Is the postal slowdown affecting you?

[rekees4300]

Twisted my knee so I ordered a knee brace Friday, USPS from Ca to Ms, got notification it shipped, expected delivery Sep 1'st. Apparently they are going to make it walk.

The distance from CA. to MS. is ~2000 miles. Average walking speed for adult human is ~4 MPH. So 2000/4 = 500 hours. So 500/24 = 20 days. Therefore, you are correct, your knee brace IS walking. :rotfl:

 

[Jstpssng]

Seems about the same to me, but all shippers have slowed a bit due to volume. One thing I noticed is a several day delay from when a seller claims “shipped” to when they actually get it in the hands of a shipper. I have 3 shipments from Thursday and Friday, and all three said shipped but only printed a label so far. The shippers (USPS, UPS, and FedEx in this case) will all get the packages on Monday. That’s when I think the seller should consider it shipped. At this point it is only “packaged”.

The distance from CA. to MS. is ~2000 miles. Average walking speed for adult human is ~4 MPH. So 2000/4 = 500 hours. So 500/24 = 20 days. Therefore, you are correct, your knee brace IS walking. :rotfl:

If he's lucky it won't use Google Earth to find the bet route, otherwise it will arrive all muddy and bedraggled from trying to take a shortcut where the bridge was pulled 75 years ago.

 

[/pine]

Yes, and this one is deliberate and intentional by someone we can't talk about here for reasons we can't talk about here.

FAKE news...

 

[Diggin It]

Fake pine.

 

[KennyG]

The more I see on this Post Office issue, the more I think it's all politics. A certain % of the mail will take one day longer. The existing problems most people have been posting about will continue. I just saw a politician on TV wringing his hands because Social Security checks will be late. Almost no one gets a SS check in the mail. They almost force you to have direct deposit and you have to jump through hoops to get a check. I do all my banking on line and get all my bills electronically and pay with direct transfer. Most of the things I order come UPS, FedEx or Amazon. I think the US mail is of minor importance to the majority of people today.

Except for a few things the government mandates use of the mail for, it could completely go away from my perspective.

 

[wngsprd]

I've always thought it was a real bargain to put a relatively cheap stamp on something that purchases a service where someone else drives to the end of my driveway, picks up something, carries it across the country for me and puts it within a few steps of the recipient's grasp. Not always fast, but we didn't always have smartphones or email, so it seemed okay.

It's amazing they handle such a huge volume of mail and get most of it right. However, I receive incorrect mail weekly, sometimes I drive it down the highway to the correct owner because it was misdelivered to me a second time after I put it back in the mailbox with a note. I also often receive torn pieces of mail, and some things with special labels attached that explain why it was delayed months. That's my experience, and I still use it's service...it's cheap. But I was relieved when I could pay bills online and not worry whether my check got to the electric company, etc.

Of course the USPS receives financial benefit from the US government (i.e. taxpayers), including billions borrowed annually at favorable rates for its cash flow, and it doesn't pay taxes like its competitors. It is a monopoly, with protected markets, wages and job protections that are not competitive in its industry.

So I haven't noticed it getting any slower, but don't have high expectations for fast. I have noticed things ordered online getting slower...still waiting on an Amazon Prime order from 2 weeks ago.

 

[grsthegreat]

the USPS has sucked for so long....who cares if it fails. my last issue was a certified letter containing my IRS payment i sent in. i tracked it and it took 21 days to reach Cincinnati from Idaho. it took 5 days to get from Hayden Idaho to Spokane Washington....a 1 hour drive. then it spent 11 days going between Spokane Wash and green bluff Washington....3 times. finally i had to intervene and have them grab the letter on the 3rd time thru green bluff. they manually sent it on its way. when i contacted the USPS all they said was it was never logged into system. i reported that not only was it logged in, ive been following it online. they were of absolutely no help. next time if its important....fedex.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

the USPS has sucked for so long....who cares if it fails. my last issue was a certified letter containing my IRS payment i sent in. i tracked it and it took 21 days to reach Cincinnati from Idaho. it took 5 days to get from Hayden Idaho to Spokane Washington....a 1 hour drive. then it spent 11 days going between Spokane Wash and green bluff Washington....3 times. finally i had to intervene and have them grab the letter on the 3rd time thru green bluff. they manually sent it on its way. when i contacted the USPS all they said was it was never logged into system. i reported that not only was it logged in, ive been following it online. they were of absolutely no help. next time if its important....fedex.

Where would we get passports without the USPS. Sorry my bad they only work inside the USA currently so the demand for one is in the dumps.

 

[Rebeldad1]

Around here.... If there is a slow down in mail its because of the driver being overwelmed with deliveries. They now also deliver for FEDEX and UPS along with the mail. There was 1 day where he had a extra 150 packages to deliver to our rural route.

 

[k0ua]

Yeah really... that is the plan; disrupt the postal service to dissuade from mail in voting. As low as low can go...

And your plan is to steal the election by flooding the world with ballots to everyone, their dogs, their cats and their dead relatives.

AND no, there is no postal slowdown here.