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Well, after an e-bay sale that was shipped over 1 month ago, I checked the tracking and I see the package is now on it's way back to me. I would expect that the receiver did not accept delivery, and who could blame them. 1 month from ny to Texas is a bit long. Now, will the usps refund my e-bay fees and postage?
Unfortunatly only with Priority Mail express are times garunteed
I did have a rifle take a week to go from Ohio to Texas when it should have been there in 3 days and a package took 8 days to go 200 miles.
Other than that over the several hundreds of packages I have shipped all arrived on time and no damage. Maybe Ive been lucky??
I did notice that just receintly tracking accuracy has improved 100% and $50 worth of Insurance now comes with Priority Mail.
Stu
I am waiting on an 03a3 stock from cali. According to the tracking it will be delivered on the 18th of September. Well that did not happen. It also shows that package is still in cali. I feel your pain bro!
Tracking accuracy has improved 100%????!!!!! My arse it's improved, not on my end anyways. I still do not provide tracking numbers because when I check on them they say my packages either are sitting at the Jerome post office or they don't even have record past some hub point. Maybe 40% of my packages are tracked properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Orlando
Have you tried tracking lately? USPS supposably updated because of all the complaints, new tracking started I think in August
I know what you mean though, used to be it never showed the package moved until it was delivered.
Last couple packages I tracked showed every stop. I'm not sticking up for them just stating my results
Yes, I've tried tracking lately.
Here is the package tracking as of today. Notice it took 3 weeks initially to move from my PO to the sort facility, which are about 1/4 mile apart. Also note the package is getting closer to me. It was going to Texas but it took the scenic route through several other states and now it's in new jersey. They really do suck (the usps).
Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility
September 22, 2013, 5:05 am
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07097
Scheduled Delivery Day:
September 19, 2013
USPS Tracking™
Depart USPS Sort Facility
September 18, 2013
DALLAS, TX 75398
Processed through USPS Sort Facility
September 18, 2013, 7:45 am
DALLAS, TX 75398
Depart USPS Sort Facility
September 16, 2013
DES MOINES, IA 50395
Processed through USPS Sort Facility
September 16, 2013, 11:36 am
DES MOINES, IA 50395
Depart USPS Sort Facility
September 16, 2013
CINCINNATI, OH 45235
Processed through USPS Sort Facility
September 15, 2013, 2:08 pm
CINCINNATI, OH 45235
Depart USPS Sort Facility
September 13, 2013
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07097
Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility
September 13, 2013, 9:25 am
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07097
Accepted at USPS Origin Sort Facility
September 13, 2013, 8:10 am
BROOKLYN, NY 11234
Electronic Shipping Info Received
August 25, 2013
What your info says to me is that you printed a label on 8/25/13 and it didn't get to the sort facility until 9/13/13. So it sat somewhere's in Brooklyn that whole time, either at your place or the postal station. That's the way it looks.
If it's an Ebay sale and if you refunded to your Ebay customer you can cancel the transaction if if buyer agrees when Ebay contacts him then transaction goes away and you fees are refunded.
If item was paid for via paypal and it showed it was covered by buyer protection you don't have to worry. Under $150. (may be higher) you out of it and purchaser makes a claim. Ebay/Paypal take care of it.
Have shipped ALOT of packages thru USPS. They handle millions upon millions of packages. Big USPS centers like probably what Brooklyn is will have a proportionate amount of "what happened". If you sell on Ebay and take Paypal that's what the fees are for. Your and your customers protection. For awhile I was getting hit bigtime with "I never got it" complaints. That has all but disappeared because if the customer has to go to Ebay/Paypal they track the level of complaints. I use to cover the "missing" items, not any more.
And.......Part of being in "business" means this is the kind of stuff you have to deal with. Missing packages, idiot customers, customers who are thieves, crappy vendors, the U.S. Gov't, the state Gov't, and on some days us the seller who fouls up, and any combination of these.
Hey Stu
just curious ,how did you ship? Standard Mail, First Class, Priority?
Standard post. I think it used to be parcel post. Priority or first class from now on though.
Yup, thats the reason, I wouldnt ship a empty box standard mail. No excuse for them but thats the worst way to ship
First class or Priority only
Well, I re-shipped the package. This time priority (yeah, right) mail. It took 2 days so far for it to make the several hundred foot trip from the p.o. to the distribution center. Way to go usps!
Stu, you are gonna love this ........
Heard on the news tonight the USPS are wanting to raise the price of stamps a couple cents
Four days now and the package shipped "priority mail" is about a 30 minute drive from my house. These people deserve to lose their jobs, or the p.o. should be managed by UPS or FedEx.
Stu
You might want to check with the person ypu are shipping to. Maybe its arrived and they never updated tracking?
I shipped a package and it was showing setting in Iowa for a few days ,come to find out it was delivered
So much for them doing better on tracking???
Bill, I mailed it on Monday, when they PO first opened. Notice it sat there for 2 days before they even acknowledge that they accepted it. .
Depart USPS Sort Facility
September 26, 2013
BETHPAGE, NY 11714
Scheduled Delivery Day:
September 28, 2013
$50 insurance included
USPS Tracking™
Processed through USPS Sort Facility
September 25, 2013, 6:38 pm
BETHPAGE, NY 11714
Dispatched to Sort Facility
September 25, 2013, 3:18 pm
BROOKLYN, NY 11234
Acceptance
September 25, 2013, 3:13 pm
BROOKLYN, NY 11234
Electronic Shipping Info Received
September 23, 2013
They were on a Union break...
You can't really expect them to deliver on time with all the other stuff they have to fit in their daily schedule???
USPS delivered one of two packages today from brownells. The second one they're not to sure were it is but they are hopping it shows up tomorrow. Which I'm hopping, brownells sent out a $220 reamer with only $50 insurance.
Yes this has also become my norm ,unless I know the guy on the other end is a "BT" member or a good guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Punch The Clown
Out of thousands of deals ,I have run into only a couple of a$hholes that just could not be pleased,no matter what. If there is an issue on my end, I will make it right. If they are a little winey Obummer voter that feels like you are owed something and they found the item they bought from me somewhere else cheaper after they purchased mine and they demand a refund and they threaten me with negative feedback if I do not comply. Well .... I will take the negative FB and move on.
I sent a check to RSLOGS in Maine Priority mail $5.65.It went to Puerto Rico first. No money back.
But he did get it,14 days latter.:confused:
Maine-----Puerto Rico. Sounds the same a little. I can understand the foul up.Quote:
Originally Posted by LEAD POISON
Exclusive video of Stu's package getting delivered. Darn good service.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kRJ0A9nqvo
Stu
Just had a rifle shipped on Saturday from Cali to Ohio made it on Monday !! ,dont ask me how it made it that fast.
Now heres the kicker, the seller didnt have a shipping box and was afraid of shipping becuase of damage the rifle might receieve .I sent him a CMP shipping box, with 1/4 plywood glued to the inside of box,he wrapped it in bubble wrap then it was sandwiched between the two pieces of foam.
Rifle arrived with the oprod handle sticking through the bubble wrap, foam, 1/4 inch plywood and cardboard!!! I dont know how but there was no damage to the rifle.
Now you have me losing faith in USPS
That's what happens when you sign a seven year contract with the lowest bidder (FedEx). Arguable the worst carrier there is.
Bastards bit me.
Scheduled Delivery Day: October 30, 2013
Product & Tracking Information
Postal Product:
Priority Mail 2-Day™
Features:
$50 insurance included
USPS Tracking™
Date & Time
Status of Item
Location
October 28, 2013 , 5:08 pm
Dispatched to Sort Facility
HIBBING, MN 55746
October 28, 2013 , 2:52 pm
Acceptance
HIBBING, MN 55746
Well Stu your bad luck with the USPS is rubbing off on me
My package was in Columbus Ohio ,54 miles away from me then went to Iowa now back in Cincinnati Ohio!!
I have another package thats been sitting in limbo in a sort facility in Columbus Ohio for 4 days
Heck I would drive and get it if I could , those bleeping ***!!!!#####
November 3, 2013 , 12:43 pm
Processed through USPS Sort Facility .
CINCINNATI, OH 45235
November 1, 2013
Depart USPS Sort Facility .
DES MOINES, IA 50395
October 31, 2013 , 11:52 am
Processed through USPS Sort Facility .
DES MOINES, IA 50395
October 29, 2013
Depart USPS Sort Facility .
COLUMBUS, OH 43218
October 29, 2013 , 8:09 pm
Processed through USPS Sort Facility .
COLUMBUS, OH 43218
October 29, 2013
Depart USPS Sort Facility .
CINCINNATI, OH 45235
October 28, 2013 , 3:01 pm
Processed through USPS Sort Facility .
CINCINNATI, OH 45235
October 25, 2013
Depart USPS Sort Facility .
BELL GARDENS, CA 90201
October 25, 2013 , 4:24 am
Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility .
BELL GARDENS, CA 90201
October 22, 2013 , 6:07 pm
Dispatched to Sort Facility .
SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903
October 22, 2013 , 10:31 am
Acceptance .
SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903
Package finally arrived. It went MIA Nov 3rd ,54 miles away from my house and arrived yesterday. It was properly addressed and label was intact. That has to be a record!
Up until a few months ago would have defended USPS. But the last couple of months have been really dismal. Going by some other posts it seems that they are not doing very well with the expanded priority mail. Over last weekend one batch of 25 packages had 11 go missing. Eleven!--WTF! So as always, spend a whole bunch of time sending emails to USPS and in one case making it right for a customer who, since there was no tracking info, was convinced I never shipped the package. Pretty sad.
It's a plot to make you use the higher cost shipping services they offer...
I routinely use the flat rate boxes because of this. So far, knock on wood, I have not had an issue with mailed items. I like shipping with USPS because I can cash the MO at time of shipment (and also make sure the MO was legit).
I always use Priority Mail, bottom line the USPS isnt what it once wasQuote:
Originally Posted by cuppednlocked
I love tracking / I hate tracking.
It really does show how bad they really are,Scanners are Phoqed up.
75% minority run.Nobody cares.