Rant on shipping

[ultrarunner]

Well, Amazon delivered der two packages a day early and dey consolidated them to one drop off. :thumbsup:

And de USPS is now estimated for Tuesday. :confused3:

I hear the wet season is upon you... although not too cold?

Outside Olympia it was always hit or miss unless regular driver who knew the route...

Still surprised everytime I see the little white Postal Service trucks delivering on Sunday.

These days lack of uniforms makes it hard to know who is at the door... especially USPS... when I grew up... always well dressed and part of the neighborhood.

 

[goeduck]

I hear the wet season is upon you... although not too cold?

Outside Olympia it was always hit or miss unless regular driver who knew the route...

Still surprised everytime I see the little white Postal Service trucks delivering on Sunday.

These days lack of uniforms makes it hard to know who is at the door... especially USPS... when I grew up... always well dressed and part of the neighborhood.

It has been wet and too warm for my liking. 50+/- during the day and 40+/- at night. I Like wet rather than snow but would rather see 20s and low 30s at night.

I am seeing more Amazon Prime trucks than Postal Service trucks on off hours, so I assume our new Bremerton last mile Amazon facility is up and operating.

 

[tallyho8]

I checked my bank account online today and it shows a deposit of $1200 for stimulus checks. Much faster than last time.

 

[Oaktree]

These days lack of uniforms makes it hard to know who is at the door... especially USPS... when I grew up... always well dressed and part of the neighborhood.

Any USPS workers I see doing in town deliveries or at the post office all seem to be wearing a uniform, but not the rural delivery carriers (who usually use personal vehicles as well). We've had the same two since we've moved here. Likewise, I've never seen a UPS driver who wasn't dressed in brown. Don't get enough Fedex deliveries to really know.

I checked my bank account online today and it shows a deposit of $1200 for stimulus checks. Much faster than last time.

How do you know when you've received the second deposit? Ours came via a debit card (which we almost threw out thinking it was an unsolicited credit card). They charge 25¢ per balance inquiry so I'd hate to have to keep checking it. The paperwork that came with it implied that they'll just re-credit this card on further stimuli.

 

[goeduck]

I checked my bank account online today and it shows a deposit of $1200 for stimulus checks. Much faster than last time.

Same recipients is it not? I have not followed it, but that would explain it.

 

[Citydude]

I checked my bank account online today and it shows a deposit of $1200 for stimulus checks. Much faster than last time.

I noticed a deposit of $161.85 for a stimulus check. It’s confusing on how it’s calculated and am surprised that we got one.

 

[fried1765]

I noticed a deposit of $161.85 for a stimulus check. It痴 confusing on how it痴 calculated and am surprised that we got one.

You were in the $100K + adjusted gross income category, so they apparently calculated that you should get a little bit.
The cutoff is apparently not far above your adjusted gross.
Sadly, that amount would not even buy you one dinner at the "French Laundry".

 

[Citydude]

You were in the $100K + adjusted gross income category, so they apparently calculated that you should get a little bit.
The cutoff is apparently not far above your adjusted gross.
Sadly, that amount would not even buy you one dinner at the "French Laundry".

Thanks for the explanation Fried. In my mind, we shouldn’t have gotten anything. There are far more people needing that $161.00 than us.

 

[ultrarunner]

You were in the $100K + adjusted gross income category, so they apparently calculated that you should get a little bit.
The cutoff is apparently not far above your adjusted gross.
Sadly, that amount would not even buy you one dinner at the "French Laundry".

Yep... probably a round of drinks?

Expensive and elite dining that was able to secure PPP millions and also has a lawsuit against insurers... paid extra for pandemic coverage and was denied.

 

[kenmbz]

I had two packages that show label created with USPS and nothing after that.
Companies both say USPS has picked up packages. This was last week of December.
Have another USPS package which disappeared for three weeks, reappeared a few days ago, and now disappeared again.
sad