My daughter is still waiting on a package that was sent via USPS on 12/14 from NY to MD. The USPS tracking has not updated in weeks. It made it to NJ on 12/18, them showed up in Des Moines, IA (!!) on 12/19. The next and last update on 12/23 just says “in transit to next facility.”
Despite the fact that 3 weeks have gone by since then, the Etsy seller is refusing to refund her money because it is still showing as “in transit” even tho that was 3 weeks ago!!
BTW, had I known she was buying herself stuff (she is 15), I would have for sure told her to wait until AFTER Christmas when things settled down at the post office. This wasn’t a gift, just decor she was buying for her bedroom.
I did just mail a deposit check for a lease for my college son from MD to CT. I decided to send it via priority mail, not b/c I needed it there quickly but because at least I would have tracking. The postal clerk said, “I know this is 2-day priority but it probably won’t get there before Friday.” I mailed it yesterday ((Tues). I told her I was not in a rush but that I did not trust first class mail to get it there at all. She kind of chuckled and said, “Yeah, that’s unfortunately probably true.”
Yep the USPS priority mail I sent on January 4th - says delayed in transit and hasn’t updated status since the 8th. Of course, I sent it priority because it needed to get there fast and is valuable (car title for a totaled car being mailed to the insurance company). So Priority and packages are just as messed up as first class right now.
I have no doubt priority mail is also still messed up, but I figure at least there is some tracking on it. I haven’t actually checked the tracking on my envelope since mailing it but probably should look to see if it made it out of my state yet.
I mailed something that was important and time sensitive via Federal Express on Saturday. They said it would arrive by Wednesday. I checked with my son (the recipient) on Wednesday and he had not received it yet. So I looked up the tracking number, and it said they attempted delivery on Tuesday but I had provided an incorrect address so it had been returned to the FedEx facility.
The address WAS correct; plus I had provided my son’s telephone number (they didn’t call him). I was able to reach FedEx yesterday and confirmed the address was correct. It was eventually delivered late yesterday.
No idea what happened, but even when you spend extra $ to make sure your important items get to their destination by a deadline, things go wrong. At least I had a tracking number.
The mail was finally delivered - 2 day priority USPS mail arrived after 17 days. I had started an online inquiry with the post office to find out what happened to it. They called me yesterday (2 days after it was finally delivered).
The gift I ordered for DIL in late November that was sent USPS arrived 2 days ago!! It got labelled as “Undeliverable- no such number” even though the order clearly had the right address and apt # (at least it was correct on the order- maybe they mistyped it when they shipped— dunno). So it eventually got returned to the vendor. I asked them to resend it , this time using my other s’s address, as fortunately my s’s live near each other. And yippee… it arrived this past week. I think that gift has travelled more than anyone in our family has for the past year!
We have a big charity pickup by the front door, and also had deliveries from UPS, USPS & FedEx coming today. Bad timing, I know. All rang the bell (which, except for the USPS guy, they never do). I have a Ring doorbell so I’d know who’s coming and going, but I appreciate the effort of all three to make sure deliveries weren’t collected with the donations.
We are still receiving letters and packages mailed almost 2 months ago. The IRS received a payment I sent in early November last week. We’ve had to toss all of the cookies and perishable junk food, probably not a bad thing.
My mom sent a box of old photos to my niece for her to scan. Fortunately they finally showed up! Mom didn’t even send them priority so they could be tracked.
I was thinking the same thing. For the check I mailed in December (which by the way still didn’t get there), the person I sent it to contacted me in mid-January to say hey did you ever send me this check. I think any businessman would do the same.
