USPS still struggling... friend in same state sent my wife a box,

[NRaleighLiberal]

priority, 8 days ago. It was part of a quilt my wife is making someone for Christmas. My wife looked up the tracking number...was supposed to arrive last Friday. It is still in transit!

I've asked people at the local post office. They are really struggling...loads of delays, loads of complaints...and prices are skyrocketing.

I mailed my daughter's gifts today at UPS, far less cost, should be there in 2 days

More DeJoy fallout???

[USALiberal]

1. Many stuff I sent from KS to PA have been as fast as ever. nt

[MineralMan]

2. That's what happens when a President messes with the mail

to try to cheat in an election. Blame Trump.

[elleng]

3. Fortunately, I had no problems with 2 packages sent for Hanukkah and a birthday,

arrived on the day promised (southern MD > NJ.) Took 3 days.

[abqtommy]

4. DeJoy has a lot to answer for but let's not forget that tRUMP installed him to f**k things up.

[vollehosen]

5. I sent 5 packages last Thursday

All Priority, all were supposed to be delivered yesterday.

1/5 was delivered yesterday. The others are still in transit, a couple of them not even close to their final distribution centers.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. I wonder how variable it is by state?

[RANDYWILDMAN]

9. Portland sucks

Right now USPS is slammed. I have red dots on all my packages ingoing and outgoing.

bummer, Louis, your doing a heckava job

[timms139]

24. From In. to Ky . took 9 days priority .

Got another that's eleven days in transit now. Both should have been two days.

[samnsara]

7. we got NO mail Monday and USPS informed delivery showed us all that was to be delivered...

[lilymidnite]

8. Since November 23

We've been waiting for a particular package since mid-November. It hasn't left Ft. Wayne, Indiana since November 23.

[Chiyo-chichi]

10. I'm finding the same.

For gifts I ordered online, if they ship UPS or FedEx, they arrive on time, no problem. But if USPS touches it, all bets are off.
I ordered something from NYC that was shipped through that deal where UPS turns it over to the Post Office at some point. Tracking indicates that a week ago, it was in my state... an hour away from me... then it went back to the state to the east of me... and there have been no updates since it was turned over to USPS.

[Backseat Driver]

11. Yup, I've got several stuck right in town for the past 5 days

per Informed Delivery which was down most of yesterday, I'm assuming something to do with the major data breach or some Special MAIL holiday, and haven't had the courage to check to see if those packages have made any progress getting out to my burb let alone set for delivery...I'm being patient but....then again, UPS delivered a package to me today that wasn't mine - close, but no cigar! Not even sure throwing more (or less) money at it will get stuff shipped any faster. Then, if it's coming from overseas, that's another waiting/lost game...I scored some great Blitz prices on some WISH items late in October (winter boots and small cross-body bag) that have luckily been recently reimbursed as "no-shows" quite easily--weird. (LOL - got the potty light, though).

[iamateacher]

12. Mailed two packages today

Very expensive and neither will guaranteed be there by Christmas. One was to a town 20 miles away...

[Totally Tunsie]

13. My new 5G compatible phone was shipped out from

Portland, Oregon, on 12/4 via USPS, and first got stuck in Ohio and then in CT. Supposedly it's on the move again, but haven't had an update since Sunday. Wouldn't care so much normally, but Consumer Cellular stops supporting my old phone at end of December. Also, I need to sign for the package, so have to plan to be here on the day it arrives. The question is "When will that be?" Now we have a big storm coming in tomorrow night into Thursday for further delays.

In contrast, I mailed a package on 12/07, destined for Sweden. Tracking shows it left JFK on 12/11, so should be somewhere in Europe at this time. They'll get their package before I get mine!

[montanacowboy]

14. Sent a pkg on 12/4 for 2 day delivery

still somewhere out there 11 days out with no up to date tracking from Seattle to Tennessee

[Tech]

15. I guess the push for privatization is working. He has done his job.

[bamagal62]

16. Yep. That's their goal.

[Dem2]

17. It's gotten laughable at this point.

I've had packages just sit for 2-3 days in one of their hubs 2x in just the past week.

At least I saw a notification that they were overwhelmed between the larger number of packages and less employees due to Covid, so they're not denying that they have issues right now.

[maxsolomon]

18. There are a lot of packages this year.

I'd suggest patience.

[A HERETIC I AM]

22. This is a MONUMENTAL understatement!

The volume for the USPS goes up so much this time of year that in many large metro areas they rent warehouse space to handle the extra mail. They call these temporary facilities an "annex" and they are used to sort almost exclusively parcels.

Here's what one looks like before the volume really picks up;



A view showing the loading dock doors;



Imagine that entire space, every square foot of it, except aisles for the machinery to move around, completely filled.

Here's a picture of a regular dock at a distribution center on a normal workday;


The forklift driver at the right wasn't too happy with me for snapping the pic, but he didn't say a word.

[tanyev]

19. Just found out the credit card payment I mailed two weeks ago hasn't arrived.

Found out after I tried to use that credit card and it was declined.

[W_HAMILTON]

20. I've had TERRIBLE service from the post office lately.

It's basically become almost a weekly occurrence for me, returning mail to the post office that was misdelivered to me or, just today, delivering a package to a house down the street that they left at my home. I have never seen them make so many mistakes as they have over the past few months. Usually misdelivered mail would happen maybe twice a year; now, it's happening several times each month recently.

[csziggy]

21. I'm hoping it isn't too screwed up

I asked and asked my husband to go in last week to buy the pre-paid Visa cards to send to our great niece and nephews. He finally bought them this afternoon. I have to sit down tonight and address all the envelopes so he can mail them in the morning.

Last year when I sent them out the first week of December, two of the envelopes didn't arrive until Christmas Eve. I'm so pissed that my husband could not take a swing by the store last week to get these out as soon as possible even though he was in town five days of the week.

We also have two packages that he needs to pack up - and I've been trying to get at least one of those done for a month. Since he used to do that at his FedEx job, he insists he is the only one in the house that can do it - if he would only get around to it!

As far as I am concerned, none of this really needs to arrive by Christmas but damn, it would be nice if stuff arrived by then.

[Hekate]

23. This is the GOP, Trump, & DeJoy: delays & costs. However, our local mailman at least is ...

...trying to stay afloat. Remember how DeJoy told everybody to not work past 5pm, but to dump any “leftover” mail back at the station? We’re at the end of the line, and not getting ours until 9:00 pm lately, which tells me he’s delivering everything as best he can.

DeJoy belongs in prison.

[GemDigger]

25. The PO had something on the local news tonight.

They asked to please be patient, it is Christmas overload, they are very low on staff due to Covid and that they are doing the best they can.

They have been putting memos in the mailboxes looking for help since last spring.

[UTUSN]

26. Eleven bucks for a "book" of stamps!1

It's been about two years since I bought any, email you know. So I was recently down to my last stamp and expected change from a ten dollar bill -------- hah, heard the price and echoed, "Eleven dollars?!1" And the clerk said, "Excuse me, you only wanted *one* stamp?!"

I said no and added on a dollar bill, and involuntarily exhaled "Eleven dollars!1". The clerk sort of pushed the book towards me without a word and even (forgot?) to give me the receipt to send me on my way as though saying *really*?!1

Sticker (oh, a pun) shock.

[Liberal In Texas]

27. Bought stamps on-line at the end of Nov. Still have not arrived. Keep getting this

when I check:

In Transit, Arriving Late
Your package will arrive later than expected, but is still on its way. It is currently in transit to the next facility.

And it's just an envelope with postage stamps for pete's sake. DeJoy needs to go. They've ruined a wonderful government service.

[Totally Tunsie]

37. That's the exact message I get regarding my new phone "in transit".

It's been stalled twice - once in Ohio and once in Connecticut. I signed up for text updates, and every day get the message you posted. Because of the dollar value, I have to be here to sign for it...but who knows when it's coming?

[KentuckyWoman]

28. They will continue to struggle until

Congress either puts them as a fully funded government agency, or else gets out of their business completely.

The federal requirements regarding retiree pension and medical care benefits are ridiculous. In addition they aren't free to fully negotiate their own vendor contracts, or pricing to it's largest mass mailers. Congress critters keep their fingers in it and use that to get deals for their sponsors. Federal agencies required to use USPS for mailing citizens DON'T pay a fair rate for the service, so USPS is not adequately compensated.

They get NO taxpayer funds, but are expected to cater to the federal government.

[helpisontheway]

29. They have a notice at the top of their page indicating that

they are short on help due to large volume and covid. My mom mailed a package to us via Priority mail Monday of last week. Over a week ago and it is still not here. Plus it is not being scanned. I have several packages floating around out there. Some are Amazon. Wish I would have had an option to ship my orders via ups or fed ex.

[mnhtnbb]

30. I went to the post office today to mail documentation to the local Social Security office

that had to be received by them prior to Dec 23rd or they would close my appeal to them using my 2019 Tax return to means test the deduction for Medicare Part B on my monthly SS payment. They want to pay me LESS each month next year than they have been paying me this year, based on one aberrant year of income due to the death of my husband. All subject to appeal as long as I provide the documentation.

I asked the postal clerk what to expect for delivery time for a priority mail folder. She said 2-3 days, but could be more. I didn't want to trust it, so I opted for the Overnight Express mail that cost almost $20. more, figuring it was worth it if my appeal is granted and they don't end up reducing my payment by over $600 next year due to the means testing deduction for Medicare Part B.

They damn well better grant my appeal. They basically gave me one week to respond (because their letter to me took 8 days to get here) or they would drop my appeal. If I hadn't kept one certified copy of the death certificate, I would have been SOL. They wouldn't accept a photocopy, even though I had to give them a certified death certificate almost two years ago when I filed for widow's benefits. What do they think has happened since then? He returned to life and hasn't since died again?

Overnight Express mail is guaranteed to be delivered by 10:30 am tomorrow. I will be checking to see it is delivered.

[FakeNoose]

35. It's so bizarre that they have to receive a piece of paper

Why couldn't you just scan the document and email it? That takes 10 or 15 minutes, tops.

Even if you don't have a computer scanner I'm sure you know someone who does. Worst case, you can take it to any Fedex Office (formerly Kinko's) and their photo copiers are also scanners.

Emailing your document to the Social Security office is just as secure as mailing them a piece of paper. Maybe even more secure.

[mnhtnbb]

38. No, they only accept the certified copy

of the death certificate. No scans, no photocopies. The only other alternative was to take it myself. Take a number at the Social Security office and sit and wait in an enclosed waiting area for my number to be called. No thanks.

[Generic Brad]

31. 10 days on my priority package and counting

It left Nashville 9 days ago and is still in transit to Pennsylvania.

Then I order things from Walmart on a Saturday and it shows up on Monday.

[moondust]

32. First 750 miles in 12 hours.

Last 100+ miles now 9 days and counting. Very small package via First Class Mail.

If someone wanted to sabotage USPS, December during a pandemic would be the time to do it.

[marlakay]

33. They never got back the machines for sorting

That were broken or taken away. I heard they laid off workers.

I am not having a problem locally but shipping from around the states is slow, still haven't received my xmas cards i ordered last month. Finally put on mask and went to store.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

34. If there was ever any group of people entitled to say

"I wish I could help but I only work here' it's the people at the PO. Numbnutz Dejoy threw a HUGE monkey wrench in the works and it's gonna take time to unfuck it..............

[Eugene]

36. WaPo: USPS 'gridlocked'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016280042

USPS ‘gridlocked’ as historic crush of holiday packages sparks delays

Private carriers FedEx and UPS have cut off deliveries for some retailers, rerouting surging mail volumes through the overwhelmed Postal Service.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/15/postal-service-holiday-packages-delays/

[Captain Zero]

42. OH, SO UPS and Fedex could do a better job than the USPS ?? BULLSHIT

Bullshit. When the going gets tough they bail out.

[DFW]

39. Almost all mail to the USA from here now goes by boat

Back to the 1930s. A package to the USA costs €60 now, or about 4 times what it was a year ago. They go by boat, too. FedEx and UPS have their own planes, so they are getting a lot of business now.

[Sunsky]

40. Yes, I've noticed that as well

I had to call Amazon twice about missing orders that were to be delivered by USPS. Another package was in my area for over a week before it was delivered. I have numerous birthday and Christmas presents being delivered and whenever I see USPS as the carrier, it makes me very nervous.

[Captain Zero]

41. Try waiting on a prescription; CBD a weak and expensive substitute.

nt

[spanone]

43. I ordered a part for a piece of gear on a Sunday night. The vendor shipped it on Monday....

It arrived in my city on Tuesday. It took it five days to get to my house once it was in my city.

PRIORITY MAIL MY ASS....this was three weeks ago.

DeJoy did his job.

Fuck him.

[obamanut2012]

44. I mailed a package from FL to CA on Monday

They will get it tomorrow -- I didn't pay anything extra, just Parcel Post, or whatever they call it now.

[brooklynite]

45. No problems in NYC...

Keep in mind that Christmas is alway a busy shipping period, and staffing is affected by COVID. Not sure you can blame DeJoy.

[mnhtnbb]

48. I have a package coming from Brooklyn. Dropped at post office Dec 3

It took 10 days for it to leave the regional post office facility in NY and then arrive the same day (Dec 13) at the regional post office facility in Raleigh where it has been sitting ever since.

Mailed Dec 3. Sitting for now 13 days at regional post office facilities. I wonder if the post office folks at Raleigh will not want to be outdone by their brethren in NY and decide to hold it for 11 days? That way they could claim it arrived just in time for Christmas!

[BumRushDaShow]

46. DeJoy destroyed the USPS in one fell swoop

and it only took him 7 months to crush something that was created (officially under what is now the U.S.) 233 years ago!

I have an Amazon item that was sent as a 1st class package on 12/7/20 and there's still no update since 12/12/20 after it left Las Vegas. Have a Penzy's item that they accepted on 12/11/20 that was due for delivery yesterday and there has been no update since it left Wisconsin. And have a small biz priority mail package accepted 12/13/20 in Florida (granted, it was done on a Sunday) and due for delivery 12/18/20 (most likely won't happen even though it is now sitting here in a Philly distribution center somewhere).

I did get some mail yesterday at 7:25 pm last night by a poor guy who had a head-lamp on because it's dark here by 5 pm. It's obvious they were not permitted to hire and/or couldn't recruit their usual extra employees this year (I don't believe the lack of employment interest as they usually start gearing up for that well before Christmas and that time frame was when they were actively destroying the institution to eliminate mail-in ballots , including ending overtime at many locations, so probably never advertised the positions).

I feel so so sorry for the poor government employees who have had to suffer under that jackass.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

47. Our mail is being delivered 2 hours later than it was before

DeJoy sabotaged the USPS for Trump.

2 documents that I sent in separate mailings since then apparently never arrived at their destination.

DeJoy must be investigated.