FedEx will send an email that your package will arrive between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM, then disappear. The next morning there will be another email saying the package will arrive that day by 8:00 PM.
The USPS mail carrier shows up around the same time everyday, including Saturday.
The USPS mail carrier shows up around the same time everyday, including Saturday.
Looks like Fedex may be taking lessons from USPS. One of our members shipped me a pair of drivers yesterday and Fedex reported the delivery should be some time 12/31/2020. Well I just checked with them again and now they say 1/3/2021 darn
I want my new toys now !
I want my new toys now !
Cleveland's postal service is third-worst in the nation. Story here of a retailer who sent 8,000 parcels with only 5,000 arriving on time: ‘A total, chaotic mess’: Holiday mail delays cause troubles for Cleveland’s small businesses - cleveland.com
In NJ, at least in Morris County, the postal service has been "cleaned up" with squads of "secret shoppers" reporting obnoxious behavior, and rotation of employees. some of whom are "minding their brothers" (the old "time and motion study"). Sounds like a bunch from McKinsey...
In NJ, at least in Morris County, the postal service has been "cleaned up" with squads of "secret shoppers" reporting obnoxious behavior, and rotation of employees. some of whom are "minding their brothers" (the old "time and motion study"). Sounds like a bunch from McKinsey...
I ordered some parts from AliExpress on 12/17 with their standard shipping, and checked the tracking today, and, to my surprise, they went through Chicago on 12/27, and are expected here Jan 2. But I'll likely be out of town, so won't matter much if they're not.
Edit: I ordered some SMA connectors from California about a week before Christmas, and USPS got them here about Dec 22.
On the other hand, I ordered some 3d printer parts Nov 9 and am yet to see them, so, as MeatLoaf said, two out of three ain't bad. I guess
Edit: I ordered some SMA connectors from California about a week before Christmas, and USPS got them here about Dec 22.
On the other hand, I ordered some 3d printer parts Nov 9 and am yet to see them, so, as MeatLoaf said, two out of three ain't bad. I guess
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Yesterday (Dec 28), I received a Christmas card from my friends in Wellsboro Pa., only a 4 hour drive from Philadelphia.
It was postmarked Dec 15.
13 days to get here?
It was postmarked Dec 15.
13 days to get here?
Two FedEx packages arrived this morning, on schedule and nice and early in the day. One contained my 'new' Sony KA7ES which arrived a day ahead of the originally stated schedule (they let me know a few days ago that it would get here today and it did..)
USPS seems to have mostly caught up with our mail. I think we finally got the last of our Christmas cards yesterday.
USPS seems to have mostly caught up with our mail. I think we finally got the last of our Christmas cards yesterday.
I bought 4 books off Ebay 2 weeks ago I got one of them a week ago, pity they didn't ship the book I ordered. But I finaly got the other 3 books on Dec 30. Then I a nice pair of drivers that were shipped using fedex on Dec 28. On Dec 28 they said delivery would be on Dec 31. But then Dec 29 they revised that estimate to Jan 3 then on Dec 30 they revised it again to Jan 2. So I was sort of surprised that I got them on Dec 31.
Then back october a Russian dealer told me a package to the U.S.A. would probably take about 2 months. I placed my order on Oct 30 and USPS delivered my package Dec 30 so at least his estimate was right on the money !
Then back october a Russian dealer told me a package to the U.S.A. would probably take about 2 months. I placed my order on Oct 30 and USPS delivered my package Dec 30 so at least his estimate was right on the money !
New stash of bicycle wheel tubes. Milwaukee to Traverse City Mi. via USPS. Ordered on 12/28, delivered 12/31.
Since USPS shipments from Madisound are unusable now, I ordered something from Solen. According to their website, it would take eight days to get to me.
It seemed a bit silly that a shipment from Canada would be faster than a shipment from Wisconsin, but whatever.
Then the delivery date kept slipping, and slipping, and slipping some more...
It turned out that the package from Solen took 24 hours to go from Montreal to New York... and then was handed off to USPS.
Now it's just in limbo. It appears that the package has been sitting in New York for the last 12 days. Every day I check the tracking website, and the location never changes but the delivery date is just pushed back further and further.
Just a ridiculously terrible level of service.
This hasn't been my experience with USPS during the pandemic including over the holidays. I've received about a dozen things in the last month without the delays discussed in this thread.I'm sorry for your troubles.
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Back in 2018 I shipped two boards on the same day, one to Los Angeles, the other to Singapore. The guy in Singapore got his board in a week. The guy in Los Angeles waited 3 weeks. For 18 of those days the board was wandering around the west coast.
I ordered a kit from Elector in the Netherlands on Dec 15. It was shipped on the 18 by Deutsche Post from Germany. Their tracking shows "Departure to destination country on 19.12.2020 01:07." The USPS tracking system shows "We have received notice that the originating post is preparing to dispatch this mail piece." on Dec 19. No further tracking info. The cost of shipping was almost as much as the kit. Now I remembered why I didn't want to order any more stuff from Elector. I think the DVD I ordered a couple years ago took more than a month.
I ordered a kit from Elector in the Netherlands on Dec 15. It was shipped on the 18 by Deutsche Post from Germany. Their tracking shows "Departure to destination country on 19.12.2020 01:07." The USPS tracking system shows "We have received notice that the originating post is preparing to dispatch this mail piece." on Dec 19. No further tracking info. The cost of shipping was almost as much as the kit. Now I remembered why I didn't want to order any more stuff from Elector. I think the DVD I ordered a couple years ago took more than a month.
When I bought my GedLee Summas, I ran the math on the shipping. Basically it would have been cheaper to ship the Summas from China to Seattle than from Michigan to Seattle. (The Summas are HEAVY.)
For larger items, UPS and FedEx are often more affordable even if they are lighter. Air Freight is a good option when things are heavy but that involves going to the airport instead of having home delivery.
Ha!
My package from Madisound hit the Canadian border (I think, well, it left Chicago, anyway) on Dec 26, and then apparently vanished into thin air - no updates whatsoever since then.
We are still waiting for Christmas items that we ordered in the first week of December, within Canada.
So yes, USPS sucks right now - but the same can be said for Canada Post.
So to conclude, it seems that the Delivery headache is worldwide.
Here's a news clip that tells the sad stories....
USPS delays causing headaches, late bills - 6abc Philadelphia
Here's a news clip that tells the sad stories....
USPS delays causing headaches, late bills - 6abc Philadelphia
Internal politics, processes and hiring practices are what hinder USPS. With the amount of money they receive, they should be world class. Amazon has shown the market what efficiency looks like, but they do push things too far and pretty much dehumanize their employees. It's a tough one, lazy fat Union run corruption that is inefficient or hardcore every fraction of a penny and millisecond counts capitalism. I don't like either, so around the DC area, FedEx tends to strike a good balance. Decent polite employees who don't walk like molasses but who also look like they haven't had their souls sucked out of them like the Amazon folks down the street!
For now, I am at the whim of USPS while I await my Mundorf Mlytic AG capacitors going into my Topping D90 DAC. Fingers crossed they will be better than the Nichicon FWs currently in there, which from the scant reviews of the Mlytics, they should! USPS says arriving Friday, so they'll be here Monday or Tuesday of next week.
For now, I am at the whim of USPS while I await my Mundorf Mlytic AG capacitors going into my Topping D90 DAC. Fingers crossed they will be better than the Nichicon FWs currently in there, which from the scant reviews of the Mlytics, they should! USPS says arriving Friday, so they'll be here Monday or Tuesday of next week.
While reading that article just now, I got an update on one of my packages from Canada Post (this one actually coming from the States).
On Dec 18, it "left originating country". Just now, it was accepted in Canada and processed through customs.
So it sat somewhere in Canada (just over the border?) for 18 days before even being accepted by customs.
What a gong show.
On Dec 18, it "left originating country". Just now, it was accepted in Canada and processed through customs.
So it sat somewhere in Canada (just over the border?) for 18 days before even being accepted by customs.
What a gong show.
Yesterday I received a small package via USPS (bought through ebay) that was declared lost in the system three weeks ago.
Ordered a record from Amazon, shipped from Ohio and still stuck in Ohio since Dec 8th.
Still waiting for tubes from PartsConnexion. Shipped from NY 12/22, still in Phila.
Both via USPS. Things are tough all over. Can't really expect much.
Still waiting for tubes from PartsConnexion. Shipped from NY 12/22, still in Phila.
Both via USPS. Things are tough all over. Can't really expect much.
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I just picked up some stamps the other day....
When did they sneak in that INCREASE?........ now $ .55 a stamp?
Jeez!
Who's old enough to remember when they had 5 cent stamps?
When did they sneak in that INCREASE?........ now $ .55 a stamp?
Jeez!
Who's old enough to remember when they had 5 cent stamps?