmas cards. They lost two very important and expensive items in 2019. One was being shipped to me and the other returning a customer's clarinet that I had just overhauled. Thankfully my business insurance is very good (Hartford) and I didn't lose anything BUT I always ship UPS or FedEx now.
Jake

[fortyshooter]

Nothing like getting your Christmas present delivered for Easter!

[JEBar]

There is no excuse, but there may be an explanation. https://about.usps.com/who/leadership/o ... mg-ceo.htm

considering that the Post Office computer prints out the label, that label is placed on the box by a Post Office employee, and it is scanned at every step by a Post Office scanner, I don't see how it ended up going through San Juan, Puerto Rico on its way from central NC to eastern SD .... something over 24 hours ago it left San Juan (presumably in an airplane) and has once again disappeared .... we have friends who work for the Postal Service and they are frustrated at the way things are going .... I feel sorry for folks whose medications are delivered by the USPS and for businesses who rely in it as well

[beaverislander]

I remember in the old days people would get away with saying the checks in the mail and get a couple extra days to pay a bill. That has probably turned into a couple 2-3 weeks now days.

[CT_Shooter]

... we have friends who work for the Postal Service and they are frustrated at the way things are going.

Me, too. I live in a town of 3000 people. Our postal workers are outstanding. They are not the problem.

[JEBar]

as of 10:42 AM Eastern time on 12-29-20 nothing new showing on the USPS tracking site since :

December 28, 2020, 1:34 pm
Departed USPS Regional Facility
SAN JUAN PR DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Your item departed our USPS facility in SAN JUAN PR DISTRIBUTION CENTER on December 28, 2020 at 1:34 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination.

referring back to the quote above, as of 5PM on 12-30-20, no updated info posted on the USPS tracking site

[JEBar]

finally some positive movement :

December 31, 2020, 3:23 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
SIOUX FALLS SD DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Your item arrived at our SIOUX FALLS SD DISTRIBUTION CENTER destination facility on December 31, 2020 at 3:23 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination.

its kind of hard to believe it was on a 2+ day direct flight from San Juan .... oh well, that really doesn't matter .... the good news is, its back in the right country and the even better news is, its back in the right state .... the saga continues, hopefully its nearing an end

[JEBar]

2 updates in a single day ..

December 31, 2020, 11:07 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
HURON SD DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Your item arrived at our USPS facility in HURON SD DISTRIBUTION CENTER on December 31, 2020 at 11:07 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination.


based on reports from folks out there, the package should be delivered on Monday

[JEBar]

just took dropped off a package at UPS that is on its way to NY .... it cost $12.45 .... the same size package dropped off with USPS on Dec 16 cost $10.80 .... with this being the New Year's Holiday weekend, the emailed confirmation states :
this

It's currently at THE UPS STORE #4407 and will be picked up by UPS on Monday, January 4, 2021.

You can expect it to arrive on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 End of DayI


if this proves to be the case, for $2 more, the package will arrive in 2 days of travel but it will not experience foreign travel

[markiver54]

just took dropped off a package at UPS that is on its way to NY .... it cost $12.45 .... the same size package dropped off with USPS on Dec 16 cost $10.80 .... with this being the New Year's Holiday weekend, the emailed confirmation states :
this

It's currently at THE UPS STORE #4407 and will be picked up by UPS on Monday, January 4, 2021.

You can expect it to arrive on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 End of DayI


if this proves to be the case, for $2 more, the package will arrive in 2 days of travel but it will not experience foreign travel

Ya never know, it might have a quick stop in the Bahamas.

[JEBar]

Ya never know, it might have a quick stop in the Bahamas.

now that really would be a surprise .... .... UPS doesn't have a history of being that free with money ...

[JEBar]

17 days after being dropped off at our local Post Office in central NC, the package arrived in Estelline, SD .... we've been told that the box looked pretty rough and one of the jars had come open .... it doesn't appear to have enjoyed the journey ..

[RanchRoper]

My Skinner sight left Montana by USPS (a few hours drive south of me) on Dec 17th. Went to California, up through Washington to Vancouver and has been held at Canada Customs since Dec 29th.