7 days to deliver a "2 day Priority Mail" package.

[mrsilv04]

It was supposed to be delivered on Thursday the 14th. Nope.

How about Friday the 15th? Nope.

Maybe Saturday the 16th? Try again.

And of course, Monday the 18th was a holiday. Can't work them too hard.

Did my luck change on Tuesday the 19th? No....

Woo Hoo! Lucky Wednesday! A package!

And how is it that they're bleeding money and wanting to cut services? It appears that they've *already* cut services.

And from point A to point B, this package should have traveled around 450 miles.

From what I can tell on the USPS website from the scans that were actually logged, it really traveled at least 1200 miles.

I sent the USPS an inquiry as to how this happened. And no, I'm not really expecting any sort of a response either. They don't have a clue as to how it happened.

 

[stephen9666]

Did you check the tracking? When was it actually accepted by the USPS?

I've shipped over 1,000 packages by USPS in recent years. They've had better service and much better prices than UPS or Fedex. I've had exactly two of the 1,000 packages delayed. They both arrived, but they were about a week late.

 

[HerrStig]

Amazon and the PO have something going which works really well.

 

[Voltmaster]

never had problem with USPS except that packages do get damaged fair bit , so i always put alot of peanut packing.

Media mail is perfect for books and CD.
Piority is still best deal for fast delivery across US, specially with the flat rate boxes.

 

[JHZR2]

Funny because I send packages to the Caribbean that get there in three days without issues... While sending it ups takes 5x the cost and well over a week.

I just got two packages I ordered last Saturday on Wednesday. Shipped Monday. Priority mail, 500 miles for one and 2000 for the other.

 

[andrewg]

You'll have folks that swear the USPS is great while others despise them. I don't think the service of any of the major carriers is really that good. But one thing I do know....most of the time when I need to go into a post office lobby and deal with the counter people, I can expect very slow service, a poor attitude, poor english skills, little eye contact, and an attitude that shows a poor work ethic.
My opinion and my experiences.

 

[Chris142]

It probly got put in the wrong truck and went the wrong way.

 

[Kruse]

Originally Posted By: andrewg
But one thing I do know....most of the time when I need to go into a post office lobby and deal with the counter people, I can expect very slow service, a poor attitude, poor english skills, little eye contact, and an attitude that shows a poor work ethic.
My opinion and my experiences.


This varies by location. The nearest post office to me is located in a town of 30 (yes, that's thirty) people. The place is open exactly 1 hour and 50 minutes per day and most days there is not a single customer. (And we wonder why our post office is losing money....) Anyway, the postmaster is the only one who works there and is the most pleasant person you've ever seen. In the 15 years that I've lived here, I've yet to have to stand in line for service. Yet, this post office has all the services that a customer needs and any package mailed there can go to any place in the world that the U.S. mail delivers to.
I do know what you mean by typical slow and discourteous service though. I used to do a monthly bulk mailing in a city of over a million people and I dreaded it every month. The employees there moved like sloths and you could tell that they really couldn't care less about making the system more efficient or faster. A couple of weeks ago I was in a large post office during the noon hour and I had to wait at least 15 minutes.

 

[Nick R]

I've had great service from all the carriers. USPS, UPS, and Fedex. All have been great, timely, and never had a damage package. I would use any of them. Post office is usually cheapest too.

 

[itguy08]

I've got one better.... Item shipped on 2/9 from CT. Supposed to be here on 2/9. Tracking shows it was "Accepted on 2/7". That's it. No movement. Called the USPS and they said give it a few days and see as it may have been caught in the blizzard.

I was working with the vendor and on Tuesday AM they agreed to ship another one as this one had not moved. Come home Tuesday and it was waiting for me. USPS Tracking still does not show it as delivered!

 

[SwampSurvivor]

I've had okay experienced with USPS and Fedex. UPS ... forget it! They are horrible.

 

[SteveSRT8]

Exactly the opposite here.

We won't do biz with Fedex unless absolutely necessary, as their local driver absolutely stinks!

UPs has had 3 guys in ten years and each one seems better than the last one. I want to hire him to work for me!

 

[aquariuscsm]

Customer service at the usps is a joke!!

 

[kb01]

You should post the tracking information. It would be interesting to see where it got caught up.

 

[Jarlaxle]

It WAS priority mail!

It was just the LOWEST priority!

 

[jcwit]

Concerding the number of pieces of mail the USPS handles in any single day I fail to see how anyone can complain.

One question, seriously, could you do any better, and never ever have a flubdub?

 

[SteveSRT8]

It's not the prospect of a mistake, it's the BILLIONS of dollars in subsidies!

 

[DuckRyder]

Originally Posted By: Miller88
I've had okay experienced with USPS and Fedex. UPS ... forget it! They are horrible.


I agree, if it will fit in a small flat rate box it will get there faster and cheaper with USPS. FedEx is choice number two. I do wish the USPS would be more consistent with scanning and tracking, but for half price I will put up with it.

If you want it run over by a truck and then the claim denied for "inadequate packaging" send it UPS.

 

[DBMaster]

Given the number of packages handled by any carrier, a very small percentage that go missing or delayed will equate to a significant number. Overall, they do a good job so you just have to pick the one that you deem offers the best value - for you.

 

[sxg6]

I'd be curious to known more about this as well. Where was the item shipping from, what company? Are you certain it was to be shipped from a location 450 miles away, and not the company warehouse which may be in a completely different location? Are you certain that the item shipped on monday the 11th or tuesday the 12th, thus being able to meet the priority mail 2-3 day service? This sounds very unusual for priority mail, and more along the lines of first class mail, parcel post, fedex smart post or ups mail innovations.