Ever fall for this

pat sublett

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Ordered something on line, Web site said 3 day free shipping, One day shipping $3.50. I needed it quick so I paid the $3.50. They mailed it by "snail mail" in 1 day. 3 days later and it is still in the Post Office of origin according to tracking info.
 
I live in Indiana and have ordered someting from the west cost and had it sent 3 days USPS and in two days it's setting at my house. I have ordered something only a 100 miles away for second day USPS delivery and it took over a week. And like your it layed in several post offices for days.
 
I had a package that was shipped through the postal sevice and like you I tracked it. It showed up at the local post office. The next morning I checked and the tracker said that it was out for delivery. It never showed up so I called the post office and talked to a supervisor and he said it was still setting on the shelf. He could not say why the carrier left it behind.
My BIL was a rural carrier for 36 years and he does not have anything good to say about the postal system.
 
We've got a new UPS driver, and I recently had a sort-of-similar experience. Package arrived at the local depot on a Sat. morn. Was supposed to be out for delivery Mon. When it didn't arrive, I contacted UPS. I found out I could pick it up at the local depot. Later in the evening, when Mon. delivery was definitely not happening, I contacted UPS again. I then found out pickup time was only 3-6 PM. So I waited, and the package arrived earlier than normal, Tues. This is not an isolated incident. Everyone despises this new driver. Yet through seniority, he took this route away from our previous driver, who was universally liked. Did the government take over UPS?
 
Another! I used to order checks through the bank. (It was the only way as far as I know) Then you could order on line, which I did. Then you had to have user name, password, etc. So I just called the toll free number. First they tried to trick me into ordering more checks than usual. Then it was a sales pitch for other assorted items. When the checks arrived, I was astounded at the cost, so I called the bank. Order showed I requested express delivery. Apparently someone gets a bonus for anything more than a standard order. So, I'm right back where I started, ordering through the bank.
 
Twice I've had small parcels come to the local UPS depot (according to tracking) and they sent it to be finally delivered by USPS 2-3 days later.
 
We had a check, that we mailed to the power company come back to us as undeliverable. The REC power is 8 miles up the road, and the check had been mailed four years before they sent it back.
 
id have to say here in backwoods Pa my post office is better & on time , then ups is( 7-10 days ups) , everything i ship or order that goes UPS get beaten ,broken or worse , have nothing good to say about them , i shipped a cast iron tractor part once & they broke it , said to the claims department when they blamed me for packing that youd have to drop it off a 10 story building to brake it ,they had no comment just wrote me a check & didnt even care ,i also know that bigger items throught the mail actually get shipped ups from post office to post office , i ship rebuilt magnetos by priority mail, which never leaves the posession of US mail ,they get there unbroken in 1- 3 days as advertised . ive noticed around here fed ex is getting popular because of ups's handling practices , but i will say the mail lady likes to hit the mailbox quite often , nothing my new steel plate wont handle now thow. maybe thats why her mirror was hanging of the vehicle the other day :)
 
Not all bad. I ordered something from Mc Master Carr one day, and had it the next. But that isn't the always the way my packages come. I have ordered something from ebay, and a few days later they send me a notice saying my package just shipped. Stan
 
If USPS is involved you'll pay to much and it'll come to slow . If I mailed a letter to myself and all they did was pick it up and look it it stick back in the box it would still take 2 weeks .
 
I've had pretty good luck with the post office. I usually get it on time or early. There have been exceptions. I also have good luck with UPS but not so much with FedEx.
 
I had a opposite experiance, i ordered a radiator, wasnt going to pay for next day delivery, took the "standard shipping rate", it showed up the next day anyhow! Crazy.....
 
What's interesting about that is these trackers are apparently worthless. They don't show what's actually happening, just what's supposed to happen.
 
Read the fine print. That express delivery includes insurance and tracking on your checks. Personally, I find it a small charge for peace of mind.
 
IMHO, FailingEx sucks.

Simple car part, ordered late last Wednesday afternoon from Cali... shipped last Thursday, got to ND yesterday... REALLY, SERIOUSLY, in this day and age, a full WEEK for a "premium shipping service to "'git 'er done"?

Who or WHAT is FedEx when the Post Office is typically a LOT faster?
 
USPS. Christmas package mailed for 3 day delivery. Took three weeks. ordered a Drill press chuck key. March 1st. They said they would advise when shipped. They did say it wouldn't be shipped until Mar 25th. Getting ready to contact them. No Notice, but is arrived today.Have always had luck with UPS.
 
No the government didn't take over UPS, the Teamsters did. In a previous job I used to do a lot of LTL shipping. Using a regional carrier (Averette, AF and such) I could usually get anything pallet sized or so any where in 4-500 miles next day. One of our genius salesmen wanted me to ship 2 barrels of product as a sample and said ship it Yellow Freight. It was 3 days to get to Memphis (100 miles), the salesman was upset with me, he yelled at my boss who in turn yelled at me. When Yellow Freight was confronted they explained "we're union, our contract limits what and when and how fast we can move stuff" The real problem was the sales department was run by a ex-brother in law of the owners, so they weren't responsible for much. They had a hard time believing that I knew my job better than they did, that caused a lot of friction.
 
Except they fed his family, put his kids through college, paid all his medical bills, And gave him a
$5000 a month pension. And he badmouths them?
 
I really dislike USPS tracking. It is useless. However, I would gladly buy from any seller offering USPS over UPS. The guy that delivers here for UPS will not stop here in the winter. He's too afraid of the roads. We have to go pick packages up about 2 miles away at another trucking company that is along a hard road. The kicker is that:1. the tracking will say delivered and #2. the FED X girl can get in and out of here anytime, any weather. UPS and their union can stuff it. I always choose companies that do not ship UPS if there is a choice.
 
How about this one.............
I bought an item on line and it was shipped FedEx. About the time it should arrive, I get a card in my mail telling me that the driver could not find my address. Asked me to call them with directions. I called them, gave them explicit directions, and a few days later, I got another card in the mail - asking for directions. Again, I called and gave directions. Yet another card comes in the mail asking for directions. I called again and started giving the lady on the phone directions, and then I said "never mind. Just give it to the UPS man. He finds my address every time." The package arrived the next day.
 
About every six or eight weeks I order from a company in San Francisco. They ship Priority Flat Rate. 3 days from the west coast to NY. Last time I ordered Friday morning. I had my package in Mondays mail. Never had a failure with this company.
I have had tracking and delivery problems with the handover packages I think they call it smart post. Those things almost always run a day or two late.
 
I ship exclusively through USPS and never had a problem. Pricing is not bad either.
 
I've had good luck with Ebay purchases, nearly all of which have been delivered by the USPS. Just yesterday I checked the tracking number on a tool I'd ordered, and it showed arrival at the local post office at 8:04 am, sorting complete at 8:10 am, and out for delivery at 8:20 am. At exactly 1:30, I stepped out the shop door and the mailman, with a big grin on his face, rolled up and handed my un-bruised package out his window to me. This was for a "Buy it Now" purchase from Wisconsin on Tuesday the 24th.
 
The motto here is...when it positively, absolutely, has to be there....whenever we get around to it!
 
We had issue with Fed x delivering a package that needed signing. Course they came at 11 in the morning, then at 8:30 the next morning,then figuring we must work out, (we do) they came at 1:15 in the afternoon. Since that was the 3rd try we were told to go pick it up. Wife called them and said what about the trucks that go by all late afternoon and evening. They said it wasn't on that truck. We said put it on that truck. Day later Finally got it. The next afternoon at 4:00 while leaving for the parents, I saw one truck pulling out of the neighbors drive 2 houses up from me and went south, before I drove by, another truck came from north and drove into the house across the road from the where the first ruck had been. 3/4 mile further and a truck was going into another house. As I turned into my parents property (all within 2 miles) another truck come over the hill heading in the general direction of the first 3 trucks. Seem a bit inefficient?
 
FedEx actually handles usps air mail. Popular mechanics shipped a tracking device cross country using usps FedEx and oops several times each. Even though FedEx handles usps air mail the package was handled better sending it usps.
 

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