**Rant** F the USPS

[preslove]

I've had fewer bad experiences with USPS than UPS or Fedex. The UPS service where I am at now is TERRIBLE, whereas USPS is pretty good.

 

[Leros]

I find USPS to be vary slow. I ship stuff to my gf in DC and it takes forever. They keep routing my parcels through Montreal for some reason. Takes at least twice as long to ship something through them as it does through Canada Post.

I found USPS priority service to be quite amazing. Shipping something across the US in 2-3 days for $4 is pretty impressive.

 

[Leros]

My only complaint with the delivery confirmation on USPS is that usually the confirmation doesn't update until 5-10 days after I receive the package, making it rather useless.

 

[bommy261]

 

[alkemyst]

Main problems people usually have is expecting USPS priority to always be a 2-3 day service. Priority mail has no guarantee. It's a best effort.

I have had packages take 2 weeks or more...which is extremely rare. I have also had blown guaranteed dates by every major carrier so shit happens.

One thing about USPS is my packages seem to arrive in the best condition over any other carrier.

 

[Oscar1613]

Uh..I've never had a problem like this. EVER.

I'd report it. Seriously your neighborhood must have something screwed up going on.

I did... I lived at an apt complex with large locking mailboxes and had a package delivered that could've easily fit in the mailbox. Tracking said it was delivered, but I never got it. I went to the Post Office numerous times and the clerk would go in the back and talk to my carrier, who would swear every time that he distinctly remembers putting it in my mailbox.

I thought maybe he did deliver it, just put it in the wrong one, so I checked with all of my neighbors. Not a single one said they received any package in their mailboxes (it was just a few fan filters for my computer - nothing worth stealing). Of course the shipper said they couldn't do anything about it cause the USPS said it was delivered, and the USPS said I couldn't file an insurance claim since it was delivered.

But sure enough, two weeks later I got a call from the Post Office saying they found my package sitting on a shelf in the warehouse

 

[marvdmartian]

OP, you can file a complaint with the post office's inspectors, and they will do an investigation. Not sure if it will accomplish anything toward getting your package back, but if your letter carrier has been on the lazy side of getting packages to you, it might convince them to follow the rules for a while, and not be so lazy.
Like others have said, insurance is your best bet in the future. It's cheap, and it keeps the packages from getting "lost" so often, and you're covered if they do. One tip: insure it for over $50 (where they actually fill out an insurance slip and put a blue & white label on the package), and it will require a signature upon delivery (under $50 just gets stamped "INSURED" on the package, and no signature is required).

My letter carrier at my old address had a bad habit where, if he had a package that was barely too big to fit in the mailbox, instead of taking it up and leaving it by the front door (which would have meant turning his vehicle off, taking off his seat belt, walking 60' to my door, dropping the package there, then reversing the steps he took to get there), he would flip the mail box door down, put the package on top of it, then put a rubber band from the hook on top of the box, to the hook on the door. Gee.....nice way to leave a package out where it's really easy to steal!! :awe:

And they did get stolen, once or twice!! D:

 

[mrCide]

Heh, one of the reasons I always have stuff shipped to my office. Have to come inside see the receptionist at the very least or can't make/claim a delivery.

 

[alkemyst]

yeah your local post office sounds mismanaged. Make the call the the person that handles them in your area.

 

[BoomerD]

Hmmmm:hmm:
What can brown do for YOU?


I prefer UPS or Fed Ex, but USPS seems to be a decent option for me as well. (depending on what's being shipped...and where it's going.

 

[CRXican]

I've never had such an issue, sending or receiving.