Usps ground advantage--current experience and claims?

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logger7
logger7 Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I heard a few members here talking about a higher level of problems with Usps Ground Advantage. With lost items, how have claims gone? I dropped off 3 items last week at a usually reliable post office, not wanting to wait in line, I dropped them off in the inside mail intake box. None of the 3 items showed any subsequent tracking, not sure if these will be eligible. I spoke to the usps supervisor yesterday, gave her the tracking numbers.

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  • bronzemat
    bronzemat Posts: 2,700 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It's taking days longer to send and receive, along with some items not even getting scanned until they were delivered.

  • Project Numismatics
    Project Numismatics Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Have seen no difference between Ground Advantage and the old First Class package service.

    Would need a lot of data plus insight into USPS operating procedures to determine if the bad experiences discussed here are a result of the service changeover or just typical issues that have always been occurring.

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,072 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Project Numismatics said:
    Have seen no difference between Ground Advantage and the old First Class package service.

    Would need a lot of data plus insight into USPS operating procedures to determine if the bad experiences discussed here are a result of the service changeover or just typical issues that have always been occurring.

    This.

    I've been shipping about 80 packages per week all summer. So that works out to about 450 packages since the change in July. About half of those are now Ground Advantage. The other half are media mail. I don't see any excessive delays and have had no lost packages.

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  • ajaan
    ajaan Posts: 18,007 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 22, 2023 8:08AM
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    My last Ground Advantage package took 2 days Buffalo to Oahu


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  • jacrispies
    jacrispies Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Sent and received a handful of packages via ground advantage with no problems yet.

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  • oih82w8
    oih82w8 Posts: 13,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 22, 2023 2:48PM
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    I just sent something out today via USPS Ground Service...with signature required.

    I'll let ya know how it goes.

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  • jt88
    jt88 Posts: 3,565 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I have no issues so far send and receiving

  • Goldbully
    Goldbully Posts: 18,559 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 22, 2023 4:41PM
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    My proof Morgan and Peace $1's shipped USPS ground advantage at the same time.


    Morgans were on time and the Peace $1's were a day later.
    Not sure why Morgans weighed 1/4lb more than the Peace $1's.....same quantity in each box.

    edited to add: No complaints on this shipment.

  • logger7
    logger7 Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Goldbully said:
    My proof Morgan and Peace $1's shipped USPS ground advantage at the same time.


    Morgans were on time and the Peace $1's were a day later.
    Not sure why Morgans weighed 1/4lb more than the Peace #1's.....same quantity in each box.

    edited to add: No complaints on this shipment.

    I saw a local shop had 2023 Morgan and Peace dollars; I was impressed by the latter, and made a point of showing them to a lady who came in with her son.

  • Cougar1978
    Cougar1978 Posts: 10,067 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I have had no problems. It is what it is. Once shipped it’s out of my hands.

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  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,072 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Some people seem to want to create the illusion of issues. No one is even focusing on the very positive change that the service includes insurance.

    Before, sending $100 coin with insurance costs at least $7.20 with priority or about $5 with 1st class. Now it costs as low as $3.60

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  • logger7
    logger7 Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The only disadvantage with Ground Advantage is that it doesn't include the packing materials that priority does. They seem to get delivered about the same way/time.

  • cmerlo1
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    I've had no problems, except for some increased delivery times.

    I'll add that since most of what I sell is $100 or less, the built-in insurance has allowed me to lower my shipping charges. This is because I no longer have to charge extra for insurance, which I was doing for items that sell for $25 or more.

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  • Kove
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    @ajaan said:
    My last Ground Advantage package took 2 days Buffalo to Oahu

    Interesting that you can send "Ground" advantage to Oahu.

  • kuwegg57
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    @Kove said:

    @ajaan said:
    My last Ground Advantage package took 2 days Buffalo to Oahu

    Interesting that you can send "Ground" advantage to Oahu.

    Ground advantage to Hawaii is slow if the item is placed in a box. The mail is funneled to San Francisco where it is then sent to the Oakland port. It is then placed on a container ship for the slow sailing to Honolulu. From the east coast it takes up to 3 weeks. From the west coast its about 10 days.

  • gtstang
    gtstang Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Kove said:

    @ajaan said:
    My last Ground Advantage package took 2 days Buffalo to Oahu

    Interesting that you can send "Ground" advantage to Oahu.

    I sent a Ground advantage to Hawaii from the east coast recently and it was very fast! I think 4 days if I remember correctly.

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,072 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @kuwegg57 said:

    @Kove said:

    @ajaan said:
    My last Ground Advantage package took 2 days Buffalo to Oahu

    Interesting that you can send "Ground" advantage to Oahu.

    Ground advantage to Hawaii is slow if the item is placed in a box. The mail is funneled to San Francisco where it is then sent to the Oakland port. It is then placed on a container ship for the slow sailing to Honolulu. From the east coast it takes up to 3 weeks. From the west coast its about 10 days.

    It's based on weight. Under a pound goes by air to Hawaii. Over a pound goes by ship. See usps.com

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  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,072 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @gtstang said:

    @Kove said:

    @ajaan said:
    My last Ground Advantage package took 2 days Buffalo to Oahu

    Interesting that you can send "Ground" advantage to Oahu.

    I sent a Ground advantage to Hawaii from the east coast recently and it was very fast! I think 4 days if I remember correctly.

    Under a pound goes by air

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  • davewesen
    davewesen Posts: 6,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    USPS made a claim against me for my eBay purchased label. They claimed my 4 oz envelope weighed 10 oz and wanted another $1.26 (which eBay took). It was a PCGS Franklin half in bubble air envelope.

  • logger7
    logger7 Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @davewesen said:
    USPS made a claim against me for my eBay purchased label. They claimed my 4 oz envelope weighed 10 oz and wanted another $1.26 (which eBay took). It was a PCGS Franklin half in bubble air envelope.

    That's outrageous. And I've had usps standard envelope come back which I had properly assessed for weight, with "postage due" 3 weeks after sending. There was no tracking on it along the way.

    One of the killers with their new processing equipment is damaged parcels, even padded mailers double bagged. And it can affect your ebay rating if you sell there where buyers open claims and they'll hit you with a 5% surcharge if there are just over 2% of these issues.

  • Downtown1974
    Downtown1974 Posts: 7,189 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    For the low frequency of parcels I ship, I have no problem paying extra for Priority Mail. As a buyer, I expect to have Priority mail as an option at my expense if I desire.

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