goeduck
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The driveway is about 1000' long. UPS left this delivery about half way down next to a tree. Maybe he thought we had a treehouse.
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kenmbz
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Seems Fedex hired another scavenger hunt driver.
Had a thumb delivered and left about 6 feet into the shared road, by the main road 600' from my house, next to some trash about to go out.
This is why I put every fedex item on email alert. So I can run up and down the shared road and main road to find whatever they left.
Have had them drop in my back yard, side yard, at my neighbors house up the road in the snow etc.
Had a good driver for a while that left packages on my front stoop, miss that driver.
Fedex asked for my feedback on the delivery that would now be in the dump if I hadn't been home.
They got my feed back!
Had a thumb delivered and left about 6 feet into the shared road, by the main road 600' from my house, next to some trash about to go out.
This is why I put every fedex item on email alert. So I can run up and down the shared road and main road to find whatever they left.
Have had them drop in my back yard, side yard, at my neighbors house up the road in the snow etc.
Had a good driver for a while that left packages on my front stoop, miss that driver.
Fedex asked for my feedback on the delivery that would now be in the dump if I hadn't been home.
They got my feed back!
jigs_n_fixtures
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You might want to consider a job box for them to drop parcels in. Mine works fairly well, except for one UPS driver who can’t seem to read, and keeps leaving things on the porch.
I got the idea from the rural route in southwest Idaho, that my Grand Parents ranch was on. The Mail route was up the highway, and back. The ranch house driveway was about six miles long. So all the folks on the ranches had big toy box like things up by the highway, next to or behind their mail box to leave packages in that were too big for the mail box.
I’m at work all day, and fairly often out of town for a week or so during the summer. Living rural you do a lot of purchasing on the internet. (I’d do more local, but it seems several of the stores have exclusive deals with their vendors, and can’t order off Amazon and tack 15% on that cost. So, Amazon gets the business.)
I have a combination lock on the job box I have out by the mail box, and have entered the combination as the gate code in all the delivery guys systems. So, they can unlock my box, put in the package, and then relock the box. Been set up for five years, and I haven’t lost a package yet.
I got the idea from the rural route in southwest Idaho, that my Grand Parents ranch was on. The Mail route was up the highway, and back. The ranch house driveway was about six miles long. So all the folks on the ranches had big toy box like things up by the highway, next to or behind their mail box to leave packages in that were too big for the mail box.
I’m at work all day, and fairly often out of town for a week or so during the summer. Living rural you do a lot of purchasing on the internet. (I’d do more local, but it seems several of the stores have exclusive deals with their vendors, and can’t order off Amazon and tack 15% on that cost. So, Amazon gets the business.)
I have a combination lock on the job box I have out by the mail box, and have entered the combination as the gate code in all the delivery guys systems. So, they can unlock my box, put in the package, and then relock the box. Been set up for five years, and I haven’t lost a package yet.
PILOON
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Most often the deliveries simply get dumped or attached to my garbage bin.
Scary if that's on a garbage pick up day.
When I expect a parcel I check for a few days then have to drive to the local drop off location to see if it was left there. Also never seem to get notices as to go to the drop off which indicates he never even came to my address.
Only the post office is dependable now days and I even signed a document to allow the postie to sign for me.
Scary if that's on a garbage pick up day.
When I expect a parcel I check for a few days then have to drive to the local drop off location to see if it was left there. Also never seem to get notices as to go to the drop off which indicates he never even came to my address.
Only the post office is dependable now days and I even signed a document to allow the postie to sign for me.
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Look how long it takes USPS to deliver a 3 ounce package in an envelope:
Delivered, In/At Mailbox
BLACKSBURG, VA 24060
Your item was delivered in or at the mailbox at 11:16 am on April 27, 2022 in BLACKSBURG, VA 24060.
April 27, 2022, 6:10 am
Out for Delivery
BLACKSBURG, VA 24060
April 27, 2022, 3:57 am
Arrived at Post Office
BLACKSBURG, VA 24060
April 26, 2022, 12:50 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
GREENSBORO NC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
April 25, 2022, 10:30 pm
Departed USPS Regional Facility
MEMPHIS TN NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
April 25, 2022, 5:13 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
MEMPHIS TN NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
April 24, 2022
In Transit to Next Facility
April 22, 2022, 3:06 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
NEW ORLEANS LA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
April 21, 2022, 10:34 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
NEW ORLEANS LA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
April 6, 2022, 2:22 am
Arrived at USPS Origin Facility
SAINT ROSE, LA 70087
April 6, 2022, 1:07 am
Accepted at USPS Origin Facility
WESTWEGO, LA 70094
April 5, 2022, 2:45 am
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
WESTWEGO, LA 70094
April 5, 2022
Pre-Shipment Info Sent to USPS, USPS Awaiting Item
Tracking History
April 27, 2022, 11:16 amDelivered, In/At Mailbox
BLACKSBURG, VA 24060
Your item was delivered in or at the mailbox at 11:16 am on April 27, 2022 in BLACKSBURG, VA 24060.
April 27, 2022, 6:10 am
Out for Delivery
BLACKSBURG, VA 24060
April 27, 2022, 3:57 am
Arrived at Post Office
BLACKSBURG, VA 24060
April 26, 2022, 12:50 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
GREENSBORO NC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
April 25, 2022, 10:30 pm
Departed USPS Regional Facility
MEMPHIS TN NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
April 25, 2022, 5:13 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
MEMPHIS TN NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
April 24, 2022
In Transit to Next Facility
April 22, 2022, 3:06 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
NEW ORLEANS LA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
April 21, 2022, 10:34 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
NEW ORLEANS LA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
April 6, 2022, 2:22 am
Arrived at USPS Origin Facility
SAINT ROSE, LA 70087
April 6, 2022, 1:07 am
Accepted at USPS Origin Facility
WESTWEGO, LA 70094
April 5, 2022, 2:45 am
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
WESTWEGO, LA 70094
April 5, 2022
Pre-Shipment Info Sent to USPS, USPS Awaiting Item
I hope that it wasn't live day old chicks!
OP
newbury
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Those stops are pretty close are they not?
15 days to go crosstown.
DeJoy may manage to run the USPS into the ground yet.
MossRoad
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I've run into a good batch of shipping the last week. Ordered a couple things that arrived several days before they were supposed to. 
And un-damaged!
Shocking!
And un-damaged!
Shocking!
Larry Caldwell
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Don't expect prompt delivery of anything made in China. Shanghai is almost shut down because of the radical Covid lockdowns. Factories all over China are closed. They are running way behind on vaccination rates, and it's getting away from them.
