USPS sucks

SVonhof · 2020-07-16T23:18:00+00:00

According to the latest news, its going to get slower as the new head is tasked with reducing costs. I placed an order with Hireko golf for a new putter gri...

Par4QC

ode reduced shipping/free shipping is gonna be smart post/sure post

This just reminded me that with all the free shipping I've got in the past few weeks, no one has sent by this method; they've all gone Priority. hmmm...

ode

Par4QC you are a lucky bastage.....maybe some big ticket items? Or sometimes the cost is same and they give you priority.....not that priority is much these days!

Par4QC

ode I've been buying so much that the packages now are just labeled "REX", no address/city/state, and they get to me on schedule, for the most part. I must be 'in the system', so to speak. 🤣

ValueGolf

SVonhof

Sparky is right, it hasn’t shipped yet. We’ve picked up a ton of new business because component suppliers aren’t able to get anything out timely.

SVonhof

ValueGolf
I should have skipped them and gone through you, damnit. I never remember since I don't order much these days and I have used them for years.

DonM

ValueGolf
I would have used you but for the irons I wanted, you only list full sets. And I didn't want a full set.

bogeypro

I just sold an $800 lens & sent it USPS signature required for delivery and they left it on the guy's front porch. Lucky there wasn't an issue with the condition of the box or porch-pirate theft.

DC300

SVonhof yep, I don’t buy much anymore, but what I do goes to VG. They have literally never let me down.

DonM

@mgrin is waiting for his Vertex irons that I shipped 8 days ago. We live 100 miles apart. All it has showed is that it left my post office. I don't know what is happening but the wheels are coming off.

shokosugi

Well I have been waiting for almost 2 weeks for a couple of packages, granted I'm in Canada but no updates for almost 10 days - I have no idea where my stuff is. USPS was bad early on in the pandemic and now it seems worse. I got stuff shipped via the cheapest method so probably another couple of weeks 😂

DonM

The package I spoke about, shipped July 9. has now made it to one of the suburban Chicago distribution centers. I need to take a pitchfork down to the local post office and find the postmaster.

colej

DonM

have you filed a inquiry through USPS online? Last few items that got hung up on me I did file. Seemed like it jump started the process and got it moving.

Rickochet

ode Yeah reduced shipping/free shipping is gonna be smart post/sure post .... Snail male.

I try to avoid and company that uses Shartpost. The shipper gets stuff to a regional USPS terminal quickly then it sits until they get a truck load. My stuff usually gets hung up near Indy. Fedex gets it to the shartpost terminal in two days where it can sit for a week. Surepost is a bit better but not by much. Avoid them both like the clap.

scotts33

I'll say it again you pay cheap shipping it's gonna be slow.

Example paid $20 from UK ordered Friday it will be here Monday. Ordered 2 SmartPutters GolfeTail Tuesday might be here next Tuesday via SmartPost but maybe not. I don't care whether they get here next week or in 2/3 weeks....paid $3 shipping.

As in all things shipping or otherwise you get what you pay for.

Par4QC

scotts33 I paid nothing yesterday for shipping. Packages were delivered today via USPS! The remainder of the order will be here tomorrow.....and I'd bet big $$$ on that.

bogeypro

On top of my previous post, years ago I sold a club to a guy in Ohio (I'm in Western NY) and somewhere along the way the USPS tracking data stalled.... it sat & sat without moving. I/we waited & waited patiently until I, as the shipper, launched an inquiry with USPS. I found out it made it's way to the southern border and was shipped to Puerto Rico!!! The local USPS Post Master was very helpful & he provided photographic evidence that the lost club was in PR, he had it shipped overnight to Ohio and all ended well. I never got much of an apology from USPS other than "these things happen".

Spuzz

bogeypro
Only real bad experience (but not all of it USPS) I had was many years ago when I sent a used Limey shaft to Baab in Florida (from Ontario Canada). Should have taken a week max.
After a month, I filed a complaint with Canada Post here and after sending in my info and an online link to the cost of a NEW shaft, I got my full refund.
Oh, and Baab's used shaft arrived about 2 weeks after that.
LOL

DonM

colej
No I have not. I didn’t know about that. Thanks.

scotts33

Par4QC scotts33 I paid nothing yesterday for shipping. Packages were delivered today via USPS! The remainder of the order will be here tomorrow.....and I'd bet big $$$ on that.

You paid for it some how Rex. If it's not specific shipping cost it's in the product. There is no such thing as a free lunch. 😀

Par4QC

scotts33 No, everything was cheaper than I would pay in the stores here, or elsewhere online. Just why Trump hates the P.O.. They lost money today. There's a reason why Bezos is the richest of all.

scotts33

Par4QC No, everything was cheaper than I would pay in the stores here, or elsewhere online. Just why Trump hates the P.O.. They lost money today. There's a reason why Bezos is the richest of all

Pricing maybe cheaper but you paid for it with your monthly Amazon Prime membership. All in all, I agree with you....you can't beat Amazon and Amazon's agreement with USPS and their business isn't what Joe Hacker pays or shipping times for USPS shipping Priority or otherwise to ship club/s. JMO but if I wanted to ship something a bit faster or wanted better service is would be FedEx some type of Priority. I haven't had any issues with that kind of service during Covid.

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