USPS here- the worst I’ve ever seen

[Pscipio03]

Going on two years here in Phoenix. I’ve lived in 11 states and 3 countries, and I’ve never seen postal service as bad as it is here. Not sure if it AZ, Maricopa County or just Phoenix, but for the life of me I can’t figure out why it’s beyond description bad.
When I lived in Chicago I thought it was bad. Could take 3 days for a letter to go across town. But it’s fiber optic Gigablast fast there compared to here.
I started keeping track after I noticed a trend with packages in November of last year. To date, the last 26 packages I’ve had sent to me via USPS, 24 have arrived 2 or more days late. This includes 3 pistols sent to my FFL.
Right now I have a package that’s 6 days delayed and has been ‘In Transit’ since the 24th.
So, all that said, is this a systemic AZ issue? Are we so close to the breeding ground of bureaucratic swampland known as California that it leeches over into our soil? Or is this just something idiosyncratic to Phoenix, more particularly Desert Ridge area?

 

[Ben7]

It’s been worse recently. Always been fairly slow, roughly 3-4 days to get a letter from the Midwest. Received a card yesterday that was sent 6 business days prior. Another one has been in transit for 8 business days and counting as of today.

 

[Java Junkie]

We have a P.O. Box at the local post office and they have put our mail in the wrong box more times than I can count. The other people have the same last name as me and the nitwit postal worker doesn't pay attention to my first name or the address on letters and packages.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Idiots can't even correctly match the address numbers from the mail to the home or box, most third-graders can do it.

 

[knockonit]

Yip, hit or miss with all the services for us its the postal service, absolutely the worst, so in the last 20 years haven't expected anything remotely similar to stellar service, so not to be dissappointed.
Rj

 

[storage_man]

To the op, maybe understanding how the system works, would help you. I don't believe the USPS is any worse here than anyplace else. If spent any time learning what there general operation is like you can insure a letter gets to it destination the fast and least expensive way. Example a cross town letter letter. If you know when the USPS sends their retrieved mail to the sorting center early enough in that day, that letter will arrive for sorting @ that fine 24x7 operation before END OF DAY ( your local P.O. is NOT 24x7). Depending on the size of the local office, they will receive/ship shipments 3xtimes a day. Bigger local post offices will have more. Saying this if a piece of mail is important, get that letter into the local P.O. before 11:00 am (your effort not theirs). What this means that letter gets down to the sorting center way before first shift end of day. That letter shortly after arrival is sent to the sorting machines which then has a truck for the second delivery at 5:00pm or around that time. The good news is that letter at the local P.O. which is actually slowest part of the operation. But that letter will be delivered to your recipient of that letter that day (barring any bad that could happen traffic, accidents etc). If you waited to have your letter carrier to pick up that letter, it may make it in just over 24hrs but it may not, because your talking more volume as the day gets longer.

Now lost items are different problem. Your shipment Box or letter, is not going to have a good day or week. You nor they USPS can totally stop that.

I just had this happen last week. I belong to a C2 range Squad (their name for this membership). I forgot that. Had to get the check to the Squad leader. He had my check almost less than 24 hrs. His mail gets delivered pretty early. We were able to meet the dead lines and my new membership card is sitting in their (C2 Tact) renew box.

 

[Flash]

I don't know what everyone is complaining about. You can mail a letter from here to Main for only 50¢ and that's only 1¢ a day.

 

[Pscipio03]

To the op, maybe understanding how the system works, would help you. I don't believe the USPS is any worse here than anyplace else. If spent any time learning what there general operation is like you can insure a letter gets to it destination the fast and least expensive way. Example a cross town letter letter. If you know when the USPS sends their retrieved mail to the sorting center early enough in that day, that letter will arrive for sorting @ that fine 24x7 operation before END OF DAY ( your local P.O. is NOT 24x7). Depending on the size of the local office, they will receive/ship shipments 3xtimes a day. Bigger local post offices will have more. Saying this if a piece of mail is important, get that letter into the local P.O. before 11:00 am (your effort not theirs). What this means that letter gets down to the sorting center way before first shift end of day. That letter shortly after arrival is sent to the sorting machines which then has a truck for the second delivery at 5:00pm or around that time. The good news is that letter at the local P.O. which is actually slowest part of the operation. But that letter will be delivered to your recipient of that letter that day (barring any bad that could happen traffic, accidents etc). If you waited to have your letter carrier to pick up that letter, it may make it in just over 24hrs but it may not, because your talking more volume as the day gets longer.

Now lost items are different problem. Your shipment Box or letter, is not going to have a good day or week. You nor they USPS can totally stop that.

I just had this happen last week. I belong to a C2 range Squad (their name for this membership). I forgot that. Had to get the check to the Squad leader. He had my check almost less than 24 hrs. His mail gets delivered pretty early. We were able to meet the dead lines and my new membership card is sitting in their (C2 Tact) renew box.

I don't need to know how the operation works, I just need it to work. If I pay the prescribed amount for the service, give them the package and a correct address (I did my part), I don't care if it has to be sorted and that adds a day, I need for the package to actually arrive. And, to add gravy to it, I would like for it to arrive in an amount of time that is reasonable. In my case these are all packages. And if my track record is 24 out of 26 (oh, and that just changed- see below), at this point its a systemic issue of a service provider that needs to be shut down.
The only reason the USPS has been given a pass the past 50+ years when they are obviously incompetent is because it was where retired military and civil workers went to double dip. Fine, good for them- get what you can while you can. But, that permanent get out of jail card free card needs to be taken back, torn up, burnt in front of them and the ashes used to make soap I can wash my backside with.
I currently have 3 packages en route. This is as of 6:50 am PST 29MAY2020. Two of the three are late. And one of those two is unaccountable. This is not my fault and there is no logical way that any validity can be granted USPS for allowing this to happen.
If you asked 100 US citizens, I'll bet a shiny nickel 90 of them would job rate USPS just slightly above Congress and slightly below the Bay of Pigs invasion.

 

[Basher]

I don't know what everyone is complaining about. You can mail a letter from here to Main for only 50¢ and that's only 1¢ a day.

LOL, I see what you did there... :lol:

Yeah, USPS has been a real charlie foxtrot lately. And by lately, I mean the last several years. I bought a complete G17 slide off a guy about 18 months ago, and he shipped it in a small flat rate box. The box arrived (three days late), the slide did not. :roll: It had a stamp on it saying it arrived at the PHX Distribution Center empty. Go figure. Had a rifle go missing for over a week, most packages are late anymore, etc., etc.

I guess I’ve come to expect it anymore.

 

[pvreb]

I had a package mailed to me that came to Phoenix, then went to Albuquerque before being delivered here in Gila county. I don't understand the system.

 

[underw0rld]

The USPS needs to go belly up after the lazy imbeciles wanted to charge people for 'emails' back in the late 90's. Charge people for something that was free and they had no hand in providing the service. Just because the word 'mail' was used in email. Fvck the USPS

 

[Flash]

Been thinking about the OP.

I've lived in 9 States, some of them 4 different times, some 3, some twice and some only once.

The Postal Service here is the absolute worst I've ever seen. The others were bad, but they weren't even close to the level of incompetence I see here.

The USPS is essentially a retirement club that occasionally delivers mail as a hobby.

It needs to be shut down, completely, and replaced by something else. And whatever you do, don't hire anybody who ever worked for them in the past.

 

[xerts1191]

Gooberment entity sums it up

 

[Solar_Empire]

You people wouldn't last a day as a carrier , and put your money where your mouth is. Most places I know offer a choice between FedEx, ups, and the post office. Why not just use the others?

 

[storage_man]

To the op, maybe understanding how the system works, would help you. I don't believe the USPS is any worse here than anyplace else. If spent any time learning what there general operation is like you can insure a letter gets to it destination the fast and least expensive way. Example a cross town letter letter. If you know when the USPS sends their retrieved mail to the sorting center early enough in that day, that letter will arrive for sorting @ that fine 24x7 operation before END OF DAY ( your local P.O. is NOT 24x7). Depending on the size of the local office, they will receive/ship shipments 3xtimes a day. Bigger local post offices will have more. Saying this if a piece of mail is important, get that letter into the local P.O. before 11:00 am (your effort not theirs). What this means that letter gets down to the sorting center way before first shift end of day. That letter shortly after arrival is sent to the sorting machines which then has a truck for the second delivery at 5:00pm or around that time. The good news is that letter at the local P.O. which is actually slowest part of the operation. But that letter will be delivered to your recipient of that letter that day (barring any bad that could happen traffic, accidents etc). If you waited to have your letter carrier to pick up that letter, it may make it in just over 24hrs but it may not, because your talking more volume as the day gets longer.

Now lost items are different problem. Your shipment Box or letter, is not going to have a good day or week. You nor they USPS can totally stop that.

I just had this happen last week. I belong to a C2 range Squad (their name for this membership). I forgot that. Had to get the check to the Squad leader. He had my check almost less than 24 hrs. His mail gets delivered pretty early. We were able to meet the dead lines and my new membership card is sitting in their (C2 Tact) renew box.

I don't need to know how the operation works, I just need it to work. If I pay the prescribed amount for the service, give them the package and a correct address (I did my part), I don't care if it has to be sorted and that adds a day, I need for the package to actually arrive. And, to add gravy to it, I would like for it to arrive in an amount of time that is reasonable. In my case these are all packages. And if my track record is 24 out of 26 (oh, and that just changed- see below), at this point its a systemic issue of a service provider that needs to be shut down.
The only reason the USPS has been given a pass the past 50+ years when they are obviously incompetent is because it was where retired military and civil workers went to double dip. Fine, good for them- get what you can while you can. But, that permanent get out of jail card free card needs to be taken back, torn up, burnt in front of them and the ashes used to make soap I can wash my backside with.
I currently have 3 packages en route. This is as of 6:50 am PST 29MAY2020. Two of the three are late. And one of those two is unaccountable. This is not my fault and there is no logical way that any validity can be granted USPS for allowing this to happen.
If you asked 100 US citizens, I'll bet a shiny nickel 90 of them would job rate USPS just slightly above Congress and slightly below the Bay of Pigs invasion.

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What ever - I just trying to help you and everybody else. No matter what vendor your using, you need to understand their system. Takes a bit front end work, however sometimes its worth.

IMHO !

 

[baja]

Wow, I must be the lucky one out here in East Mesa.
Minimal problems, sometimes I get packages a day early!

 

[QuietM4]

Wow, I must be the lucky one out here in East Mesa.
Minimal problems, sometimes I get packages a day early!

Same here....never had an issue with USPS. I just received an eBay order that was supposed to be delivered on Saturday (according to USPS website tracking)...it arrived on Wednesday.

 

[Ballistic Therapy]

It could be worse.
I have a package setting at UPS in Tucson that was supposed to be delivered over a week ago.
Apparently they have had a problem with the virus going around and they have had to bring in people from other states to make the deliveries.
I look at the tracking number and it has said it is on the truck for delivery for the past 4 days.

 

[Pscipio03]

You people wouldn't last a day as a carrier , and put your money where your mouth is. Most places I know offer a choice between FedEx, ups, and the post office. Why not just use the others?

I'm pretty sure doing 12+ mile forced ruck marches in Louisiana humidity at Fort Polk would say otherwise.
As for using the others, it's not always an option. And more than once I've gotten tricked by the SmartPost where it starts FedEx/UPS, but ends up USPS at some point. Even those end up late.

 

[Pscipio03]

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What ever - I just trying to help you and everybody else. No matter what vendor your using, you need to understand their system. Takes a bit front end work, however sometimes its worth.

IMHO !
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Wasn't attacking or disagreeing, just saying that I haven't seen a reason yet to know how the hotdog is made, just that when I bite into the bun, I don't want to taste dog poop.