[AT] Postal service tracking !!!!!

[John Hall]

Postal service is a ran like it is still 1920. Stick it in the mail, it 
will be there when it gets there. I had a package that "got lost" but 
yet they could not track it other than knowing where it last left from. 
Told me to give it a couple weeks to show up. Did I mention it took 1/2 
hr to get humans on the phone that could even tell me that much? When 
you deal with UPS being able to tell you at any point in time where a 
package is, even to the point of contacting a driver, no wonder the USPS 
is about bankrupt. Fed-ex is not a lot better. Dad had some medication 
to be delivered one Sat by Fed-ex home delivery. Driver came up the 
driveway, saw all the dogs and never stopped. He circled back around and 
left, never even blew his horn. I had to call and raise immortal heck to 
get the package delivered that day. It took 15-20 minutes to get to a 
supervisor to complain. They refused to have the driver come right back, 
took 5-6 hours before he could adjust his route. Yeah, shipping stuff is 
a pain!

John Hall

On 12/14/2016 7:46 PM, Steve W. wrote:
> The postal service really needs to get a better tracking system in
> place. The current one lags WAY behind actual events. Plus half the time
> it's just plain screwed up!
> Here is a log from a recent purchase. I reversed the order to make it
> easier to follow, and added a few comments...
>
> Part was ordered Thursday Dec 8th at around 9 PM
>
> Friday, Dec 9, 2016 1:47 PM 	WATERBURY , VT 	Picked Up
>
> Saturday, Dec 10, 2016 7:24 AM 	SPRINGFIELD , MA  Arrived at USPS
> Saturday, Dec 10, 2016 8:43 AM 	SPRINGFIELD , MA  Departed USPS
>
> So far they are doing great...
>
> Saturday, Dec 10, 2016 1:25 PM 	SYRACUSE , NY  Arrived at USPS Facility
> Saturday, Dec 10, 2016 5:36 PM 	SYRACUSE , NY  Departed USPS Facility
>
> UH OH We have a problem....
> Saturday, Dec 10, 2016 6:07 PM 	SPRINGFIELD , MA  Departed USPS Facility
>
> So the part which took 5 hours to reach Syracuse suddenly hopped a fast
> freight and went almost 175 miles back in 30 minutes!!!
>
> BUT WAIT.. it's now scanned in again, back to the West over 250 miles in
> hour and a half...
> Saturday, Dec 10, 2016 7:28 PM 	ROCHESTER , NY 	Arrived at USPS Facility
>
> And 1/2 hour later it's 320 miles in the opposite direction, almost to
> Boston !
> Saturday, Dec 10, 2016 8:31 PM 	CLINTON , MA 	Arrived at USPS Facility
>
> But somehow Rochester NY has it 30 minutes later...
> Sunday, Dec 11, 2016 9:04 PM 	ROCHESTER   PROCESSED THROUGH USPS
>
> And amazingly it arrived at my "local" P.O.
> Monday, Dec 12, 2016 7:54 AM 	FORT PLAIN  ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
> And was delivered
> Monday, Dec 12, 2016 11:43 AM 	FORT PLAIN 	DELIVERED IN/AT MAILBOX
>
> This outfit is considered to be one of the examples of how great the
> government can do things. Is there any wonder the mail gets lost,
> delayed or shipped to the wrong place, I would say it's a damn miracle
> it ever makes it at all....
>
>