New BAD Record for Registered Mail: It Figures It Was My First CAC Submission!
giorgio11
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After getting approval as a CAC dealer back in January I put off sending in my first submission for several months due to shows and upcoming travel, etc. I finally filled out my paperwork (for which I got a nice call from one of the ladies there, complimenting me for actually getting all the form filled out correctly) and sent the package Registered Mail on June 18. Now, we are in Virginia, and CAC is in New Jersey. They are not oceans apart or anything; in fact, I actually drove from here to Morristown, NJ, near NYC for a Thing in early June. I got my results (which I was generally quite happy with) and the return package was sent on June 29.
Here's the Tracking History (read from the bottom up). Let's just say I was never so glad to get the email this morning. The coins were of course insured for actual value both ways, but that's not the point. Some of them are irreplaceable
Why in the world does the USPS take ONE MONTH to get a package from New Jersey to Virginia? It was even in Merrifield, Virginia, on July 10, five hours away! So then they sent it BACK to Washington DC! And then it sat there for six days No wonder our PO is losing money!
I will be SO GLAD to see those coins again with their new little beanie weenies! I was afraid I might not have them in time for BRNA-Dalton (end of August)!
Kind regards,
George
July 25, 2018, 1:59 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
JOHNSON CITY TN DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Your item arrived at our JOHNSON CITY TN DISTRIBUTION CENTER destination facility on July 25, 2018 at 1:59 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination.
July 20, 2018, 8:40 am
Departed USPS Facility
WASHINGTON, DC 20066
July 14, 2018
In Transit to Next Facility
July 13, 2018
In Transit to Next Facility
July 12, 2018
In Transit to Next Facility
July 11, 2018, 4:47 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
WASHINGTON DC DISTRIBUTION CENTER
July 10, 2018, 10:37 pm
Departed USPS Facility
MERRIFIELD, VA 22081
July 10, 2018, 3:03 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
MERRIFIELD VA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
July 9, 2018, 10:25 pm
Departed USPS Facility
WASHINGTON, DC 20066
July 7, 2018, 9:58 am
Arrived at USPS Facility
WASHINGTON, DC 20066
July 3, 2018, 1:51 am
Departed USPS Facility
NEW YORK, NY 10199
July 1, 2018, 10:30 pm
Arrived at USPS Facility
NEW YORK, NY 10199
June 29, 2018, 9:10 pm
Arrived at USPS Facility
KEARNY, NJ 07099
June 29, 2018, 5:26 pm
Departed Post Office
BEDMINSTER, NJ 07921
June 29, 2018, 12:23 pm
USPS in possession of item
BEDMINSTER, NJ 07921
Comments
Somebody threw it on the wrong truck. It will get there.
I shipped a package to California once and it went to Hawaii first.
It usually takes a couple of weeks to get my CAC orders also. Any order leaving that building is valuable. I wonder if that plays into it.
Sometimes there is a problem with reading the address.
Registered is always a little slow but very safe.
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It sounds like one of the trips I had where the airline lost my luggage. It didn’t get to me for a week. I found out that the bag went to Spain instead of Jamaica. My only consolation was that my bags had a great trip. I didn’t.
Nobody threw it in the wrong truck lol. Registered mail is signed for every step of the way. Registered is just notoriously slow. However, I have found that if a package is hung up in a particular location for more than two or three days, I have found that blasting the USPS on social media (Twitter in particular) miraculously gets the package moving again.
Wow... @giorgio11 ...That is an amazing journey.... My wife had one that hopscotched a bit, but not nearly like yours...Glad they are finally there... Cheers, RickO
Registered Mail is always on its own time, no matter where it is sent from or where it is going. Sure, it can be frustrating waiting for a registered mail package to arrive, but you can be almost certain that it will arrive safely at some point. And if a package didn't arrive safely, the USPS Postal Inspection Service investigates the issue immediately and thoroughly, and the insured value would be paid if necessary.
I have shipped and received probably close to 100 or more registered mail packages over the years, and on average they take 5 to 7 days to arrive to their destination. A very small percentage took a bit longer.
USPS handles millions of pieces of mail every day, and the vast majority is delivered without issue. A few misdirected packages are bound to happen, and of course it stings when it happens to you.
The problems the USPS have with logistics have always been hidden. None of this is new, but with the advent of tracking, now everyone knows the problem.
Pete
Sad.
I sent a media mail to Colorado once, never arrived...
until 18 months later.
Came back in 5 days
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I once sent a package from Georgia to Florida... and the USPS decided to route it through Alaska.
Anytime a registered package tracking shows the item just sitting for days it is time to call USPS customer service. Yes, you have to wait to talk to a person, but they will immediately make the necessary communications to wake someone up at the current location. In most cases it got put in a safe and forgotten about.
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I didn't call USPS but did request, repeatedly, to be emailed on any change in status. Right afterward, the parcel started moving again after that six-day hiatus in DC--the second hiatus, that is.
The good news is, the coins arrived with the postman today. For copper, 20 coins out of 26 beaned. For silver coins, 4 of 22 passed. Total bean rate: 24 out of 48, 50%.
Kind regards,
George
OMG, that's terrible !!!
There is something magical that happens on the East Coast between VA and NY/NJ. I mailed a check via priority mail that took a 17 day detour to Denver. Right after marijuana was legalized so I suspect it was at one heck of a party.
One year my state tax returns from SW VA to Richmond went first to West Virginia, then to a location right outside Richmond, on to Virginia Beach, back to that outside office again, then to the destination in Richmond. That was only a week, and certified, not registered. Still well documented though.
I had one package sit for FOUR MONTHS without moving. It was from one APO address to another APO so I cut a LITTLE slack...but....it took me filing a fraud case. It immediately started moving but at 12 miles/4 months I had some serious concerns. What really happened, I'm sure, is that some military postal clerk transferred with the package in the safe and the new clerk didn't know it. It was only sentimental stuff, but that was the worst in some ways.
But, as it was registered, it did get located and found.
Seems my CAC orders get stalled in NY on a regular basis. Instead of waiting for hours on USPS customer service line I go to my local PO and ask them to investigate. Gets the package moving every time I have gone that route. I’m lucky in that we have a great local PO
I routinely ask them to route all my packages through Guam, they say they can't do that, until I remind them that my last package went that way without me asking.
This was a joke, if it had been an actually USPS emergency, I would have broadcast it on the emergency telegraph system.
Registered has been pretty quick. Every now and then a package gets locked up somewhere for an extended period. Registered tracking is fairly recent. At least one can now see the history.
That is crazy. Makes you wonder what is going on that stuff like that happens.
Here's one I had recently that was shipping from Los Angeles. For some reason it bounced around between two different L.A. PO's over a course of 8 days before actually leaving the area. Overall it took 13 days to travel up the west coast.
July 19, 2018, 3:39 pm
Delivered
VANCOUVER, WA 98682
Your item was delivered at 3:39 pm on July 19, 2018 in VANCOUVER, WA 98682.
July 19, 2018, 9:53 am
Available for Pickup
VANCOUVER, WA 98682
July 19, 2018, 9:53 am
Arrived at Unit
VANCOUVER, WA 98682
July 19, 2018, 1:32 am
Departed USPS Facility
PORTLAND, OR 97208
July 19, 2018, 12:32 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
PORTLAND DISTRIBUTION CENTER
July 14, 2018, 11:58 pm
Arrived at USPS Facility
LOS ANGELES, CA 90009
July 13, 2018, 4:07 pm
Arrived at USPS Facility
LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
July 12, 2018, 5:25 pm
Departed USPS Facility
LOS ANGELES, CA 90009
July 9, 2018, 9:50 pm
Arrived at USPS Facility
LOS ANGELES, CA 90009
July 6, 2018, 8:43 pm
Departed USPS Facility
LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
July 6, 2018, 5:50 pm
Arrived at USPS Facility
LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
July 6, 2018, 5:44 pm
USPS in possession of item
LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
July 6, 2018, 11:35 am
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