parcel services driving me nuts

[Ozark mike]

Well fedex messed up my tracking number for a powdervalley order. If i had a dollor for every time the mail got on my nerves ...well id probably not be rich because i try not to order over the net unless i have to. But their success rate at screwing my day up rates up there in the 90% range. Maybe its got to do with my location i say were 2 weeks from everywhere i don't know. I guess its not the end of the world. Gives me a laugh sometimes. On a previous order i had a package go from Georgia to hawaii then here :killingpc. How does the mail service treat you. Good bad laughable

[Winger Ed.]

Ours here is actually pretty good.

Our local people are great, and we're two towns, & about 70 miles from the big giant hub on this side of downtown Dallas.
UPS and Fed-Ex also have huge hubs in Dallas too.
Also, we're sort of right on the way for everything going East of DFW.

[StuBach]

I live just east of Lansing, Mi., for us:

Fed Ex = terrible, might as well just add 3-5 days to expected date

UPS = usually ok but usually a day late

USPS = was phenomenal when Amazon was using them, now their hit and miss. Usually 1-2 days behind.

Amazon direct shipments = almost always on time

[BigAlofPa.]

I just got some plated bullets and 22 shorts from cabelas. Fedex was here today. Order was scheduled for monday to arrive. But then there is times where they are delayed. Mail carrier times are all out of whack lately. Usually they come around 3-3:30. Now it's anytime from noon to 6 pm.

[HangFireW8]

USPS has been very good to me. As you saw, it mostly depends on the competency of the last leg. One good (or bad) local driver can make all the difference.

I've bought millions of dollars of stuff for work, and I can tell you every parcel service has its occasional "exceptions". Routing loops, routing excursions, unexplained delays, sudden disappearances. While frustrating, I take it all philosophically now. It's just stuff. Deadlines are arbitrary. If you really need it sooner, order it earlier.

[elmacgyver0]

USPS has been very good to me. As you saw, it mostly depends on the competency of the last leg. One good (or bad) local driver can make all the difference.

I've bought millions of dollars of stuff for work, and I can tell you every parcel service has its occasional "exceptions". Routing loops, routing excursions, unexplained delays, sudden disappearances. While frustrating, I take it all philosophically now. It's just stuff. Deadlines are arbitrary. If you really need it sooner, order it earlier.

Exactly
Or pick it up in person.

The liberals are looking for a big money infusion right now for the post office, all for political reasons, don't give it to them.

[Conditor22]

I sent 2 comperable packages at the same time, 1 to Chicago and the other all the way across the US. the one all the way across the US. got there in 2 days the Chicago one still isn't there 2 days after the first one arrived :(

[2A-Jay]

Shiments from Amazon are usually a day or two Early. USPS are sometimes early but most times 5 - 7 days late. Going from Olympia WA to Long Beach WA via TN or New Mexico then several stops along the way to us.

[Ozark mike]

I sent 2 comperable packages at the same time, 1 to Chicago and the other all the way across the US. the one all the way across the US. got there in 2 days the Chicago one still isn't there 2 days after the first one arrived :(

Sent a check to someone about 5 miles away took almost 2 weeks. I won't made that mistake again

[rancher1913]

you guys get mail delivered :shock:

[Ozark mike]

you guys get mail delivered :shock:

Hey keep it quiet the mailman will think he needs a raise if ya go around shouting that crazy stuff [smilie=f:

[elmacgyver0]

Yeh, lets throw money at it, that'll fix it!

[Ozark mike]

Yeh, lets throw money at it, that'll fix it!

Well msnbc and all their loyal nazi followers believe it so it must be true

[bedbugbilly]

Where we are here in AZ . . .

FedEx - they do a good job although when I ordered powder, primers, etc. - 3 separate orders - their tracking was a bit screwy

UPS - for the most part - they are good. The other day, the UPS guy showed up in a U-hawl truck with a box back - asked him why the U-haul and he said that when they are short of trucks/vans, they have to use U-haul - I would take this as a "higher volume" of deliveries - felt bad for the guy because every time he made a stop in the U-haul, he had to climb up into the back - no easy way and no power tailgate - he earns hs pay the hard way on the days he has to use a U-haul

USPS - a joke at times - I have had boxes that the tracking shows delivered and nothing has been - call the PO and "Oh . . we show that it was delivered and they were standing between your house and your neighbor - evidently they can look up vis satellite - "ao where's my box?". No way to get them to accept responsibility for no box or possibly a carrier with sticky fingers - in the past, we had a carrier that a tracking on a parcel showed it was delivered - no box - finally they tracked it down and it was sitting in the carrier's PO truck - he wanted to go home early the day I guess? Mail often delivered to the wrong address - we use "community mail boxes" where we are - parcels put in a locked compartment with the key slid into our locked mail compartment. Go to open the locked compartment with a key and the lock doesn't work so end up having to call the PO to complain. If it happens on Saturday, it will be Tuesday before you can get the package. Obviously the carrier doesn't check the parcel lock boxes to make sure the keys and locks work. Call he PO during business hours and good luck with someone answering the phone. I just love how the Socialist Left is now going after the USPS, trying to blame the POTUS for issues with mail slowdown and connect it to their ballots by mail scheme. The new Postmaster General appointed by the POTUS has inherited a bunch of stuff she is being blamed for that were actually results of decisions made during the Obama/Biden Administration - and let's see - wasn't it the postal worker's union the endorsed Biden and his caretakers for the 2020 election? There are a lot of very good and dedicated postal workers . . . we can't overlook that and they deserve credit for the job they are trying to do under a government run agency . . . but there is a lot of deadwood as well. But, oh, wait a minute . . . there are only "bad apples" in law enforcement and that is why LE needs to be "de-fuded". Right?? And what did the House - the "Nancy Pelosi Gang" just do . . . passed a bill to shove on throwing billions at the USPS to "correct the problem". Funny how whenever government runs something, it besoms a mess and their solution is to throw "our money", the money of the taxpayers,. to correct the problem that they have created. So no . . . . I'd much rather have my parcels delivered by FedEx and UPS./

[gwpercle]

Not to worry Nancy P. passed a bill that will fix everything and solve all the problems.
Gary

[MrWolf]

Shiments from Amazon are usually a day or two Early. USPS are sometimes early but most times 5 - 7 days late. Going from Olympia WA to Long Beach WA via TN or New Mexico then several stops along the way to us.

Amazon for me has been at least a week shipping time - with prime. Been like that for awhile now. Post office seems to have tracking issues. Packages with no activity for weeks then give wrong info and it appears in my mailbox.

[Wag]

I live in a housing development with about 8,000 homes, give or take. I estimate that there are about 50,000 pieces of mail and packages delivered every day (mostly USPS, including "junk" mail). About twice a week, someone gets on Nextdoor and complains about a lost item.

Pretty good ratio, actually.

Our old UPS driver just retired. Quite the loss. He was very very good. We just have to get the new guy trained.

Our US mail lady is spectacular but she doesn't work Saturdays. That's the time when we worry.

FedEx seems to have a new driver every week. Generally reliable, though, regardless.

This past week, I received a FedEx package and a UPS package. The thing that tweaks me is that I was home and they didn't ring the doorbell. I was home, it would have been nice to have them let me know that the package was sitting there on the doorstep. The good thing, though, is three little chihuahuas trumps a sneaky UPS driver any day!

--Wag--

[Ozark mike]

Mine have never knocked didnt know they're supposed to

[snowwolfe]

I ordered four tires last week. The two rears showed up on Saturday. One front showed up on Sunday. No one knows where the fourth tire is.
Thank you Fedex.

[luckyday]

Most of my orders come USPS. I follow the tracking and all my arriving mail has made it. Mail and packages we have sent to our kids has disappeared at times. When important mail is sent you have to pay extra for the tracking, otherwise when it doesn't show up you have no idea whos fault it is; I know that USPS has its problems but I also suspect roommates who may share a home as culprits to mail loss with some of our young adult kids. I sent a USPS Money Order to a forum member to pay for something I bought but it never made it; after some back and forth messages it finally turned up in his kids bedroom with a stack of other mail that didn't make it to the kitchen table. My wife sent a package from Maine to Georgia that took three months to arrive; tracking said it made it to the Post Office in the delivery area. USPS even refunded the delivery after a month, were surprised when it finally arrived three months later.

[Ozark mike]

Most of my orders come USPS. I follow the tracking and all my arriving mail has made it. Mail and packages we have sent to our kids has disappeared at times. When important mail is sent you have to pay extra for the tracking, otherwise when it doesn't show up you have no idea whos fault it is; I know that USPS has its problems but I also suspect roommates who may share a home as culprits to mail loss with some of our young adult kids. I sent a USPS Money Order to a forum member to pay for something I bought but it never made it; after some back and forth messages it finally turned up in his kids bedroom with a stack of other mail that didn't make it to the kitchen table. My wife sent a package from Maine to Georgia that took three months to arrive; tracking said it made it to the Post Office in the delivery area. USPS even refunded the delivery after a month, were surprised when it finally arrived three months later.

I dont know where my package is but was supposed to be here last week probably had to take a detour through Alaska.

[farmbif]

I want to know what they do with all the stuff that "fall out of box" when you get a package delivered all busted up with stuff missing.

[jimlj]

Not a fan of FedEx. Their tracking is a joke, and you can count on "estimated" delivery date to change daily for about a week. Anything coming from the east goes right through town to North Salt Lake, where it seems to arrive at one loading dock door, get loaded on another truck and delivered to the next bay of the warehouse the next day. It then gets loaded on another truck and delivered to another bay, before getting loaded on a truck for the 80 mile trip back to the local FedEx terminal. The next day it will go out for delivery, but it will likely take two days to get delivered in a town of 12,000.
UPS is OK.
USPS is OK most of the time. It takes a couple days for the package to show up in the tracking system, and is usually delivered that day.

[Ozark mike]

Welp looks like they pulled there heads out of their anus and found my crap. Its still in Wichita kansas.

[Petrol & Powder]

Everyone knows the saying about a chain only being as strong as its weakest link. My local Post Office is a very strong link, I couldn't ask for better. Unfortunately it's either the last link or the first link and there are a lot of links in the middle.
For USPS, once the item gets to the local Post Office, all is well.
Now, a large Post Office near me has a horrible reputation and I've seen their incompetence first hand. Fortunately I don't need to rely on them.

I generally have very good service from UPS and FedEx. In all honestly, I think COVID-19 has stretched these industries to the limit. They are working hard but they haven't had a break in months. They're making money but they are operating at levels normally associated with the Christmas holiday and they've been operating at that tempo for months.

[Burnt Fingers]

UPS, FedEx, USPS, and Amazon have all had delays in my area.

Even DHL has slipped. I used to get molds from MP in 2 days. Now it's taking four.

[sparky45]

I have two packages in the "queue" for a week now and the tracking info hasn't changed for 6 days.

[Petrol & Powder]

UPS, FedEx, USPS, and Amazon have all had delays in my area.

Even DHL has slipped. I used to get molds from MP in 2 days. Now it's taking four.

I think everyone is stretched to the limit.

The COVID plan-demic is taking a toll.

[bakerjw]

I bought a Devilbiss GTI Pro Lite sprayer out of England a few years back. Currency exchange rates were such that I saved 30% over buying it on shore. If anyone paints cars, they know that the Devilbiss GTI, while not absolute top of the line, is an impressive spray gun.
I bought it one day with free shipping and it shipped DHL. The next day it was on my porch. I was blown away but I've seen that with DHL before.

Now UPS is darned good and I rarely have a mishap.
The USPS is decent too but their tracking can be hit or miss and misroutes do occur.
FedEx... If I am finishing up an order and a vendor only offers FedEx, I stop the order and advise them that they lost business due to FedEx. I have had nothing but problems with FedEx and refuse to use them. I watched the movie Castaway and left after 10 minutes because it had a happy beginning.

My RAID5 disk array (I do IT work on the side and maintain test environments at home) right now is degraded and I'm waiting for replacement drives to arrive. They were received in Orlando a couple of days ago. Where are they now??? No freaking clue...

[bakerjw]

Well... It took a day and a half to get to Kernersville, N.C.
Still supposed to deliver today by 8:00 PM though. ::ROLLSEYES:::
Damn I hate FedEx.

[StuBach]

Update, UPS lets me down again. Had confirmed delivery of new mini lathe coming from Rockler and was supposed to arrive yesterday no later than 9pm. About 5pm yesterday I got an email that the delivery had been pushed a day. Got home today and found this:

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200827/7316d49aed307844087d9d481c235abb.jpg

One side of box looks like it was torn off so they taped it back together and delivered a day late. Haven’t opened it yet but inside box appears still intact thankfully. You can tell damage happened in transit cause the shipping label is torn where box split.