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Post by papaof2 on Sept 22, 2020 3:57:53 GMT -6
USPS has fallen to the level of Fedex Ground. A package I'm tracking arrived at the metro Atlanta Distribution Center at 9PM on 16 September. It's almost 6AM on the morning of 22 September and the package is still "In transit, arriving late" - fancy euphemism for "Can't get the truck started" or "Don't have a driver" or "It's just a truck of mail. Who cares?" You can pick one or more and possibly be correct :-(
Looks as though I'll be shopping with those who use UPS or their own delivery vans (Amazon) in the future. Perhaps USPS should switch to drone delivery instead? A drone directed by a GPS with 1 meter resolution could deliver to the front porch. A 10 meter resolution GPS could get it in/near the driveway. And the Democrats want to send all ballots via USPS? Let's start paying them by paper check delivered by USPS...
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Post by bretf on Sept 22, 2020 15:07:49 GMT -6
I agree.
I recently ordered a part, shipping from Houston.
It went to Spokane, Washington
To Boise, Idaho
To Spokane
To Pasco, Washington
To Spokane
To Pittsburgh, PA
Disappeared from tracking for three days.
Delivered to me the next.
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Post by 9idrr on Sept 22, 2020 19:49:28 GMT -6
I agree. I recently ordered a part, shipping from Houston. It went to Spokane, Washington To Boise, Idaho To Spokane To Pasco, Washington To Spokane To Pittsburgh, PA Disappeared from tracking for three days. Delivered to me the next. Yeah, but think of how cheap it was for cost-per-mile. :^) |
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Post by papaof2 on Sept 22, 2020 20:00:06 GMT -6
Bret,
USPS picked up a package from an ocean freight terminal in Miami and managed to get it to the Atlanta Distribution about a week later - after taking it to Houston and El Paso and then all the way back, which is only 1400 miles or so out of the way...
The package in the original post was still "In transit" when I checked earlier today but that server is currently down so it's anyone's guess where the package is right now - although "same as 5 days ago" is probably correct.
As I said about the Miami to El Paso side trip, USPS needs some third graders who actually know where the various states are.
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Post by remembergoliad on Oct 16, 2020 8:54:55 GMT -6
And how BIG some of them are, Papa. It always amuses me when we have something shipped FedUp Ground from the left coast. They must have a drivers' lounge in Junction, Texas, because every one of the parcels we've gotten via FUG 'checks in' on its way to Houston, 350 miles to the east of us, passing by on 10, which if you walk over one short hill and through one impressive draw, through the cedar and rocks, is a little over a thousand feet of our front door. I wonder how those in Junction feel when they're waiting on a parcel and it checks in in Junction on its way to Houston.
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Post by papaof2 on Oct 16, 2020 14:28:36 GMT -6
As people in the Southeast US say about flying:
"Unless you're going to Heaven, you must go through Atlanta."
If you're going to Hell, you probably go through Atlanta, Chicago and Detroit to know what you're in for at your final destination.
So it is with the package carrier hubs ;-)
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Post by willc453 on Oct 21, 2020 10:37:35 GMT -6
VA takes care of my meds and a month or two ago, called in for refills. They use USPS for this and never had any trouble with it before and now they're giving you a tracking number. Usually I get my meds within a week but not that time. How about it sat at the USPS distribution center in Phoenix, AZ for a week before it was shipped to me?
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Post by papaof2 on Oct 21, 2020 11:00:21 GMT -6
This year I've had stuff that "departed" from some USPS facility and didn't made it to the next facility for 5-6 days - although it's only an hour drive :-( I'm thinking the scan when an item goes into the truck/trailer headed for the next facility is the "departure" scan even though it hasn't actually 'departed'. Just a way to play with the customer and always be able to say "In transit to destination".
Like air travel in the Southeast where you always change planes in Atlanta, anything shipped to us changes trucks in Atlanta :-(
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Post by papaof2 on Oct 26, 2020 17:29:26 GMT -6
FedEx is running stupid again. Saturday, there was a parcel at Osseo, MN with a delivery date of Friday, 30 October. Sunday, that package arrived at the FedEx hub near Atlanta at 3PM and the delivery date is now Saturday, 31 October. The closer it gets, the longer it takes to deliver it?
The vendor only offered shipping by FedEx or I would have chosen any other ground shipping service.
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Post by papaof2 on Oct 28, 2020 7:07:45 GMT -6
Now that FedEx has passed the parcel to USPS, FedEx says delivery 30 Oct; USPS says delivery 31 Oct. Isn't it great when the right hand knoweth not what the left hand doeth?
I'm expecting that parcel by 10 Nov...
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