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Tszii
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 5:17 pm
I have a few packages that cant make it out of California or AZ. This is one example. Anyone else?
Jul 23, 2020
9:13am
ARRIVE
USPS
FACILITY
SANTA ANA, CA 92799
Jul 23, 2020
8:18am
DEPART
USPS
FACILITY
CARSON, CA 90746
Jul 23, 2020
7:36am
DEPART
USPS
FACILITY
CARSON, CA 90746
Jul 23, 2020
1:21am
ARRIVE
USPS
FACILITY
BELL GARDENS, CA 90201
Jul 23, 2020
1:15am
ARRIVE
USPS
FACILITY
BELL GARDENS, CA 90201
Jul 23, 2020
12:15am
DEPART
USPS
FACILITY
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 91715
Jul 23, 2020
12:10am
ARRIVE
USPS
FACILITY
BELL GARDENS, CA 90201
Jul 22, 2020
9:57pm
DEPART
USPS
FACILITY
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 91715
Jul 21, 2020
4:39pm
PROCESSED THROUGH
USPS
FACILITY
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 91715
Jul 21, 2020
3:24pm
ORIGIN ACCEPTANCE
WALNUT, CA 91789
Jul 20, 2020
5:47pm
SHIPMENT RECEIVED ACCEPTANCE PENDING
WALNUT, CA 91789
Ok, One more...No updates for three days. It was mailed on 07/16.
10:18pm
Departed
USPS
Regional Origin Facility
LOS ANGELES CA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Jul 20, 2020
10:07pm
Arrived at
USPS
Regional Origin Facility
LOS ANGELES CA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Jul 16, 2020
6:32pm
Departed Post Office
VACAVILLE, CA 95687
Jul 16, 2020
2:33pm
USPS
in possession of item
VACAVILLE, CA 95687
Jul 16, 2020
11:51am
Tracking number provided
burntwire brothers
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:25 pm
I had a package from overseas that took 3 months.
Available now from Die Cast Games:
Night of the Black Swords
by Allen Hammack (Author of C2-The Ghost Tower of Inverness) with artwork by Jeff Easley and Diesel.
Grug Greyskin
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Location: Evergreen, CO
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:03 pm
I have seen incredibly poor mail service recently, I would say I've gotten mail about 50% of expected days since around the 4th of July and have gotten my neighbor's mail 3 times in that same span. Could definitely be attributed to less sorting time. It should be noted that my local PO was pretty poorly rated for some time. Evidently in the Fall it was considered the worst in our postal region and they brought in a new Postmaster to shape things up, so could be prior issues and not necessarily the recent cutbacks.
sauromatian
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Location: Far Harad, Texas
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 4:50 pm
Tszii wrote in
Anyone else having issues with USPS?
:
a few packages
What class of mail are these packages?
Tszii
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Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 5:54 pm
I have had issues with Priority, first class and media mail. All of it just isnt moving - for me anyway.
Skullhammer
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Location: New England
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 6:51 pm
I am having issues with
USPS
, especially for international shipments. I’m seeing anything from unusual package routes and delayed transitions, to several instances of failed tracking (from “accepted” straight to “delivered”)
sauromatian
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Location: Far Harad, Texas
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 11:22 pm
Yes, me too. A variety of phenomenon, but my favorite was when a recent package entered my city (according to tracking), then went in a thousand-mile circle around the region before returning to my city & being delivered. Like a goddam flat stanley.
Mordenkainen
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:18 am
Opinion | How Trump’s war on the Postal Service could create an election nightmare - The Washington Post
Tszii
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:18 pm
I just thought to search it today. It kinda answers it. Welp, my three listings just moved to
UPS
.
burntwire brothers
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:26 pm
The cost of
UPS
and
Fedex
is much higher than
USPS
. When I ship overseas it costs at least twice as much if not more. Means eliminating a lot of buyers.
Available now from Die Cast Games:
Night of the Black Swords
by Allen Hammack (Author of C2-The Ghost Tower of Inverness) with artwork by Jeff Easley and Diesel.
Tszii
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 10:22 pm
My response does read like I am trying to start an unpopular mutiny.
But, no, seriously those headlines scared the crap out of me.
Waynes_Books
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 3:57 pm
Not attempting to gaslight anybody, but I haven't been seeing widespread issues with domestic shipment times. (Int'l shipping is a whole 'nother story - things are finally recovering on that front).
Here's a screengrab from my amazon seller account:
And this is matched by a lack of buyer complaints from all my venues. Customers don't suffer in silence.
Possibly the difference is that I use machine postage labels? Handwritten addresses can slow things down sometimes.
-Wayne
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Skullhammer
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Location: New England
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:06 pm
Good point, and it’s hard to argue with numbers. However, I’ve been using the
USPS
heavily for 20 years, and I can say with certainty that all of my received international shipments (post COVID) is taking anywhere from 50% to 100% longer than usual. I’m not complaining because everyone is doing the best they can given the circumstances.
dbartman
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Location: Ohio, The land without sun
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:37 pm
International shipment have definitely been a problem. U.S., not so much.
jdrakeh01
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Last Visit: Dec 10, 2023
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:52 pm
I've had some issues with domestic Priority Mail at the end of July, taking up to a week to deliver. AND the
USPS
double-charged me for a label. Claimed I underpaid which was BS and I had proof of the initial payment/package. But who can fight the
USPS
and win? (Not me, in my past experience.)
Sincerely,
James D. Hargrove
Plaag
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:52 am
I've had shipments from the same place and time take 10 days and the other 16 days. Nothing I need to have right away thankfully.
ShaneG.
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Thunderdave
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Location: Toronto, Canada
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 4:30 pm
I guess the upside in dealing in forty year old games is time is rarely critical
My customers have been overall very understanding about delays. And I’m sitting tight patiently waiting on my own deliveries. So there’s maybe been an extra 3-5 business days on US/Canada shipments without major issues.
I draw the line at collecting... D&D beach towels.
Shoulda been: ".. from Pangreenia to Floratopolis, from mystical Treeonia of spectral Forests to Schruborial dimensions." - The Forests of Leng
Boredflak
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Last Visit: Apr 01, 2024
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 4:51 pm
I’ve received several packages through the
USPS
over the last two to three weeks with no delay or problems. (12+)
An important Priority envelope I sent got to WI in the time estimated and arrived on the day it was supposed to. So far I haven’t see any of the problems others have mentioned.
We did have a letterbox shuttered and signed for removal but our carrier said the last person who used it has gone to a nursing home(!) and they’ve not had any mail picked up from it for a several weeks. They decided to make the call to remove it.
YMMV
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