Post Office - Beating a Dead Horse

[obiwan1129]

I know the Post Office slowdown/delivery issues has been talked about a lot, however, over Feb, March, and early April it felt like things were getting back to a reasonable level.

Since the end of April I've had several items basically stuck back to Dec 2020/Jan 2021 levels where there is seemingly no movement for days or weeks on an item.

Anyone else in the same boat of late? Or was I naive to think things were catching up after the holidays?

[Bigdaddy]

I've been waiting almost a month now for a check to be delivered. Probably came in a standard first class envelope, so no tracking. And this was from a company, not an individual with a hand-written address and a stick-on stamp.

[rjackson44]

Hi about the prices crazy omg ,,cant do free shipping anymore ,,$86 yesterday 🥺🥺

[autograf]

hello vacation season for an understaffed organization..........

[Johnny630]

A Fitting Motto

USPS Delivering Excuses Not The Mail.....Deadlines Ha, Next In Line.

[jchcollins]

Just for me personally and locally, (I’m in Winston-Salem, NC) the service has more or less returned to pre-pandemic norms for First Class and Priority packages. Most things arrive exactly on time. Some things are a day or so late, and (moreso with Priority…) some things are a day or so early.

All that said, I don’t trust the USPS further than I can throw a stack of slabs, so I make sure to always insure the things I send out and keep my tracking numbers.

The Post Office is never going to be great, but it is what it is. For a government operation, customer service is never going to be among their top 3 priorities. With anything expensive, (for me more than a couple hundred bucks…) I will usually pony up to use FedEx 2nd day and have a lot better peace of mind.


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[Buythatcard]

I mail out about a dozen items every day. I have to say that the USPS has been doing a great job over the past few months. There have been absolutely no delays except for 1.
The 1 delay if you really want to call it that as from a buyer in Canada who opened a case less than 1 week after item was shipped. Tracking clearly said that there were delays due to Covid. eBay closed the case and gave buyer full refund from my account. I called eBay up and said what's up with that. It's only a week including weekends since I shipped the item. They refunded the money to me also and let buyer get the item for free.

Late last year, I was getting complaints from buyers several times a week that they have not received their packages yet. But it has been great since then.

With all of the delays over the years, USPS has delivered my packages 100% of the time. Better late than never.

As far as the rising postal rates. That's another story.

[ALBB]

I get it with the delays and slowness....but where else can you give someone and envelope and 50 cents in New York and say ..." do me a favor , give this to someone in Seattle WA

[toledo_mudhen]

On the positive side - my local PO (Kingsville, TX) has been nothing short of spectacular! During the entire "COVID" slowdown - I can count on 1 hand the number of times where an item was not delivered in less than 1 week.

Current for instance - Note that when shipping I typically drop the package off to the inside lobby package slot in the wall (probably not relevant but seems to be) -

This one from South Texas to Pontiac Michigan.

May 19, 2021
1:40am
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
PONTIAC, MI 48340

May 17, 2021
11:01pm
DEPART USPS FACILITY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78469

May 17, 2021
9:54pm
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78469

May 17, 2021
6:29pm
DEPART POST OFFICE
KINGSVILLE, TX 78363

May 17, 2021
2:54pm
USPS IN POSSESSION OF ITEM
KINGSVILLE, TX 78363

May 17, 2021
6:18am
SHIPPING LBL CREATED USPS AWAITS ITEM
KINGSVILLE, TX 78363

May 17, 2021
7:40am
PRE-SHIPMENT INFO SENT USPS AWAITS ITEM
KINGSVILLE, TX 78363

May 17, 2021
4:18am
Tracking number provided

To me this is outstanding service and it is what I have come to expect.

Kudos USPS!

Edited to add - this is/was sent 1st Class Mail

[scooter729]

Priority Express mailed from Boston to PA on Saturday. Supposed to be guaranteed by Monday 3PM I was told. Finally got to a distribution center yesterday afternoon, where it still apparently is sitting now on Wednesday morning.

At least I'll be able to apply for a refund on the shipping charge, I guess....