Is it just me, or had the Postal service gone totally useless.
Out of the last fifteen packages I've sent, two arrived on time.
Of course the whipping boy is covid19.
One member here has a package that I've sent that is in Shreveport since July 28th. That's the worst of them.
My 45-70 encore has been in Des Moines since the 8th of August.
Don't bother trying to call. Their automated system will NOT direct you to any human being. If you email, they forward it to your local postmaster.
Now UPS and FedEx seem to be either corona, or idiot proof.
Theirs have all been one time. I don't use them for the stock painting as they are more expensive and I'm trying to hold cost to a minimum. Besides, USPS pick up for free.
It may be time to change.......
Dismantle USPS and competition will be created.
Actually have been having purty good 'luck'
Last box I sent was 60# of boolits to WA...med flat rate of $15
Did arrive 2 days late...but box was intact & everything there
I have a USPS account...so I print labels online...
Then drop off at the PO....no wait/no BS
Just printed a $15 label for 1500 pcs 223 brass...wish me luck......
Just sent a standard #10 envelope inside a priority mail window envelope, going from Boise, ID to Lodi, CA. Mailed at the post office window on Monday afternoon with an expected delivery date of Friday, 8/21. Four days to go 586 miles. That's a bit ridiculous when I've sent large packages by priority mail from Boise to upstate NY in 2 days.
Domestly, I've no problem, from China!!!
I recently ordered an item from Ohio that took two weeks to arrive. Then twice I've sent items to Ohio by first class mail that arrived in just three days.
Can't think of an explanation, but overall my personal experience with the postal service has been pretty good. Remember, the volume of mail they handle is enormous by any standard.
Paul
The problem with the USPS is the retirement freebies.
The private sector learned many moons ago.......is it NOT sustainable.
I sent a small package from IA to UT on Friday the 7th and it arrived on Monday the 10th.
I can't do any better than that.
This election is absolutely NO justification for the bailout of the stupidity of the postal union.
Sorry!
So far, no issues here with USPS..
I got a Christmas card in the mail today..August 18, 2020. Postmark on the envelope is December 9, 2018. 21 months to deliver a Christmas card?
And the democrats want me to trust the postal service to deliver my ballot on time and in a usable condition?
Most of the time they are good but then sometimes you get this,and this is an actual tracking of one of my packages.Can you imagine if this was a mail in ballot?
This was the tracking trail of one of my packages I received through USPS. WTF?????
Aug 5, 2020
2:31pm
DELIVERED IN/AT MAILBOX
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Aug 5, 2020
7:10am
OUT FOR DELIVERY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Aug 5, 2020
4:38am
ARRIVAL AT UNIT
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Aug 5, 2020
1:45am
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Aug 5, 2020
1:43am
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78411
Aug 5, 2020
1:26am
DEPART USPS FACILITY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78469
Aug 5, 2020
1:06am
DEPART USPS FACILITY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78469
Aug 4, 2020
10:33pm
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78469
Aug 4, 2020
10:20pm
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78469
Aug 4, 2020
7:04pm
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78284
Aug 4, 2020
6:54pm
DEPART USPS FACILITY
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78270
Aug 4, 2020
6:27pm
DEPART USPS FACILITY
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78270
Aug 4, 2020
4:45pm
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78270
Aug 4, 2020
12:40pm
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78270
Aug 4, 2020
12:37pm
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78270
Aug 4, 2020
9:16am
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78284
Aug 4, 2020
9:16am
DEPART USPS FACILITY
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78284
Aug 4, 2020
9:02am
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78284
Aug 4, 2020
3:23am
DEPART USPS FACILITY
COPPELL, TX 75099
Aug 4, 2020
2:28am
DEPART USPS FACILITY
COPPELL, TX 75099
Aug 2, 2020
9:35pm
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
COPPELL, TX 75099
Aug 2, 2020
3:28pm
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
COPPELL, TX 75099
Aug 2, 2020
11:35am
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
COPPELL, TX 75099
Aug 2, 2020
6:40am
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
COPPELL, TX 75099
Aug 2, 2020
5:46am
DEPART USPS FACILITY
DALLAS, TX 75260
Aug 2, 2020
5:34am
DEPART USPS FACILITY
DALLAS, TX 75260
Aug 1, 2020
10:17pm
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
DALLAS, TX 75260
Jul 31, 2020
4:33am
DEPART USPS FACILITY
MCALLEN, TX 78501
Jul 31, 2020
2:58am
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
MCALLEN, TX 78501
Jul 30, 2020
9:44pm
DEPART USPS FACILITY
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78284
Jul 30, 2020
5:47pm
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78284
Jul 27, 2020
1:12pm
PRE-SHIPMENT INFO SENT USPS AWAITS ITEM
ANAHEIM, CA 92807
Jul 27, 2020
10:02am
SHIPPING LBL CREATED USPS AWAITS ITEM
ANAHEIM, CA 92807
Jul 27, 2020
10:02am
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
ANAHEIM, CA 92807
Just more govt.
There's that pesky Postal Clause in the U.S. Constitution...
Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution gives gov't the postal powers.
Have we ever seen gov't be efficient at anything, but tax collection?
My prescription med was shipped on Jul 22.. still on the way.
No excuse for it!
The problem is US Postal service and it's hiring practice. Peek inside the Post Office, employees too damn stupid to move or deliver mail.
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Tikkanut, same here. I have an a account and print from home. they will pick up for free during regular delivery. No need to waste my gas, or time running to the local office.
Milton Friedman said if the government ran the Sahara desert they would run out of sand.
If there are no issues, why do they need a $10,000,000,000 bailout every year?
That's 10 billion. A billion is a thousand million.
5-7 billion in 'retirement' costs!
So far, no issues here with USPS..
My opinion of the post office has declined in the past few months. I shipped a product to a customer May 22 and after 3 weeks it had not gotten there so I sent him everything all over again and filed a claim to collect my insurance money. The contents were insured for $500.00. The actual invoice was $496.00. They denied it saying
I did not offer proof of the value. I sent the paid invoice. Still got denied. Then the boxed showed up on July 28th. I had to pay to get it sent back to me from the customer. My total shipping charges was $66.00. $44.00 of that was because of their mistake. I lost that money along with about 3 hours of my time. It's going to be a fiasco for them to handle ballots.
The problem with the Post Office.........Congress made it into a separate entity that was supposed to operate with no government money, YET mandated that USPS could make no major decisions without Congressional approval. In other words, blame Congress for the mess USPS is in. Also, the hiring practices forced upon them by the government has also had a lot to do with the problems..............giving preferential hiring practices to minorities and veterans............the biggest freeloaders on the planet.
The Post Office was founded to deliver mail.......letters, magazines, catalogs, newspapers almost exclusively, and the occasional package. Today, the mail volume has fell to it's lowest level ever, and the package business has increased probably a hundredfold. Their facilities are not set up to handle this package business, and that business is growing, while mail continues to decline. They have also been saddled with a number of inept Postmaster Generals, given the job as a result of their politics, rather than their knowledge of the business. It's a wonder they can even continue to operate.
Any government entity not subject to the laws of basic economics will grow less efficient, less effective, and more problematic over time. Market forces prevent this from happening in the private sector. If one company starts to charge to much or screw up too often, people will move to another company's services.
Liberals want to confiscate private sector pensions to bail out 'unfunded' public sector pensions.
The USPS is a prime example of why.
Just a question - I have heard that the USPS NEVER pays a claim on lost parcels. They always deny the claim, as was said, because value wasn't proven. Anybody here ever been paid?
Don't have much love for the local USPS. One or two decent workers and the rest are fairly worthless.
I shipped a package out last Friday from our local PO and it arrived at it's destination on Monday, but that was only a 150 mile trip. I've only had issues one time with USPS when buying something on the 'Fire - took my check several weeks to get to it's destination.
I've been paid on a claim. However, it was less than $200.....
