Usps tracking problem
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Dec 23, 2020 08:09:13 #
The USPS should have been dismantled years ago! They are the most inefficient branch of our government there is. They lost a 2X 3 box of books for me and I have never and will never forgive them. No Excuse! SHUT IT DOWN, NOW!
Dec 23, 2020 08:11:50 #
A package of printer ink has been sitting in a USPS distrubution
center about 5 miles away for a week. I expect it before Easter.
center about 5 miles away for a week. I expect it before Easter.
Dec 23, 2020 08:36:09 #
Papacliff wrote:
FYI. Today I called a supplier of birding supplie... (show quote)
I dropped a return to Amazon package at UPS on a Saturday at 2:30PM, and the tracking number did not get into the UPS system until Tuesday, 3 days later, 4 if you want to count Saturday. I called UPS on Monday to find out why the package wasn't in THEIR system and they kept insisting that it was Amazon's responsibility, not theirs. It finally showed up in their system on Tuesday. Oh, and the person I dealt with was extremely rude and hung up on me. UPS doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies. I've NEVER dealt with a pleasant person in the local UPS store and I'm one of those that greets everyone with a smile until they deserve otherwise.
Dec 23, 2020 08:40:57 #
My wife mailed a package from central NC to her sister in NW Iowa on Thursday the 17th. Her sister received it on Tuesday the 22nd. I didn't think that was too bad.
Dec 23, 2020 08:48:14 #
United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 - "To establish post offices and post roads;"
Seems like the Congress managed to offload responsibility after "To establish...".
Seems like the Congress managed to offload responsibility after "To establish...".
Dec 23, 2020 08:53:02 #
FedEx and UPS are limiting the number of packages they will pick up, so the overflow goes to USPS further overwhelming them. I see the other carriers still dumping packages on USPS for the last mile delivery because it’s cheaper. Postmaster general is a buffoon who sabotaged the operation by cutting people and equipment when the competition was adding resources, probably bought FedEx and UPS stock when he took the job. Tracking is erratic and it is taking longer but so far all my mail is coming through. Frankly up until this year with more traffic, mismanagement and COVID I thought they did a good job for a reasonable price. First class mail in the UK is 76p, just over a dollar, for comparison.
Dec 23, 2020 08:59:59 #
n4jee
Loc: New Bern, NC
The USPS is not "a branch of the federal government like other branches." It is more like a non profit corporation. By congressional mandate, it must not, over time, make a profit. If you plotted the cost of postage against the cost of living you would see what looks like a sine wave straddling the cost of living. Revenue is down. People are paying their bills on line instead of mailing a check. Transportation and labor are the two biggest expenses of the USPS. If the price of gas goes up a penny, it costs the USPS a million bucks.
If they try to close down an un-profitable operation watch the public get on their phone to their congressman who gets on the phone to the PMG and say's: "Not in my district." To cut back on labor expenses they generally put a hiring freeze in place and let attrition take affect. That doesn't always put the cuts where you need them.
Would you take on all the headaches of managing one of the largest corporations in the USA for $291,650 per year? Comparable CEOs ar making millions. I wouldn't.
If they try to close down an un-profitable operation watch the public get on their phone to their congressman who gets on the phone to the PMG and say's: "Not in my district." To cut back on labor expenses they generally put a hiring freeze in place and let attrition take affect. That doesn't always put the cuts where you need them.
Would you take on all the headaches of managing one of the largest corporations in the USA for $291,650 per year? Comparable CEOs ar making millions. I wouldn't.
Dec 23, 2020 09:00:57 #
The universal problem with all business personnel is this: 50% of all people have IQs under 100. UHH is probably above average, though!
Dec 23, 2020 09:13:07 #
Usually, USPS does a good job. However. . . . I tracked an order placed late November that was to ship from Texas to Arizona. It went to New York, got stuck in the storm and I guess decided to stay!
Dec 23, 2020 09:21:55 #
To those who missed my point, I understand a slowdown due to the Holidays and Covid. My problem is pure incompetence and labeling a package delivered when it's not, several times. The Usps should be dismantled, especially when it loses massive amounts of money annually. If it was private it would have been gone years ago. With email USPS is even less relevant and needed.
Dec 23, 2020 09:22:36 #
OlinBost
Loc: Marietta, Ga.
I ordered a set of coins from the mint. They were mailed on December the 7th in Denver. I finally got them on December the 20. USPS. The tracking worked but the shipping time sucked.
Dec 23, 2020 09:38:28 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
jeep_daddy wrote:
USPS sucks! Why are they having such a difficult ... (show quote)
Don’t complain here, call Louis DeJoy. He’s the one making all the decisions on post office cost cutting and “efficiency” improvements.
Stan
Dec 23, 2020 09:43:13 #
Dec 23, 2020 09:49:55 #
TriX wrote:
Another USPS bashing thread. If you want to addres... (show quote)
Well stated, Chris! Absolutely agree.
Mark
Dec 23, 2020 10:00:35 #
If you want to understand the problem, wonder why the Covid vaccine was shipped via UPS and FedEx and not USPS. Even the Federal Government understands the problem. They just live with the limitations.
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