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jradke4jradke4 Posts: 3,573 ✭✭✭
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Alright Jim check this out. I won an auction and it was shipped from Milwaukee, Wi to me in Algonquin, IL (maybe 95 miles apart) on 3/10. I am sitll waiting but below is its current journey.

Label/Receipt Number: 0306 2400 0003 2096 6100
Detailed Results:

Processed, April 18, 2008, 3:52 am, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, April 17, 2008, 6:30 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, April 16, 2008, 4:54 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, April 15, 2008, 5:56 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, April 14, 2008, 6:39 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, April 13, 2008, 12:29 am, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, April 12, 2008, 7:06 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, April 11, 2008, 5:35 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, April 09, 2008, 12:07 am, CHICAGO, IL 60701
Processed, April 06, 2008, 1:41 am, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, April 05, 2008, 5:39 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, April 04, 2008, 5:20 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, April 03, 2008, 6:16 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, April 02, 2008, 4:54 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, April 01, 2008, 7:04 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, March 31, 2008, 5:32 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, March 29, 2008, 5:30 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, March 28, 2008, 6:13 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, March 27, 2008, 5:35 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, March 26, 2008, 2:59 am, CHICAGO, IL 60701
Processed, March 25, 2008, 8:18 pm, CHICAGO, IL 60701
Processed, March 25, 2008, 3:59 am, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL 60007
Processed, March 24, 2008, 9:53 pm, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL 60007
Processed, March 21, 2008, 7:34 pm, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94188
Processed, March 19, 2008, 5:06 am, CHICAGO, IL 60701
Processed, March 15, 2008, 7:18 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, March 14, 2008, 5:53 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, March 13, 2008, 4:54 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, March 12, 2008, 5:22 pm, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
Processed, March 11, 2008, 1:37 am, MILWAUKEE, WI 53201
Acceptance, March 10, 2008, 11:19 am, MILWAUKEE, WI 53207


How does this happen??

Jay
Packers Fan for Life
Collecting:
Brett Favre Master Set
Favre Ticket Stubs
Favre TD Reciever Autos
Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
Football HOF Rc's

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    grote15grote15 Posts: 29,535 ✭✭✭✭✭
    USPS on crack?


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
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    storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    Maybe the ZIP was not written clearly and confused somebody.

    60102
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    neenishneenish Posts: 559 ✭
    Maybe they're doing their version of Chuck Knobloch does America..?
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    jcdcubsjcdcubs Posts: 341
    Might be D.U.I. who knows?
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    jradke4jradke4 Posts: 3,573 ✭✭✭
    hard to belive that its only a badly written zip code. its going to my PO box.
    Packers Fan for Life
    Collecting:
    Brett Favre Master Set
    Favre Ticket Stubs
    Favre TD Reciever Autos
    Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
    Football HOF Rc's
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    justmichaeljustmichael Posts: 1,048
    I have reason to believe your package is trying to into Mexico but it keeps getting caught in LA.
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    SportsItUpCardsSportsItUpCards Posts: 2,547
    Thats why I always make sure my letters and numbers are big and clear! image

    Giovanni
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    LeiascardsLeiascards Posts: 3,233
    I would be contacting your local USPS branch with that DC Monday morning.
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    WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Sounds like it was on an airplane and kept getting caught up in a hub.

    Crap happens.

    Steve
    Good for you.
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    69Cubs69Cubs Posts: 150 ✭✭
    Wow, Chicago 60701 is a Processing and Distribution plant that serves Algonquin and I happen to work there. For some reason the machine is not reading your mail correctly and I can't understand why it would be sent and kept in L.A. for so long then come back to us and continue back to L.A. Even if the zip code is wrong it should have been corrected by us or returned to the sender.

    I'll see if anybody at the plant has any answers but Jim would probably have more resources to look up that parcel than I do. That should be a 2-3 day journey for that particulal parcel.

    Still doesn't beat the postcard I sorted one time that was postmarked 1944 which I believe was redeemable for rations during World War 2.
    The postcard definitely showed its age and I have absoutely no idea how that could of happened.

    Mike
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    jradke4jradke4 Posts: 3,573 ✭✭✭
    thanks for the info and potential help. we all know how the mail goes in chicago afterall.
    Packers Fan for Life
    Collecting:
    Brett Favre Master Set
    Favre Ticket Stubs
    Favre TD Reciever Autos
    Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
    Football HOF Rc's
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    grote15grote15 Posts: 29,535 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Still doesn't beat the postcard I sorted one time that was postmarked 1944 which I believe was redeemable for rations during World War 2.
    The postcard definitely showed its age and I have absoutely no idea how that could of happened.

    Very interesting story! Wonder if it was jammed up somewhere or how it wound up there?


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
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    69Cubs69Cubs Posts: 150 ✭✭
    Jay,

    Algonquins zip code is 60102 and Los Angeles has a zip code among others of 90102 so somehow the machine might be reading the 1st number of the zip code as a 9 instead of a 6. It looks like that parcel will keep looping around until a human intervenes instead of the machine. Automation can be a killer sometimes.

    Mike
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    jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭
    Jay, PM sent with a number to talk to somebody at the LA distribution plant, hopefully like Mike said getting a person involved can help.
    image
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    ajmoeller81ajmoeller81 Posts: 258
    Seller suffers from dyslexia and put 90102 instead of 60102.
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    jradke4jradke4 Posts: 3,573 ✭✭✭
    well heres an update. from the seller.

    HI JAY, THE LADY FROM THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS OFFICE NEVER CALLED US BACK SO MY WIFE CALLED HER TODAY AND SHE WAS NOT VERY HELPFUL. SHE SAID SHE HAS CALLS & EMAILS INTO BOTH POST OFFICE BRANCHES AND HAS NOT HEARD ANYTHING BACK YET. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED WHEN I HEAR SOMETHING NEW.

    I know they are trying.

    Heres an update from the tracking as of today.

    Label/Receipt Number: 0306 2400 0003 2096 6100
    Detailed Results:

    Processed, May 14, 2008, 2:50 am, LOS ANGELES, CA 90052
    Processed, May 11, 2008, 7:48 pm, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL 60007
    Processed, May 11, 2008, 12:48 pm, CHICAGO, IL 60701


    I guess its in the endless loop of USPS. It will probably never see the light of day again. After it has been scanned so many times by the same distribution center wouldnt it be pulled out to check why it keeps getting scanned?? One would think that wouldnt take much to do. But then again I dont work there and have to deal with a fast flowing stream of mail.

    Packers Fan for Life
    Collecting:
    Brett Favre Master Set
    Favre Ticket Stubs
    Favre TD Reciever Autos
    Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
    Football HOF Rc's
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    LeiascardsLeiascards Posts: 3,233
    Have you personally contacted the USPS?
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    CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    I had a $500 Jordan card I sold get caught in the dreaded Elk Grove loop. I have no idea where Elk Grove is, but I picture a bunch of people slowly walking like zombies with no real purpose in life. You will eventually get your card Jay; just keep calling and bothering them until they are pissed off enough to actually track down your package.
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    69Cubs69Cubs Posts: 150 ✭✭
    The USPS processing plant in Elk Grove is approximately 3 miles west of O'Hare airport(Chicago). That particular plant may have some zombies working there but the majority of the staff are younger and temporary workers so there might be a few rookies.

    The problem is that the processing plants are almost totally automated so the workers probably wouldn't have a chance to even see that the parcel has been looping around for months but that parcel should have eventually made it to a neighborhood station regardless of the zip code for the clerk or the letter carrier to sort by hand. They would be able to make the appropiate adjustments at the station.

    Jim, what's your view on this?

    Mike
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    clydecoolidgeclydecoolidge Posts: 863 ✭
    Well if you go the "glass half full" route, you could be happy that you got the most value per mile possible out of the least amount of postage. image
    "I've never been able to properly explain myself in this climate" -Raul Duke

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    jradke4jradke4 Posts: 3,573 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Have you personally contacted the USPS? >>



    i guess it wasnt clear. the seller had contacted USPS, both at thier local branch and through customer service.
    Packers Fan for Life
    Collecting:
    Brett Favre Master Set
    Favre Ticket Stubs
    Favre TD Reciever Autos
    Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
    Football HOF Rc's
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    Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> I have no idea where Elk Grove is, but I picture a bunch of people slowly walking like zombies with no real purpose in life. >>



    Elk Grove Village is John Wayne Gacy's old stomping ground.
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    LeiascardsLeiascards Posts: 3,233
    I know the seller apparently contacted the USPS. There is no proof he ever did, if I were the buyer I would at least take the DC number to my closest PO and see what they can do. I had a package bouncing around like that, I went to my PO it was back to me in about 3 days. They put a hold on it for the next time it was scanned and it was then returned.
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    jradke4jradke4 Posts: 3,573 ✭✭✭
    well this is a seller that I have bought numerous items from. i trust that he has been in contact with the PO. i myself tried calling after getting a number from Jim but was waiting for about 5 mins for the phone to be answered when i hung up. it just kept ringing and ringing. since he has been in contact with his PO manager and others at USPS i figure its best to have one person doing the communicating as not to really screw things up. if not i will take it to my PO.
    Packers Fan for Life
    Collecting:
    Brett Favre Master Set
    Favre Ticket Stubs
    Favre TD Reciever Autos
    Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
    Football HOF Rc's
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    jradke4jradke4 Posts: 3,573 ✭✭✭
    well it finally arrived.

    Your item was delivered at 9:13 AM on May 27, 2008 in ALGONQUIN, IL 60102

    it made it out of the loop after over 2.5 months of going back between chicago and LA. Yet it was mailed from Milwaukee, WI.
    Packers Fan for Life
    Collecting:
    Brett Favre Master Set
    Favre Ticket Stubs
    Favre TD Reciever Autos
    Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
    Football HOF Rc's
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    WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Chit happens, glad you finally got your item.

    Steve
    Good for you.
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