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Jan 11, 2019 08:16:31   #
Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida
 
A delivery system requires transportation routes and centralized hubs that preclude items from being sent straight from point A to B.

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Jan 11, 2019 08:28:39   #
cdayton
 
robertjerl wrote:
The dummy was probably a computerized scanner.
To err is human, but if you really want to mess something up, use a computer!


Computers don’t mess up - people who program computers do mess up.

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Jan 11, 2019 08:50:16   #
Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga
 
I just got a Micro Nikkor 105 F2.8D that I bought 2 weeks ago. The tracking said it was in Atlanta NDC for 4 days and was then sent to a Post Office 16 miles from me instead of my local PO. I went to the other PO and picked it up. Otherwise it would have gone back to the NDC and god knows how long it would have stayed there... This lens was coming from one state away... Florida to Georgia.

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Jan 11, 2019 10:11:47   #
StanMac Loc: Tennessee
 
Almost all mail handling/routing, regardless of carrier (USPS, UPS, FedEX) is mechanized these days. I’d bet that it’s human eyes and hands that intercept and correct the mis-routed stuff.

Stan

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Jan 11, 2019 10:28:16   #
olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
 
Sometimes weather, sometimes interconnecting cargo flights, sometimes error (human or computer), sometimes hand offs between carriers, etc. etc. Logistics has many variables. You just encountered some!

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Jan 11, 2019 10:36:55   #
pendennis
 
Ordered a camera part from an individual in McAllen, TX. Seller sent via USPS Express Mail. It went from McAllen, to Richmond, VA, then out for delivery, before being rerouted to Dearborn, MI.


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Jan 11, 2019 10:39:20   #
traderjohn Loc: New York City
 
WayneL wrote:
My camera was to be delivered today 1/10 and it was last reported 1/8 in Baltimore, where I live, I just checked and some dummy sent it to Rio.


Not the end of the world.

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Jan 11, 2019 10:53:49   #
EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace
 
I had ordered an item that came out of Anaheim to be sent to my home in San Diego county, about a hundred miles away. The tracking showed it went to the east coast then back to me. It was to be for next day delivery. It made it the next day. That was FedEx.

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Jan 11, 2019 11:02:39   #
WayneL Loc: Baltimore Md
 
Longshadow wrote:
Stupid me, I thought you meant Rio DeJaneiro...


No, I should have added WV in my first post. It could also be Rio Grande

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Jan 11, 2019 11:05:12   #
WayneL Loc: Baltimore Md
 
Dannj wrote:
Wow! There’s a “Rio” in WV! Who knew?!?!
So when my wife says we should take a trip to Rio, think I can get away with this?


And it's not crowded, I looked it up and it has about 200 people living there.

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Jan 11, 2019 11:06:29   #
traderjohn Loc: New York City
 
WayneL wrote:
No, I should have added WV in my first post. It could also be Rio Grande


Yeah.

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Jan 11, 2019 11:13:43   #
WayneL Loc: Baltimore Md
 
Kmgw9v wrote:
A delivery system requires transportation routes and centralized hubs that preclude items from being sent straight from point A to B.


It went from NY to a hub in Balto then to WV and back to the hub again and then to the local PO and now out for delivery.

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Jan 11, 2019 11:13:45   #
jaycoffman Loc: San Diego
 
robertjerl wrote:
The dummy was probably a computerized scanner.
To err is human, but if you really want to mess something up, use a computer!



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Jan 11, 2019 11:20:44   #
Dannj
 
WayneL wrote:
And it's not crowded, I looked it up and it has about 200 people living there.


Ideal population for me but she’ll never go for it☹️

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Jan 11, 2019 12:23:10   #
Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey
 
I’ve had the same thing happen to me. I’m currently waiting for a package that was sent from a location about 15 miles from me. It was due January 2nd. It went to 3 different postal locations in NJ, then it went by my PO, and is now in San Antonio Tx!

I’m trying to be fair to the USPS, and realize they handle millions of letters and packages daily. Mistakes will be made, but this happens too often. On the 27th of this month a stamp will cost $0.55!

I try avoiding using them as much as possible.

Hope you get your camera back.

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