USPS - Holiday Slowdowns in Full Force Already?

[OhioLawyerF5]

Here is the tracking of the cards I'm currently waiting on from ebay. Let's just say things are moving slowly.

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[Yankees #1]

My priority shipping is the same as ground makes no difference. Just hoping everything arrives eventually.

[puckpaul]

Need to get DOGE on the case! USPS has to be hugely inefficient. That said, i sent a flat to Australia for $18 recently, vs quotes from UPS ($250) and Fedex ($200). Easy decision. It wasnt a rush, though UPS/FEDEX may not even be faster from previous experience. We’ll see!

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by puckpaul

Need to get DOGE on the case! USPS has to be hugely inefficient. That said, i sent a flat to Australia for $18 recently, vs quotes from UPS ($250) and Fedex ($200). Easy decision. It wasnt a rush, though UPS/FEDEX may not even be faster from previous experience. We’ll see!

LOL

[StraightRaceCards]

Went to USPS today to drop off one small package.

A few comments:

1) my USPS is actually pretty reliable. But they had 1 person working the counter on a Saturday. Yikes.

2) Guy in front of me pulls out 14 packages that were covered in eBay tape. Another guy behind me lost his marbles. It was almost comical

3) Make sure to be kind to the USPS employees. Easy to dump on them… it’s just mail. I’m guilty of missing the mark here, but I’m working on asking how the two regular guys there are doing and remembering their names.

[IndyDave]

Story on the Indianapolis hub

I can confirm this facility is a mess. Took 10 days to get a package from the Southside of Indy to me in a northern suburb

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/lo...8-3d3ef470aeb0

[sbfinley]

I'll give some positivity:

- I sold 12 items on eBay between last Monday and Thursday and all show as delivered in my order hub.

- My SGC sub which was mailed by me from Nashville to Boca on Nov. 28 has been back in my hands for nearly three days.

- I mailed my REA check on Dec. 10 and my package is listed as being delivered tomorrow.

Knock on wood.

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by IndyDave

Story on the Indianapolis hub

I can confirm this facility is a mess. Took 10 days to get a package from the Southside of Indy to me in a northern suburb

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/lo...8-3d3ef470aeb0

I went and read the article and they were quoting a person who owns a business (United State of Indiana) who has 250 packages in limbo. Curious to see what his business was, I went to his website. Apparently he sells various curios and other such stuff related to Indiana to ex-pats. Not one to let an opportunity lie, he recently added this to his site: