USPS Rant

Vynuladikt

Vynuladikt

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Is it just me or has the USPS degraded to the point where it seems to be completely incompetent?
It seems like every time I have something shipped by them it takes a long random route to distant locations to be delivered several days late. Even a simple letter now days takes a week to go 60 miles. The pony express did it in a day!
The package below is destined for Tripoli, Iowa. Halfway between Des Moines and St Paul. Des Moines would be the correct hub.
I had one a couple of months ago that went from Illinois through Des Moines to western North Dakota, sat for 5 days before going back to Des Moines and then to me.


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Vynuladikt said:
Is it just me or has the USPS degraded to the point where it seems to be completely incompetent?
It seems like every time I have something shipped by them it takes a long random route to distant locations to be delivered several days late. Even a simple letter now days takes a week to go 60 miles. The pony express did it in a day!
The package below is destined for Tripoli, Iowa. Halfway between Des Moines and St Paul. Des Moines would be the correct hub.
I had one a couple of months ago that went from Illinois through Des Moines to western North Dakota, sat for 5 days before going back to Des Moines and then to me.


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The USPS infrequently will end up bouncing around erroneously. No service is perfect. The agency has majorly improved services over the last several years and has become quite reliable for USA deliveries. I ship a lot and use them pretty exclusively. I do not use them for Intenational shipments as they hand off to other country providers which results in delays of up to a month in some cases. I have gravitated to use only UPS for international shipments. More of a pain to use UPS but they are reliable on the international front.
 
8991XJ

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They seemed to correctly deliver over 100 pieces of political advertising to me in the last couple months.

I've had packages take a tour of different facilities before getting to my door.

Must not be a good route from SoCal to Iowa.
 
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