I've noticed (more when when I was shipping a lot) that China merchants can mail things where the total cost (item and shipping) is less than I pay for shipping. I get that their government can subsidized their internal PO cost to get the business, but how do they get such a discount from our PO system that we cannot compete?Just got a small packet from China I ordered on the 13th. Go figure.
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I've noticed (more when when I was shipping a lot) that China merchants can mail things where the total cost (item and shipping) is less than I pay for shipping. I get that their government can subsidized their internal PO cost to get the business, but how do they get such a discount from our PO system that we cannot compete?
Would have filed for a refund by October.A couple of weeks ago I received a package that had a pair of lights I ordered on Sept 4. they were sent priority 2 day USPS.
Tell me about it. I'm sick of society being dictated by this virus...Covid has caused alot of problems and getting mail and packages on time are one of them.
USPS is terrible about posting an accurate status of your tracking number(s). Countless times they've listed my packages as delivered, and then they would actually be delivered a day or two later. This package is turning out a bit different as it has been over a week past the original scheduled delivery date...USPS is going down hill i think...I've had way to many problems with their shipping...last thing was they left a card in my mail box saying we tried to deliver but you weren't' home... ...i was right there in the yard doing yard work..i had to go to post office to get it about an hour later.. which tells me they never had the package on the truck.. was at the post office...the package wasn't anything huge or heavy... it was like a 12inch x 12inch box two times that happened in a week
Every carrier mis-routes or loses or damages shipments. It's laughable when people talk how "XXX has never lost one of my deliveries". Uhhhh, yeah, that's called LUCK, nothing more !For a couple years up until a couple months ago, I was the IT Equipment guy for the company I work for, I shipped hundreds of packages a month/thousands per year with UPS. Every once in a while, one would not show up but a week or two later it would randomly appear.
Have had several 2-day priority small packages take at least 9 business days.A guy sent me a backrest for my motorcycle via USPS. As soon as he sent it, he sent me a text with the tracking number. The online status showed an original delivery date of last Saturday. It didn't show. I went back online to check the status again that following Monday. It showed that it had left the Cincy post office and was en route to my local P.O. The next day the status was updated to "Late delivery, your delivery has been delayed, but it will be delivered." The status has not changed since. Friday I submitted a inquiry online and I received a call and an email on Saturday, both from the same person. The lady I spoke to said they didn't know where the package was, but she assured me it would be tracked down. Today, the sender spoke to this same lady, after I sent him her phone number, and the same thing, she couldn't tell him where the package was, but she had every confidence it hasn't been lost. I am not out any money as I was going to pay the guy for the backrest after I received it (with the senders approval), and the guy who sent it lost the receipt, so he can't claim the insurance for it. This lady said it could possibly take another week or two to finally be delivered. Have any of you had a similar issue with USPS and still have you package delivered a week or two later, or is it more than likely lost? Though I suppose it's possible, I don't see how a box that size can be lost...
To be honest, I don't know if I can say any delivery company has ever lost one of my packages. I've had them delay deliveries, I've had them lie by saying a package was delivered when it wasn't, I've even had them deliver to the wrong address (which they then picked up and delivered to me), but I don't think they've ever lost one of my packages...Every carrier mis-routes or loses or damages shipments. It's laughable when people talk how "XXX has never lost one of my deliveries". Uhhhh, yeah, that's called LUCK, nothing more !![]()
A guy sent me a backrest for my motorcycle via USPS. As soon as he sent it, he sent me a text with the tracking number. The online status showed an original delivery date of last Saturday. It didn't show. I went back online to check the status again that following Monday. It showed that it had left the Cincy post office and was en route to my local P.O. The next day the status was updated to "Late delivery, your delivery has been delayed, but it will be delivered." The status has not changed since. Friday I submitted a inquiry online and I received a call and an email on Saturday, both from the same person. The lady I spoke to said they didn't know where the package was, but she assured me it would be tracked down. Today, the sender spoke to this same lady, after I sent him her phone number, and the same thing, she couldn't tell him where the package was, but she had every confidence it hasn't been lost. I am not out any money as I was going to pay the guy for the backrest after I received it (with the senders approval), and the guy who sent it lost the receipt, so he can't claim the insurance for it. This lady said it could possibly take another week or two to finally be delivered. Have any of you had a similar issue with USPS and still have you package delivered a week or two later, or is it more than likely lost? Though I suppose it's possible, I don't see how a box that size can be lost...
I have had USPS lose an envelope or two over the years (that is more understandable), but never a package...When I worked for DHL, I found documents (sent in an envelope) that were lost for years. But those were small and fell into an inaccessible place. It happens though that the package gets put on the wrong truck or plane, it could be in China by now...