[AT] Postal service tracking !!!!!

David Bruce tractor57 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 17 08:17:49 PST 2016


I use package delivery many times a week. In some cases I get 
notifications from the shipping agent (USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc) and in 
others I don't. Going back over nearly 20 years only once was a package 
misdelivered by USPS - new mail carrier, lots of Bruce's on Bruce Road 
and the package ended up over the hill at my cousin's house. Given the 
volume here I get good service from all delivery companies. I do agree 
USPS could do better with notifications.

David

NW NC


On 12/17/2016 10:35 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> When I get packages delivered by UPS or FedEx or even UPS smart post
> (where they have a mail carrier deliver to your house) I get a notification
> on
> my phone that it is delivered.   Isn't amazing that the US Postal service
> can't figure
> out how to do that?
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hall
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 9:21 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Postal service tracking !!!!!
>
> 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....
>>
>>
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