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Post by dennym57 on Nov 18, 2024 14:42:40 GMT
I ordered a nice K-Line boxcar from Brad's Trains over a week ago. It was supposed to have arrived last Tuesday.
Well the car has made here to Michigan, but it is bouncing around to different facilities. I'm going to the Post Office with the tracking number and see if they can find out why it hasn't arrived here.
I think I've been very patient, but now I'm full blown aggravated. ðŸ˜
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Post by healey36 on Nov 18, 2024 15:09:56 GMT
I shipped a prewar freight car to a guy in central PA 10 days ago...still not delivered. The estimated delivery date was the 14th; last look at tracking yields an "In Transit to Next Facility, Arriving Late" status. Doesn't bode well for the holidays...
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Post by runamuckchuck on Nov 18, 2024 18:51:36 GMT
A recent purchase from a person just north of Philadelphia showed no movement whatsoever or that USPS even had the package. The package showed up more than several days later than normal completely unannounced. Tracking info can be quite amusing. Glad it wasn't an organ transplant.
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Post by david1 on Nov 18, 2024 19:16:50 GMT
A Couple of years ago I had a set of f units ordered first week of November and delivered last week of January. The excuse was the Philly post office was so busy the trailer along with several others sat unloaded at the PO for 7 weeks.
No apology, no why!
Dave
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Post by healey36 on Nov 18, 2024 19:48:53 GMT
Chicago is the worst...stuff destined to route through the Chicago distribution center often gets pigeon-holed (in my experience). Slow packing/shipping by the seller is, if I'm honest, even more annoying.
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Post by chipset35 on Nov 18, 2024 20:13:37 GMT
No sleep until UPS or FedEx
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 18, 2024 22:03:32 GMT
USPS has been pretty good most of the time for us. It’s UPS that’s been a problem. Off the top of my head I can think of 3 recent UPS screw ups. I found a package in front of my garage. The driver didn’t bother to put it on the covered porch. The house number on the package was correct but the street was 3 streets away. I delivered it myself.
My wife ordered some cleaning products that were delivered to a wrong address. The vendor sent another package that we received. About 2 weeks later a neighbor down the street brought the original package. They had been away and just got home and found the package.
A few weeks ago I expected a delivery. Tracking said the package 📦 was delivered but it wasn’t on the front porch, the back porch nor in front of the garage. The neighbor across the street had a package that looked to be the right size to be ours. Sure enough it had our address on it.
I guess our UPS driver thinks that as long as he leaves packages anywhere in our neighborhood we’ll sort it out so he doesn’t have to bother delivering them to the right addresses. Shipping prices are way up while the quality of the service is way down. Ugh.
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Post by dennym57 on Nov 19, 2024 0:59:42 GMT
I went to the post office and showed them my tracking number. The guy I talked to said he was going to call the facility were the package is to find out why it's sitting there and to have it sent to the P.O. here.
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Post by trainman9 on Nov 19, 2024 14:42:16 GMT
We had a check stolen a few years ago. We put the envelope with the check into one of those mailboxes outside the post office. It was on a Sunday and the check was stolen, washed and cashed for over 9K. My wife discovered the theft the next day and with a photo copy of the check we were able to get our money back from the bank within a few days.
NEVER, NEVER put a check in one of those outside mail boxes, or in your home mailbox. Take it to the bank and deposit it inside. Also, it’s a good idea to check your mailbox every day and stop your mail when going on vacation.
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Post by dennym57 on Nov 19, 2024 15:20:03 GMT
I saw a video of a guy who was stealing Social Security checks from peoples mail boxes. He was caught by the neighborhood people and they 'explained' what happens when you do that.
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Post by chipset35 on Nov 20, 2024 10:18:16 GMT
As a cyber security career person, I always thought it odd how people trust an unlocked mailbox in front of their house to send and receive Personal Identifiable Information. If hackers want to hack online sites, it takes a ton more effort than simply opening a mailbox. Moreover, I use Direct Deposit and vice versa for paying bills and have gone paperless years ago, using email only. And to those who use Social Media.....you are taking a huge risk in so many ways. For the Baby Boomers and older folks here, could you imagine prior to the 1990s telling someone "Hey I posted my photo, address, and what I do every day, including vacations etc etc etc for all the world to see"! We would have been laughed at. Only reason suckers use Social media these days is ignorance and blindly following the "Herd".to post your information and have it sold as sales leads. TikTok? Might as well just email the Communist Chinese Government and military and tell them look at me! Take my info! Because as the informed know there is no difference between, business/civil and government/military in a communist country like china. Oh, you want to find out your cultural heritage and send your DNA to a family tree website? Guess who owns most of those sites and if they dont own the site they own 99% of the labs that process the DNA? CHINA! Guess who is working on Biological weapons to target ethinic groups based on their DNA? CHINA! Keep it up folks you are putting your heads in a trap.
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Post by frankmulligan on Nov 20, 2024 14:56:12 GMT
Here's some tips from a postal carrier for the USPS (me!):
-Pack things like it's going to get dropped from 5 ft in the air. I'm amazed, and annoyed, by how horrible some of the items I delivered are packed. Use enough tape to keep the package closed. Use enough interior packing material to keep the item from sliding around.
-Address the item correctly. Sometimes we get packages where the name is just 'Bob'. We know the names on our routes. I can generally tell the address just by looking at the name of the person.
-Make sure your mailbox has your number on it, and so does your house! I do routes on roads that I've never been on before. In some of the lake communities around here the mailbox is on one street and the actual residence is on a dirt road behind that street. Then I have to Google your location, and Google is not always correct. If you want privacy and don't want to be found, then don't mail order anything!
-If you have a house that has no overhangs, consider a deck box to keep your packages safe during bad weather. We don't always have bags on the truck or bags that will fit.
-If you have a package to ship and it's ready to go, consider using our package pickup service. It's free and can be found on USPS.COM.
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Post by atsda on Nov 20, 2024 19:03:42 GMT
$9 billion in the red.
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Post by dennym57 on Nov 21, 2024 0:32:01 GMT
Here's some tips from a postal carrier for the USPS (me!): -Pack things like it's going to get dropped from 5 ft in the air. I'm amazed, and annoyed, by how horrible some of the items I delivered are packed. Use enough tape to keep the package closed. Use enough interior packing material to keep the item from sliding around. -Address the item correctly. Sometimes we get packages where the name is just 'Bob'. We know the names on our routes. I can generally tell the address just by looking at the name of the person. -Make sure your mailbox has your number on it, and so does your house! I do routes on roads that I've never been on before. In some of the lake communities around here the mailbox is on one street and the actual residence is on a dirt road behind that street. Then I have to Google your location, and Google is not always correct. If you want privacy and don't want to be found, then don't mail order anything! -If you have a house that has no overhangs, consider a deck box to keep your packages safe during bad weather. We don't always have bags on the truck or bags that will fit. -If you have a package to ship and it's ready to go, consider using our package pickup service. It's free and can be found on USPS.COM. It arrived today.
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 21, 2024 1:42:26 GMT
Here's some tips from a postal carrier for the USPS (me!): -Pack things like it's going to get dropped from 5 ft in the air. I'm amazed, and annoyed, by how horrible some of the items I delivered are packed. Use enough tape to keep the package closed. Use enough interior packing material to keep the item from sliding around. -Address the item correctly. Sometimes we get packages where the name is just 'Bob'. We know the names on our routes. I can generally tell the address just by looking at the name of the person. -Make sure your mailbox has your number on it, and so does your house! I do routes on roads that I've never been on before. In some of the lake communities around here the mailbox is on one street and the actual residence is on a dirt road behind that street. Then I have to Google your location, and Google is not always correct. If you want privacy and don't want to be found, then don't mail order anything! -If you have a house that has no overhangs, consider a deck box to keep your packages safe during bad weather. We don't always have bags on the truck or bags that will fit. -If you have a package to ship and it's ready to go, consider using our package pickup service. It's free and can be found on USPS.COM.
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