USPS: Here we go again

[Bill in Oregon]

It's getting to be a habit. This is the Buffalo Classic I had in the classifieds. Screen shot cuts off departing Las Cruces March 19, when I mailed it. USPS said it would be in Sarasota Monday. It made it no farther than Atlanta on Monday, then the postal geniuses decided to forward it to Chicago. What really chaps my tookas is that there is no accountability for this idiocy that I am aware of. That needs to change.

[.45colt]

" Ya pay your money and take your chances".... Our anniversary is in late February. Longtime Friends mailed a regular card to us from Florida , it took more than four weeks to get to Ohio arriving in March. My Wife Really gets upset about the mail service and lack of..

[marlinman93]

No accountability, and also impossible to file a complaint, or get anyone to look into these issues of misdirection of packages! I dread shipping or receiving anything valuable with USPS.

[ywaltzucanrknrl]

Yes, terrible customer service. Wait until you try to file a claim. I'm 0 for 3 on claims. Their claim system is terrible, I would pretty much call it a scam.

[GunnyMack]

From what I was told by an ex mailman usps has gotten rid of the "local" sorting centers. Instead of going to one in your state everything now goes to a central sorting facility in I believe Ohio. So if you mail something across town it now goes hundreds of miles out of the way to be turned around and go hundreds of miles back to where it started.

Ill give you one guess which political party came up with stupendously stroke of brilliance!

[Bill in Oregon]

Well, this morning it is in ... DALLAS!
Need an emoji for really, really foul language ...

[marlinman93]

Yes, terrible customer service. Wait until you try to file a claim. I'm 0 for 3 on claims. Their claim system is terrible, I would pretty much call it a scam.

My last claim for a stolen firearm that never even left my home town was denied. How they can deny a claim when their employees stole a package is beyond me? I appealed the claim and it got denied again, and their reasons for denying are vague, so you aren't really sure what else they want! I finally contacted my congressman's office via email and an aid said she'd look into it. Next day she told me what USPS wanted, and I sent the info, and got denied the 3rd and final time! I told her what had happened and that it seemed I'd gotten my final denial as they only give you 3 tries! She said she'd look into it again, and the next day my claim was approved! Two days later I got the check.
If I ever send anything USPS again I wont pay for insurance. It's a scam, and not worth the price. Instead I'll simply pay for Registered Mail as anything sent that way has to be signed for every time it changes hands, so a lot safer. At least that way if it has to be signed for, and locked up anytime it stays somewhere overnight, it wont be available to thieves to steal.

[Eddie Southgate]

I mailed a package on 21 March from Hillsboro Alabama to St Mary Pennsylvania , even paid the extra $1 and change for the faster shipping . On 22 March it was in Indianapolis and so far has shown no movement since . The USPS needs to be gutted by DOGE .

[jeepnik]

Here's a question. Why should you need to buy insurance if you have already paid to have something delivered? In accepting your shipment and payment for making that shipment the USPS has entered into a contract to provide not only the delivery but taken custody of the shipped item. Seems the USPS should be the one needing insurance to protect themselves in event of loss or damage.

[Grizz]

from the timeline of that package tracking it looks like it got scanned at every post office on the way. is this evidence that the post office doge targets are intentionally proving why there are too many of them? it looks like intentional delays

[Lassiter]

Here's a question. Why should you need to buy insurance if you have already paid to have something delivered? In accepting your shipment and payment for making that shipment the USPS has entered into a contract to provide not only the delivery but taken custody of the shipped item. Seems the USPS should be the one needing insurance to protect themselves in event of loss or damage.

I agree 100%!!

[Griff]

I have to say, their Postal Inspectors are kick butt efficient. I had a bunch of mail stolen out of my box, including a couple of credit cards that were getting replaced. Charges were made on another card whose bill was in the same lot. That got resolved by the CC company. The Postal Inspector came out, interviewed my wife, & did a great job following up, finding the individual responsible, prosecuted and got a conviction... mandatory jail time. IIRC it was like 10 years.

[Lassiter]

I have to say, their Postal Inspectors are kick butt efficient. I had a bunch of mail stolen out of my box, including a couple of credit cards that were getting replaced. Charges were made on another card whose bill was in the same lot. That got resolved by the CC company. The Postal Inspector came out, interviewed my wife, & did a great job following up, finding the individual responsible, prosecuted and got a conviction... mandatory jail time. IIRC it was like 10 years.

That's great! I'm glad you got satisfaction. I worked for the usps for 30 years. Our post office was broken into one night and the postal inspectors didn't even send anyone out! Said local law enforcement could handle it. Hopefully with the latest post master general stepping down (not a minute too soon IMHO) things will improve. My local carrier told me that there are days when they only deliver packages. The general mail facility in Little Rock doesn't even send letter mail, including 1st class mail, until the middle of the day. PATHETIC!!!

[Griff]

I have to say, their Postal Inspectors are kick butt efficient. I had a bunch of mail stolen out of my box, including a couple of credit cards that were getting replaced. Charges were made on another card whose bill was in the same lot. That got resolved by the CC company. The Postal Inspector came out, interviewed my wife, & did a great job following up, finding the individual responsible, prosecuted and got a conviction... mandatory jail time. IIRC it was like 10 years.

That's great! I'm glad you got satisfaction. I worked for the usps for 30 years. Our post office was broken into one night and the postal inspectors didn't even send anyone out! Said local law enforcement could handle it. Hopefully with the latest post master general stepping down (not a minute too soon IMHO) things will improve. My local carrier told me that there are days when they only deliver packages. The general mail facility in Little Rock doesn't even send letter mail, including 1st class mail, until the middle of the day. PATHETIC!!!

My Dad worked for the Post Office for about 30 years also, and my B-I-L worked there for quite a few years, just retiring 2 years ago. Dad retired in '84, and I've always jokingly said that the PO went to pot when he retired. Maybe not so jokingly now...

[Bill in Oregon]

Well, it departed Dallas, but not sure where it is headed. Maybe back to Chicago?

[marlinman93]

Well, it departed Dallas, but not sure where it is headed. Maybe back to Chicago?

Hope it's headed to you, and not going to start "looping" as USPS calls it.

[Bill in Oregon]

Thanks Vall. I actually shipped it to a pawn shop in Sarasota, and hope it finds its way there some day.

[Bill in Oregon]

It's now in Tampa! So close! Please, Father, don't let them send it back to Chicago. They hate guns there.

[.45colt]

Well Bill, Did it ever get delivered......?

[gray1]

No

[Bill in Oregon]

Tracking says it is actually out for delivery today!

[JB]

I had a USPS insurance claim denied because "it's illegal to ship a firearm" according to the gentleman who handled the claim. I photo copied the USPS regulation on shipping firearms and filed an appeal. Luckily the person who reviewed the appeal could actually read finally approved the claim.

[Bill in Oregon]

It finally arrived and my buyer is happy. All's well that end's well.