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USPS

Kachina624 — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:28:33 GMT

Are other people getting these types of messages from their post offices? Do they have the option of not accepting a package? It's not like it was applying to join an elite sorority or exclusive condo.

One week my PO was delivering usually the day after they got the package and the next week they started this nonsense. What changed? Did all the employees quit? Or is it a deliberate slow-down by USPS management?

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Sushismom — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:37:23 GMT

Sounds like another service delivered the package for the final distance to the post office. If that's the case, there could be a delay of several days before it's actually delivered.

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SharkE — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:43:55 GMT

nobody can be bothered to work any more. It's always siesta time.

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Sooner — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 20:26:28 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
nobody can be bothered to work any more. It's always siesta time.

@SharkE Well, why bother? It is annoying to have to get up and get more or less dressed and go have people tell you what to do.

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claros — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 20:56:53 GMT

I get these notices from time to time, and as perplexed as you by what is going on. I think the USPS is clueless as well.

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godi — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:06:18 GMT

No matter who ships it the delays are inevitable. I'm still waiting on a package from Ohio. It went right past my house to Kentucky.

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Foxxee — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:10:38 GMT

I received notifications like like this late last fall.

I believe it was you who posted it here, but do you remember the photo of carts and carts overflowing with packages sitting in Post Offices waiting to be processed?

That's when I got these notifications.

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FlyersGirl — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:22:02 GMT

@Kachina624 i have a package that was shipped via UPS, then turned over to USPS that has been sitting in my local post office since 10/5. I have tried calling about this and no one is answering their phone. I can't get to the PO during the week during their business hours, so I am going to attempt to get in there tomorrow to see what is going on. (long story, but in my town there is a parking issue with the PO and the PO employees use the customer lot, so there is usually no place to park). Hopefully if I get there when they open I can find a place to park. I am so frustrated as the reason I ordered (not a QVC order) the item I am waiting for is that they indicated that shipping would be via UPS. Their website never indicated that they might use UPS to USPS to ship.. UGH.

Shipment Delivered to USPS, Package Acceptance Pending

- Oct 5, 9:45 am

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Sage04 — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:19:20 GMT

With me it was totally different. UPS was supposed to drop off my package at USPS today. Instead I got a message from UPS saying that they will be in my area and would deliver the package instead. I got it this morning.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:20:41 GMT

@Foxxee Yes, I posted the picture of the piles of packages in carts last winter and I expect we'll see the same thing this year. Nothing has happened to improve the situation.

I'm getting these messages with every package. They get to my local PO then they decide if they're going to accept them. The one I illustrated has been sitting there 4 days. Time for an email to my U. S. Representative.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:23:43 GMT

@Sage04 UPS almost always does that here if they have 2 or more packages going to the same address.

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sann — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:44:23 GMT

I ordered two items on free shipping day from QVC. Yesterday they were both delivered by UPS........

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jackthebear — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:51:54 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Are other people getting these types of messages from their post offices? Do they have the option of not accepting a package? It's not like it was applying to join an elite sorority or exclusive condo.

One week my PO was delivering usually the day after they got the package and the next week they started this nonsense. What changed? Did all the employees quit? Or is it a deliberate slow-down by USPS management?

yes ,

they are

me reseller site is notifying sellers/buyers of delays once the package is scanned

and my orders seem to be arriving more quickly than a month or so

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Carolina925 — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:58:38 GMT

Not sure what's going on with USPS but my mortgage company sent a letter last month saying the USPS delivery was going to start being a lot slower in October, I think it was Oct 12th but not positive. They suggested mortgage payments being mailed a couple weeks early to ensure on-time delivery. My mail used to be delivered around 2 PM each day. This month, it's come as late as 7 PM and some days not at all. I live in a development but my mailbox is at the street and my house sits about 125' back from the road. My house lights don't reach that far so I don't like going to it when it's dark but I also don't like leaving my mail in the box overnight. We have scattered street lights but the street is not well lighted. It's quite a dilemma for me. I can carry a flashlight and be extra careful but without knowing if or when mail will be delivered, I don't want to keep going out there to check. I hope they can get their issues worked out soon. We're having real problems locally with people not wanting to work.

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liliblu — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:05:43 GMT

The Post Master General is responsible for a lot of the delays. He cannot be fired and must be voted out. A lot of his new policies are intended to slow down the mail. Look at where his money comes from.

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Sage04 — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:20:54 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@Sage04 UPS almost always does that here if they have 2 or more packages going to the same address.
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I like when that happens. Today was only one package for me but they are in my neighborhood very often.

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Mz iMac — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:40:37 GMT

The regular mail man that delivers mail to my building told us back in September, if you want your Christmas packages to arrive "on time," mail them out no later than November 1st.

2 weeks later, we all go snail mail advising us of the same thing.

All my package gifts were mailed out right after Labor Day.

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bikerbabe — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:51:54 GMT

Why do people assume that slow deliveries from the post office or shipping companies mean that workers are lazy? Really? Of course, there are some poor employees out there but most are working long, hard hours. Understaffed.

Everyone was all thankful to them a year ago. Now, it’s all complaints that life and deliveries are not magically back to “normal”.

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mspatmac — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:59:35 GMT

I get this message everytime the Post Office is involved. UPS does the initial pick up and delivers to USPS distribution center nearest my local PO. Takes a couple of days to get to locl PO and a couple more dys to be delivered.

I pay all my bills on line. No way eould a trust the PO to deliver at all let alone on time.

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riley1 — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:22:08 GMT

@Kachina624 - If UPS starts the shipment then turns it over to USPS my packages get delayed by about 2 days. Yes, I have gotten that notice.

Isn't it great, USPS raised their rates and slowed down their service.