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Why does USPS even have package tracking
Posted on 6/29/20 at 7:30 am
Posted on 6/29/20 at 7:30 am
Had an item shipped to me on the 24th. 5 days later and I still haven't gotten any type of update on where the package is or when it will be arriving.....
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Posted on 6/29/20 at 7:32 am to RoosterCogburn585
Have you actually looked or are you complaining that they aren’t alerting you?
Posted on 6/29/20 at 7:33 am to RoosterCogburn585
Don't call the postmaster and inquire about it. She will just call you racist and cuss you out.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 7:34 am to RoosterCogburn585
One time I was waiting for a package and was keeping an eye on the tracking on my phone. I was in the living room all day which is near the front door.
All of a sudden I get a tracking update which said something like they tried to drop it off, but nobody answered the door and that I’d have to go to the post office to pick it up.
I was like WTF? I was sitting right there. Nobody knocked on the door. I even saw the mail truck driving down the street. They never stopped at my house. The mail person was just being lazy.
USPS sucks.
All of a sudden I get a tracking update which said something like they tried to drop it off, but nobody answered the door and that I’d have to go to the post office to pick it up.
I was like WTF? I was sitting right there. Nobody knocked on the door. I even saw the mail truck driving down the street. They never stopped at my house. The mail person was just being lazy.
USPS sucks.
This post was edited on 6/29/20 at 7:35 am
Posted on 6/29/20 at 7:35 am to RoosterCogburn585
Had this happen to the last 3 shipped USPS. They will most likely show up. I've had some labeled as lost on amazon, and after the replacement shows up, the original shows up as well.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 7:36 am to RoosterCogburn585
It definitely doesn’t help them locate lost packages, of which there are many.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 7:38 am to RoosterCogburn585
Did you buy the item on amazon?
They are delaying shipments and when that happens UPS will not update until it actually ships.
I bought an item from amazon that isn’t going to arrive until late July. UPS says it’s “shipped” but there are no updates.
What it really means is that there has been a label created but UPS has yet to pick it up.
They are delaying shipments and when that happens UPS will not update until it actually ships.
I bought an item from amazon that isn’t going to arrive until late July. UPS says it’s “shipped” but there are no updates.
What it really means is that there has been a label created but UPS has yet to pick it up.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 7:43 am to RoosterCogburn585
I had a package that seemed to have gotten lost in transit somewhere.
Emailed the USPS customer service to ask about it. Sent the email 14-ish days after the item had shipped, which was a week after it was supposed to have been delivered.
Last tracking updates were departing Memphis on the 12th, then four days of date changes of "in transit to next destination."
After sending the email, it was miraculously at my local post office the next morning and delivered that very day.
I'm curious to see if my next two packages, one coming through Memphis, actually make it on time.
Check out the table on this page to decided when you should be concerned.
Emailed the USPS customer service to ask about it. Sent the email 14-ish days after the item had shipped, which was a week after it was supposed to have been delivered.
Last tracking updates were departing Memphis on the 12th, then four days of date changes of "in transit to next destination."
After sending the email, it was miraculously at my local post office the next morning and delivered that very day.
I'm curious to see if my next two packages, one coming through Memphis, actually make it on time.
Check out the table on this page to decided when you should be concerned.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 7:50 am to RoosterCogburn585
This is what happens when control/funding is driven from the top and not from the consumer.
This post was edited on 6/29/20 at 7:50 am
Posted on 6/29/20 at 7:53 am to RoosterCogburn585
Have a new IWB coming today, been receiving text updates all week
Posted on 6/29/20 at 8:03 am to RoosterCogburn585
In general my experience with the USPS outside of their tracking system has been fine, but their online tracker is basically useless.
This post was edited on 6/29/20 at 8:04 am
Posted on 6/29/20 at 8:12 am to RoosterCogburn585
USPS can get fricked.
I routinely have packages delivered to my home ON TIME and with little exception from UPS, FedEx, and Amazon.
And yet, 4 out of 5 packages to be delivered by USPS run into issues. Most notably the "we couldn't access delivery location" note. And calling the post office...yeah good luck with that.
The whole thing needs to be done away with. Let UPS and FEDEX handle it.
I routinely have packages delivered to my home ON TIME and with little exception from UPS, FedEx, and Amazon.
And yet, 4 out of 5 packages to be delivered by USPS run into issues. Most notably the "we couldn't access delivery location" note. And calling the post office...yeah good luck with that.
The whole thing needs to be done away with. Let UPS and FEDEX handle it.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 8:31 am to RoosterCogburn585
USPS should be declared a domestic terror organization. Their tracking system is aggravating as heck. Last winter I received a love letter that they were unable to deliver and I had to pick it up at the PO.
Me: "Hi, I'm here to pick up this package"
Idiot: "What's it look like?"
Me: "Um I'm not sure, I haven't seen it yet"
Idiot: "What am I supposed to do?"
Me: "Take down the number and go in back and find it???"
Idiot: "I don't know if I can do that"
Me: "Ok yall left the note and didn't deliver it, please go grab it"
Idiot: "Do you have any idea where it's from?"
Me: "no, all I have is a tracking number on your slip of paper"
Idiot: "Well I supposed when the boss gets in someone can look'
This tomfoolery went on for 5+ minutes until someone went in back, probably smoked a cig or two, then came out and told me they couldn't find it.
I waited til shift change and came back, they found it.
Me: "Hi, I'm here to pick up this package"
Idiot: "What's it look like?"
Me: "Um I'm not sure, I haven't seen it yet"
Idiot: "What am I supposed to do?"
Me: "Take down the number and go in back and find it???"
Idiot: "I don't know if I can do that"
Me: "Ok yall left the note and didn't deliver it, please go grab it"
Idiot: "Do you have any idea where it's from?"
Me: "no, all I have is a tracking number on your slip of paper"
Idiot: "Well I supposed when the boss gets in someone can look'
This tomfoolery went on for 5+ minutes until someone went in back, probably smoked a cig or two, then came out and told me they couldn't find it.
I waited til shift change and came back, they found it.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 8:33 am to RoosterCogburn585
We live in Alabama and recently had a package from Amazon shipped via USPS. It took about 3 days to get from California to the Bessemer, AL sort facility. Then it took 4 days to get from Bessemer to our house. WTF? Our post master said she has seen tons of problems with shipments going through Bessemer.
This post was edited on 6/29/20 at 8:34 am
Posted on 6/29/20 at 8:50 am to RoosterCogburn585
My USPS tracking is generally pretty good. I just got an email saying that a package I ordered last Friday is out for delivery, expected at some point today.
This post was edited on 6/29/20 at 8:51 am
Posted on 6/29/20 at 9:00 am to RoosterCogburn585
Try out USPS Informed Delivery. It's a free service you can sign up for and they will email you pictures of all the mail you will receive each day. It also tracks packages and allows you to manage delivery.
Pretty useful.
Pretty useful.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 10:44 am to RoosterCogburn585
quote:
Why does USPS even have package tracking
So you know to expect your package within 3-15 business days after it says it's delivered.
This post was edited on 6/29/20 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 6/29/20 at 11:03 am to RoosterCogburn585
They certainly do have tracking, if you pay for it.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 11:14 am to RoosterCogburn585
If you use USPS, you get what you get and you'll like it.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 11:15 am to RoosterCogburn585
Why does USPS even exist at all?
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