After decades of reliable local service, USPS deliveries are becoming erratic. Small shipments from China hit the local USPS distribution center then disappear for over a week. Where they go afterward is a crap shoot.
This times with the extra scrutiny being given to packages without the extra manpower that demands.
To combat the delays, I created a USPS login and I now file missing mail reports on every package from China, one day after it hits the local distro. That gets the packages delivered in a day instead of 10 or more.
I also had my first ebay shipment from Canada get hit with a customs hold but that was FedEx. For their part they had a expedited process and the shipment was moving again in a some hours.
I have family in the midwest, from a city who made the news because of how backed up its USPS had become. Even intracity mail was taking 3 weeks to get delivered. The postmaster declined to respond.
Magically, a week later, they claimed to be caught up and 'fixed.' I had two family members having sent me something in this time, and neither ever got delivered. I have informed delivery, and neither even showed up at my local PO. It's been over a month. They both resent, and both arrived within a few days.
Well, that's just great - we'll have to add the Post Office to the list of government or quasi-governmental officials that can't be trusted. How long before firefighters and EMS have to get added to that list?
this reads as desperation
the postal service has no excess capacity, 1200 security staff to watch 350 million peoples mail.
the need for a major news day to show results and justify turning everything upside down are increasing the chances of a false positive, leading to a massive over reaction with the wrong people
> Immigration officials are seeking photographs of the outside of envelopes and packages — an Inspection Service program known as “mail covers” — and access to the postal investigation agency’s broad surveillance systems, including Postal Service online account data, package- and mail-tracking information, credit card data and financial material and IP addresses, the people said.
If we're already going into the idiotic-authoritarianism of Brazil... Does anyone have a list of undocumented-immigrant names plus mailing-addresses of Trump supporters?
If anyone is getting their doors smashed open by government goons seeking Anne Frank in the attic, it should be the people who enthusiastically voted for it.
Who said being undocumented was a requirement? But seriously, I'm sure everyone has had that exact thought by now, and the only hope we have is the people that will quickly recognize how very wrong that would be. Not to mention, after you've supplied the list, they'll thank you, then throw you on that same plane just for targeting Trump voters.
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After decades of reliable local service, USPS deliveries are becoming erratic. Small shipments from China hit the local USPS distribution center then disappear for over a week. Where they go afterward is a crap shoot.
This times with the extra scrutiny being given to packages without the extra manpower that demands.
To combat the delays, I created a USPS login and I now file missing mail reports on every package from China, one day after it hits the local distro. That gets the packages delivered in a day instead of 10 or more.
I also had my first ebay shipment from Canada get hit with a customs hold but that was FedEx. For their part they had a expedited process and the shipment was moving again in a some hours.
I'm convinced some are throwing things away.
I have family in the midwest, from a city who made the news because of how backed up its USPS had become. Even intracity mail was taking 3 weeks to get delivered. The postmaster declined to respond.
Magically, a week later, they claimed to be caught up and 'fixed.' I had two family members having sent me something in this time, and neither ever got delivered. I have informed delivery, and neither even showed up at my local PO. It's been over a month. They both resent, and both arrived within a few days.
I had a package from Florida to Kentucky go through Indianapolis and North Carolina. Would’ve taken 2-3 days previously, took 2 weeks now.
Well, that's just great - we'll have to add the Post Office to the list of government or quasi-governmental officials that can't be trusted. How long before firefighters and EMS have to get added to that list?
Not sure I follow. What do you mean by “officials that can’t be trusted”? What list?
this reads as desperation the postal service has no excess capacity, 1200 security staff to watch 350 million peoples mail. the need for a major news day to show results and justify turning everything upside down are increasing the chances of a false positive, leading to a massive over reaction with the wrong people
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> Immigration officials are seeking photographs of the outside of envelopes and packages — an Inspection Service program known as “mail covers” — and access to the postal investigation agency’s broad surveillance systems, including Postal Service online account data, package- and mail-tracking information, credit card data and financial material and IP addresses, the people said.
If we're already going into the idiotic-authoritarianism of Brazil... Does anyone have a list of undocumented-immigrant names plus mailing-addresses of Trump supporters?
If anyone is getting their doors smashed open by government goons seeking Anne Frank in the attic, it should be the people who enthusiastically voted for it.
Anne Frank wasn't an illegal alien, and you are really trivializing what happened to her. There is a vast difference.
Who said being undocumented was a requirement? But seriously, I'm sure everyone has had that exact thought by now, and the only hope we have is the people that will quickly recognize how very wrong that would be. Not to mention, after you've supplied the list, they'll thank you, then throw you on that same plane just for targeting Trump voters.