FrumCA

Considering the millions of packages that are handled on a daily basis, it's not unreasonable to expect that some deliveries will be delayed.

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

Not where we are. Postal Service has far and away been the most reliable of the three. UPS is okay, and FedEx generally awful.

BebuLamar

Does the tracking said where the package is at? Perhaps CVS doesn't have what you want when you orderd it and it wasn't shipped yet. They just made a shipping label but never gave the package to UPS.
I have a medication at CVS and every time I come and get it they said it's an hour and then they don't have it. It took me more than 3 months to get the medication. My doctor had to give me his samples. I asked the doctor perhaps to give me different medication he said there is no shortage of the medication as he receive samples quite often.

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

Right on Jerry!

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Maybe they are thinking the “supply chain issues” excuse is getting a bit tired so they came up with a new one.

Stan

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

As frustrating as a delayed delivery may be, it pails in comparison to freight damaged in transit. We would purchase equipment that cost in excess of $500K at times and we would wait as long as 36 weeks for it to be fabricated. The manufacturer would hire a transit company with terms of F.O.B. which meant that we owned the equipment as soon as it left their dock.

Then, when something went wrong in transit causing damage, it became OUR PROBLEM to resolve it with the transit company that we did not hire in the first place. You can imagine how angry we and our customers that had been waiting so long would be to find that the equipment had been damaged.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Yep, FOB Origin means you own it the minute it leaves the shipping dock. FOB destination means it’s the shipper’s responsibility until it’s received.

Flyerace Loc: Mt Pleasant, WI

Years ago we had the absolute best UPS driver. Every day my mom would have something being delivered from QVC. The UPS driver liked my mom and my dog. Every day my dog would be picked up by the UPS driver, go all around the neighborhood and he would drop her off when he was done. She waited for him by the front door and would start crying when she heard his truck. When he dropped her off, she just trotted into the house. Happy because she could go for a ride, have one of his treats and stick her head out the door as he went from house to house.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

That’s a sweet story. Sadly those days are gone, at least in my neighborhood.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

I wonder if it's a supply chain problem, since Ukraine was an important manufacturer of goods. Just a thought.

hookedupin2005 Loc: Northwestern New Mexico

maybe they routed it through Miami.....

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Let me just add that FedX ground and FedX air are two different entities and different performance as well.

LestheK

Still beats Walgreens. Never answer the phone at the pharmacy. I think it may be illegal there. Rude. When you ask a question get a snide answer. I'm going back to my old pharmacy even if it cost a bit more.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Amen.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

I have horror stories about deliveries.
1. My house was renovated 3 years ago just before I moved in and the guy who renovated it put in a new mailbox. Trouble is, he took my old mailbox and put it up at his house, on my street, just a block away and left MY address on it. I had no idea why I was missing a couple of package that were reported delivered. This year, when I finally found out about the address, the guy had died of Covid. I called USPS because I wanted my address removed from that mailbox. They said the mailbox is the responsibility of the owner. I asked what I should do to get it resolved. They said "Call the police". I called the police...NOT a police matter...I told him I didn't want to get put in jail for going up there and spray painting over the numbers on the box. He said he'd come anyway and see if there was anything he could do. He went there and scraped the numbers off of the box.
2. A package was sent to me a week or so ago from NY. It arrived at the PO in the next town, (Alabama) just 2 1/2 miles away. From there, it went to Houston Texas, then to Florida and finally made it here. Who knows?!!!!