USPS shipping problems/delays

[bnorth]

Is it just me or has the USPS been horrible the last month? I have been buying/selling/trading cards for fun on the net for 20 years and have never lost a payment or a card. I always use paid tracking if over $20 value. I have had problems with over half the payments(do not use paypal) and cards I have sent out. They have taken 10-14 days to arrive when it is usually 3.

The latest delay is I sent Leon payment with paid tracking for one of the Net54 t-shirts that was supposed to arrive Monday. On Wednesday it still was not delivered. So I went to the PO and asked about it, The postal worker said "if it does not arrive by Friday come back in, but there is really nothing we can do about it" at least he was honest.LOL

[grainsley]

Try Canada Post.........they are as reliable as hell, you can count on them to be very slow. Don't think I ever lost anything though, just that the cards had aged considerably by the time they got here.

[ATP]

Yes, in the last couple months I have had more items misrouted by USPS than in the last few years total. I know they closed a huge sorting facility in my area due to budget constraints, and I am sure the added volume at the other facility is causing errors when they ship out of my area. I have even had a couple eBay neutral feedbacks left on me and low detailed ratings by new buyers because of some of these misrouted items.