INTERESTING postal service tracking...

Bob · Feb 2, 2016

I'm in North Dakota at Zip Code 58324 and recently bought a much-needed part on ebay, from a seller in New Jersey. THANKFULLY, it has made it to the state of Washington.

I wonder how long it will take to get back here???

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M-MAN · Feb 2, 2016

Had that happen a few month's ago with ups. I had two packages shipped. One came straight here in four day's. The other arrived a week and a half later. The tracking info was on the one that got sent all around the country. I figured I was lucky to get the last one.

Greg1959 · Feb 2, 2016

Bob Not too bad considering you have a weekend AND a holiday involved in the process.

BTW, Congrats on your 45,000th post!

Eldon (WA) · Feb 2, 2016

It took the plane....
I find a lot of stuff from the east coast gets here quicker than the Midwest or south.

farmerwithmutt · Feb 2, 2016

I work in a online store loading trucks you see a lot of interesting things. It depends on what kind of shipping you get I saw a package go next day air it probably went over 200 miles to get 30 miles. The worst thing is the guy in charge of loading the trucks is from u p s and to say he's an idiot is an understatement. We have been in trucks where all of sudden everything comes in no matter where it goes the idea is get the truck full then it goes to a central hub where it's resorted . That's doesn't include packages that are dropped wrong and few guy's loading bother to check. I was loading the west coast truck and a package for new York City came in.

Bob · Feb 3, 2016

Shoulda stopped at the "red X" on it's journey from coast to coast!

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kent@junction · Feb 3, 2016

We had a project going on this summer, at one point the contractor was about to halt because some components were being shipped on a tight time line, one shipment didn't show the day it was supposed to. It was shipped from Chicago (we are in SE Ill). Tracking showed it was in Omaha , Neb. needless to say no one was happy.

Stephen Newell · Feb 3, 2016

It's why postage is so high. In my home town they closed the post office. Now if someone were to mail a letter to their next door neighbor the letter would go some 300 miles to St.Louis to be sorted and them back.

casenut1 · Feb 3, 2016

We have a post office and a letter to a neighbor has to go to Columbus 56 miles away and back for delivery.

DoubleR · Feb 3, 2016

A couple weeks ago I ordered some parts from North Carolina, they sent it 2 day service through the post office. It was some tillage parts, good thing the ground in Mi. was frozen and I didn't need them for a couple months. It took them 8 days to get here. I ordered some more since and it got here in two days. So I guess you never know.

I ordered twice last summer from a place in Washington State, free shipping. Both times on a Monday. Both times I got them in two days on Wednesday. They had to have put them on a plane I figured to have got here that quick to Michigan.

D beatty · Feb 3, 2016

Sounds like par for the postal system. I have bought items from the west coast and Alaska and they are setting at my door ( North west Indiana)in three days but order something a 150 miles and take a week to get it. I had one package that came from Arizona and it took a day and half to get to Gary, Indiana and was at Gary for 5 days and I live only 45 miles east of Gary. Figure that one out.

Goose · Feb 3, 2016

I ordered something from Texas once, and it came to Nebraska by way of Virginia.

Ron-MO · Feb 3, 2016

Not only the USPS that has issues. I had a package shipped to me from WI on Friday via FedEx. According to tracking it arrived at destination warehouse on Sunday - WI to MO over the weekend, but never went out for delivery until Wednesday, which was their scheduled delivery date. While I was looking at the tracking their web site it asked if I wished to chat with a Representative, so I asked why they would let a package sit for 3 days vs. go ahead and beat the delivery date and give better customer service. No answer other than that they were going to be able to meet the expected delivery date. I could see this if weather conditions were delaying, or other such, but weather has been excellent and no apparent reason to let a package sit aside from the fact that you can, and is typical of thinking today.

fixerupper · Feb 3, 2016

We had a package go back and forth from Kansas City to Minneapolis twice before it finally made the trip to our back door here in NWIA. All in all, considering the amount of packages they ship they do a pretty good job.

pat sublett · Feb 3, 2016

Typical of all government related operations. I reciently contacted a vendor because I had not recieved a package. I live in a small town, one employee Post Office. I was told by the vendor that the Postal employee had signed for it the day before. I sent my wife to the PO to pick it up, the employ told her it was not there, she told her what the vendor said. Her statement was, Yes it is here but I am not suppost to give it to you until tomorrow.

IowaJohn · Feb 3, 2016

I had a amazon shipment start in Missouri 300 miles away and ended up taking the long way here via someplace in Virginia using the USPS. Took almost another week to get here.

SparepartsTN · Feb 3, 2016

Here is my experience of buying a book from Amazon. It shipped from Indianapolis, IN. on Dec. 9, at 11 am; went to Charlotte, NC., then the rest of the route shows on the tracker. They said that the expected delivery would be Dec. 15, by 8 pm. Vanleer, TN., where I live is about 60 miles west of Nashville, TN., which is due south of Indianapolis on I-65. You will notice that after I called several times, they showed it in Vanleer and back out again, maybe you can figure it out.

On the 16th they shipped a replacement book via UPS, it was at my door 3 days later.

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