Bozz10mm
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I use the post office web site "Informed Delivery". You can track incoming packages and first class mail. That doesn't stop them however from delivering packages and mail to my neighbors.
Another tale of USPS woe.
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As a Florida resident, I can attest that the entire FL USPS employment is afflicted with Dyslexia. In the last three weeks I have received three letters addressed to others with nothing in common than the street number. None of it junk mail, all of it bank statement, bills, etc. Different name, different street names. I have also received my mail (late) with the message "Not here" scribbled on the envelope. This has been an ongoing problem for the last 30 years. I do not expect any improvement any time in the future.
Bozz10mm
US Veteran
I have had letters delivered to me with the right street number, but the wrong street. I usually put them back in the outgoing mail slot. The last one came back to me 3 times before I gave up.
On Jan 28th, on atty's instructions, I mailed a letter of demand to a 3rd party, both 1st Class and Certified/return receipt. The certified has still not been delivered. The last report was Feb 2nd: "In transit to next facility, arriving late." The 3rd party lives maybe 3-4 miles from the postal counter; the atty and I cannot proceed w/o the return receipt since the 3rd party is, of course, ignoring the 1st Class letter. I know the agent I speak to this week will have NO idea what is wrong.
And I remember my broker telling me years ago that when securities were paper, the Treasury would mail them 1st Class...
Kaaskop49
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And I remember my broker telling me years ago that when securities were paper, the Treasury would mail them 1st Class...
Kaaskop49
Shield #5103
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Junk mail always gets delivered to the right address and on time!
I sent a large package USPS to Michigan Dec 23rd.
It stopped moving on Dec 30th...in Michigan..about 8 miles from the recipients address. He actually went to the post office in question but they had sent it back to Michigan??. Their story.
They "lost" a package 60"x10"x10". I had to file a claim to get back $100 of the $180 driveshaft they lost.
I didn't "insure" the entire amount because that additional $80 of "coverage" would have added another $9 to the cost. My gamble..my loss.
They would not reimburse me the $24 for postage as they said they have fulfilled their service.
Wow..even the Pony express was a better bet.
It stopped moving on Dec 30th...in Michigan..about 8 miles from the recipients address. He actually went to the post office in question but they had sent it back to Michigan??. Their story.
They "lost" a package 60"x10"x10". I had to file a claim to get back $100 of the $180 driveshaft they lost.
I didn't "insure" the entire amount because that additional $80 of "coverage" would have added another $9 to the cost. My gamble..my loss.
They would not reimburse me the $24 for postage as they said they have fulfilled their service.
Wow..even the Pony express was a better bet.
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ACORN
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I'm not sure it was USPS, but I once tracked a package that was overdue. It-per the tracking-wandered all over several states before finally arriving. A lot of the issues arise at sorting centers. For some reason, Richmond, Va has multiple sorting centers. I went through a period where some sorting (by zip code) machine decided I'd moved and any mail that went through that machine got redirected. This was denied right up until I managed to get my hands on one of the missing items. The local PO was able to ID the machine from the redirection label and get it corrected.
Yendor357
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That supe straight up lied to you. He was so dumb as to think you were dumb enough to believe the tracking number you had was for the bin that the package went into. I’ve never heard of such a thing. That’s a round about insult.
Several years back, and this comes from a retired mail carrier that I know, the postal union told the guys with 20+ years that the pension was going to go DOWN if they stayed. It a government run entity, so go figure. A lot of the older people opted out. The fine older people who cared and did a good job, have been replaced with the next gen DIE snowflakes who get upset if you use your “business voice”.
Several years back, and this comes from a retired mail carrier that I know, the postal union told the guys with 20+ years that the pension was going to go DOWN if they stayed. It a government run entity, so go figure. A lot of the older people opted out. The fine older people who cared and did a good job, have been replaced with the next gen DIE snowflakes who get upset if you use your “business voice”.
Elon Musk should be given control of the US Postal Service, FedEx and UPS...He could then merge all three into one delivery service called FEDUP
Circle the street name; and add "not here"
before putting back in your mail box.
Just a simple filing error by the delivery person.
LVSteve
Member
How can they say that with a straight face when the item has not been delivered?
Joe Public doesn't help USPS much. I keep getting stuff for a neighbor 2-3 doors away from their car dealer. I gave the lady one of these missives and said she might like to tell them to fix their records. She said, "Oh yeah" with her mouth, with body language that said "Are you kidding?" I even wrote "Return to sender. Fix your records" to no avail. Her car stuff in my box goes in the trash now.
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its more of a "hey wait, as much as this moron deserves to have their teeth knocked out... this is a federal government agency office.. thus it would most likely be federal charges and federal prison system"
Your mail with tracking numbers is scanned into a larger bin that is sent to your PO. They don’t scan every package in that bin when the bin arrives at the PO, they scan the bin in and all packages tied to that bin then show “arrived at destination PO”. When they scan it out of the bin it goes to “out for delivery”. If the package doesn’t get scanned out of the bin, it will show in the bin when the bin goes elsewhere. I have had packages arrive when the last tracking shows at destination PO, without it ever showing out for delivery. The stories of packages bouncing all around are probably because the package is still tied to a bin and is actually misplaced and un-scanned since it was removed from the bin.
charlie sherrill
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This has been going on for a while. My mother received a letter I sent her when I was in the Navy five years after I mailed it. It too had a tire track on it. I had already gotten out of the Navy and been employed with the local PD for four years when she got the letter. Five weeks ago my son shipped an old bolt action rifle he had sold through USPS. The tracking number shows it in Gulfport,Ms. They can't find it and the buyer is threatening negative feedback. He insured it and will soon file a claim. He has been in touch with the buyer telling him all that he is going through and has assured the buyer will either get his money back or get the rifle.
If those sleazy, slimy thieving chicoms weren't so sleazy, slimy and thieving...the USPS would have the money to get it right.
From FOX News:
More than 161,000 counterfeit U.S. Forever stamps from China were recently seized in Chicago, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Thursday.
Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement officers at the Chicago International Mail Branch stopped eight shipments containing a total of 161,860 fake stamps that violated trademark laws last weekend, CBP said.
From FOX News:
More than 161,000 counterfeit U.S. Forever stamps from China were recently seized in Chicago, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Thursday.
Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement officers at the Chicago International Mail Branch stopped eight shipments containing a total of 161,860 fake stamps that violated trademark laws last weekend, CBP said.
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I make repeated orders from the same vendor. I subscribe to the USPS "Informed Delivery". They should probably rename that to "this is our best guess but we don't really know".
I currently have two inbound packages with them. They showed "out for delivery" on Saturday. Now some of the tracking has disappeared and is replaced with "In transit to the next facility" when previously their tracking showed it had already arrived. I've had them arrive on time once I think. They are batting .200 at best. One time the boxes were soaking wet and the only thing that saved the shipment was the shippers reinforced tape and inner packaging.
I'm starting to think that the estimate they give you is nothing more than the "goal" they have but there are many things that can delay it from the "goal".
But I've had this happen before and they could show up today. In which case the tracking will suddenly fill in and show "delivered". I've always gotten them though. It just sometimes takes longer. Considering the current weather we've been having across the southeast it's not a surprise. I just wish the tracking was, well...tracking...rather than a forecast.
I currently have two inbound packages with them. They showed "out for delivery" on Saturday. Now some of the tracking has disappeared and is replaced with "In transit to the next facility" when previously their tracking showed it had already arrived. I've had them arrive on time once I think. They are batting .200 at best. One time the boxes were soaking wet and the only thing that saved the shipment was the shippers reinforced tape and inner packaging.
I'm starting to think that the estimate they give you is nothing more than the "goal" they have but there are many things that can delay it from the "goal".
But I've had this happen before and they could show up today. In which case the tracking will suddenly fill in and show "delivered". I've always gotten them though. It just sometimes takes longer. Considering the current weather we've been having across the southeast it's not a surprise. I just wish the tracking was, well...tracking...rather than a forecast.
Wellllll...for once I have to eat my words.. A friend sent my wife a priority mail package on Tuesday...It actually arrived on Thursday...but tracking DID say it had been delivered in a different town...Now on a different note...a package from Amazon hasn't been delivered though it has been on the delivery truck for 3 days...bad weather! the mail got here though...esp all the junk mail...I even got a bill...late. Glad I pay by phone. Maybe UPS will get here Monday. It'a actually above freezing too 33 degrees
kimporter
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Had a package shipped from a city 65miles from me,took 10 days to get to me,1 day to go to distribution center the,the rest to go 7 miles to me,seem the distribution center had 30,000 undelivered packages sitting in it even made local news
