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That’s an excellent point!

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I had a small package of electronic components I ordered off of Ebay languish in NY city for about three weeks. I filed a "Research Case" on it about a week ago. They just came back and said because it was not insured I was SOL and that there were delays. I see it finally made it to my local distribution center this morning almost a month after it was shipped. I'm not sure if filing a case made a difference but it might have.

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Gotta say our mailman is solid guy. In NM it seemed there were always different carriers delivering and they’d do ridiculous things like set packages upon or on the ground beside my mailbox rather than delivering larger packages at my door. Guy we have now takes care of the mail and makes time to converse.

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My registration expires end of the month. In November I received an e-mail reminder to renew online. I never got the mail-in renewal. I haven't been able to renew online because they say debit card number is invalid, which it obviously is not. So it's not just mail that's screwed up. Computers can sure suck. Anyway, thank goodness our governor has us in a state of emergency until Covid clears, so expired stuff gets slack. Finally, on Friday the mail-in renewal showed up. Two weeks before the tags expire! I sent it right in. I should be getting my stickers a lot faster than the renewal took. I'm sure I'll be expired a while, though.

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Oshkosh to build the new USPS delivery trucks https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...w-mail-trucks/

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I order a lot of parts online. Most times I get UPS or Fedex, but I needed some small parts for my wife's car and RockAuto shipped them USPS. That was a week ago. They were supposed to arrive yesterday, and they're still not here. I decided to do a detailed tracking and looked up the ZIP code where they were last scanned. When I put that ZIP code into Google, it came back with Kirnaičiai, Lithuania.

That explains a lot.

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Had to bring this back to the top. Here is my latest fiasco. I ordered 3 pair of socks that are made in Osage, Iowa 142 miles from me. Here is the tracking history. You have to start at the bottom & read up.

Tracking History

May 18, 2021
In Transit, Arriving Late
Your package will arrive later than expected, but is still on its way. It is currently in transit to the next facility.

May 17, 2021, 5:23 pm
Departed USPS Facility
KENT, WA 98035

May 17, 2021, 10:24 am
Arrived at USPS Facility
KENT, WA 98035

May 17, 2021, 9:54 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
SEATTLE WA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

May 16, 2021, 6:39 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
SEATTLE WA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

May 16, 2021, 6:12 am
Departed USPS Facility
KENT, WA 98035

May 16, 2021, 5:37 am
Arrived at USPS Facility
KENT, WA 98035

May 16, 2021, 5:15 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
SEATTLE WA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

May 15, 2021, 3:27 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
SEATTLE WA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

May 13, 2021, 4:20 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
DES MOINES IA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

May 13, 2021, 3:05 am
Accepted at USPS Origin Facility
OSAGE, IA 50461

May 12, 2021, 3:42 pm
Shipment Received, Package Acceptance Pending
OSAGE, IA 50461

May 12, 2021
Pre-Shipment Info Sent to USPS, USPS Awaiting Item


Des Moines, Iowa is 60 miles from me, Kent, Washington is 1879 miles from me....

LockDoc

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FedEx is no better-

After delivering $3500+ FedEx Express, FedEx Ground can't find my address...

This is a 5k crate motor...

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Absolutely amazing!! The stupidity is such a shame!

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If it makes you feel any better I am waiting on a set of Bluetooth ear muffs. Been in transit for 12 days now. They were shipped with the UPS/post office deal.

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On the other hand, I ordered something from Cheaper Than Dirt and it got here in about a week via UPS. :)

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Been waiting on a package from Summit ordered and shipped the 16th first arrival date was Monday the 21st then wed now its tomorrow Usually 2 days to my door by FedEx didnt notice at the time but the free shipping was USPS . All the pieces in stock ready to ship from the GA warehouse and was picked/dropped off Wednesday the 16th.

So far the shipping activity is 20 different places :dohh:

The USPS new commercial with Johnny Cash's "I've been Everywhere " is spot on :lol:

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I think we can agree ALL shippers have problems ALL the time. You'd think with today's technologies most of this crap wouldn't happen but it does.
Hmmmm. Maybe they are TOO modernized. Ya think?

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With any big corporation you are going to get some morons screwing things up. Sometimes they get fired and sometimes they get promoted.

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More often than not they become managers.

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Civil service and government jobs are like that . Promote to get rid of someone in the dept

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Things have been coming as normal for me. Maybe they need to start riding ponies again. The Pony Express rode through hell and high water to get the mail through. It was a big deal and an honor to ride for them. Now look at the mentality

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Yeah, but the pony express was short lived....I have stops within 15 miles from me. Interesting history indeed.

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Amen to that. They do.

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So true. Where I used to work, people breaking stuff got promoted to keep them from breaking more stuff. Sad thing was, they got put into management and weren't really able to help people manage their careers any more than they were able to manage themselves. It got so bad that people were suing the company because they weren't prosecuting/firing the people who were abusing other people. I'm talking physical battery, not just yelling at people (which is also unacceptable, if you want a willing workforce). After a few $1M lawsuits, we all had to sit through a 90 minute lecture from a corporate attorney about how to act- things that we should have learned in the sandbox as kids.

I went to a lunchtime workplace violence seminar, and one of the speakers mentioned that physically abusing your co-workers got you promoted. He then said that that wasn't true, but before he corrected himself, I could see heads (including my own) nodding in agreement all over the room.

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The black hole of USPS. Been through that.

Fedex has outshined everyone else for personal and work packages. UPS is frequently delayed and the packages beat up. They all have their issues and everyone has their preference, but Fedex has a great record with me.

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I ordered some more exhaust tubing mandrel bends, they shipped over 2wks ago..tracking showed them sitting in a warehouse in Oregon..
Yesterday, heres what I found..
Fedx just dumped the box in my driveway...from all the gravel marks, it looked like they threw it out the back of the truck, when I came home with the sun in my eyes, i nearly ran over it..
The porch is a wiff and a whisker away...a mere 30ft..

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I once had a package ordered that traveled usps from Nashville and Birmingham 3 times before I got it..
I live just of the interstate between them.. it passed within 2 miles of me 6x before I got it

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Sorry Leon, my feet got cold ; )

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Here's a couple of photos of a package I received about a week ago. You be the judge....