Amazon delivery problems using USPS

[MikeInEburg]

...Most of us don't even need five day a week delivery. Nothing important comes through the mail that a one or two day delay would effect.

Irony is that the basis of this thread is complaining about one or two day delays.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Irony is that the basis of this thread is complaining about one or two day delays.

The basis of the thread is the items were shown by tracking as being delivered when they had not been delivered. The item that caused me to start this thread showed up a week later than when USPS claimed to amazon that they had delivered it . I dont mind a delay, but dont show that its been delivered when it hasn't.
And UPS didnt show to pick up the package they were to pick up yesterday.

 

[CCWKen]

None of the carriers are immune to delivery problems. Seems like the same drivers, handlers or whatever get fired at one place and move to the next. I've had overnight FedEx envelopes delivered to the wrong address, packages left by the road or not delivered at all. I have generally had the best service from USPS and UPS. The UPS driver is a neighbor so that helps. If a package makes it to the post office, the carrier will bring it to the house if it doesn't fit in the mailbox. (Up a long driveway.) Beats the old notice card and having to make a trip to the PO to pick it up.

I mailed a package USPS Flat Rate to the Northeast, Maine IIRC, that contained some rare auto parts so I was tracking it at the beginning of each day. After getting to the main distribution center in San Antonio, it went to Puerto Rico for three days! It finally made it to it's destination but it just added extra wait time for the receiver. Sometimes I think USPS uses whatever flight is available at the time. Or some machine misread the zip code.

 

[deezler]

Ugh, yes we are having this problem at my house too. If its straight FedEx or UPS, they come down the driveway with a smile on the day its supposed to arrive. When it's "transferred to USPS" it may take a few extra days, or never even arrive at all. Then when our USPS lady is motivated enough to come down the driveway, she dumps the boxes out of her truck into the mud, being to lazy to get out and walk them up to the house. It's infuriating but we fear that complaining will just lead to further retaliation from her. Oy.

 

[Soundguy]

we have a cluster box in our neighborhood. many of us meet daily to trade mail...

I get better service from the garbage company than the post office...

 

[TractorGuy]

All the delivery companies are under staffed for the extra load they get this time of year.

I had two deliveries this week and tracking did not work right for either. One of them says I should receive it on the 24th and it was at my gate Monday. The other was supposed to be delivered last Friday and UPS tracking would display a yellow bar with Exception in it and no detail. It showed up Monday also.

On the Amazon part of it I've just about had it with them and their sellers. Amazon is so caught up in selling Prime memberships they don't really want your business unless you buy into that. I don't buy enough online to justify the cost of prime and my Netflix is far better than any streaming they have to offer. Items sold by Amazon will delay shipment for several days if you are not a prime member. They cost me a day of non refundable track time earlier this year because of delayed shipping on some parts I needed. I ordered them in plenty of time to get them if they would have just shipped within a couple of days. I think one item took seven days before I got a tracking number.

 

[ultrarunner]

I wonder if the USPS employees are doing a work slowdown?

How else could a Amazon package be lost in a small local post office for over a month when I had Fedex confirmation of delivery?

 

[Soundguy]

I guess if I worked at a company that could perpetually operate at a loss, know I had retirement and my unborn kids retirement paid into the future, then I nigh not be too motivated to work hard either...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

UPS delivered another package today, but did not pick up my return package sitting on the porch. Contacted them tonight, they said the person I talked to monday night did not forward the info for the pickup. Said they will pick it up tomorrow. I did get a nice picture of the delivery on my security camera, showing the box gaping open.
No more buying from Amazon 3rd party sellers. Amazon returns are simple, 3rd party not so simple. I sent the 3rd party seller a note via amazon that the package was not accepted because of how it arrived, that UPS was returning it, and that I wanted the transaction cancelled. Let's see how that goes.........

 

[dragoneggs]

we have a cluster box in our neighborhood. many of us meet daily to trade mail...

I get better service from the garbage company than the post office...

Always easier to give a crap than take a crap... sorry, couldn't resist.