USPS is a joke

[OSCAR]

I ordered 2 knives from a seller here two days ago. To my surprise this seller had them in his local post office less than 2 hours after I ordered them. In tracking I could see that the origin is about 60 miles from my house. The estimated arrival shown in tracking is three days. The tracking shows my order at his local post office 30 hours after he dropped them off. I’m guessing maybe another week if they don’t lose the package. If I order from this seller again, I’ll drive and pay him cash. Three days to deliver when it’s an hour and ten minute drive is poor. Carrier pigeon would be more efficient than the post office. I’ll stop ranting now.

[fergusontd]

To mail a letter for a local address it has to travel 90+ miles to Columbus, postmarked, and back to be delivered in town. And postage raises to$.58 because their losing money....go figure! ftd

[OSCAR]

To mail a letter for a local address it has to travel 90+ miles to Columbus, postmarked, and back to be delivered in town. And postage raises to$.58 because their losing money....go figure! ftd

Best one yet, I ordered a knife from a seller 800 miles away. It arrived at a distribution center 10 minutes from my house. The package then went to another state hundreds of miles away before it came back to my state. Took about 2 weeks.
Bring back the Pony Express. It’s faster and more efficient.

[Railsplitter]

To mail a letter for a local address it has to travel 90+ miles to Columbus, postmarked, and back to be delivered in town. And postage raises to$.58 because their losing money....go figure! ftd

Exactly. I mailed a package to an address right here in my own city. It traveled 100 miles south then right back to the very same post office that I shipped it from. Then to the recipient. Took 3 days altogether. He lives about 6 miles from the post office I shipped it from.

[OSCAR]

To mail a letter for a local address it has to travel 90+ miles to Columbus, postmarked, and back to be delivered in town. And postage raises to$.58 because their losing money....go figure! ftd

Exactly. I mailed a package to an address right here in my own city. It traveled 100 miles south then right back to the very same post office that I shipped it from. Then to the recipient. Took 3 days altogether. He lives about 6 miles from the post office I shipped it from.

Railsplitter, that’s typical. USPS went downhill a few years ago. It’s been getting worse ever since. Fedex and UPS also are not as good as they were.

[royal0014]

Nothing in America is as good as it used to be .. . .. esp. anything customer service related !

[OSCAR]

Nothing in America is as good as it used to be .. . .. esp. anything customer service related !

And very little is made in America anymore. And if it is, it usually is made of “imported components”. Virtually ALL American made knives are gone or producing overseas.

[Samb]

Nothing in America is as good as it used to be .. . .. esp. anything customer service related !

And very little is made in America anymore. And if it is, it usually is made of “imported components”. Virtually ALL American made knives are gone or producing overseas.

Seems to be the trend and it's a shame too.

[cody6268]

To mail a letter for a local address it has to travel 90+ miles to Columbus, postmarked, and back to be delivered in town. And postage raises to$.58 because their losing money....go figure! ftd

Yet PACs, charities, mass-mailers--they somehow all get to fill my mailbox full of junk for 11 cents a letter; or 50 cents for a packet full of cheap, crappy junk. How come they don't raise prices on them and not the consumer?

[OSCAR]

To mail a letter for a local address it has to travel 90+ miles to Columbus, postmarked, and back to be delivered in town. And postage raises to$.58 because their losing money....go figure! ftd

Yet PACs, charities, mass-mailers--they somehow all get to fill my mailbox full of junk for 11 cents a letter; or 50 cents for a packet full of cheap, crappy junk. How come they don't raise prices on them and not the consumer?

Good point Ferguson. And I wouldn’t mind price increases so much IF they would deliver mail efficiently. Instead, my mail goes all over creation before it arrives in my mailbox. That’s assuming they haven’t lost it. Why can’t they lose junk mail instead ?

[Meridian_Mike]

Yep.... I have been bit again by the usps incompetency bug....

I bought a knife from an ebay seller and he got it to the usps same day I bought it. It left that facility... (In new york....) and hasn't been heard from since. That was last Thursday a week ago. A whole week with no tracking movement.

Another government agency shows it's true colors.

Anything the gov touches turns to ...... well, you know.

[OSCAR]

Yep.... I have been bit again by the usps incompetency bug....

I bought a knife from an ebay seller and he got it to the usps same day I bought it. It left that facility... (In new york....) and hasn't been heard from since. That was last Thursday a week ago. A whole week with no tracking movement.

Another government agency shows it's true colors.

Anything the gov touches turns to ...... well, you know.

That’s typical. My last purchase is not showing movement in tracking either. It’s understandable. It’s being sent about 50 whole miles. We should start a pool as to guessing if and when our purchases will arrive. The winner will collect enough money to buy another knife for USPS to lose or ship around the country before delivering it.

[Paladin]

I agree,, the USPS is incompetent and it starts at the top level of management.
I mail something almost every business day, including Saturday on occasion. I pack my knives and print labels and pay for postage online. When my packages go to the post office I have some options. I can drop them into a bulk mail sort of buggy with a hundred or so other packages. Main advantage to me is that there is no line to wait thru. Problem is that about one in ten of the packages so mailed do not get scanned and buyers assume that I have not mailed their knife or knives. The next and best option is to deliver the package to the counter clerk or whatever their title might be. Sometimes I have a wait in line to do this but it works out best for all concerned. The package is scanned in my presence and I get a receipt.
Now the geniuses who run the US Postal System have determined that the clerks should not have to take time to do the scanning and handling of prepaid packages so the Self Service machines are, or have been, reprogramed to do the scanning and print a receipt. Actually, having done that a few times it works out ok, BUT today the machine is out of order or on tilt or something so I go to the counter where I am questioned 'how do you know it isn't working'. Man, that was a pisser.
Another scenario is that on occasion I have a package that for some reason or another I cannot print a paid label. Assuming that I have one or more packages that have paid labels plus one that is not a paid label, I am now faced with waiting in two separate lines. One to get access to the self service machine and another more serious line to get to the counter.
That is not good customer service, any way you look at it. Rant over!

Ray

[ken98k]

USPS sent this knife on a grand trip! Truthfully though, for me USPS is way better that UPS.

June 14, 2021, 4:27 pm
Delivered, In/At Mailbox
NORTH POLE, AK 99705
Your item was delivered in or at the mailbox at 4:27 pm on June 14, 2021 in NORTH POLE, AK 99705.

June 13, 2021, 3:45 am
Arrived at Hub
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709

June 13, 2021, 1:45 am
Arrived at USPS Facility
FAIRBANKS, AK 99706

June 12, 2021, 4:57 pm
Departed USPS Regional Facility
ANCHORAGE AK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

June 12, 2021, 12:23 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
ANCHORAGE AK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

June 9, 2021
In Transit to Next Facility

June 5, 2021, 12:08 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
HONOLULU HI DISTRIBUTION CENTER

June 4, 2021, 4:23 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
HONOLULU HI DISTRIBUTION CENTER

June 2, 2021, 9:14 pm
Departed USPS Origin Facility
CINCINNATI, OH 45246

June 2, 2021, 7:10 pm
Arrived at USPS Origin Facility
CINCINNATI, OH 45246

June 1, 2021, 11:46 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
CINCINNATI OH NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

June 1, 2021, 4:32 pm
Departed Post Office
BROOKVILLE, IN 47012

June 1, 2021, 12:08 pm
USPS picked up item
BROOKVILLE, IN 47012

June 1, 2021, 1:33 am
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
HAMILTON, OH 45013

[Mumbleypeg]

My most recent knife purchase arrived in three days after I bought it. One of them was a holiday and one was a Sunday.

Then there was the one I bought in November for a Christmas present that didn't arrive until January.

Ken

[zzyzzogeton]

To mail a letter for a local address it has to travel 90+ miles to Columbus, postmarked, and back to be delivered in town. And postage raises to$.58 because their losing money....go figure! ftd

Yet PACs, charities, mass-mailers--they somehow all get to fill my mailbox full of junk for 11 cents a letter; or 50 cents for a packet full of cheap, crappy junk. How come they don't raise prices on them and not the consumer?

Probably due to lobbyists talking to politicians who dictate HOW the USPS is to be run.

I've posted this before but people keep forgetting. The only reason the USPS has been loosing money every year since about 2010 is due to the CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED requirement that the USPS FULLY FUND the healthcare and retirement system of its employees.

No other entity in the world, government or private, is required to do that.

[OSCAR]

To mail a letter for a local address it has to travel 90+ miles to Columbus, postmarked, and back to be delivered in town. And postage raises to$.58 because their losing money....go figure! ftd

By definition the government is clueless. They pass these rulings with no thought and in many cases, with no legal standing to do so. It’s not just about USPS, but the entire system is seriously flawed.

Yet PACs, charities, mass-mailers--they somehow all get to fill my mailbox full of junk for 11 cents a letter; or 50 cents for a packet full of cheap, crappy junk. How come they don't raise prices on them and not the consumer?

Probably due to lobbyists talking to politicians who dictate HOW the USPS is to be run.

I've posted this before but people keep forgetting. The only reason the USPS has been loosing money every year since about 2010 is due to the CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED requirement that the USPS FULLY FUND the healthcare and retirement system of its employees.

No other entity in the world, government or private, is required to do that.

[Lansky1]

USPS sent this knife on a grand trip! Truthfully though, for me USPS is way better that UPS.

June 14, 2021, 4:27 pm
Delivered, In/At Mailbox
NORTH POLE, AK 99705
Your item was delivered in or at the mailbox at 4:27 pm on June 14, 2021 in NORTH POLE, AK 99705.

June 13, 2021, 3:45 am
Arrived at Hub
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709

June 13, 2021, 1:45 am
Arrived at USPS Facility
FAIRBANKS, AK 99706

June 12, 2021, 4:57 pm
Departed USPS Regional Facility
ANCHORAGE AK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

June 12, 2021, 12:23 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
ANCHORAGE AK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

June 9, 2021
In Transit to Next Facility

June 5, 2021, 12:08 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
HONOLULU HI DISTRIBUTION CENTER

June 4, 2021, 4:23 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
HONOLULU HI DISTRIBUTION CENTER

June 2, 2021, 9:14 pm
Departed USPS Origin Facility
CINCINNATI, OH 45246

June 2, 2021, 7:10 pm
Arrived at USPS Origin Facility
CINCINNATI, OH 45246

June 1, 2021, 11:46 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
CINCINNATI OH NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

June 1, 2021, 4:32 pm
Departed Post Office
BROOKVILLE, IN 47012

June 1, 2021, 12:08 pm
USPS picked up item
BROOKVILLE, IN 47012

June 1, 2021, 1:33 am
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
HAMILTON, OH 45013

I've had some bad USPS experiences, but that takes the cake

[espn77]

Sent a check in a regular envelope to a guy 150 miles away. A week later he called, said it hasn't got there. So I put a check in a priority box. The next morning he got the box, 3 days later he got the first check. I've not experienced any problems if I ship or receive a priority box. It's the only way I go. And don't ever purchase extra insurance. It almost guarantees problems