USPS sucks

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

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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).

Par4QC 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).

Murphy's USPS Law.......

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

Eguller

I’ve sent a few things to my buddy @Gatorman and the packages got hung up every time in that Harrisburg facility.

colej got hung up every time in that Harrisburg facility.

Yep, they are notorious as well as their buddies in Cleveland.

My wife ordered a bunch of stuff on sale ($45.00 worth) from Bath and Body Works. It was sent UPS and then the USPS delivered it. We never got the package. They said it was delivered on 1-9.

My guess is it was delivered to the wrong address. We don't really have a problem with porch pirates because we have landscaping blocking the view. The front entrance has a screen enclosed vestibule that they leave packages in.

Most people who get something that is delivered to them by mistake will return it to the post office or bring it to the correct address themselves. That's what we do. Oh well, she's out $45.00.

Sneakylong Oh well, she's out $45.00.

.....and it's YOUR fault.

sdandrea1 .....and it's YOUR fault.

She actually blames herself. She got the delivery notice, but didn't look at it until much later.

Sneakylong UPS attaches a pic of the delivery on tracking. Shows exactly where they placed it, and condition of package. It does not show the address on the house though.

Par4QC We got a delivery notice like that once with a photo and recognized our neighbor's porch. The neighbors weren't home at the time and we waited until the next day to get the package because I didn't want to take the chance that there might be video of me taking something off of their porch. I waited until they got home and then went and asked if I could retrieve my package.

johnnydoom Happened to us also. Tracking showed as delivered, but not here. We immediately called UPS and within an hour they brought it to us.

Par4QC UPS attaches a pic of the delivery on tracking.

I have never gotten a pic from a UPS delivery. I do get pics on Amazon deliveries. I had one mis-delivered and I drove down the street and identified the house by the pic.

Rickochet When you check tracking, and it shows 'delivered', it also will say ..."proof of delivery". Click on that and it will tell exactly where it was put and will have a place to click on that is a pic of the package. You then have to enter the tracking # for pic to open.
I've never checked it on packages delivered to me, just the ones I shipped. So....

Shipped a putter to Typhoon this weekend using Pirate Ship UPS Ground, $13.00 vs $31 from the UPS website

No more 1st class mail???

LBlack14 Still there but not the big distinction I always thought it had. Now 1 oz letter/postcard that arrives sometime. Max weight is actually 3.5oz Price increase recently, now $.68

LBlack14 Not good, from USPS website states otherwise. Not sure people use the term.

https://www.usps.com/ship/first-class-mail.htm

In my branch (Chantilly, VA) to date folks there have been helpful--recently extended my Hold Mail past 30 days and picked up the mail they delivered, although hard to not notice nearly all are of Asian descent

Ground Advantage.

Bravopilot

Same experience with my PO who loves me

Bravopilot says 1st Class went the way of the DoDo, 7/9/23.

LBlack14 I don't see this?? No more First Class packages but there are for letters/postcards. Ground Advantage replaced the package, First Class, Expected the ferrules to be in an envelope, not package