USPS Insanity
rld14
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First they lose a 97-O Barber Half that they then miraculously find over 3 weeks later........
Now here's a new one, I mailed a coin out on January 7th, and on Saturday afternoon I got an email from the buyer asking where his coin was. Odd, I'm in Jersey and he;s in PA that should be a 2-3 day trip at WORST.
Guess what... tracked it... shows it wasn't even accepted until Jan 14th!
Anyone seen this before?
Now here's a new one, I mailed a coin out on January 7th, and on Saturday afternoon I got an email from the buyer asking where his coin was. Odd, I'm in Jersey and he;s in PA that should be a 2-3 day trip at WORST.
Guess what... tracked it... shows it wasn't even accepted until Jan 14th!
Anyone seen this before?
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As esteemed forum member mailed a coin to me on 12/23 with tracking and insurance. The tracking indicates that the coin is at my post office, and has been since 12/31. I never received a slip at the home to pick it up and was not following closely. Finally, last week, the forum member informed me that the coin was at my post office. I assumed that the slip was lost or shoved in a catalog (which is occurring with mail with increasing frequency such that it is dangerous to discard an unwanted catalog or magazine without shaking it out).
I visited the post office on Thursday and was told that somewhere along the way, someone delivered the coin to the post office of zip code xx01x, rather than xx10x, and that the coin has been trapped in some small hamlet in my state and that there is nothing anyone can do about it. I called USPS (btw, don't guess the phone number and dial 1-800-800-USPS) and was told that they would look into it. My guess is that when it is time for the USPS to pay the insurance claim, the coin will be mysteriously found and delivered.
But it was a holiday weekend for them so I am not too worried yet.
roadrunner
I truly wish there was a viable alternative... UPS in my area is just as bad, if not worse... and FedEx is just a PITA if you are not receiving the shipment at a 9-5 type of business address...
The tracking number eventually showed it had been to Anchorage Alaska.
btw, the Anchorage to NY part took only ~2 days.
<< <i>I've had 2 REG mail shipments that sat in Jamaica Plains, NY for 4-5 days each. Can't say what is so special about that place other than it must be a central depository for incoming packages. So it wouldn't surprise me that it takes several extra days to go through NY. If a holiday weekend is involved, tack on another couple of days.
roadrunner >>
...i understand they have a lot of employees named newman working there.
<< <i>A few months ago a package took over 3 weeks to get to me in NY from Indiana.
The tracking number eventually showed it had been to Anchorage Alaska.
btw, the Anchorage to NY part took only ~2 days. >>
I live in Anchorage and they won't even scan my packages at the front counter. What should I do? Eleveate it to the Post Master?
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I sent my brother a birthday card in September 2008. It was returned to my mailbox in July 2010! He said his AZ P.O. was being rebuilt in 2008 and many things were delayed/lost.
Glad it wasn't my 1804 Class III Bust dollar!!
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As an aside, my regular carrier, who takes extra special care of my packages, took a few days off, and, yep, this happened when he was off. Since then, ANY package to me, whether a $30 coin with delivery confirm, or one with sig confirm...any package with a tracking number, gets brought by a van, and requires a signature by me, personally, or a family member...it's a single family home, so no mistaking apt numbers or box numbers. They are simply awful.
Would it not solve the problem, to pay at the counter? You'll receive a receipt with the tracking number.
FedEx and UPS are no better.
Package has been MIA long enough that I just told my husband today, "If it shows up, do NOT accept it without opening it in front of one of the post office employees." Bummer.
<< <i>How many billion pieces of mail did you handle today? >>
If they cannot do the job, they should not accept the assignment and payment that goes with it.
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<< <i>How many billion pieces of mail did you handle today? >>
If they cannot do the job, they should not accept the assignment and payment that goes with it. >>
True that... and if they are gonna lose anything, I do wish they would lose some of the junk mail... really... although I do realize that is probably the primary income source they have these days...
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<< <i>How many billion pieces of mail did you handle today? >>
If they cannot do the job, they should not accept the assignment and payment that goes with it. >>
True that... and if they are gonna lose anything, I do wish they would lose some of the junk mail... really... although I do realize that is probably the primary income source they have these days... >>
I agree. I seem to get all 10 of the monthly Pottery Barn and Land's End catalogs without fail.
<< <i>I remember a package a couple of months ago, other than that I don't have any issues with my small town PO. If I have anything that needs a signature they call me. Last week on a visit all I had was large bills for an under ten dollar package, she said "pay me next time your in." >>
This is similar to my own experience with my local PO -
<< <i>I agree. I seem to get all 10 of the monthly Pottery Barn and Land's End catalogs without fail. >>
Nope. They sent 11.
<< <i>I've had 2 REG mail shipments that sat in Jamaica Plains, NY for 4-5 days each. Can't say what is so special about that place other than it must be a central depository for incoming packages. So it wouldn't surprise me that it takes several extra days to go through NY. If a holiday weekend is involved, tack on another couple of days.
roadrunner >>
Yes, it must be a central depository as all my packages leaving Canada to the US, get the 'ole "Package cleared Customs, now in Jamaica Plains NY".
I remember the first time I saw that, I almosted fainted as I thought the package got re-routed to the 'real' Jamaica (no offense to those living in Jamaica Plains NY).
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<< <i>What about that weather people. And by the way, they outsource most of this mail handling these days. In fact those priority mail envelopes we send are shipped Fedex and UPS as they have the contracts for overnight and priority mail.
WS >>
Weather and outsourced labor haven't got jack to do with my parcel going AWOL for over a week from a U.S.P.S. processing facility just 4 miles away from my branch office/P.O.Box. That parcel went out the door in someones back pocket.
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<< <i>What about that weather people. And by the way, they outsource most of this mail handling these days. In fact those priority mail envelopes we send are shipped Fedex and UPS as they have the contracts for overnight and priority mail.
WS >>
I could see the weather adding a couple days to the delivery time, but a package was mailed to me on December 23 and not yet received, and I mailed a package on December 30, and it has not yet been received. Certainly, there has not been continual snowfall everywhere since December 23.
While this just be a run of bad luck on my part, I truly believe with the downsizing of the post office that the service has been reduced to often deplorable levels. It is getting to the point where I am hesitant to buy/sell coins by mail, which could certainly put a crimp in my coin transaction activity (including sending coins for grading, stickering, and photography).
usps needs better management ! they are just turning their head and don't care about all the misconduct of employee's ! just give us the service that we are paying for !!