USPS is the worst

[made in china]

Went to the USPS main hub for my neighborhood today, they said there's nothing they can do. I requested my delivered status to be changed to lost, can't do it. I brought proof, but their hands are tied.
I was very respectful to the staff, they are the face of the incompetence of the system. I'm sure people verbally abuse them all the time.

I delivered one of the packages to my neighbor, interesting conversation.
She said we have a new delivery guy. She also received the wrong parcel locker keys, and had someone else's items (wasn't mine unfortunately) not only that, in her regular mailbox she had 2 other addresses from the neighboring street mixed in with her mail.
Unbelievable.

 

[lucusloc]

Went to the USPS main hub for my neighborhood today, they said there's nothing they can do. I requested my delivered status to be changed to lost, can't do it. I brought proof, but their hands are tied.
I was very respectful to the staff, they are the face of the incompetence of the system. I'm sure people verbally abuse them all the time.

I delivered one of the packages to my neighbor, interesting conversation.
She said we have a new delivery guy. She also received the wrong parcel locker keys, and had someone else's items (wasn't mine unfortunately) not only that, in her regular mailbox she had 2 other addresses from the neighboring street mixed in with her mail.
Unbelievable.

Escalate it. Take that same proof up to the regional postmaster. The local staff probably do not want to admit fault because they have targets to hit and lost packages make those metrics look bad. If you go away they get away with it. They are trying to make it hard on you, and honestly they need to be beaten for it. So take it up to the next level an make sure they know you were denied in your initial claim (and preferably who did it if you can) despite the evidence you presented. Go high enough and eventually someone will care, but it is going to take a lot of grit on your part to get there; the lower down the totem pole you are the more incentive they have to make you go away, the higher up you go the more incentive they have to listen (especially if they fear you taking legal action on this, because they may not have as much legal cover as they claim, at least as an institution).

 

[Flopsweat]

We have been round and round with this very issue for several years now with my father's meds, some of which are just in time mail, as in, if they are late or miss delivered, or worse, Dad dosnt have needed meds! I have spoken to the local post master, to no avail, so I escalated to the state attorney generals office, also to no avail, so I filed suit against the USPS, and boy howdy did they respond! The next week, there was a new post master and several delivery people, though they still phuck it all up, at least the new master listens now when I chew his head off!

This is one of the reasons I haven't switched my meds to delivery. I just stop by the pharmacy while i'm out doing other stuff. The poor CS there is still better than not getting them at all and having to deal with more idiots. Whoever mentioned it earlier (maybe in another thread?), we are slowly working our way toward Idiocracy.

 

[clanhanson]

United States Postal Service. The only "business" that doesn't make profits and still charge ridiculous prices for mail, and still stay in business

Edit. Honestly though.. were it run by competent people, we wouldn't be complaining about misplaced packages, package thefts, lazy delivery drivers, high parcel post costs or lack of services...

I've shipped over 3,000 packages since 2010 according to my USPS home page... and yet I've never had sticker shock with the post office. All things considered, it's ridiculously inexpensive to ship (especially with Ground Advantage).

Contract carriers are the real nightmare.

 

[Flopsweat]

I've shipped over 3,000 packages since 2010 according to my USPS home page... and yet I've never had sticker shock with the post office. All things considered, it's ridiculously inexpensive to ship (especially with Ground Advantage).

Contract carriers are the real nightmare.

You ever ship your pants?

 

[CamoDeafie]

$25 something flat rate large 12x12x6 box, but $45 for cheapest "parcel post" quote on a 14x12x6 box

 

[CountryGent]

All the mail carriers are garbage, now.

Sadly, that is the case, as they're all some degree of garbage. UPS is, easily, the worst in these parts. I can't believe I'm saying this, but USPS is likely the best. With Fedex in the middle. I haven't used DHL recently enough to real gauge it.

 

[MrMykonos]

In my experience here in the PNW UPS has been the absolute worse. Every single package has arrived late or shipping info not getting updated when tracking packages.

 

[trekkerpaul]

I get informed delivery emails from usps. On a regular basis, priority mail packages, due on said date, will show being delivery the day they are due. Then they arrive 2-10 days later. Charge extra for priority mail, show delivery, then deliver the package whenever. Hard to get good help these days I guess.

 

[Idaho44]

Per USPS tracking "Out for Delivery" (Eugene, OR) then many hours later get an Alert for later (maybe next day delivery) delivery! How or why does that NOT reek of incompetence? Not the first time the USPS in Oregano has shown to be derelict in its duty to deliver!

 

[TTSX]

Per USPS tracking "Out for Delivery" (Eugene, OR) then many hours later get an Alert for later (maybe next day delivery) delivery! How or why does that NOT reek of incompetence? Not the first time the USPS in Oregano has shown to be derelict in its duty to deliver!

Out for delivery just means it's on a truck to be delivered. UPS and FedEx do the same thing and once in a while it doesn't actually get delivered until the next round. There's only so many packages one person can deliver in a day

 

[CamoDeafie]

Fedex today tracking for a package for business reasons... "delivery expected today" but track says left Troutdale minutes before 4 am its not yet at a Fedex location in Salem, to go on a delivery truck for today

Other business package, coming from Canada... departed Queens, NY. No delivery estimate, because duh, USPS don't have to tell Americans when their Canada Post package should arrive but Canada Post's site is worse, no update after "Jamaica, USA" (Jamaica, Queens, NY), and nothing on who sent, when expect, or what address its heading to

 

[Mikej]

Fedex today tracking for a package for business reasons... "delivery expected today" but track says left Troutdale minutes before 4 am its not yet at a Fedex location in Salem, to go on a delivery truck for today

Other business package, coming from Canada... departed Queens, NY. No delivery estimate, because duh, USPS don't have to tell Americans when their Canada Post package should arrive but Canada Post's site is worse, no update after "Jamaica, USA" (Jamaica, Queens, NY), and nothing on who sent, when expect, or what address its heading to

Hey, it's been more than a time or three that a USPS package gets to Troutdale....and then next morning when you check, it's gone to Auburn WA.

 

[Aero Denezol]

Sadly, that is the case, as they're all some degree of garbage. UPS is, easily, the worst in these parts. I can't believe I'm saying this, but USPS is likely the best. With Fedex in the middle. I haven't used DHL recently enough to real gauge it.

^^^100%.

I've had nothing but good luck w/ USPS. When I had my FFL I shipped all handguns by USPS Priority. The process is simple and the clerks never got weird about guns unlike FedEx Express, which is a self-righteous woketard company.

FedEx Ground is good for long guns. The gals that work my local depot are great. FedEx Ground and Express are different companies.

The absolute worst is UPS. Their tracking updates suck and their customer service is non-US based and 95% useless, if you survive phone tree hell and actually get someone on the line.

 

[Idaho44]

Out for delivery just means it's on a truck to be delivered. UPS and FedEx do the same thing and once in a while it doesn't actually get delivered until the next round. There's only so many packages one person can deliver in a day

Simple question: if it is "on the truck" and DOES NOT GET DELIVERED, does it get unloaded from the truck and secured inside the PO building when it is NOT delivered?

 

[CamoDeafie]

Simple question: if it is "on the truck" and DOES NOT GET DELIVERED, does it get unloaded from the truck and secured inside the PO building when it is NOT delivered?

Depends on the service, but I do think they have to unload the truck and scan packages to update tracking for whatever reasons? USPS though tend to keep delivering until trucks empty then the workers can return and go home; unless the address is incomplete or nonexistent, then the package returns to the postal building to return to sender.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Fedex tracking updated; says on a truck to deliver today from Salem, OR.

USPS track for Mag Shack package says out for delivery today (expected 10th of June). Surprisingly early.

Amazon track for pants, out delivery also today.

Amazon track USPS for replacement record stylus piece, next week

USPS track for Canada, in transit from Queens, NY. I'm expecting it to arrive Friday the 14th at the latest in the past, anything coming from either NYC or LA will take a few days to get out of either city/State with LA taking longer, 3 days to get out of LA, then 2 days to get into Oregon, usually to PDX before backtrack to Salem . NYC, couple days in NYC, then 2 days to get to Chicago, then 2-3 days to arrive.

 

[3MTA3]

All I can say is that I've gotten to meet all the other people in our development and several in the one next to us by exchanging improperly deliver mail. I've thought about setting up regular block parties where we can straighten out our mail over beers and BBQ.

Some of the misdirected mail has been quite important like the OLCC packets to go to a house one street over that has the same street number as ours and my wife's medications including for pain has ended up at four different locations. Sometimes we we get a delivered confirmation then a few days or even a week later the package shows up badly beaten. It's been better the last few months, knock wood.

So, yeah, I trust them to deliver my mail in ballot so much I deliver it to the county drop box myself.

 

[po18guy]

Been living at the same address for 12 years now. We have community mail boxes. 3-4 times every year, USPS messes up our parcel locker deliveries.

We have 6 parcel lockers for 24 addresses. What happens is USPS FREQUENTLY gets the keys messed up.

This time, I had 12 packages, totaling several hundred dollars with one item being one-of-kind being reported as "delivered" by USPS. I was expecting these items so I could begin a project this weekend.

I use the key left in my mailbox, and open the parcel locker to find a TEMU package for my neighbor. A neighbor that I beef with. Damn. Does he now have my expensive stuff? And I have $7 worth of TEMU garbage??

USPS makes me so mad, I didn't receive my items, but it is marked as successfully delivered.

I find it interesting that mail theft is a Federal offense, but it's OK for USPS to mis-deliver, possibly restricted items (prescription meds) or very personal, rare items, to random people.

I went back later tonight, found most parcel lockers open, but with the items still inside. It seems the USPS person really boogered everything up. I took everything from those lockers, and I will be taking them to the main office. If they want those items back, they better give me mine.

When they note it as successfully delivered, you have no recourse if the items are stolen. Because to whoever the vendor or insurance is, they see it was successfully delivered.

USPS is full of useless meatbags.

It is good to have the local Postmaster on speed dial. Something is going on, as they have really been messing up as of late. Contract time?

 

[3MTA3]

It is good to have the local Postmaster on speed dial. Something is going on, as they have really been messing up as of late. Contract time?

I've complained a number of times, especially when narcotics were delivered to the wrong address or were flagged as delivered but not in our locking mail box. They take the report then promise to "get back to you"... Yeah.