Rant on shipping

[fried1765]

I recall my Mom sending mail to her Mom (my grandmother) with just the Grandma's name, city and state. No street address or zip code. It always got there. But then it was a big family in a small MN town where nearly everyone was related and everyone knew everyone.

Not so long ago, there were no zip codes!
Zip codes began in 1963.
I was in Navy pilot training.....JFK was shot.

 

[lman]

I remember when I was a kid, we just had a Rural Route number with no house number.

 

[tallyho8]

When I was young our address changed from the postal zone, New Orleans 21, LA. to New Orleans, LA 70121 when we lived in the outlying suburbs.

Since everyone's 9 digit zip code is different, I wonder if mail would be delivered right if you just put the longer zip code instead of a name and address.

 

[Dftodd]

How does Amazon's warehousing system work? I get that not every item is in every warehouse, but is it like Rock Auto where (for example) exhaust components are in Warehouse A, brakes in warehouse B, etc (or so it seems)?
I'm on the east coast and most of my orders tend to come from western states, you're in Calif. and you're getting orders shipped from Ohio.

Not sure how they work. But they are in the process of building two locations in Little Rock. One is a local shipping depot for the area.

The other building they are putting in next to my work is flipping huge!!!!! Supposed to have somewhere between 40 and 60 delivery bays. It's a regional shipping depot for the state.

From what I understand, they are supposed to have the majority of smaller items in stock.

An added bonus is they fixed and widened the road. At least you don't have to continuously swallow your kidneys due to all the pot holes and craters any more Not sure how long that will last though once they open up and the traffic increases 10 fold.

 

[kenmbz]

My old house on Long Island, the mailman knew our names and when I got married he saw the change and knocked one day to congratulate me.

My NJ mailman didn't even seem to know his own name and used to disperse our email across multiple mailboxes on the block. We used to all do mail swapping days until he finally got fired. It also seems he made off with some stuff.....

Growing up at my Dad's the mailman used to sit around the corner, drinking beers and reading people's mail. He finally got fired when one neighbor complained about open envelopes!

Current mailman in PA is great and is really good about getting stuff to us, even when marked incorrectly.

 

[California]

The kids ordered a Christmas smoked ham to be sent to the ranch yesterday. It never arrived and they searched everywhere. In the bushes behind the mailbox, out at the highway where the address is on a 4x4 post, down at other neighbors' homes along the easement. Turned out the delivery service declared 'no such address' so the vendor refunded. It was too late to order again so they ordered sliced ham from Safeway to replace it.

 

[Diggin It]

Blue Box store and the OrangePurple carrier says the order I placed Monday and was shipped yesterday will be here tomorrow. Any bets?

Showed up on time, but they flubbed one item. Sent an email, so we'll see what they do.

 

[Jstpssng]

Not so long ago, there were no zip codes!
Zip codes began in 1963.
I was in Navy pilot training.....JFK was shot.

One of those three is about the first thing that I remember. The funeral was on our B&W TV so I asked what was going on and my mother answered that a great man had been killed.
Talk about a gross understatement...

 

[Oaktree]

I remember when I was a kid, we just had a Rural Route number with no house number.

I didn't have a street number until some time in the mid-late 80s, just an RFD# and road name.

 

[Oaktree]

Not sure how they work. But they are in the process of building two locations in Little Rock. One is a local shipping depot for the area.

The other building they are putting in next to my work is flipping huge!!!!! Supposed to have somewhere between 40 and 60 delivery bays. It's a regional shipping depot for the state.

From what I understand, they are supposed to have the majority of smaller items in stock.

According to Wikipedia, there's one in Nashua, N.H., but I've never received any shipments from there. The only warehouse in New England I've gotten anything from is Stoughton, Mass. Otherwise everything comes from 1000+ mi. away. :confused3: