USPS - Upped the game to a new level.

Eguller

i did just watch a Twilight Zone marathon....maybe that triggered this debacle...

Problem is that it arrived AT MY PO at this earliest notation on Jan 6th. WTH ? Circling PA 🤬

Moving Through Network
In Transit to Next Facility
January 7, 2024, 9:38 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
HARRISBURG PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

January 7, 2024, 9:20 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
HARRISBURG PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

January 7, 2024, 1:14 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
LANCASTER PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

January 7, 2024, 12:07 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
LANCASTER PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

January 6, 2024, 10:06 pm
Processing at USPS Facility
THREE SPRINGS, PA 17264
January 6, 2024, 10:57 am

Arrived at USPS Facility
FAYETTEVILLE, PA 17222
January 6, 2024, 6:59 am

Par4QC

Eguller That driver must have the PA to IA(Des Moines) route, and back!! I sometimes see that same type situation on tracking from Des Moines.
And.....it is always on a weekend, as yours shows.🤔

As an aside....this new USPS Ground Advantage choice is the nuts!! Cheaper, and most times faster than Priority.👍

Par4QC

Eguller Checking with FedEx tracking I find this.....

Jan 7 6:21 AM · Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
On the way
Jan 6 2:57 PM · Bloomington, IL, United States
On the way

I'm about 100 mi. from both.......right in the middle!!! And there is a depot right here. 😲

ptjn1201

It's taking the scenic route. Now it'll be delayed a few days because of the snow

Eguller

ptjn1201 . Now it'll be delayed a few days because of the snow

Probably. I'm stopping at the PO tomorrow mooring to ask why it left its intended destination in
the first place. Most likely a drunken sorting machine. 🙄

Walterjn

Shit, I completely forgot to post this one..
Just before Christmas, I sent a box to my kid brother in Oregon. Tracking number on the receipt, with an arrival date of 12/26. Told my kid brother that. Got a text from him on the 24, he simply said 'you lied' then sent me a pic of the package. I was blown away as usps has NEVER gotten anything to a destination 2 days early!! I told him I consider it lucky when they get something to the destination on time, and not delayed a day or 3... so I just want to say miracles do happen!!

Weirfan

USPS handles some 7 billion plus packages a year, there will be a few issues .
Even if they were to get 99% perfect that leaves 70 million packages annually that are not.

Eguller

Weirfan

True. I should play the lottery as I'm one in 70 million.

It arrived at my smallish PO which was the FINAL destination - and then sent out again. Now that's efficiency.

darpar

Weirfan there will be a few issues .

Ya think!

[deleted]

In my are USPS has a distribution center about 40 minutes away. 3 years ago when items landed there in the early a.m. I would get product that afternoon. Now it's 2 business days. What is acceptable out of workers today is much different than it was 5 years ago.

Par4QC

darpar "Damage due to shipper's failure to package properly...Claim denied!!"

😉

darpar

Par4QC

Luckily it was a "Lag Shot" sw....even USPS couldn't screw one of those up!

Spartan

I had a package coming to that was within 20 miles of home (Near St. Louis) within 2 days. From there it went to New York where it sat for a while. It finally got to me after about two weeks where it went into the trash since it was perishable.

Eguller

Par4QC On the way

🤣 Just like my package...."on the way"

Par4QC

USPS announced new rates for anything shipped on or after January 21st, 2024...

Here's what's going to change on January 21st:

Priority Mail Flat Rate secret discounts are back, with rates up to $2.34 cheaper than Commercial Pricing 🎉
Priority Mail continues to be the best service, getting up to $16.01 cheaper for packages that weigh less than 20 lb, depending on the size of your package and distance it's traveling 😃
Ground Advantage is getting up to 29 cents more expensive for packages that weigh less than 1 lb. For packages that weigh 1-20 lb it's mostly staying the same rate, though it's getting cheaper for shipments to the farthest distances.
Media Mail rates are increasing by up to 21 cents.
Signature Confirmation is increasing to $3.50.
International shipping rates are increasing around 5 to 7% on average. Simple Export Rate continues to be the cheapest way to ship internationally!

Typhoon

Par4QC I’ve just been selling shit either locally to friends or local on marketplace/Craigslist. Can’t deal with the shipping BS.

Par4QC

Typhoon Can’t deal with the shipping BS.

😅 There is no shipping B.S.!

Only 1 area/region of the whole U.S. has problems, that I've noticed when my packages pass through there (I check tracking every day/twice a day when shipping). They are just f'n slow. Or don't care. And it is the area that @Eguller is complaining about. Something about PA is just not right. Within USPS that is.😉

And as for any rates......in my case, as it should be in everyone's.....buyer pays. Just don't charge it that way....incorporate it into the asking price. "FREE SHIPPING"..... is very loud when being read on the 'net. 👍

btw....Life, is what you make it.😲

Eguller

Outcome. My PO just had blank stares and no explanation as to why my package arrived and the went out again in a circular voyage before returning to my home PO. Hope they follow up.
😵‍💫🦅

bad9

Back in 2015 Dana Upshaw sent a couple of putter heads to me in Labrador. This is their journey:

Warner Robins GA
Macon GA
Miami FL
West Palm Beach FL
Louisville KY
Philly
Cologne, GERMANY
Madrid, SPAIN
Miami (again)
West Palm Beach (again)
New York
EASTERN NASSAU, NY
Macon GA (again)
Miami (again)
Detroit
Toronto
St. John's, NL
Labrador

Took about 3 weeks.

Eguller

Here we go again........ I know it is busy now, but WTH ? 😡

Processing at Destination
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
LANCASTER PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 13, 2024, 8:53 pm

In Transit to Next Facility
December 13, 2024
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
HARRISBURG PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

December 12, 2024, 6:09 pm
Departed USPS Regional Facility
LANCASTER PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 12, 2024, 4:53 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
LANCASTER PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 12, 2024, 4:04 pm

Accepted at USPS Regional Destination Facility
HARRISBURG PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 12, 2024, 2:49 pm

Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
HARRISBURG, PA 17107
December 6, 2024, 12:30 am

ode

Eguller back to Harrisburg tomorrow I suspect🙃

They just fucking with you now😉