Rant on shipping

[EscapedSuburbia]

Here's a weird one. It's an Amazon package from a 3rd party supplier. I have no idea what "pending acceptance" means or why it's been at USPS for 5 days without moving. Fortunately it's not something I need in a hurry or even care that much about. They're projecting delivery on Nov 21 which will be 14 days since I ordered it.

 

[deserteagle71]

New one for me...placed an order on Amazon. They shipped it USPS. I checked the tracking number every day; after a couple days I got a message that the shipment was delayed - for four days. The package delivered yesterday - via UPS! I've had UPS packages delivered by the USPS but never the other way around.

 

[thepumpguysc]

Idk if it’s wishful thinking or it really works..??
If a pkg on USPS is “stalled”, sign up for text notifications.. for some reason, it starts to move then..
I do it and have the customer do it..& the more eyes on it, the faster it moves..
It’s kinda like, “oh, someone is watching.”
I haven’t done it for UPS or Fed-up.. but it seems to work good on USPS..
Give it a try..

 

[kenmbz]

I have one package from Amazon via USPS that is still working it's way through but hasn't moved in months.

It's only been stuck since September, so any day now

I ordered a new one and got it 2 days later.

 

[scootr]

Idk if it’s wishful thinking or it really works..??
If a pkg on USPS is “stalled”, sign up for text notifications.. for some reason, it starts to move then..
I do it and have the customer do it..& the more eyes on it, the faster it moves..
It’s kinda like, “oh, someone is watching.”
I haven’t done it for UPS or Fed-up.. but it seems to work good on USPS..
Give it a try..

Right you are. Even more so if the sender puts a pkg locator out on it...suddenly they find it and deliver pronto.

 

[Jstpssng]

USPS used to have much better tracking. Apparently it worked so well that they did away with it.
I ordered a breech plug tool for my BP rifle from a gunshop down in Florida; just a steel rod about o" long with a groove in one end and a lip in the other, like a screwdriver blade. It tracked up the east coast to Massachusetts, then it stopped.
For about 10 days it sat in the same distribution center, then started moving again. Presumably it got flagged because the shipping address was a gun shop and they had to make sure that it wasn't anything fun.

 

[MattB4]

Here's a weird one. It's an Amazon package from a 3rd party supplier. I have no idea what "pending acceptance" means or why it's been at USPS for 5 days without moving. Fortunately it's not something I need in a hurry or even care that much about. They're projecting delivery on Nov 21 which will be 14 days since I ordered it.

This happens when a large batch of pre addressed and issued tracking numbers packages are brought to the post office. The company sending them provides a list of all the items but the post office has not actually scanned individual boxes and entered them into their system. It can happen that companies fail to ship or mislay the item but still present the inventory list like they have sent it. Depending on how busy the post office is the pending acceptance time can be several days.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Check the postmarks on letters. I have had mail that took 7 days to go 200 miles, and 10 days to go across the country. One 10 day notice expired before I could get it in the mail. Lobbyists are pushing hard to destroy the USPS and have already done a lot of damage. There used to be reliable 3 day delivery across the country. No more.

 

[mllud]

My package was finally delivered today. It came way of Michigan to Memphis to New Orleans where it sat for about a week then to Anchorage Alaska then in 2 days it went to St Rose LA then back to New Orleans, then to Westwego and then delivered today. A distance of 8237 miles.


Delivered
Delivered, In/At Mailbox
WESTWEGO, LA 70094
August 29, 2025, 11:30 am

Out for Delivery
WESTWEGO, LA 70094
August 29, 2025, 7:42 am
Arrived at Post Office
WESTWEGO, LA 70094
August 29, 2025, 7:31 am
Arrived at USPS Facility
WESTWEGO, LA 70094
August 29, 2025, 6:28 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
NEW ORLEANS LA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
August 29, 2025, 6:10 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
NEW ORLEANS LA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
August 29, 2025, 4:51 am
Departed USPS Facility
SAINT ROSE, LA 70087
August 29, 2025, 4:13 am
Arrived at USPS Destination Facility
SAINT ROSE, LA 70087
August 28, 2025, 9:56 pm
In Transit to Next Facility
August 28, 2025
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
ANCHORAGE AK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
August 27, 2025, 5:10 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
NEW ORLEANS LA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
August 20, 2025, 7:12 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
MEMPHIS TN DISTRIBUTION CENTER
August 19, 2025, 9:33 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
MEMPHIS TN DISTRIBUTION CENTER
August 19, 2025, 7:16 pm
Departed USPS Regional Facility
DETROIT MI DISTRIBUTION CENTER
August 19, 2025, 3:31 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
DETROIT MI DISTRIBUTION CENTER
August 18, 2025, 4:52 pm
Accepted at USPS Origin Facility
SAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI 48082
August 18, 2025, 3:37 pm
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
SAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI 48082
August 17, 2025, 9:40 pm

They forgot how to use area codes.
If you order something ask the vendor not to use, USPS Ground Advantage.
I'm not sure what Advantage means in that service. Must be cheaper for the shipper.
It takes a multi sate tour.
Who dreams crazy stuff like this up. The pony express was faster.
Think of the wasted fuel hauling packages for around for weeks on end.
Tallyho8's package appears to have shipped usps Ground Advantage.
Who pays for USPS fuel costs?

 

[ljjhouser]

I avoid USPS shipping when possible. Here, they never seem to arrive when expected. But when you get "moving through the system, any information ends. Simply hoping for "Good Luck" is all that is left.

 

[jyoutz]

I avoid USPS shipping when possible. Here, they never seem to arrive when expected. But when you get "moving through the system, any information ends. Simply hoping for "Good Luck" is all that is left.

I have a UPS package that has been delayed mid-country for over a week. This happens to all shippers with FedEx being the worst.

 

[Oaktree]

USPS used to have much better tracking. Apparently it worked so well that they did away with it.

For some reason it seems to vary by package. Sometimes tracking info is fairly detailed, other times it's just "on route to destination". No real pattern to it.

 

[NoTrespassing]

My 83 year old father just called me from his rural mail route. It seems since it was cold last night, the mail trucks wouldn't start so he has no mail to deliver. All he is delivering is a few news papers. He is so disgusted with the postal service.

He will be buried with mail and packages on Monday if they can get them to him.

 

[deserteagle71]

My 83 year old father just called me from his rural mail route. It seems since it was cold last night, the mail trucks wouldn't start so he has no mail to deliver. All he is delivering is a few news papers. He is so disgusted with the postal service.

He will be buried with mail and packages on Monday if they can get them to him.

Happens every winter around here. But its not the cold that stops the mail trucks. Interstate 80 gets shut down through the Sierras (Donner Summit) whenever there's a good winter storm, some times up to 4 days at a time, and so the mail, most of which seems to be processed in Sacramento, can't make it to Nevada.

 

[Doofy]

Happens every winter around here. But its not the cold that stops the mail trucks. Interstate 80 gets shut down through the Sierras (Donner Summit) whenever there's a good winter storm, some times up to 4 days at a time, and so the mail, most of which seems to be processed in Sacramento, can't make it to Nevada.

Nothing seems to stop our rural mail carriers. Two weeks ago, we had -65F that lasted almost a week and then it warmed up and snowed 8 inches and then freezing rain on top of all that mess. No stoppage or late deliveries even. Such is life in Alaska.

 

[kenmbz]

Our Amazon guy actually called from the entry skirt of our driveway and asked if he could leave it near the road.
We had him put it behind our garbage cans, which he did.
We had one of those front wheel drive vans from a different delivery company slide back into our bushes, so we were appreciative.

I bought an album for my son that got sent from Germany, through Netherlands that got here in a few weeks. My wife ordered a clock from Canada a week before I ordered the album.
The clock showed up over a week after the album arrived!

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

Our Amazon guy actually called from the entry skirt of our driveway and asked if he could leave it near the road.
We had him put it behind our garbage cans, which he did.
We had one of those front wheel drive vans from a different delivery company slide back into our bushes, so we were appreciative.

I bought an album for my son that got sent from Germany, through Netherlands that got here in a few weeks. My wife ordered a clock from Canada a week before I ordered the album.
The clock showed up over a week after the album arrived!

I put a 48X32X32 gang box behind the mailbox, with reflective letters Saying "PARCEL BOX", and a second line of, FEDEX, UPS, & USPS LEAVE PARCELS HERE" Put a combination lock, and leave delivery instruction, that the gate code opens the lock.

Works 90% of the time. There are still occasions where they bring things all the way to the house.

Parcel thieves are nothing new. My grandparents house was over mile from the highway, and the mailbox was out at the highway. This was typical in that area, and everyone had parcel boxes up by the mailbox.