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[Rant] USPS Sucks In Central Va.

I have something that hasn't moved since october 30, 2009

most likely a usps worker stole it!

reply to Robotics
I just heard this morning Amazon is moving into Richmond with two distribution centers here. This post office cant handle what they have now. Can you imagine what it will be like when Amazon is in town.
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Damn...I didn't think of that

reply to Robotics
I sent a Priority Mail package Monday afternoon 12/19 from my small town PO in OH and it arrived at its destination (even smaller town in MT) on 12/23. Another one sent to me from Tulsa on 12/16 arrived on 12/22. Guess I can't complain.

reply to Robotics
USPS just sucks everywhere.. I have been waiting for a package from Kennewick, WA since Dec 15. It is scheduled to be delivered on Dec 23 in CT. Today, it is in Springfield, MA. Today, Dec 27. Time machine?

Its Jan. 3rd. 2012, my package was shipped out Dec. 12th. and it is still traveling the country!! Unbelievable!

reply to Robotics
I am beginning to hate the USPS and will probably begin to pay extra to ship stuff UPS or FedEx instead. I have some stuff ordered on Amazon that arrived here at the main post office in Denton on 12-31, but will not be delivered until the 5th (supposedly.) This stuff was shipped from their facility near Dallas on 12-29. WTF?

reply to Robotics

Wow! Looks like it is going to take the long route like mine did

reply to Robotics

reply to dvd536

said by »www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-p···33.story :

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The cutbacks wouldn't affect Express Mail, which guarantees overnight delivery, or Priority Mail, which takes about two to three days. Those services are more expensive than a first-class letter, which costs 44 cents, with a 1-cent increase slated for January.

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reply to Robotics
It's not just the packages and not just on the holidays. It seems that with the bad economy all their service has slowly gone downhill. They are also slow to adopt any technology which would speed things up, shorten the lines, and reduce errors. At two of my local post offices it took forever to get those blue self-service kiosk machines installed, and for years at one location the stamp vending machine was out of order more often than it worked. So instead of replacing it with a better one, they just took it out! Now you have to stand in line if you need stamps other than those dispensed by the kiosk. This isn't a small, rural satellite office either.

Two different times last year when I sent letters certified with return receipt, and they were not deliverable (the recipients were being coy and refused to sign for them) the letters sat somewhere for months gathering dust. I had to call the destination post offices and ask them to look for the letters and return them to me. Another time a certified letter sent to me was returned to the sender as undeliverable, because I never got a notice in my mailbox (with a lock) that a certified letter was waiting. When I found out I called my local post office and they swore up and down that they left notices.

A few years ago I bought some sticks of RAM from someone here on BBR. It was shipped to my (real USPS, not 3rd party) PO box and was mistakenly delivered to one of the adjacent boxes. The recipient opened the small padded envelope by cutting the end off, realized it wasn't for them, stuck a note inside apologizing for opening it, stapled the end shut and returned it to the post office. They accepted this incorrectly sealed envelope and reprocessed it, delivering it to my PO box a few days later!

And it goes on and on with bad delivery, dumping the mail on the ground instead of putting it in the boxes, etc. Even the stuff I send back marked Addressee Unknown--Return To Sender sometimes ends up back in my mailbox! I wanted to say something to our carrier about one problem, but took one look at him and remembered where the term going postal comes from.

It's a bureaucracy, and it's collapsing under it's own weight.

On the plus side, I think the postal service is still the only parcel delivery that allows mailing live baby chicks and bees Came across this when reading the official USPS manual, unless they did away with this in the last couple of years.

Ours is the same way now when it comes to buying stamps. The machines they used to have were out of order for the longest time...at least 4 months. Next thing you know they were boarded up with plywood.
They go out to lunch (and are closed) between 12 to 1:30. So you cant take your lunch break to get anything done. By the time you get off work they are closed.
So now you have to stand in line (on Saturday) for stamps and only one behind the counter, and others you can see walking around with coffee cups in hand and such.

I actually think going to the DMV is faster now. And they had a pretty bad rap there for the longest time. At least here in Va.

Guess you cant live without them (post office), but man they need some serious restructuring or something.

Love the part you said about one of their employees reminded you of where the term going postal came from lol
You should see some of ours out here I can relate!
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Long you live and high you fly, and smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry,
and all you touch and all you see, is all your life will ever be.

At least for around Dallas and Houston, you can buy stamps at most grocery stores and Costco while checking out.

reply to ilikeme
Around here in So. Calif. too. Most grocery stores sell stamps, but only the regular 1st class and only the whole book of 20.

On a side note, I see USPS has competition... I just received my health insurance member info book and related materials in a 9x12 envelope. The stamp on it shows US Postage Paid, UPS Mail Innovations, First Class Enclosed. According to the UPS website they can label, sort and do other handling on bulk mail and then transport it to the USPS destination facility where the USPS takes over for the "last mile." Because USPS is involved UPS says it can also deliver to PO boxes, and their costs are competitive with USPS.