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I'm starting to see the problem, it's not incompetence, it's a time and space issue!

I saw this about 9AM. No wonder, they were unable to deliver it into the future!



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Well, the USPS has to plan doing a shitty job, it doesn't happen on it's own.


I had a package delivered Saturday the 11th that showed on it's way from an Atlanta hub since July 1st.



 
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Well, the USPS has to plan doing a shitty job, it doesn't happen on it's own.


Hahaha shitty jobs like this take skill. I like it
 
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I'm starting to see the problem, it's not incompetence, it's a time and space issue!

I saw this about 9AM. No wonder, they were unable to deliver it into the future!
The delivery vehicle is a DeLorean.



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Amazon 2 day service is about 7 day service now. They are slow to ship and the deliveries - especially USPS has slowed down as well. I think twice before I order now.
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And the USPS will lie to you on top of their stellar service.

I have tracking showing my package as being accepted by my city Post Office on 7/6 - a week ago.
I called today to ask what the story was.
They insist that the package is actually still with UPS in Springfield MA.



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Amazon next day for me turned out to be not-next-day Mad

Order some stuff yesterday that was supposed to be here today but at 6pm got an email saying my order was delayed, even though it was showing as being loaded for delivery, so after 30 minutes waiting for a customer rep on Chat, was told that my order was rescheduled for Tuesday - I told them to cancel the order.

Quite frankly my orders through USPS & UPS have actually been on schedule but I've had more delivery issues with orders that have been shipped through Amazon Logistics. By the way, they gave me a generic china-virus reason for the delay.




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my orders through USPS & UPS have actually been on schedule but I've had more delivery issues with orders that have been shipped through Amazon Logistics.
AMZL is probably the worst delivery service there is.

I receive all packages at The UPS Store. The location where I have my account handles hundreds of packages every day. The manager at that store tells me that they have more complaints about AMZL in one day, than they have about UPS, FedEx, and USPS combined, for a week. She tells me that many of the AMZL drivers have difficulty speaking English.

Twice this year, I have had to drive over somebody's lawn in my neighborhood to avoid being hit by an oncoming AMZL truck that swerved into my lane while the driver was staring at a cell phone or tablet.



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Probably sent from a different time zone which wasn't factored into the application.


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I'm telling you, time travel. It's the next big thing in online shopping.

The good news is, despite me placing the order on the 28th and them finally shipping it on the 12th, they still think they can get it to me by the 8th. So I go that going for me.



(yesterday it said it shipped several days ago and had already been delivered (to my post office I assume)


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The USPS tracking said my package arrived at one of their facilities in NY on 12/10. It left the same facility on 12/11 and then again today.
 
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Is this really high shipping volume? As in more than last year and atypical? Or just normal volumes and just less people working?

I'm guessing latter. I've had two USPS items stuck in OH for whatever reason. Usually priority express is about 3 days across country - this time it's 10 days. Yet UPS delivered as expected, in fact 1 biz day earlier than typical and as expected from similar region (KS vs OH).

I'm actually thankful of our local UPS / USPS teams -- they seem to provide a level of service that seems atypically better than many other areas.




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I had an Amazon package shipped via USPS. Got a notification from Amazon that it had been delivered - it had not been, and I looked everywhere three times.
It showed up the next day (I saw the mail carrier bring it).
So the USPS marked it as delivered the day before they actually delivered it.



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Yeah that’s what happens with that sure post, shipped to Post stuff, It shows delivered the day it gets to the post office, not the day it gets to you. I assumed that’s what was going on with this package , showing it was delivered a couple days ago, I assumed it was sitting at the post office waiting for Sunday to get delivered, which happens a lot. But now it’s changed to showing that it just shipped. (Whereas before it said it was shipped and had arrived)


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Is this really high shipping volume? As in more than last year and atypical? Or just normal volumes and just less people working?

I'm guessing latter. I've had two USPS items stuck in OH for whatever reason. Usually priority express is about 3 days across country - this time it's 10 days. Yet UPS delivered as expected, in fact 1 biz day earlier than typical and as expected from similar region (KS vs OH).

I'm actually thankful of our local UPS / USPS teams -- they seem to provide a level of service that seems atypically better than many other areas.


In a word: yes.


You factor all of the "normal" stuff for holiday shipping at this time of year with people buying more online because of COVID and potential staffing issues at every level of the process because of quarantines and short of a fuel shortage, I don't know what you could add to make it worse.


I live rural and run a small business out of my house so I do a lot of shipping and receiving. I have had a handful of issues (there are still a couple SF members waiting for stuff they bought at the end of November), but I will say that given all of the things going on, the error rate is lower than it could be.
 
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I think it's a combination of things. Higher volumes due to declines in brick and mortar business, the Holiday rush, folks out of work by design (awaiting the next stimulus gifts). I also think there are some who have utilized the COVID driven events to be lazy and not care about what level of service is provided to the consumer.
 
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Looked at USPS tracking info today for an update.

It left Livonia, Michigan last Wednesday the 9th, around 10pm. Having been to Livonia a couple times before, I know it’s about a 5 hour drive, depending on traffic around Chicago.

It stills shows that it will be arriving on the 14th (yesterday), although it’s arriving late, so the delivery time was extended to 9pm (like 18 hours ago).

It’s a soft case for a pistol of mine, so it’s not like I’m waiting to wrap it up as a gift for Christmas or anything.
Just hard to imagine a 5 hour drive turning into a more than 6 day trip.



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it’s arriving late


i have the dreaded it’s arriving late notice i thought usps was done tripping over basement bidens fake ballots


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When they say "it's arriving late" they sure aren't kidding.

I got my soft case in the mail today, the 22nd, 13 days after it was shipped from a town that's 5 hours away...



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