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So on Dec 29th 2020 I send funds to Heavyjim for a few items. Once I committed to buy he shipped the stuff. Today he just now received the payment. First off a tip of the hat to jim for not hounding me on when was it going to get there even though I would have not blamed him one bit. My reason for posting about this is to let others know that USPS is experiencing a near meltdown in basic operations. If you have something coming to you from someone and it seems way too long, you may want to cut the guy some slack as it is out of his hands.
Jim thanks again for everything.

PP and Venmo don’t sound to bad now huh

Not the only ones. Have package supposedly In Transit with UPS and arrived at the sorting center and now sits for 3 days.

Other day I found my neighbors mail in the street after the mailman drove through the neighborhood today I have his mail in my mailbox, what is going on

Just got a package today that was shipped 2 days ago from Wisconsin. USPS, it arrived a day earlier than what tracking showed.

I'm still waiting for a check that was supposedly sent the first week of January. My brother lives about 80 miles from me and I sent him a card the week before Christmas. It took a little over three weeks to get there. I also sent a rifle to JES in Oregon and it got there in 3 days. I understand being a little backed up but such a difference in shipping times is unacceptable.

On the flip side, I had a priority package sent to me from Oklahoma on Wednesday, scheduled for delivery tomorrow, but came today.

Another package sent priority on Tuesday from Oregon came today as well.

Guess I was due based on all the shlt I put up with earlier from USPS.....

I have been receiving multiple packages about daily for the past few weeks from USPS, FedEx, UPS and Amazon really without issue. Minutes ago (6:30) FedEx dropped brass and bullets from Cabelas on my porch that I ordered three days ago. The doorbell ring advised..

I have one check coming that was sent 12/28 and still isn’t here. I sent a USPS MO 3 weeks ago and it is MIA too. Try to get a refund on a MO. That is a REAL treat!

It really has been hit and miss, some stuff very, very fast others way late.

USPS is government. Under achievers are allowed to exist in government institutions.

USPS consistently is in the red, but politicians bail them out because grandma needs to send little Johnny his birthday card.

Again, USPS is government.

Same here, except we no longer do business with Amazon.

I've had some good and bad lately. The winner was a set of Talleys that were shipped 12/9 and arrived 2/3. I had one member here that I sent a person check to on 12/25. 3 weeks later it was still MIA so he asked for a PMO which I sent certified. That took over another week to arrive to him. About a week after that the original check showed up in his mailbox.

Did I mention I hate the USPS?

I sent a postal money order to a member here in Alaska around December 16. He has not received it yet. I updated out pp and got him settled up with just over a week ago and have received the scope I purchased from him just recently. But he still has not received my original money order. So I’m out double until the money order shows up. Just gotta wait it out. Sent regular mail so no tracking. My fault on that.

Had a check that was mailed from Baker City, OR to Caldwell, ID, about a 100 miles apart. The check went from Baker City to Portland, then to Rapid City, SD, then to Billings, MT, then to Salt Lake City, UT, then to Boise, then to Caldwell. Almost three weeks in transit.

My Cabela's Last Minute Christmas flier arrived yesterday. lol Got several others to. Belk Ll Bean, etc.

Sent Dad a bday card. Nailed it after 3pm one day he had it by 9 am the next... He is 100 miles away.

I have had packages coming and going sit for a week without moving and have had some seem to fly lightspeed overnight to transverse hundreds of miles in one night and be early..

Bought a bow from Canada once. Sent the guy a cashiers check. After a few weeks he hadn’t received it. Turned ugly real fast on his part. Deal was broken and almost 3 months later he emailed me with an apology. He received the check post marked when I told him I had sent it. Made the deal after that and he threw in a couple hundred dollars of free stuff!!

I have two that show in transit cince before Christmas, one was Parcel Select, the other Media Mail. I was in the PO the other day and the fellow in of me wanted to mail a large package, the clerk said he would recommend Parcel Select because the PO had thousand of those backed and likely won't get delivered before summer, if at all. When I asked about it, he said Media Miall was just as bad, he said to only use First Class and Priority Mail.