Usps

[Fballguy]

Anyone noticing any disruption of service with the USPS? Not sure what's going on in Texas but nearly all of my packages seem to be taking the scenic route whether I'm the shipper or the receiver.

I shipped a package to Wisconsin from Houston a few weeks back and according to tracking it circled Dallas for nine days before breaking free from the vortex and heading North.

Now all of my packages come with this ambiguous message when I check tracking...with no updates for days at a time.

Dallas seems to be the epicenter for the issues. Anyone else noticing anything? It seems to have gotten worse over the past six weeks. Oh by the way...the tracking below is for an item being shipped to me from Arlington, TX...less than fours away by car. It was shipped on 01/22. Still no package. And this is the latest status available. There's been no change since the 25th.

[cardinalcollector]

That "package is delayed" message is standard when they have no idea where your package is. It also doesn't mean its really on its way to its destination. The last place it was scanned is the only proof of where your package has been.

I've been reading the same message, verbatim, since December 9th, when the USPS lost my 1968 Topps 3D Curt Flood card.

I've talked to 27 people within the USPS, from Postmasters to help desk. Only 1 supervisor in Florida (package destination) was helpful. It was last scanned in St. Louis. That's all they know.

I wish you the best of luck, but that "package is delayed" message makes me shudder.

[silvor]

Originally Posted by cardinalcollector

That "package is delayed" message is standard when they have no idea where your package is. It also doesn't mean its really on its way to its destination. The last place it was scanned is the only proof of where your package has been.

I've been reading the same message, verbatim, since December 9th, when the USPS lost my 1968 Topps 3D Curt Flood card.

I've talked to 27 people within the USPS, from Postmasters to help desk. Only 1 supervisor in Florida (package destination) was helpful. It was last scanned in St. Louis. That's all they know.

I wish you the best of luck, but that "package is delayed" message makes me shudder.

Wow!

I got a card back from PSA on a Friday and they needed a signature. The carrier came to my door, no one was home.

Then - for a week - they lost it. How does that happen?
At least I got it though.

[ooo-ribay]

I’ve had no issues, Rob.

I think the USPS does an excellent job and my only complaint is that their price increases seem to outpace inflation.

[Tedw9]

Yes, Ive noticed an uptick in late arriving packages. Sent a Priority box from here in Maine to Florida last Monday and it still hasn’t arrived. It’s happened with a few packages Ive shipped this month.

I can’t normally complain about the postal service, but lately it’s seems to have slid a bit. Hopefully this passes and delivery times become a little more reliable than they have been.

[Fballguy]

I've shipped or rec'd probably a couple hundred packages in the past year with no issue. Then all of a sudden, around the holidays, I noticed a change. I attributed it to holiday traffic...but it seems to have gotten worse over the past six weeks. Now its to the point that every package gets that delayed message. And they're all sent priority mail. I will say that thus far, every package has ultimately arrived but it's still pretty annoying. Something has broken...at least in Texas...with USPS.

My package from Arlington...Still a no show today. Even the Pony Express would've had it here by now.

And forget calling customer service...aside from the hour long hold time...once you get a person they're literally useless. All they're trained to do is read what USPS.com tells you when you type in the tracking number. Nothing else. An epic waste of time.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

Anyone noticing any disruption of service with the USPS? Not sure what's going on in Texas but nearly all of my packages seem to be taking the scenic route whether I'm the shipper or the receiver.

I shipped a package to Wisconsin from Houston a few weeks back and according to tracking it circled Dallas for nine days before breaking free from the vortex and heading North.

Now all of my packages come with this ambiguous message when I check tracking...with no updates for days at a time.

Dallas seems to be the epicenter for the issues. Anyone else noticing anything? It seems to have gotten worse over the past six weeks. Oh by the way...the tracking below is for an item being shipped to me from Arlington, TX...less than fours away by car. It was shipped on 01/22. Still no package. And this is the latest status available. There's been no change since the 25th.

LOL, Welcome to my world. The USPS is a frickin joke at best. Over the last few decades this is my experience and several members including Leon can confirm my luck with the USPS. First off I will say they have never, not even once lost a package of mine. Now the bad, 40% of my packages arrive on time, 30% take around 2 weeks, and 30% take months to arrive.

The ones that suck are the ones that take months and it is the first time I have done business with that person. One transaction with Leon took close to 3 months because it took over a month for my TTM payment to show up and then over another month for my item to show up.