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My inlaws tried to mail us Christmas Presents to Alaska from Omaha and they would not send them to Alaska because of Covid? The rest of the family in lower 48 presents were mailed. Went to UPS and no issues. Anyone else heard this?

There old school so no click and ship

Filed a complaint with the Elkhorn PO to ask why?

I’ve gotten several packages from the lower 48 this week via USPS. Were they using a USPS contractor or the PO itself.

several post offices are struggling because personnel are out with covid.

delta post office is back to full strength but there are backlogs.

It must be a local to them thing. I’ve received packages this week from family in FL and AR, all USPS. My mom is as old school as they come, 81 and has never owned a computer in her life.

If they are not hand made or personal items, we have started buying Amazon and shipping direct to friends or relatives. Maybe not as personal but fast and cost effective.

I have tried to convince others of this in vain

I just shipped a package of stuff I sold here to Alaska via USPS flat rate box. I sent it Tuesday.

Working here

We shipped packages to my son and his family and they got there this week. So far so good.

USPS makes their own rules............

I have had numerous problems shipping packages lately via USPS. Two weeks not unusual; but shipped 2 packages to a member here in Wasilla, AK. Arrived in 3 business days; go figure?

Package arrived today normal USPS marking no UPS markings , Priority thinking clerk does not know Alaska in in the US, have had that happen before!

Some Post Offices are not shipping international due too Covid

You have to understand that USPS workers are [bleep] Stupid. Whenever you hear a person from the USPS saying something, realize that it's something they heard from SACharlie, and regurgitated thrtough Paddler.


No joke, USPS personnel rode the short bus and will say anything to validate their idiocy. I know no less than 6 people who work for the USPS, from letter carriers, counter idjits, and even an executive EAS-25. They're all retards.

I'm still getting parts orders. Just takes 1-4 weeks priority mail from ordering, but that's mostly on the sender's end. Generally a week or so once it is enroute. I have some parts ordered before Dec 1- projected shipping date Dec 30. Maybe.....

Probably be better after the Christmas rush is over

Things I ordered a week ago for my sons in Fairbanks arrived there yesterday no problem from L48 vendors. I also sent a couple of large boxes to them this past Thursday by Priority and delivery was guaranteed for Monday. Nothing in the tracking indicates that they won't make it.

usps decided that AK is not a state anymore

Wish I had a dime for every idiot that told me they could not sell to me because they only sold to US addresses... or the number of idiots that could not understand that "Continental US" includes AK.

Continental, contiguous, whatever.

Almost the same.

Barnes and Noble will not ship to AK, but you can go to the store and order it and they will ship it anywhere in AK, go figure. A few years back I ordered a book while working on my Masters degree and called B&N when the order said shipping to US only and it would not take my address. The person on the phone told me AK was its own country, idiots.

Many years ago I could not cash a check in Omaha Alaska check the answer they gave me only US money, could not convince her otherwise.

We ship a lot of USPS. It's slow right now, but not defunct. I'm guessing the "no ship to Alaska" thing was an isolated error. I take multiple packages there several times per week, almost all labeled with Click-n-ship. They are always swamped and C19 has hurt them a lot.

Good luck!

Been getting my schitt. The real problem is the dumbass air taxi that flies the mail from the hub to here.

I'm not shipping to or from AK but I have a gun that's been vacationing for weeks now at the Springfield, MA distro center. My local Postmaster told me to ask the BATF where its at. The USPS is in a sad state of affairs right now. I wonder if they're too big to fail? I'd enjoy seeing Jeff Bezos buy and manage it. Seems anyone could run it better.

Thanks, Dinny

Just picked up 2 flat rate boxes from Spamtown Mn. One mailed 12/14 and one 12/17..... Won't open till Christmas.
#hopingforspam!!

Don't feel bad, guys - New Mexico is a "missing" state, too!!
I don't know what the Hell folks think fills that big hole between Texas and Arizona!

I sent a small flat rate from Wyoming to Juneau on the 9th. It’s still in transit.

And I got it, ofcourse the box was ripped open and half of the contents were missing. I did get the [bleep] you letter in the bag with it though. I'm amazed it made it. Our postal service employees here can't read or speak English really well so I guess I need to make a diversity exception for them .

I mailed a flat rate box to kodiak Thursday. Said expected arrival was the 6th

Let the Commercial Carriers take over the Post Office, it'd have to be better.

They have absolutely not proven that here.

UPS & Fed Ex to Alaska twice the cost and half the service!

My complaint was USPS employee would not ship to Alaska never complained about USPS service here which has been stellar.

You haven't heard??

The new regime is giving AK back to Russia.

Cities within are too small to be run with their effective policies.

Obviously you have not been following Anchorage politics...

OBVIOUSLY, you have not been following national politics.

Once again, your *geniosity* is difficult to fathom