Rant on shipping

[Peter 315]

Still in Springfield Ma... 12/19/20................

NASHUA NH DISTRIBUTION CENTER

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility December 21, 2020 - 12:04 pm

Departed USPS Regional Facility December 21, 2020 - 6:40 pm

Getting closer.........

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I love when I get an email that says your USPS package was shipped and then when I click on the tracking number it says... 'Label created'. Then I get another email that says your USPS package was shipped, and I click on the tracking number it says... 'Waiting for package to be picked up'.

Yep.... just had an order that said "shipped", but tracking showed just "label created" .... for 4 days.... then finally "picked up"..... then sat at the acceptance facility for another 3 days.

After another week, finally got it.... it was supposed to be received in 4 days....

 

[fried1765]

Maybe someone in the know can shed light on recurring issue of Return to Sender, Addressee Unknown" or "Moved, Please Forward"

Thirty years ago never a problem... now when a tenant moves or a home sold mail that is properly marked with bar code obliterated and large Return to Sender stickers has a 50/50 chance of coming back in a few days...

Dropped off 31 letters today at the post office counter ranging from Bank Statements, Car Registration, Jury Notices, Bail Bond Statements and Toll Violations...

With a little luck, your letters will arrive at their destinations before inauguration day.

 

[ultrarunner]

The letters are processed by OCRs that sort the mail at the rate of 25 - 30 K per hour. The machines only do what they are told to do. If the letter gets back to your local PO, the carrier is supposed to make a notation in his/her "edit book" that will direct the sorting machines to handle the mailpiece accordingly. If you see the same letter repeatedly, the carrier is not making the notation. There are a lot more steps involved but that is the simple explanation.

We have carrier of the day or week... not like the old days with the same regular for years.

It takes work because the address is totally obscured by Return to Sender and bar code blacked out...

Most are noted Forwarding Requested on government envelopes...

At what point can I toss is my question?

 

[user.69169]

We have carrier of the day or week... not like the old days with the same regular for years.

It takes work because the address is totally obscured by Return to Sender and bar code blacked out...

Most are noted Forwarding Requested on government envelopes...

At what point can I toss is my question?

Any time you want to.
Once it in your box it is your property. USPS don't care what you do.

 

[goeduck]

Two deliveries today, I cannot complain about our delivery people at all. Lucky I guess.

 

[dougtrr2]

Funny how out expectations have changed. Before computers became glued to our hands we were content to know that something would be delivered in 2-3 weeks. Now we expect realtime updates and get wound up if it doesn't tell us the driver is waiting at a red light.

Doug in SW IA

 

[Oaktree]

Funny how out expectations have changed. Before computers became glued to our hands we were content to know that something would be delivered in 2-3 weeks. Now we expect realtime updates and get wound up if it doesn't tell us the driver is waiting at a red light.

Ain't that the truth, and how much of what we order online really needs to be here yesterday to begin with?

Clearly, the present model for shipping was never designed for this amount of volume.

 

[Diggin It]

2-3? Try 4-6, or more.

You had to read through a catalog or magazine/newspaper ad, cut out the order form and fill it in by hand, add cash, check or money order, then address and stamp the envelope and send it off. You never even knew if they received it until you got the package two months later.

And if you didn't get it, there wasn't a whole lot you could do.

 

[NoTrespassing]

My Father has been a rural carrier for 56 years now. He tells me all the time it ain't what it used to be. His customers love him and will hate to see him go. He can't find a substitute driver worth a plug nickel. Package volume has increased dramatically for USPS over the last two decades.

My rant, I placed an order with QVC on the 15th of December. I was wondering if it would make it by Christmas as promised. This morning I checked the status, for some reason they cancelled the order on the 18th without notifying me. They still have the item in stock so who knows why it was cancelled.