re: USPS Package Delivery Problem

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Should have used Fedex.

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They're not perfect either. I've seen them lose three in transit and misdeliver another in the past month.

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The last 2 out of 5 Amazon orders shipped by USPS arrived after the 2 day delivery date for Amazon Prime. A quick email to Amazon saying this in not acceptable resulted in 2 free months of Amazon Prime being added to my account.

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I'm a little surprised Prime would use USPS. USPS is generally the fastest (2 days to a metro area, 3 days to an outlying area) but it's the least reliable.

UPS is the slowest but Amazon has warehouses all over the country so that cuts the transit time way down. UPS is also more expensive but Amazon's volume is high enough to get a substantial discount.

Of course, the real shame about the carriers sucking is how much it hurts mom and pop operations. The Wal-Marts and Amazons of the world can easily eat those costs but the smaller operations really feel it. The other bad thing is that all the crappy postal employees keep their jobs, while they destroy other people's jobs. The losses aren't enough to put a small company out of business but it's an additional expense that makes those companies decide not to expand, or decide to throw in the towel and reassign their employees to other tasks (which means those jobs aren't open for new hires).

Sometimes it gets left on the truck for whatever reason. I'd give it another day.