Author:  kzinti  Posted:  Apr 24, 2024 08:38  Subject:  How does USPS even operate? A short rant.  Viewed:  198 times  Topic:  Shipping Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card kzinti (4925) Location:  USA, Missouri Member Since Contact Type Status Jun 20, 2001 Seller Store: The Brick Bin

Received a high dollar order on Feb 10th. Pulled, Packed, Invoiced, Paid, Posted all in about 24 hours. Post office received package on Feb 11th. As it's an international shipment, it goes through the Chicago International Distribution Center on the evening of Feb 16th. Then it basically disappears until April 12th. No one knows where it went, how it got there, what cruise line it detoured through, nothing. Here's what the time interval looks like on the USPS tracking page looks: - Processed Through USPS Regional Facility CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER February 16, 2024, 7:43 pm - Processed Through Facility NETHERLANDS April 12, 2024, 9:46 pm Did they travel through the Bermuda triangle? Where did it go? I cannot express the amount of appreciation I have for an understanding customer who paid so much for this order, and then patiently waited almost two months for a tracking update from USPS. TWO MONTHS! It's almost like the postal service is purposefully trying to kill off international business opportunities. First with huge price jumps, then with a decreased level of service that borders on apathy. The postal service told me that after it leaves the US there's not a lot they can do, 'it's out of our hands'. Why offer tracking at all when it's of little use? And when I asked them about filing a case for a missing package, they tell me that it has to be missing at least 60 days before I can file as a missing package. Insane, absolutely insane. Going to send a Christmas box of dog poop to Mr DeJoy... through Fedex.

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Re: How does USPS even operate? A short rant. - zorbanj (820)

The post office is right when they told you after it leaves the US it's out of their hands. That's always been the case. Your package probably got stuck in customs. [...] (24 days ago, Apr 24, 2024, to Shipping)

Re: How does USPS even operate? A short rant. - Adjour (2466)

I turned off international shipping recently. For different reasons, but I did have something similar happen during covid. Parcel took 10 weeks with no update to Europe. On [...] (24 days ago, Apr 24, 2024, to Shipping)

Re: How does USPS even operate? A short rant. - cosmicray (3492)

[...] Based on a de-minimas amount of information that I am aware of ... When it clears an ISC (Chicago, Miami, whereever) it is typically loaded into a shipping container [...] (24 days ago, Apr 24, 2024, to Shipping)

(Cancelled) - popsicle (6664)

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Re: How does USPS even operate? A short rant. - SezaR (1395)

[...] I think it is sent on surface, i.e. in a ship. This is what couriers do when they cannot send on air. (24 days ago, Apr 24, 2024, to Shipping)

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 Msg 1 « - kzinti (4925) 24 days ago Apr 24, 2024 to Shipping
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