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USPS sucks and blows at the same time.
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Apr 20, 2019 06:15:47   #
DAN Phillips Loc: Graysville, GA
 
Personally, I would love to see the USPS shutdown today, right now. It is too expensive, very unreliable and they lost a box of books for me, value about $2,000. Lucky I insured. They were apparently stolen in Atlanta, I feel very confident they wound up in an employees car. Shut them down today, let UPS or FED-EX take over!

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Apr 20, 2019 06:24:42   #
johnst1001a Loc: West Chester, Ohio
 
I mailed a letter from Florida to Ohio a Monday, and a second one on Friday. The first one took 10 days, the second one got there in 3, way before the first.

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Apr 20, 2019 06:29:57   #
Ollieboy
 
Keen wrote:
Maybe all the tax cuts have something to do with it. Would YOU work harder if your boss cut your pay, and benefits, and threatened to fire you on a moment's notice?


What do tax cuts have to do with employee performance?

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Apr 20, 2019 07:00:12   #
LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America
 
Keen wrote:
Maybe all the tax cuts have something to do with it. Would YOU work harder if your boss cut your pay, and benefits, and threatened to fire you on a moment's notice?


Wow ... just WOW!

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Apr 20, 2019 08:06:19   #
sb Loc: Florida's East Coast
 
rmorrison1116 wrote:
There's no such thing as a perfect shipping record. Sometimes things just happen. USPS does not suck or blow. They handle millions of packages every day and deliver on time way, way more often than not.
Not too long ago I had to send a lens to Canon repair in New Jersey. I shipped overnight from Oaks Pennsylvania and it was delivered to Canon the next day. When the lens was done, a couple days later, Canon shipped it back to me UPS overnight. That was on a Friday. The lens was delivered to my home in southeast PA the following Monday. UPS took 4 days, Friday to Monday to move the package the same distance as USPS did in two days, Monday to Tuesday.
I ordered a mobility scooter for my wife by Drive on Amazon. I expected it to be delivered by FedEx ground the following Tuesday. It was delivered by the USPS the Sunday after I placed the order, two days sooner than I expected.
No, the USPS does not suck or blow. They usually do a good job but sometimes, crap happens.
There's no such thing as a perfect shipping record... (show quote)


I suspect that for UPS Friday to Monday is considered 2nd-day delivery.

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Apr 20, 2019 08:15:27   #
wds0410 Loc: Nunya
 
LWW wrote:
Wow ... just WOW!


I agree wholeheartedly with that.

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Apr 20, 2019 08:18:52   #
SonyBug
 
LWW wrote:
USPS most certainly sucks and blows and this isn’t an isolated incident.

Five or so years ago I ordered a billiards cue that arrived two weeks late and ... to this day ... the tracing number shows it sitting in Burbank.


If you have the time to post 10,000 times in only 16 months, you need something to occupy your mind. Other than picking on our venerable post office.

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Apr 20, 2019 08:30:56   #
rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
 
TriX wrote:
Exactly. Our USPS service has been excellent, but they all screw up occasionally - I’ve had terrible deliveries from UPS and even FedX (which I’ve always considered the gold standard). I have to say that Amazon Prime’s delivery service has been first rate so far.


You do realize one of Amazon Primes delivery carriers is the USPS.

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Apr 20, 2019 09:19:04   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
LWW wrote:
Ordered an item on eBay from Florida.

Paid $12.00 for first class shipping.

According to their tracker it moved 13 miles in 15 days.


As they expression goes, "Stuff happens." I've had very good results from the USPS. FedEx is the one I don't like.

Let us know how this develops.

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Apr 20, 2019 09:30:39   #
JerryOSF Loc: Bristol, VA
 
If you think USPS is good you will really appreciate national health care. Conversely, ********

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Apr 20, 2019 09:31:51   #
Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida
 
JerryOSF wrote:
If you think USPS is good you will really appreciate national health care. Conversely, ********


The USPS is good; so what you saying?

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Apr 20, 2019 09:42:38   #
Dannj
 
Kmgw9v wrote:
Most people have no concept of how many mailpieces are timely delivered without incident or delay every day by the USPS.


Look at this way: the USPS processes nearly HALF A BILLION pieces of mail per day. Something is bound to get lost in the process. Overall, the USPS does a great job.

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Apr 20, 2019 09:44:03   #
Mmolique
 
You are correct I had ordered something from Amazon and I am a prime member. It was shipped from Hebron KY which is about a ten minute drive from my house in Edgewood Ky. Then proceeded to ship it to Indiana where it sat for five days then back to Cincinnati OH then back to Crescent Springs KY for delivery. It was only a week late.

Another time I ordered shoes from bass Pro. I followed the tracking and after ten days it said it had been delivered to our local post office. I went to the post office with the tracking number and they said they had not received it. I called bass pro they sent another pair by UPS. I received them in three days. About four week later my first pair showed up at my door. Then of course I had to go thru the hassle of returning them.

I agree USPS Sucks!!

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Apr 20, 2019 09:45:09   #
rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
 
Years ago, before I decided to become a full time programmer, I ran the shipping department of the company I worked for. We shipped all different size packages all over the US and Canada, 363 days a year, twice a day. Some days there would be a few hundred items and some days there would be tens of thousands of items. Some shipments were as small as a single 8.5 by 11 envelope and some shipments consisted of dozens of boxes. We limited the maximum weight of a box to 70 pounds.
Since we shipped to all over North America, we used multiple carriers from Airborne to USPS, including Greyhound and Trailways bus. All our shipments were tracked and logged and we logged mis-shipments. A mis-shipment was anything that went to the wrong recipient, was delivered late or not delivered at all. Our clients were not individuals, they were banks, investment companies and trust companies. The content of the packages were all kind of reports used for investment purposes and statements, lots and lots of reports and statements. Since most of this material was time critical, we tried to ship the best way possible. Some of the air freight companies would drop of the aircraft shipping containers for us to load.
Anyway, where I'm going with this is, I'm somewhat familiar with the package shipping and delivery industry in North America.
The bulk of the smaller packages, items under 20 pounds, and sometimes larger shipments, were sent via the USPS. If recall serves me correctly, 97 percent of the thousands upon thousands of packages we sent via USPS every week, 52 weeks of the year, were delivered intact and on time. Ninety Seven percent. Which of course means that 3 percent were late. Packages lost in shipping were very rare.
Bottom line; most folks shipments fall into the 97 percent but some folks shipments will fall into the 3 percent. No, the USPS does not suck or blow or whatever, you are simply one of the statistical 3 percenters. It ain't a perfect world so no sense getting angry over something that statistically must be.

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Apr 20, 2019 10:06:12   #
rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
 
Dannj wrote:
Look at this way: the USPS processes nearly HALF A BILLION pieces of mail per day. Something is bound to get lost in the process. Overall, the USPS does a great job.


Grumpy old men don't usually see or even care to see the big picture. They are only concerned with their own little tiny piece of reality, nothing else really matters. If the USPS was bad by them then the USPS is bad for all. Not really the case but, it is what it is. G. O. M. usually don't have something nice to say. It can happen, but it's rare.

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