USPS problem updated

[jcmtiger]

Priority mail accepted 4/5/21, 12:57 pm, arrived at regional Ft Myers fl 5:20 pm. 4/5/21, departed regional Ft Myer 10:07 pm. 4/5/21,
Arrived Ybor City Dist center 4/6/21 2:10 am. In transit arriving late 4/10/21. That’s it went to po, supervisor says it is moving. Can’t see that in tracking today April 17, still not delivered. What now? Thanks in advance. Joe. Opened a case with po in by email last week. Received email today case resolved. Ha!!!! Ha !!! Your package is lost or stolen. Now have to jump thru hoops to to get insurance claim approved. And my customer does not get his merchandise. Mailed 2 packages last week 1st class, no insurance From Fl to Ca arrived in 2 days, Fl to Il. 5 days. Seems priority mail is part of the problem. Not happy. Joe

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by jcmtiger

Priority mail accepted 4/5/21, 12:57 pm, arrived at regional Ft Myers fl 5:20 pm. 4/5/21, departed regional Ft Myer 10:07 pm. 4/5/21,
Arrived Ybor City Dist center 4/6/21 2:10 am. In transit arriving late 4/10/21. That’s it went to po, supervisor says it is moving. Can’t see that in tracking today April 17, still not delivered. What now? Thanks in advance. Joe

Sadly this is pretty normal. Have you signed up for text and email alerts? Weirdly that helps usually.

[jayshum]

A few weeks ago, I had something that showed In Transit Arriving Late for over 3 weeks. Then one day, it magically arrived at a distribution center near me and was delivered a few days later. If you wait, it will probably show up eventually.

[jcmtiger]

Thanks guys.

[kkkkandp]

I hate to rain on your parade, but...

I have been a huge fan of the USPS...until this past year. As examples, they delivered Christmas cards (which we sent on December 10) of ours to the Atlanta area on February 5 and to the Chicago area on March 10. They "lost" a request for death certificates I sent to the Cook County Vital Records Office (for genealogical purposes) on January 14. On March 14 I sent a duplicate request via Registered Mail so I could track its travels beginning-to-end. It made it to the destination Post Office and completely fell off the radar even though the Cook County Vital Records Office address is a Post Office box! I sent all kinds of nastygrams (the response to one of which was that the issued was "resolved," which in USPS-speak means "we can't find what you sent.")

Finally, last week the check I sent with the first request was deposited and three days later I had my documents. I have no idea where the second set of requests is nor do I care. I stopped payment on the second check.

Bottom line is - right now service by the USPS is generally shite!

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by kkkkandp

I hate to rain on your parade, but...

I have been a huge fan of the USPS...until this past year. As examples, they delivered Christmas cards (which we sent on December 10) of ours to the Atlanta area on February 5 and to the Chicago area on March 10. They "lost" a request for death certificates I sent to the Cook County Vital Records Office (for genealogical purposes) on January 14. On March 14 I sent a duplicate request via Registered Mail so I could track its travels beginning-to-end. It made it to the destination Post Office and completely fell off the radar even though the Cook County Vital Records Office address is a Post Office box! I sent all kinds of nastygrams (the response to one of which was that the issued was "resolved," which in USPS-speak means "we can't find what you sent.")

Finally, last week the check I sent with the first request was deposited and three days later I had my documents. I have no idea where the second set of requests is nor do I care. I stopped payment on the second check.

Bottom line is - right now service by the USPS is generally shite!

Be glad all you had were delays and the loss of valueless/easily replaceable ephemera. You came out of it extremely fortunate.

[jfkheat]

This package was going less than 100 miles, all in Georgia. I finally received the package March 6th or 7th

Mar 3, 2021
4:39am
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
ATLANTA, GA 30369
Mar 3, 2021
12:47am
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
ATLANTA, GA 30369
Mar 3, 2021
12:04am
DEPART USPS FACILITY
NORTH METRO, GA 30026
Mar 2, 2021
11:34pm
DEPART USPS FACILITY
NORTH METRO, GA 30026
Mar 2, 2021
9:09am
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
NORTH METRO, GA 30026
Mar 2, 2021
8:05am
DEPART USPS FACILITY
ATLANTA, GA 30354
Mar 2, 2021
7:10am
DEPART USPS FACILITY
ATLANTA, GA 30354
Mar 2, 2021
5:11am
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
ATLANTA, GA 30369
Mar 2, 2021
3:16am
ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
ATLANTA, GA 30354
Mar 2, 2021
2:47am
DEPART USPS FACILITY
ATLANTA, GA 30320
Mar 2, 2021
2:24am
DEPART USPS FACILITY
ATLANTA, GA 30320
Feb 28, 2021
10:14am
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
ATLANTA, GA 30320
Feb 27, 2021
4:50am
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
ATLANTA, GA 30304
Feb 26, 2021
3:00pm
DEPART POST OFFICE
OAKWOOD, GA 30566
Feb 26, 2021
12:24pm
PICKED UP
OAKWOOD, GA 30566
Feb 25, 2021
8:39am
PRE-SHIPMENT INFO SENT USPS AWAITS ITEM
OAKWOOD, GA 30566
Feb 25, 2021
8:37am
SHIPPING LBL CREATED USPS AWAITS ITEM
OAKWOOD, GA 30566
Feb 25, 2021
5:37am
Tracking number provided

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by jayshum

...If you wait, it will probably show up eventually.

Sounds like a ringing endorsement. Think they'd use this as their advertising tag line?

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Sounds like a ringing endorsement. Think they'd use this as their advertising tag line?

I agree it's not the best service right now, but it seems like it is the current reality. Overall, delivery has been much better for me than it was in December and January when most things were taking several weeks to get to me. Over the past few months, almost everything has been on time (or within a day of original expected delivery date). However, there have been one or two packages that have taken significantly longer, but so far, they have all eventually shown up.

[jbbama]

USPS tracking has gone off the rails!

i had a package from Alabama to Ohio go through Reno, NV before finally arriving in Ohio. Crazy stuff!!

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

I had something rerouted to Jakarta! Took six months to finally get here.

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by jcmtiger

Priority mail accepted 4/5/21, 12:57 pm, arrived at regional Ft Myers fl 5:20 pm. 4/5/21, departed regional Ft Myer 10:07 pm. 4/5/21,
Arrived Ybor City Dist center 4/6/21 2:10 am. In transit arriving late 4/10/21. That’s it went to po, supervisor says it is moving. Can’t see that in tracking today April 17, still not delivered. What now? Thanks in advance. Joe. Opened a case with po in by email last week. Received email today case resolved. Ha!!!! Ha !!! Your package is lost or stolen. Now have to jump thru hoops to to get insurance claim approved. And my customer does not get his merchandise. Mailed 2 packages last week 1st class, no insurance From Fl to Ca arrived in 2 days, Fl to Il. 5 days. Seems priority mail is part of the problem. Not happy. Joe

26 days delivered today nice priority mail. 3 emails from po today. Tracking was useless still in transit.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by jcmtiger

26 days delivered today nice priority mail. 3 emails from po today. Tracking was useless still in transit.

Good news. These days, not much more you can do other than wait and hope for the best.

[Gusturd]

The USPS must be very pleased. They have a new excuse for terrible service. A gas shortage!

[buymycards]

Originally Posted by Gusturd

The USPS must be very pleased. They have a new excuse for terrible service. A gas shortage!

Yes, and with 200,000 vehicles, it could turn out to be a big problem.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by buymycards

Yes, and with 200,000 vehicles, it could turn out to be a big problem.

I was rather thinking the same thing. Why on earth would USPS want to incur higher fuel expenses and (likely) spend additional time dealing with gas shortages?

Seems like USPS would be very displeased with this.

[J-Yo]

Yikes! If that package could talk.

I once had a guy overnight fish to me (pet fish, they die if not received the next day) and he was an hour away, one city over. Anyways they sent the package to Louisville Kentucky instead and well RIP fish


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[Oscar_Stanage]

after about of year of buying and selling and sending via USPS, a bad experience has finally caught up to me.

dropped a package off at USPS, registered priority on May 21st. this was an SGC submission. The clerk took the package stamped it about 100x (which protects it from being opened unknowingly). all seemed normal. asked me how much the package was worth. I told him that I did not need insurance. He said " well we need still need to know what is in it ". this is where i made a mistake. I told him "$2500". I was never asked this question before, not sure why I told him. the reason I got a CIS insurance policy was so i did not have to tell the clerks the value of the package. Anyway, the only scan I have after 6 days is "USPS in possession of item", the initial scan by the clerk. Any day I check the tracking, I get a generic "in transit, arriving late". it has not been scanned at all. I am pretty sure the guy stole it. even if a package is slow, it should have been scanned "left the post office" and should have arrived at the main NYC hub.

the post office where i dropped it is useless. they tell me, they can't do anything because it is in transit. and they give me nonsensical reasons for why it was never scanned. I called the 1-800 number, and they have been helpful opening a case, but it has not gone anywhere so far. the people i have spoken with both said that something is wrong. they escalated some sort of inspection. who knows what CIS pays. i will be out a bunch of raw cards that took me forever to find in a nice gradable condition.

this has soured me on collecting.

[rand1com]

It sounds like it was shipped registered mail. If so, it is very possible it has not moved from the initial post office. It is a very slow process and I have had packages stay in one location for more than a week. Did he give you a registered mail receipt? If so, you are likely fine and it will move along the USPS process. Registered mail is the only one they stamp like you described and it does require a declared value. Hope this helps. I would be very surprised if it is lost or stolen. The clerk who shipped it has to sign as responsible agent and the registered packages are held on one location. The Priority Mail aspect means nothing on registered mail. It is also signed for at each location along the way. It is the safest way to ship valuable packages among all the carriers. I once had one I got worried about. It took almost 3 weeks to get to the west coast from NC but it eventually made it safely. One thing for sure, the clerk did not steal them. Could have put the package in the wrong location and it has not been noticed yet but not stolen by him. Talk to the local postmaster and inform him it was registered mail. They will find it or the declared value will be honored. Will $2500 cover the value of the raw cards?

[sb1]

Go down and talk to the Postmaster in person, they will be able to provide internal records of the package's movement.

[Oscar_Stanage]

Originally Posted by rand1com

It sounds like it was shipped registered mail. If so, it is very possible it has not moved from the initial post office. It is a very slow process and I have had packages stay in one location for more than a week. Did he give you a registered mail receipt? If so, you are likely fine and it will move along the USPS process. Registered mail is the only one they stamp like you described and it does require a declared value. Hope this helps. I would be very surprised if it is lost or stolen. The clerk who shipped it has to sign as responsible agent and the registered packages are held on one location. The Priority Mail aspect means nothing on registered mail. It is also signed for at each location along the way. It is the safest way to ship valuable packages among all the carriers. I once had one I got worried about. It took almost 3 weeks to get to the west coast from NC but it eventually made it safely. One thing for sure, the clerk did not steal them. Could have put the package in the wrong location and it has not been noticed yet but not stolen by him. Talk to the local postmaster and inform him it was registered mail. They will find it or the declared value will be honored. Will $2500 cover the value of the raw cards?

yes, I shipped via Registered Mail, and I have the receipt. your comment gives me some hope. if it does end up lost, I do have private insurance that will the loss, probably at a haircut for raw cards. But no one can compensate me for the time and effort it took to find the cards.

[sb1]

It will get there, Registered Mail is 99.9999% dependable.