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USPS Registered Mail Service has slowed to snail pace
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USPS Registered Mail service has slowed to a snail's pace and no one at the USPS can tell me why.....
Coast to coast travel used to take 4-6 days, now we are at 10+ days, my last submission to PCGS took 14 days to arrive
with this kind of service, no wonder why their budget is bleeding red.......
need a better service just as secure, can anyone suggest a better way?
Coast to coast travel used to take 4-6 days, now we are at 10+ days, my last submission to PCGS took 14 days to arrive
with this kind of service, no wonder why their budget is bleeding red.......
need a better service just as secure, can anyone suggest a better way?
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I gave up on Registered when my last two experiences with it tookwell over two weeks for delivery. I live only 65 miles south of Newport Beach and could have walked up my submission faster than the mail in those two cases...
mbogoman
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<< <i>Express Mail insured. Under 8 oz. is $13.65 or flat rate is around $18. You automatically get the online tracking info, it is wayyyyyyyy faster (1 or 2 days) and the insurance is much cheaper than with the other options. I just used it on my latest shipment >>
the post office uses fedex for express. surprise ;-)
you are the exception. i send quite a few and the packages over the last two months have taken excessively long.
USPS Express Mail is a great service.
<< <i>USPS Express Mail is a great service. >>
as long as it's 5k or under go express
$5K insurance limit on express.
$25K insurance limit on registered.
Express flat rate cardboard envelope is the way to go. If it fits, it ships. No express flat rate box available.
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Was fixin' to send a Priority / Registered pkg tomorrow & looks like it's gonna go EXPRESS instead.
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<< <i>USPS Registered Mail service has slowed to a snail's pace and no one at the USPS can tell me why..... >>
The people who answer the phones never know anything. They are just babysitters.
Too bad I timed it so poorly by sending it right before the holiday weekend
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
<< <i>Thanks to seeing this thread this morning, I decided to send my quarterly special out express this afternoon.
Too bad I timed it so poorly by sending it right before the holiday weekend
Me too!
They'll get it Friday afternoon and it won't get entered until probably Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday afternoon. I am such a procrastinating idiot as this has been sitting around for nearly a week!
Where's my badge??
BTW, the best bet with Express if 1st thing in the morning!
Or
Get a FedEx account.
The name is LEE!
My local postmaster is tracking one package all the way through to see where the holdup is........I have a funny feeling that for certain destinations they batch items.......hold them until there is sufficient quantity, but I hope not.......
Then, graded by....ooops....Boston ANA show.....maybe next quarter?
All in all, I will still use registered for some things, but express for some other (and, for the lower items, still will use 1st class or priority).
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
east coast to west coast
mailed 6/22 arrived 7/3
11 days
where the h$ll are the packages sitting?
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mbogoman
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east coast to west coast
mailed 6/22 arrived 7/3
11 days
where the h$ll are the packages sitting?
All my incoming 9-12 Day REG packages have stayed 4-6 days in Jamaica Plains, NY. That's the bottleneck from what I can see.
roadrunner
thats not service.
one went priority insured, the rest registered
one was lost
you guess which one.
but it used to take less than 7 days coast to coast, sometime 4-5 days max, now its 10-15 days regularly
for that service they should cut their fees in half
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Over 10 years ago, I can remember Registered Mail taking about two weeks to get from the middle of the country to the East Coast. To me, it sounds like the service is still about the same. Any time I send anything Registered Mail, I always figure 14 days in transit. Anything less is a pleasant surprise.
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very slow
Arrived on Wednesday.
Order received and logged in today,,, Thursday
Total Items: 41
Date Received: 7/8/2010
Date Shipped: N/A
Order Status: OK
Grandam
Don't know if this would affect mail being sent from a different state to yet another state, but a lot of mail does come through Chicago.
TD
Nothing is for sure at this time.
I picked registered Express and it takes only 4 days to get there. If you go with the cheapest service then it takes much longer. Express was only $5 more so it was worth it.
<< <i>Registered has to be signed for and logged by everyone who touches it.
My local postmaster is tracking one package all the way through to see where the holdup is........I have a funny feeling that for certain destinations they batch items.......hold them until there is sufficient quantity, but I hope not....... >>
Had that happen with some coins returning from ATS to get slabbed. I was not happy. And as usual, I complain about USPS waste.
<< <i>I sent a package registered this morning, when they cue it up the ask for what registered service you want and give the estimated delivery dates.
I picked registered Express and it takes only 4 days to get there. If you go with the cheapest service then it takes much longer. Express was only $5 more so it was worth it. >>
Never heard of "Registered Express"....... BTW Express only takes 1 to 2 days for most locations.
That Registered packages travel faster when upgraded to Priority or Express Service.....
They travel the same way, hand to hand, signed along the way.......confirmed by the USPS.
It sure looks like with the variation in delivery times posted on this thread, someone - somewhere - must not be doing their job "up to par"
What more could I expect from Govt employees......
The First Class Registered is the one you must be using because they don't give an estimated Delivery Date.
With Priority registered they do give one and it is just a couple of days to arrive for only five dollars more.
Not sure why you think they use the same handling, when one travels triple as fast as the other.
Class: Priority Mail®
Service(s): Registered Mail™
Status: Acceptance
PS The regular registered mail burro can't handle all the packages anymore, better use Priority Registered.
<< <i>7/8 I have sent via First Class Registered and Priority registered.
The First Class Registered is the one you must be using because they don't give an estimated Delivery Date.
With Priority registered they do give one and it is just a couple of days to arrive for only five dollars more.
Not sure why you think they use the same handling, when one travels triple as fast as the other.
Class: Priority Mail®
Service(s): Registered Mail™
Status: Acceptance
PS The regular registered mail burro can't handle all the packages anymore, better use Priority Registered.
>>
For anyone reading the above conflicting posts, 7/8 is 100% correct and HS is 100% wrong.
For those that don't realize it, Priority Mail is part of 1st Class parcel service and is little more than a rate class. 1st Class parcels are shipped with Priority parcels on a "space available" basis. For the most part, Priority handling only comes into play during the holidays when space may be limited. 1st Class parcels default to the Priority fee schedule at 13+ ounces. Paying Priority rates for anything under 13 ounces is a windfall for the USPS.
Registered Mail is handled entirely separate from 1st Class/Priority parcels and is the most secure form of shipping thru the USPS. Registered packages are shipped on the 1st Class/Priority fee schedule with an added fee for registration and insurance.
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<< <i>7/8 I have sent via First Class Registered and Priority registered.
The First Class Registered is the one you must be using because they don't give an estimated Delivery Date.
With Priority registered they do give one and it is just a couple of days to arrive for only five dollars more.
Not sure why you think they use the same handling, when one travels triple as fast as the other.
Class: Priority Mail®
Service(s): Registered Mail™
Status: Acceptance
PS The regular registered mail burro can't handle all the packages anymore, better use Priority Registered.
>>
For anyone reading the above conflicting posts, 7/8 is 100% correct and HS is 100% wrong.
For those that don't realize it, Priority Mail is part of 1st Class parcel service and is little more than a rate class. 1st Class parcels are shipped with Priority parcels on a "space available" basis. For the most part, Priority handling only comes into play during the holidays when space may be limited. 1st Class parcels default to the Priority fee schedule at 13+ ounces. Paying Priority rates for anything under 13 ounces is a windfall for the USPS.
Registered Mail is handled entirely separate from 1st Class/Priority parcels and is the most secure form of shipping thru the USPS. Registered packages are shipped on the 1st Class/Priority fee schedule with an added fee for registration and insurance. >>
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
Mailing out parcels or letters weighing less than 13 oz but insisting on the Priority Registered mail scale is a waste of $. There is no such service as "Express Registered Mail" in the US...It's all "Registered Snail Mail."
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