Interesting USPS story

DaveH

DaveH

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SO you think delivery conf# means something?

Wife waiting for a package, it's late.

Doorbell rings this afternoon and it's the USPS delivery person and some guy on a bicycle. Guy on bike says, this package left at my house by mistake. Nowhere does his address or anything like his address appear on the box. He leaves and usps person, says sorry let me scan that for delivery conf, guess what it had already been scanned for delivery.

whohoo gives me a warn fuzzy, NOT.
 
Sounds like more of an example of the particular carrier's incompetence, than in the USPS in general.
 
Hard to say. Last year I was at the post office and asked them to check a delivery confirmation. They told me it was confirmed delivered on such and such a date. I said, not likely. It's right here in my hand. It was the only lost package that had been returned by the postal service in two years. I don't think the system works yet. Maybe in a few years.

Fred
 
Yo Folks...

Delivery Confirmation is just that - a confirmation of delivery...Nowhere on the form does it say where it has to be delivered and nowhere does it say that they have to tell you where it was delivered to...

I live in an apartment building. A lot of people order from Amazon.com and ask for a "Delivery Confirmation." And a bunch of those boxes left in our foyer have been addressed to buildings on other streets with numbers nowhere near those of my building. And every one of them has a "Delivery Confirmation" scan done... telling both shipper and recipient that the package "was delivered."

Anybody that uses "Delivery Confirmation" service from the USPS needs their head examined for giving money away to the Feds...

Now, if you actually want something from the USPS that actually offers the ability to "track" a package and tell you where it went - you have three options that work (well, two options that are reliable and one that is sometimes reliable!):

Express Mail (has it's own tracking number that is scanned throughout the process like FedEx.);

Registered Mail ( that actually gets signed for each time it changes hands and is carried in a locked container.);and,

Certified/Return Reciept Mail... this is supposed to be scanned into the system by the Post Office the package is left with and then by the recieving Post Office. The number can be tracked, but it relys on the diligence of the people manning the PO's. The only advantage here is that with the return reciept, the actual recipient or their agent must sign for the package...

Use the PO with care and understanding, and they will actually work... and usually cheaper than UPS or Fed Ex...

Hey, I run the mail room... I see these things...
 
Well, that $0.45 DC saved me about $120 a year ago. Sold a guy a gun part and a week later got an e-mail saying it had not shown up. Looked on usps.com and according to them it had been delivered 2 days prior. Let him write me 2 more e-mails, second one making noises about gettting his $ back. Sent one e-mail saying gee, that's funny the USPS says they delivered it on XX/XX date. Never heard another peep out of him.

It is possible his SO hid the package or misplaced the package or who knows what, all I know is I didn't have lose $120 and give away the part to someone who may have been less than honest....
 
I had 2 packages not scaned by the carrier that delivered them a couple weeks ago.Good thing they went to honest people.
I told the guy at my post office about it and he said that many POs were haveing trouble getting the carriers to scan the packages.He also said that the big boys were already comeing down hard on the places that are haveing this happen and it should get better real soon.
 
I had a situation where the mail carrier didn't even scan the barcode at the time of delivery so I was left with trying to track down the package myself. Fortunately it was delivered to the proper person.
Scott
 
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