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Post Office

Jessa9 — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 14:06:06 GMT

I do wish you would send the packages UPS direct and not hand them off to the post office

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Ohio St8 — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 14:18:33 GMT

I agree. We have a very lazy mail lady & a very nice, friendly UPS guy so we would rather have UPS deliver our packages. The mail lady will scrunch our packages into our mailbox. The clothes are so wrinkled. UPS will put our packages on our porch. Because QVC sends most of our mail USPS we do not buy much because of the condition it is received. It must be cheaper to send USPS than UPS but if we do not buy, then QVC is not making money.

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Love my grandkids — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 15:08:59 GMT

People post about this **constantly** and it's not gonna happen. I have NO problems with my deliveries.

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Lali1 — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 15:12:34 GMT

I do agree on this. That being said I got my philosophy TSV this way and it came yesterday. Pretty good as far as the time it took. Usually though when it goes from ups to mail it takes forever.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 15:13:54 GMT

The people complaining about the USPS handoff would be the first to complain when postage escalates to a minimum of $10. for straight UPS. I'm not in that big of a hurry.

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Miss Pepsi — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:26:52 GMT

@Love my grandkids wrote:
People post about this **constantly** and it's not gonna happen. I have NO problems with my deliveries.

I don't have problems with mine either. My post office is FABULOUS

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ginirn — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:27:47 GMT

Boy do I ever agree. It can delay delivery up to 5 days if it arrives at the post office just before a weekend ad worse if there is a holiday tacked on. To make matters worse I get a notice that it has been delivered and spend time looking for it outside somewhere then call the post office for them to tell me it is there that it has been delivered. Hate it. Of course cheaper for the Q but a pain for the customer. Since I am paying for the shipping I think I should have a say.

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ginirn — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:35:53 GMT

Lucky you. The past few years we have had nothing but problems with the post office. 3 years ago I send a Christmas package containing two handmade quilts as well as other gifts. It never arrived for Christmas although it was mailed early December. Search turned up nothing. Three weeks after Christmas a stranger brought it to the door as it had been delivered to the wrong house. Next year I paid extra to have it signed for. It was thrown on the step and no signature requested or was anyone aware it was there. Fortunately it was not stolen. The next year I send it certified mail and it was returned to me the end of January undelivered. My hubby had to send a card to a grandson 4 times before he recived it. In addition over the years on 4 occasions birthday cards with gift card were never delivered. Stolen for sure. Complaints to the Postal Inspector unanswered. I will send nothing via the post office this year for sure.

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ladyann45 — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 19:17:32 GMT

Most of the packages are shipped UPS and then UPS deliver the smaller packages to the Postal service. They have the larger items delivered through UPS.

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meem120 — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 21:14:12 GMT

On occassion I have upgraded my shipping for something I needed and it has arrived in 3 days. So if you want to pay for it, you will get it alot sooner. But i would much prefer straight UPS for normal deliveries. Before we could have that choice.

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loriqvc — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 21:16:45 GMT

Although it may not be the solution for everyone, if you really want your SurePost packages to always come via UPS and not be handed off to the USPS, there is a UPS My Choice Premium service you can sign up for—it's just $29.99 per year to have all packages upgraded. And if you search the UPS website (or look for coupon codes online), you can sometimes find a $5 off coupon as well. I get great service from both UPS and the USPS in my area, but I have found that with the amount of packages that hit my doorstep, a fee of $2.50/month to get things more quickly is totally worth it.

Alternately, if you set up a free UPS My Choice account, you can choose to upgrade individual packages for $3.50 if you happen to need something to arrive sooner or don't want the hassle of the handoff.

(Note that this does not apply to Mail Innovations; there is no option to upgrade there.)