USPS sucks

USPS now has a new service....Ground Advantage, along with their Priority Mail option. It is cheaper, much cheaper to some places, than Priority. And, in checking the 14 boxes (under 30" of course) I shipped Thurs./Fri., I'm finding all delivered Sat. or out for delivery today!!
To FL, NY, CA, WA, etc..

I did not check with Pirate Ship, but don't think they can beat the prices on ShipStation, as low as they were.
In almost all cases, pricing was $1-2 lower than Priority.

Shipping to PA...... really ?

Departed Shipping Partner Facility, USPS Awaiting Item
HEBRON, KY 41048
August 30, 2023, 3:23 pm
Shipping Partner: AMAZON

Departed Shipping Partner Facility, USPS Awaiting Item
CLEVELAND, OH 44128
August 29, 2023, 7:07 pm
Shipping Partner: AMAZON

Picked Up by Shipping Partner, USPS Awaiting Item
NOTTINGHAM, MD 21236
August 29, 2023, 4:10 pm
Shipping Partner: AMAZON

azgreg oh holy shit!!! I think FedEx should be paying for that replacement glass and freight... not to mention new training video for thwm...

Another unbelievable tale of the USPS.....

Shipped package late Thursday afternoon.
Being delivered today, after tracking showed delivery for next Tuesday.
In Hawaii.

Par4QC bastards

ode
I have shipped so many boxes through the years that they must have my name on a list of some sorts.
I was shipping all over the world, every week, when building those spine finders, way back when. I mean to countries where you'd ask yourself WTH were they going to use it for there...can't possibly have golf courses! They'd be delivered in 3-5 days. Once sent a box to Australia and it was delivered in 3, while a box going to CA shipped at same time, was delivered in 4 days. Canada was taking the usual 10-14 days, then suddenly they were all getting delivered in just 3-5 days also.
And all that time, all those boxes, even up to today, only 1 was ever lost or damaged. And when I did have any problem with a slow, or thought lost, package, it was remedied in less than 24 hrs. Amazing. Lucky me.

Now I gotta go check my Powerball tickets..................maybe I should have sent them to myself, Priority.

Par4QC

Overall, I've had mostly excellent results using USPS over the years. I have shown here some of my crazy bad experiences, but they were rare exceptions. I'd say USPS is very good but occasionally they suck.

sdandrea1 After I made that post, I did have a scare. Kept checking tracking to make sure it actually got delivered, and it was not showing it, even late last night. I contacted the buyer and he said he was already using it! Stated the carrier did not scan at delivery. 1st time that has ever happened to me.

Tested 'the system' while shipping boxes on Monday.
1 box going to MI, I sent Priority, 2 day.
1 box I sent to CA, I sent Ground Advantage, 4 days.

Yes, the box has been delivered in CA.
The MI box will be delivered tomorrow(hopefully, as stated in tracking).

sdandrea1 I had also sent a box to HY that same day, Priority. It was delivered today.
Moral of story.....quit wasting money on Priority Mail. Ground Advantage is just as fast, mostly faster.
And Pirate Ship is no cheaper now using either. (maybe still for the long stuff)

Par4QC And Pirate Ship is no cheaper now using either. (maybe still for the long stuff)

…. and heavy ?

Par4QC same as PS.

Has been for me on every shipment.....I use PS to gauge what it will cost and it is the same on every shipment I e used PP/SS.....that being said.....I don't do the volume you do

From the looks of this box I didn't think my new? wedge would be this bad!

darpar I would almost thin it was like that before it was shipped. I was at a store and they had a used set of Taylormade p730 irons and the wedge shaft looked like that.

darpar you should be able to have some decent shaft lean with that one...

Rolling shutter effect

It just never ends............

Dec 3, 2023
10:06am
In Transit to Next Facility

Dec 3, 2023
9:27am
DEPARTED USPS REGIONAL FACILITY
HARRISBURG PA DISTRIBUTION CENT, 17107

Dec 3, 2023
8:36am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
HARRISBURG PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

Dec 3, 2023
1:59am
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
HARRISBURG PA DISTRIBUTION CENT, 17107

Dec 2, 2023
12:00am
In Transit to Next Facility

Dec 1, 2023
6:02pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
HARRISBURG PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

Dec 1, 2023
11:20am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
CLEVELAND OH DISTRIBUTION CENTER

Dec 1, 2023
11:18am
DEPARTED USPS REGIONAL FACILITY
CLEVELAND OH DISTRIBUTION CENTE, 44101

Nov 30, 2023
9:24pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
CLEVELAND OH DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Nov 30, 2023
8:09pm
Accepted at USPS Origin Facility

CLEVELAND, OH 44125
Nov 29, 2023
1:19am
PRE-SHIPMENT INFO SENT USPS AWAITS ITEM
CLEVELAND, OH 44125