USPS Tracking (NOT TRACKING?)

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Used the USPS to send a check to a gun dealer yesterday morning. Current online tracking only shows that my local post office has it in their possession "yesterday 925am".

Since then - no updates! Anyone else have a problem with lacking updates? As a buyer I have had packages only show the "delivery" online but no movement through the postal service.

My local USPS said the tracking will be updated in the next city...what a joke.
 
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The one thing that I hate with usps or ups is when you finally type in all those numbers..................and double check to make sure that there is no mistake, and then............

They tell you that there is no such package.......

or that it went past you to a major center and will be coming back to you in a day or two.
 
When the Mexican Libertad 1 ounce Silver Coin disappeared apparently from the PO,
Jumped through the hoops, did the Man Overboard Procedure.
Via Email, the local Postal Authorities finally concurred it went missing while in their possession.
It was an eBay buy and eBay did finally activate their guarantee and refund my money.
 
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KalamazooKid said:
I fail to see the problem, your package will be delivered like 99.99999% of them are.
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Problem is the gun owner is holding the gun for me and has another interested buyer. I gave him tracking info which doesn't indicate that the payment is actually heading his way.

I'm sure it will arrive....
 
I think it is time to start complaining and taking more actions with our complains... Our complain, we simply demand they improve their system and give us the best services. They have been around since forever and I think we should be getting better services than what is provided to us right now... IMO
 
KalamazooKid said:
I fail to see the problem, your package will be delivered like 99.99999% of them are.
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Sure, but to whom?

Mailed a letter to the Social Security office literally 10 miles away. It went south to the sorting center 60 miles away in West Palm Beach. Then it went somewhere in upstate NY before continuing its journey to MA. It finally turned south and stopped in Miami. The next day it went back to the sorting center in WPB before being delivered to the SS office 10 miles away from me. It took 10 days to make the trip--a mile a day. Had I know that was going to happen, I would have dropped the letter off myself.

But the tracking worked, so I guess that was a good thing.:rolleyes:
 
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I order from Midway USA often and because I live 75 miles from them I will go pick up my order unless it is something small with a shipping charge cheaper than the gas I would use. When I have something shipped I have worked out the total mileage it travels to get to me Unless the package takes off across country it will travel around 275 miles passing my town twice before I get it. That is the way the system is set up and tracking provides some Entertainment if nothing else. I think there will be more shipping for me because of gas prices.
 
SMSgt said:
Sure, but to whom?

Mailed a letter to the Social Security office literally 10 miles away. It went south to the sorting center 60 miles away in West Palm Beach. Then it went somewhere in upstate NY before continuing its journey to MA. It finally turned south and stopped in Miami. The next day it went back to the sorting center in WPB before being delivered to the SS office 10 miles away from me. It took 10 days to make the trip--a mile a day. Had I know that was going to happen, I would have dropped the letter off myself.

But the tracking worked, so I guess that was a good thing.:rolleyes:
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Lesson learned, next time it may be better to just drop it off at the front desk.
 
usps has a tracking/update option. But it only works if you use it to indicate updates, and if the individual carriers are taking the time to scan packages. Something that seems to be occurring less often. Certainly it has absolutely nothing to do with people watching their mail ping pong around for days/weeks.

Trying to figure out how to complain about it to usps is an exercise in frustration, with no apparent responses from them. Not even that your complaint was received. However if you are persistent, a lot of times your delivery "magically appears". Certainly this has absolutely nothing to do with a tracking system for complaints/resolutions?
 
Tracking number info on my item, (to be shipped soon)
been same info since 12/21.
 
Maybe I am just a wet blanket but who in this day and age with all the info out there that the USPS is having issues with deliveries is going to ship a firearm thru them?
No way would I ship any firearm no matter the carrier that is not next day air adult signature required and fully Insured
You are just setting yourself up for heartache and problems if u don't
Just my 2 cents
God Bless,John
I can tell u this as someone who the post office lost a gun thru

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jringo8769 said:
Maybe I am just a wet blanket but who in this day and age with all the info out there that the USPS is having issues with deliveries is going to ship a firearm thru them?
No way would I ship any firearm no matter the carrier that is not next day air adult signature required and fully Insured
You are just setting yourself up for heartache and problems if u don't
Just my 2 cents
God Bless,John
I can tell u this as someone who the post office lost a gun thru

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I insure everything of value that I ship regardless of the carrier.
 
A forum member sent me a package and he emailed me the tracking number. It left Chapel Hill yesterday then went to Charlotte, then Charleston, WV and is now leaving Lexington, KY scheduled for delivery here tomorrow.

Pretty impressive considering the brazillions of pieces they move daily.
 
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