USPS Question

Honestly, a buyer who gets nervous over tracking is one that I would like to avoid having. I recently had a buyer that worked with me flawlessly to fix USPS's mistake (marked the package as undeliverable as addressed when it clearly was deliverable). But to say that it didn't show up on the estimated date of delivery, then to hop straight to "I think this is going to be one of those horror stories"... Whew, that's a little dramatic.
 
I have always had what I consider good results from USPS
Yes the tracking can be lacking at times
Yes sometimes your package can get stuck at a location, but it eventually moves one(at least mine have)
Yes sometimes your package can take some wild routes
In the end though all my packages coming and going have made it to their destinations and it is at a very reasonable price IMO. The other carriers have problems also, and are much more expensive. If you take their cheapy service it lands up being delivered by USPS anyway.

There is no point getting worried about a package until it is at least a few days past estimated delivery. It is an estimate not a guarantee.
 
AVigil said:
I have shipped hundreds of packages with USPS and not a one has gone missing.
USPS is my choice over either one.
I insurance it and get signature confirmation, you can pay more to have a specific person sign for it.
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Peter Hartwig said:
I have always had what I consider good results from USPS
Yes the tracking can be lacking at times
Yes sometimes your package can get stuck at a location, but it eventually moves one(at least mine have)
Yes sometimes your package can take some wild routes
In the end though all my packages coming and going have made it to their destinations and it is at a very reasonable price IMO. The other carriers have problems also, and are much more expensive. If you take their cheapy service it lands up being delivered by USPS anyway.

There is no point getting worried about a package until it is at least a few days past estimated delivery. It is an estimate not a guarantee.
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gzb said:
^^^THIS^^^

Like with a lot of things in Life, *Patience is a Virtue*...
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^^^ :thumbup: :thumbup::thumbup:

USPS: I've shipped/received hundred's of packages using USPS, & still a 100% success rate. :thumbup: It also helps getting to know all of the USPS clerks at your local post office, and treating them extra courteous. The Carlsbad Poinsettia P.O. has some pretty great people working there...some of the impatient customer's I've witnessed, not so great.

And with USPS, BF offer's amazing support/knowledge: Monofletch & Esav B
 
T.L.E. Sharp said:
The packages have to be manually scanned. It's not terribly uncommon for one to get stuck on occasion somewhere, but it's even more common for it not to get scanned at 2 or 3 stops and go from showing arrived at a usps hub for 5 days straight to "delivered".

USPS does irritate me on occasion, but they are remarkably reliable considering the task at hand. Congrats on the 940. Great knife.
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This happens all the time, package gets scanned into a facility but doesn't get scanned on the way out, maybe it doesn't get scanned ever again and before you know it it shows up in your mailbox.
 
Just wait. Pretty soon your tracking will say "Your package will arrive Tuesday Nov. 8 at 11:30 am" USPS is constantly upgrading the system.
 
Thank you raynchk. Yes it is. Thats a Garcia with a WY halfbreed mouthpiece with a roller and wire inlaid into the mouthpiece.
 
I live in WNY and the USPS (thru ROC) is absolutely horrendous.

Unfortunately I have had what OP has happening to me several times. In ROC they seem to sometimes "lose" your packages for a few weeks. I have always received everything, but 4 times this year I have received items more than a month late, packing all shredded up, in a plastic USPS baggie that say on it something to the effect of "we are sorry we temporarily misplaced your mail, and apologize for the inconvenience"....

UPS on the other hand is far far far far far superior. Faster delivery, better tracking, and I have never had anything "temporarily misplaced".
 
If you are constantly having trouble with USPS and packages maybe there is something wrong on your end. Once or twice in a LIFETIME maybe, but some of you make it sound like EVERY package is a crap shoot.
You could move on to my mail route and I will take care of you!!!! :D
 
Just to balance out WilliamCody, I live in WNY also, all of our mail comes from the Rochester facility as well, and I've never once had a problem. Funny how that works out isn't it??
 
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