USPS - In Transit To The Next Facility

[rrebell]

Hey I get junk mail for somebody that never lived where I lived and they have been following me, move after move

 

 

[richhotrain]

Here is my latest update on the two missing packages.

The item that I purchased on February 5th was mailed on February 6th and will finally be delivered today.

The item that was mailed on February 11th finally arrived yesterday after spending 7 days in nowhere land.

Both of these items were 2-Day Priority Mail, but took 15 and 9 days to receive their destination.

In conclusion, I can only say that the USPS Priority Mail wording "In Transit To Next Faciity" on its website are the most dreaded words in postal mailings.

Rich

[bearman]

My favorite story is the shipper who claimed on-line that the package had been delivered at such and such a time.  Except that the package was not on my doorstep and the time was 30 minutes into the future.

I admit that I am surprised that USPS priority mail may be an issue.   I have never had any problems with priority mail.

[Erie1951]

I have a package that was sent via regular mail from NY to OH on the 14th, took a tour of ME and then NH. It's been a week now and I've been assured by the USPS that it's really, really on its way:

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

Hmmm...wonder if the package will take some time off to spend in PA?

[joe323]

BigDaddy

The USPS has something called INFORMED DELIVERY.   They send you a daily email with pictures, often of all you junk mail you will receive, every day.  What a waste of time and money.

Sometimes you don't get some of that mail for two days, sometimes the pictures are of yesterday's mail. 

My father in law died 16 years before I met my wife.  Now, 49 years after he passed away, we still get his junk mail.

 

 

I agree with you I don’t need or want to know in advance all the junk that the government sponsored ad agency known as the USPS deliveres to my door everyday.

[riogrande5761]

rrebell

Hey I get junk mail for somebody that never lived where I lived and they have been following me, move after move

Hey I get junk mail for somebody that never lived where I lived and they have been following me, move after move

Junk mail, in the grand scheme of things, is only a minor annoyance.  Yeah, I've gotten junk mail for people who were probably previous residents as well.

But I look at it this way, the Post Office is underwater financially and takes in less than it costs to run it. The junk mail helps to prop the USPS up and keep the fee's from going even higher than they are.  USPS parcel shipping costs less than UPS or other services as well.

So all in all, while I have had a few odd problems now and then, overall the USPS is pretty good.  My wife is from England and she is impressed with the USPS over the UK postal service, which is worse she says.  Stuff happens and I guess it gives people something to whine about over their morning coffee clutch.

 

[jrbernier]

  I just drove 120 miles(RT) to my old address to pick up an eBay item.  The eBay receipt had my new address, the package had my new address on it.  It sat in the St Paul facility for 4 days, had a 'new' sticker applied and was shipped to an address that was 2 years old!

[SeeYou190]

Hmmmm...

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I receive several packages a week via USPS, and I ship things to the girls all the time.

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I cannot even remember the last time I had a problem.

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They always do good by me.

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-Kevin

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[BNSF UP and others modeler]

I most definitely agree with riogrande. The USPS has impressive service and still manages to keep the rates down. I sent a really long package wieghing around 3 pounds through them once, and it was less than $20. UPS is just ripoff. I bet Scaletrains could lower their prices even more if they shipped through USPS instead. Just wait this out. Hopefully this craziness will be resolved. Just think. It could be as bad as some of the issues at MRR...