I can NOT figure them out................
Last week I bought a call out of NJ. It took 8 days to come 300 miles via Priority Mail.
Tuesday I sent out 2 of my longbox holsters. One was going 180 miles. The other 540 miles. The 540-miler was delivered today. The 180-miler is still in transit..............
Huh ????
Anyone work at the P.O. that could shed some light on this ??
I don't work for the post office but I am a ups driver and wish I could post a picture of my truck every day for the last few weeks, minimum 12 hours a day, no one shops at a store anymore!
Quote from: 3bailey3 on December 07, 2017, 09:11:29 PM
I don't work for the post office but I am a ups driver and wish I could post a picture of my truck every day for the last few weeks, minimum 12 hours a day, no one shops at a store anymore!
I know what you mean..............
Amazon is taking over the world
Amazon and wal mart, the other day I had a package from wal mart that was falling apart, inside was 4 bags of charcoal, any of you carry 4 bags of charcoal in your arms up to check out!
I live in NE Missouri about 100 miles north of St Louis . Ordered
Something from
Cabelas that shipped from Wisconsin . Went from Wisconsin to st louis, st Louis to des Moines ,back to st Louis then to me. Package passed thru my town 3 times before I got it. Efficiency at its finest.
I just received a package the other day.. I paided for 2 day shipping and I got the package in 6 days. the tracking number showed that it was sitting somewhere for 3 days before it move again..
Quote from: Yoder409 on December 07, 2017, 09:04:39 PM
I can NOT figure them out...............Anyone work at the P.O. that could shed some light on this ??
I think they turn left.
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
I work for the postal service and you are at the mercy of FedEx or DHL or other air line freight in the middle transit.
This isn't the time of year to expect something to arrive quickly!
No matter WHAT time of year, one would think that 180 miles would be delivered faster than 540 miles.........
Dunno......
Update: I guess when you go from western PA to West Virginia via Washington D.C. it'll be a while.......................
The 180 mile package STILL isn't delivered.......
I work for the PO. And the package volume is insane. Not counting the Amazon delivery. It will get there. Ride with me on a route and you'll understand.
I don't work for usps , but I do work for ups ...I'm my nearly 27 years of working there I've never seen anything that can compare to what I've witnessed this year
..and we haven't even got to the last 2 weeks the worst part, we ussully see a 12 %increase over L-Y (last year) this year 17 ...we are completely slammed ....my word of advice if you have anything going crosscountry ....order it right now , Monday or Tuesday may be too late
They have the ups driversion including myself working 70 hour work weeks including. ...Saturday and they are saying sundays...
I'm sure usps and fedex are slammed real good too--shannon
You have two shippers killing it for every one else. Walmart and amazon are flooding the market. Even with the big three moving the freight it's still to much to handle and will only get worse.
Was talking to our local postman and he told me that they deliver only for Amazon on Sundays.
I work for the USPS, I have been a clerk for 31 years.
I can tell you what the problem is. Management and new employees.
The managers have no idea of the jobs and what it takes to do them. The motto now is do more with less people. 1 day the managers are concerned about the front counter, next day is cfs, next day is something else. Not just get everything done and do a good job at it.
We have really let customer service go to the wayside to try and cut corners and save $. ( sad but true)
The problem with the new employees is lack of training. Again the PO saving $; show the new employee something 1 time and throw them in there. All of the other post are correct as far as the volume, still should only take a few extra days with the volume.
Well, anyways...........the package got delivered today. So all's well that eventually ends well, I reckon.
I should clarify, maybe, that the intent of my OP had nothing to do with the outright time in transit of the slow package........ I was just amused (and still am) that the one that went 540 miles was delivered in 2 days. But the one going 180 miles took 6 days. Kinda backwards, in my way of reasoning.........that was all.
Because they are run by the Federal government and they don't have to make a profit to stay in business, and therefore they don't care!
I've been working for UPS for 28 years and we are getting slammed. I knew it was going to get bad when people started to get dog food in a 50 lb bag shipped from Wal-Mart.com. Say it's easier than loading it in their car at the store. We are always understaffed so at doesn't help matters.
Quote from: Cottonmouth on December 16, 2017, 04:49:44 PM
I've been working for UPS for 28 years and we are getting slammed. I knew it was going to get bad when people started to get dog food in a 50 lb bag shipped from Wal-Mart.com. Say it's easier than loading it in their car at the store. We are always understaffed so at doesn't help matters.
I understand that completely. Yep.