jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I don't generally complain about the post office because I usually get good service. I get a daily email telling me what I'll be receiving every day. Yesterday, they said I was getting a package which I was expecting. It never arrived. I went to the PO in the afternoon. "Nope! No package for you."

I just got the delivery notice for today, and the package isn't mentioned. When I checked the tracking number, it indicated that it was delivered to the PO yesterday morning, and it was ready for pickup. Pickup? It's supposed to be delivered. If it doesn't get delivered today, I'll go back to the PO and see if they have it.

I went through something like this about a year ago. The PO supposedly had the package, but they said they didn't. A couple of days later, it arrived.

On the plus side, if you are sending a package Priority Mail, you can pay and print the label at home - no waiting in line at the PO. Just drop it off. Yesterday, I had to wait while the guy in front of me mailed five packages.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Hiring freezes and overtime cuts could add to the long existing problems.

What a surprise!

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

Get used to it. If your experience in the past was that the Postal Service did not deliver, it is only going to get worse. The nickname for the new Postmaster General by employees is "Louis DeLay".

leftj Loc: Texas

I can't even say we usually get good service from the USPS. Because of the lockdown of Nursing homes we send a care pkg a couple of times a month to a nursing resident in a local nursing home that is literally 1/2 mile from our post office. It usually takes 3-4 days to be delivered. We live just north of Houston and instead of delivering the pkg directly from our postal facility they send it down to a Houston distribution center where it sits for a couple of days and then comes back to our postal facility to be delivered. Is it any wonder the USPS is one of the most poorly run businesses in the Country and is constantly in dire financial straits?

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

You get an email from the post office? You’re kidding, right?

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

The PO could go a long way toward solving its problems by raising the rates for junk mail.

knessr

I had the same thing happen just the other day. I received a notice that a package had been delivered on August 7th. It showed up in my mailbox yesterday - four days after the delivery notice. What's going on?

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Paul Diamond Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA

I won't go into a listing of all the ills of the USPS without also giving praise and pointing to blame. Every country has a national postal service. Our USPS is caught between politicians who want to abolish it so private companies can take over this potentially lucrative business and the people who want delivery of their checks, medicine, etc. as well as packages in a timely fashion.

I use the USPS for my business. UPS leaves packages at the door, garage door or on the floor of an apartment building - no place for something valuable! Can't use them. FedEx earned a reputation for the speed and quality of service, but at a price. My customers are expecting 'free shipping'. I"m happy to compete in a "level playing field" where all the players have an equal chance. Some would call this "the American Dream" of, for example starting your small business and earning a living. I can't compete with deep discounts given to a walmart, amazon or overseas small sellers who can ship something for $0.99 selling price with "free shipping" (from China!!!). This must change! For the benefit of all Americans.

Everything is 'broken' now, or is actively being broken (without being political) - water pollution, air pollution, 5+ million C***d cases and rising, stealing from Medicare/Social Security trust fund to give some relief to the unemployed while also trying to eliminate healthcare coverage for pre-existing health conditions (like C****-**!!!). We need the USPS 'fixed'. They should not be giving our money to third party companies for printing postage labels at home or a small business. They should not give massive discounts for volume shippers while smaller American businesses must pay 'retail' prices for basic services. They deserve to either be supported by the Federal Government as a vital part of our country's infrastructure OR be set completely free from the government to run their business as a business without the congressional 'fiddling' with anything to do with the business of the USPS.

Until then, the USPS is slowing down, overtime is being eliminated, more things are getting 'lost' in the mail, the Delivery Signature service is being forgotten, workers are demoralized and retail customers and small businesses are paying for the large shippers and small international sellers.

leftj Loc: Texas

Yep, it's called informed delivery. I recently signed up for it. We'll see how consistently accurate it is.

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

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Du jour

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I think it's called - oh, what's it called? Okay, here it is - Informed Delivery. There was a sign in the PO advertising it. I've had it for years. I know whether or not it's worth walking down to the mailbox.

https://informeddelivery.usps.com/box/pages/intro/start.action

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

The package was delivered to my door just now. Funny thing is, it wasn't listed as scheduled to be delivered today. I got the Rx they said would be delivered, though.

PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

I live in a small rural town of about 7,000 population. If I want to mail a birthday card to a friend across town, the card enters the post office three blocks from me and then gets sent to a large city in another state about two and a half hours drive from my town. Then after a day or so there it comes back to my town and gets processed for delivery the day after it arrives. It can take three or four days to go across town.

Sometimes it is cheaper and more efficient to get in my car and drive it over to the friend's house to deliver in person. No one ever said the government works logically or efficiently. Look at Congress.