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USPS Delivery Issues and Delays

Current weather has my package that normally would be here by now, not arriving until the 24th. Nothing I can do but relax and relate a story of my $2000 Nightforce Competition scope leaving Optics Planet ( Indiana iirc) a few years ago in route to NW Montana, however and for some unexplained reason detoured to Atlanta followed by a week in Puerto Rico before finally making its way back to Mt. but not to my PO but the next town up the road where I eventually cut it’s vacation short.
I was able to track the entire adventure ending up with a great scope in the end.

Weird stuff just happens..
 
Coyotefurharvester said:
Latest news, the Indianapolis(new) hub is having issues getting the new larger facility running.
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Here in Kentucky, the hub, at Louisville, Ky, has MAJOR issues with sorting out and delivering mail to various towns & cities around Kentucky. One example: A Man bought an expensive watch for his wifes' Christmas gift (2024). He purchased it way before Christmas around the middle of November. When it never arrived, he called the store and they said it was sent to him weeks ago. Don't know if there was any insurance on the watch, but this is only one example of whats going on with the poorly ran USPS.
 
BobT said:
I’m thinking when it takes over 2 weeks to get a letter 70 miles the usps has a big problem. After paying premiums to State Farm continuously for over 50 years, they cancelled my insurance last month for nonpayment. As bad as I hate to, I’m going to switch everything to online bill payments. I’m also going to explore other insurance options.
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The same thing happened to my son. State Farm really gave him a rough time until he told them he was a county Sheriff was referring this to the state AG. He is a shameless name dropper. Jeff
 
Not only USPS but UPS and FedEx, have a package sent from Tulsa OK was to be here yesterday, stuck somewhere, I’ll get a notification when it starts moving again so it says, UPS package from Michigan, came to South Charleston WV 30 minutes from the house, went to Roanoke VA back to South Charleston. Can’t beat automation.
 
CJ6 said:
^^^^^^^
I live in a town of about 22,000. We use to have an intown drop slot and an out of town drop slot. Now it's just out of town. All mail goes from here to the Twin Cities then to Rochester and finally back here, a distance of approximately 250 miles total and as stated above 5-7 days.
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I live 3mi outside of a small town in eastern WA and get rural delivery. No residential delivery for anyone in town (pop <300) so everyone inside town boundary has a PO box. If I mail a letter to a town resident, it gets picked up here, goes to PO in town, then to mail processing center in Spokane, then back to town hopefully by next day - not.

Mail boxes aren't 10' from the counter and we used to have an in town drop slot but USPS killed that years ago. Job security for mail processing center employees.

Mailed a check to a member Jan 19th, he has informed delivery and PM'd me it was out for delivery Jan 24th, except it never showed up. On Feb 12th I mailed another check via Priority Mail, was received Feb 14th, he shipped my brass and it arrived here Feb 18th. The first check still has not arrived.

Shame I can't charge USPS the $30 stop pay fee...
 
Handi204 said:
Not only USPS but UPS and FedEx, have a package sent from Tulsa OK was to be here yesterday, stuck somewhere, I’ll get a notification when it starts moving again so it says, UPS package from Michigan, came to South Charleston WV 30 minutes from the house, went to Roanoke VA back to South Charleston. Can’t beat automation.
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I dropped packages yesterday for UPS. They said the trucks weren't running at all due to the weather. Probably too many getting stuck because they have essentially stopped plowing snow for more than a few highways and main streets.
 
butchlambert said:
How about this one:

Moving Through Network
Arrived at USPS Facility
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46219
February 16, 2025, 6:54 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
INDIANAPOLIS IN DISTRIBUTION CENTER
February 16, 2025, 6:43 pm

In Transit to Next Facility
February 16, 2025
Arrived at USPS Facility
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46219
February 13, 2025, 12:36 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
INDIANAPOLIS IN DISTRIBUTION CENTER
February 13, 2025, 12:31 am
Arrived at USPS Facility
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46219
February 9, 2025, 10:43 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
INDIANAPOLIS IN DISTRIBUTION CENTER
February 9, 2025, 10:38 pm
Arrived at USPS Facility
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46219
February 7, 2025, 4:57 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
INDIANAPOLIS IN DISTRIBUTION CENTER
February 7, 2025, 4:53 am
Arrived at USPS Facility
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46219
January 17, 2025, 8:49 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
INDIANAPOLIS IN DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 17, 2025, 5:18 am
Arrived at USPS Facility
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46219
January 16, 2025, 9:05 pm
In Transit to Next Facility
January 16, 2025, 3:13 pm
In Transit to Next Facility
January 16, 2025, 9:24 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
DALLAS TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 16, 2025, 4:58 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
DALLAS TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 15, 2025, 12:39 pm
Departed USPS Regional Facility
FORT WORTH TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 15, 2025, 12:01 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
FORT WORTH TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 15, 2025, 1:39 am
USPS in possession of item
QUINLAN, TX 75474
January 13, 2025, 12:22 pm

Things going to NZ and Oz going this way from Texas. I thought it should have gone to the west coast!
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Still jumping around in Indianapolis!
 
i think the workers just dont give a crap had a package sent to me priority 3 day shipping it literally went from Birmingham ,al past the Montgomery hub to the mobile ,al hub then back to Montgomery. what should have taken 3 days ended up taking 7 days when i called to check on it i was told 3 day shipping is only an estimate and could take 7 to 10 days .
 
lal357 said:
i think the workers just dont give a crap had a package sent to me priority 3 day shipping it literally went from Birmingham ,al past the Montgomery hub to the mobile ,al hub then back to Montgomery. what should have taken 3 days ended up taking 7 days when i called to check on it i was told 3 day shipping is only an estimate and could take 7 to 10 days .
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My package left Texas on the 16th Jan and arrived in Indianapolis the same day and now on the 19th of Feb., it is still in Indianapolis! They won't take a lost package claim since it is still being scanned and is moving back and forth across the street!
 
I purchased a Kick eez product on the 16th. They're in Lexington Ky. It made it to the center in Lexington Ky. the same day, and there it sits
 
I live in North Alabama. In another post in this thread I posted how a parcel from MN made it to Birmingham (60 miles south of me) and then went to Billings, MT. It sat for several days and now it's in.......... Atlanta, GA. Maybe. Someday.
 
butchlambert said:
Still jumping around in Indianapolis!
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I had the same issue in the Indianapolis distribution center. The package kept going on a loop. I put in a missing mail request and the postmaster of the destination post office (Wellington Ohio) actually called me. She said that USPS is having nationwide issues with their sorting machines and that Indianapolis was impacted. Any way she got in touch with the Indianapolis distribution center and (I guess) had them walk my package through the sorting. The package arrived in Ohio the next day.
 
Well this one takes the cake....
PA to NJ to Guam to Hawaii to Seattle to Everett, WA to hopefully delivered.
I have included the tracking detail just so you don't think I am making this up... :D

Preparing for Delivery
Arrived at Post Office
EVERETT, WA 98203
February 21, 2025, 5:27 am
Arrived at USPS Facility
EVERETT, WA 98203
February 21, 2025, 4:20 am

In Transit to Next Facility
February 21, 2025, 3:51 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
SEATTLE WA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
February 21, 2025, 3:28 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
SEATTLE WA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
February 20, 2025, 7:01 pm
In Transit to Next Facility
February 20, 2025

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
HONOLULU HI DISTRIBUTION CENTER
February 18, 2025, 1:41 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
BARRIGADA GU DISTRIBUTION CENTER
February 16, 2025, 11:18 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
NEWARK NJ DISTRIBUTION CENTER
February 13, 2025, 7:02 am
In Transit to Next Facility
February 13, 2025, 5:01 am

Departed USPS Regional Facility
LANCASTER PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
February 13, 2025, 3:40 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
LANCASTER PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
February 12, 2025, 9:01 pm

Departed Post Office
WOMELSDORF, PA 19567
February 12, 2025, 4:33 pm
USPS in possession of item
WOMELSDORF, PA 19567
February 12, 2025, 9:57 am
 
Help is coming?? From Market Watch....

President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration is working on an overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service and indicated that different scenarios were under consideration.

His comments came after multiple published reports late Thursday indicated that an executive order targeting the Postal Service could come as soon as this week that would aim to dissolve the Postal Service’s governing board and place the service under the Commerce Department
 
butchlambert said:
My package left Texas on the 16th Jan and arrived in Indianapolis the same day and now on the 19th of Feb., it is still in Indianapolis! They won't take a lost package claim since it is still being scanned and is moving back and forth across the street!
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Put in a Missing mail request and it will stop the updates.
 
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