USPS delivery times have increased

[moosedog]

I'm just putting this info out there for anyone wondering about delivery times taking so long. My contact at the Post Office where I am in the Thumb area of Michigan says that regular mail is taking up to 10 days or more and even the Priority Boxes which used to get there in around two days have increased to 4 days or more. And, as the holiday season approaches, it will get longer.
Also, when looking up a tracking number on the computer, make sure you are on the actual USPS site. The others are often inaccurate or downright useless.

 

[Muddyboot]

UPS and Fed-Ex are none too fast either, I've had poor service from all three in the last several months.

 

[Rudi]

Charge more, take longer. They say they are not Gubmint but I don't believe them.

 

[wood714]

I mailed a package from Ormond Beach FL. on Monday, and it arrived in Cincinnati today.

Considering all the mail and packages going thru the USPS system this time of year...3 days ain't bad!

Three days is great anytime of year.

 

[Rustyt1953]

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night nor sleep driving stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"

 

[LVSteve]

Family in the UK sent birthday cards to my wife recently. They took nearly two weeks to get here. How much of that is down to USPS and how much to the train strikes in the UK I cannot say.

However, a thick envelope from the UK postmarked 8 December arrived yesterday, the 14th. I call that good service.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I mailed a package from Ormond Beach FL. on Monday, and it arrived in Cincinnati today.

Considering all the mail and packages going thru the USPS system this time of year...3 days ain't bad!

Three days is great anytime of year.

Ten minutes ago USPS delivered that box. A 4.5 pound box of peanut butter fudge made by Kevin's mom ,June.

It left on the 12th.

Impressed, I am.

PS: thank you both as June makes the best PB fudge in this hemisphere.

To quote Beldar "we will enjoy it".

 

[Muley Gil]

On Monday, the 5th of December, the small post office I was working in processed 4000 in-coming packages. This is for an area of about 15,000 people.

 

[Alk8944]

REALLY!!!!!!
This is how it has been for as long as I have been aware of the USPS, more than 70 years. they always advertise on television for weeks that there will be delays during the Christmas season, including the last day to mail packages so they will be delivered by Christmas. Have you all just figured this out?

What is the point of this post other than telling everyone something they already know and wasting band-width

Yes, I am a crotchety old fart!

 

[Bekeart]

Electric bill mailed on the first.
Penalty if not paid by fifteenth.
Arrived on thirteenth.

Bekeart

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[Ameshawki]

It's almost like there's a major holiday coming up.

 

[Rustyt1953]

To quote David Byrne:

"same as it ever was, same as it ever was,

same as it ever was, same as it ever was."

 

[LittleCooner]

It may come as a surprise to some of you folks, but our country is overpopulated. WAY too many people. Think about it, lines everywhere, long delays. In wildlife management the word is "carry capacity" of the land. The USA has passed the carry capacity for humans. Now we have to deal with it. Also "climate change" is another word for "overpopulation". The west does not even have sufficient water to have daily normal activity any more. And you wonder why UPS or the USPS is so "slow". Wake up folks, the ones on this forum are way sharper than this.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Purloined from the ether:

Land usage in the lower 48. (The Census shows the Urban areas at just a tad over 3%)

 

[johngalt]

Considering the vast magnitude of mail they process, I'm impressed with how few hiccups occur.

 

[Muss Muggins]

Mine gets delivered by email the day it's issued. But you need a computer . . .

Electric bill mailed on the first.
Penalty if not paid by fifteenth.
Arrived on thirteenth.

Bekeart

.

 

[wood714]

To quote David Byrne:

"same as it ever was, same as it ever was,

same as it ever was, same as it ever was."

Love it live!

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGofoH9RDEA[/ame]

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[max]

I sent a medium priority box to Dallas on Monday and it got there today. (Thursday)

 

[rubiranch]

This past week is always the busiest week of the year for USPS, UPS and FedEx.