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I have ordered a lot of supplies for bonnaroo and some are still in the mail and it's making me angry. Like turning huge and green and smashing things angry. There is no excuse for USPS this time. No huge Christmas rush, no Valentines day, none of that. Just poor organization. I should have had the package a week ago. This is what I just submitted to USPS as a general inquiry. By the way, if you work for USPS, and see this, first identify yourself as a Roo'er and then see if you can explain this to me.
"Why does my tracking number always seem to say my package is still over 500 miles away when I receive it? Why is the shipment I'm tracking now go from new york to new jersey, back to new york?
Basically my main question is, why is usps so disorganized? DHL, UPS, and FedEx all seem to have their stuff together. Granted, they are in a competitive field and if they suck, then people will stop using them and start going to their competitors. Are you actually by law restricted to offer good service so those companies can survive?
How about if you just start offering better service, then people might actually start using the post office more often and then you can stop raising postage rates.
I also expect a reply. This is not a rhetorical complaint."
I use USPS all the time and one thing is that their prices are highly competitive compared to other services. All the employees seem to be hard workers and friendly, I think it might be some general disorganization at the corporate level, we have had to make several claims for lost items recently but our mail delivery person and the people who work at the local office have been more than helpful about it.
Remember when people used to always make jokes about postal workers going insane and killing people? You know, going postal? What ever happened to that? I haven't heard anyone crack a joke about gun-toting postal workers in years. I say we bring that back.
"...when it comes to that fantastic note where the rabbit bites its own head off, I want you to throw that f**kin radio into the tub with me." -Dr. Gonzo, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Almost everyone I have met is nice, it's the system that is flawed. I don't try to be mean, but I get very frustrated and when speaking to a representative of a company. if they are nice, I always apologize for my harshness, but I have learned from experience, if you are too patient, you are overlooked.
I have a PO BOX, have had it for like 15 years. Every year when my payment is due they put a preprinted payment envelope in the box with an address to the Post Office where the box is. I usually just walk up to the window and pay, but this time I wrote a check and put it in the mail. I got it back almost 6 weeks later with
Return to Sender No such Address
I mean, it was THEIR address! I showed it to the postmaster and he just laughed. I mean what else could he do?
USPS tracking is useless at telling you the status of a package. It will only tell you if it arrived. It is useful mainly so sellers can prove you got the item.
Of course, I just had a tracked package arrive last Sat at 1pm that wasn't in my box at 3pm when I got the mail. Still trying to find it. There is apparently no recourse if it was misdelivered. Tracking just tell you it wa supossedly dropped somewhere.
Fedex is the way to go. Their prices are actually cheaper if items are mailed at work due to getting corporate pricing. I have never once had problems getting an item with them. On the other hand, I have nothing but problems with UPS. They refuse to ever leave a package at my apartment. They also claim to ring the buzzer at the front door and just leave one of their post its that say they missed me. Its as though I need to be waiting in the lobby for them to arrive or else noboy is home.