Learned a Lesson at the Post Office
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OP here. I've had some interesting jousts with the local PO (post office) staff (regular mailman is really great).
One time, I picked up a used box at Costco and took the package to the PO in the morning to ship to another state. That afternoon, I found it on my front porch! Turns out I had used an old wine box which is strictly forbidden. Of course they didn't tell me that when I took it in originally. :confused2: So, I take a magic marker and cross off any mention of wine, alcohol, etc and take it back to the PO. No, they say, there is still a picture of a grape. I think this group lives to mess with people.
Another time I ordered a resistor off Ebay for $1 with shipping, from China of course. I get a notice in my mailbox to come to the PO to pick it up because it required a certified signature. What? How do you send a certified envelope from China with merchandise inside for one dollar? :laughing:
One time, I picked up a used box at Costco and took the package to the PO in the morning to ship to another state. That afternoon, I found it on my front porch! Turns out I had used an old wine box which is strictly forbidden. Of course they didn't tell me that when I took it in originally. :confused2: So, I take a magic marker and cross off any mention of wine, alcohol, etc and take it back to the PO. No, they say, there is still a picture of a grape. I think this group lives to mess with people.
Another time I ordered a resistor off Ebay for $1 with shipping, from China of course. I get a notice in my mailbox to come to the PO to pick it up because it required a certified signature. What? How do you send a certified envelope from China with merchandise inside for one dollar? :laughing:
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I sell a product online that I pack and ship priority mail and they always weigh the exact same. Years ago, before I started printing labels at home, I would bring them to the main post office on my way to work to get postage on them. They had 3 lines at the post office and I noticed that when I went to the middle line I was charged more postage than if I went to one of the other lines so I would always go to the other line.
One day the middle line cleared out and they beckoned me to come to that line and I refused saying that I'm always overcharged in that line. The worker became "postal" and demanded that I let him check my package and then let the other 2 lines check it. His scale weighed it at 2 ounces more than the other scales. Embarrassed,
he said they would get the scale fixed.
I went back a couple of months later and that line was empty so I went to it figuring that they must have fixed the scale by now. Nope. It still overcharged me by 2 ounces.
One day the middle line cleared out and they beckoned me to come to that line and I refused saying that I'm always overcharged in that line. The worker became "postal" and demanded that I let him check my package and then let the other 2 lines check it. His scale weighed it at 2 ounces more than the other scales. Embarrassed,
he said they would get the scale fixed.I went back a couple of months later and that line was empty so I went to it figuring that they must have fixed the scale by now. Nope. It still overcharged me by 2 ounces.
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:laughing::laughing:........
I went back a couple of months later and that line was empty so I went to it figuring that they must have fixed the scale by now. Nope. It still overcharged me by 2 ounces.
Thanks, I suspect something similar, but I'm sure they would go postal if I suggested it.
deepNdirt
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Usps can seem to always find something to dispute, after all they are a branch of our fed gov I find it to be less of a hassle to use UPS, Cost more yes! But sometimes the it's worth paying more to not have the aggravation/frustration,
While the "Rant" is on... I'm still trying to figure out why our mail deliverer cannot keep within a certain time frame?
one day will be 11:30 am, the next day 4:00 pm, the next day 1:30 pm etc,etc, no 2 days on same time,
It's not like it used to be back when we could set our watch by the mailman's delivery time,
I have a understanding of things that could happen, (( from time to time )) but not every single day, Been going on for over a year, could be longer, just never realized it when I was not home so often,
I find it to be less of a hassle to use UPS, Cost more yes! But sometimes the it's worth paying more to not have the aggravation/frustration,While the "Rant" is on... I'm still trying to figure out why our mail deliverer cannot keep within a certain time frame?
one day will be 11:30 am, the next day 4:00 pm, the next day 1:30 pm etc,etc, no 2 days on same time,
It's not like it used to be back when we could set our watch by the mailman's delivery time,
I have a understanding of things that could happen, (( from time to time )) but not every single day, Been going on for over a year, could be longer, just never realized it when I was not home so often,
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I sell a product online that I pack and ship priority mail and they always weigh the exact same. Years ago, before I started printing labels at home, I would bring them to the main post office on my way to work to get postage on them. They had 3 lines at the post office and I noticed that when I went to the middle line I was charged more postage than if I went to one of the other lines so I would always go to the other line.
One day the middle line cleared out and they beckoned me to come to that line and I refused saying that I'm always overcharged in that line. The worker became "postal" and demanded that I let him check my package and then let the other 2 lines check it. His scale weighed it at 2 ounces more than the other scales. Embarrassed,
I went back a couple of months later and that line was empty so I went to it figuring that they must have fixed the scale by now. Nope. It still overcharged me by 2 ounces.
Feds and airlines are about the same. Airlines even more so than PO worker. With PO you can go somewhere else but at airline, you are stuck with them, at least for that flight.
I had to repack one of my suitcases at an airport check in when the clerk said one was overweight. I had just weighed them both on the vacant scale next to the check in and it was 2 pound lighter than the max but on her scale it was 4 pounds over. Since I was flying first class, one would have thought she would give a bit especially since one bag was way under the limit. When I told her about the other scale, she just said that she was using this scale and didn't care what the other one said. I repacked and gave her a good piece of my mind to include how stupid she was and how I was going to report her for being so obstinate and rude (I never did this but should have). I found out later from some fellow workers that travelled with me that day that she was rude to them as well. Maybe a PMS day or something.
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I ordered something for my employer back on December 19th and the seller shipped USPS priority mail. I went to check the order on-line on 12/26 and they said they attempted to delivery on 12/24 at 12:52pm and we were closed. Not true. We were open. They said they left a delivery notice. We couldn't find one anywhere. I called them on 12/26 and scheduled a re-delivery. They said January 2nd! Grrrr. Guess what? Nothing on January 2nd. I called them again on January 7th and they asked if I wanted to schedule a redelivery on January 8th. I said no, I didn't have confidence that they could do the job and told them to hold it for me at the Post Office, and I went and picked it up myself. What was supposed to be a three day delivery turned into a 19 day self-pickup. Great service. And the thing that rubs me the most is that the package was here in town in 2 days and we are 8 blocks from the post office. They couldn't get it 8 blocks in 17 days! Grrrr!!!!
orezok
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Of course you know what it means when the flag at the PO is at half staff?
They are hiring!
They are hiring!
I have a great mail carrier, she'll go way and above to deliver packages. If it's raining, she won't leave a package at the house before she drives by the farm to see if I'm down there.
I did have another lousy experience with FedEx SmartPost just recently. I ordered some stuff that was shipped from a warehouse 140 miles away from me. They picked it up, transported it 300 miles away to the west, let it sit in the shipping facility there for three days, then transported it back east another 300 or so miles and transferred it to a Post Office that was 40 miles from the original shipping warehouse. All in all, it took ten days and 655 miles to get a package to me that started it's trip only a couple of hours away. During that same period, I also ordered something from Amazon that was shipped from Kansas (over 900 miles) and it was shipped free in two days.
I did have another lousy experience with FedEx SmartPost just recently. I ordered some stuff that was shipped from a warehouse 140 miles away from me. They picked it up, transported it 300 miles away to the west, let it sit in the shipping facility there for three days, then transported it back east another 300 or so miles and transferred it to a Post Office that was 40 miles from the original shipping warehouse. All in all, it took ten days and 655 miles to get a package to me that started it's trip only a couple of hours away. During that same period, I also ordered something from Amazon that was shipped from Kansas (over 900 miles) and it was shipped free in two days.
Jim Shooz
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While the "Rant" is on... I'm still trying to figure out why our mail deliverer cannot keep within a certain time frame?
one day will be 11:30 am, the next day 4:00 pm, the next day 1:30 pm etc,etc, no 2 days on same time,
It's not like it used to be back when we could set our watch by the mailman's delivery time,
I have a understanding of things that could happen, (( from time to time )) but not every single day, Been going on for over a year, could be longer, just never realized it when I was not home so often,
This may be the explanation: I am a relief driver for one of the Rural Deliveries here and Mondays I start sorting/loading up at 5 am. heading out of town (on a good day) 7.30/8.00 ish. 125km, 630 customers and finish, on average 3.00pm. We are the main "polluter of mail boxes with junk mail" and later in the week there is a lot. On those days we have 2 vans go out and the 2nd van starts his run half way around and at about 8.30. On my own I would not get to that point until 11.00/11.30. Every so often you get a good day, very little mail, no junk mail and few courier parcels. Those days I might finish 1.00/1.30 so it all depends on the volume on the day.