Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
The more I see threads like this, the more i see how issues like this are regional.
I think they're also somewhat random. I had someone to send me a money order via USPS Priority Mail on a Monday from California and it got stuck in Missouri for a few days and didn't get to me in North Carolina until the following Saturday. Something that should have been delivered on a Thursday or maybe even Friday didn't make it until Saturday. This was a few weeks ago.
At the same time, we sent an Easter package to my in-laws in western Virginia. Normally, stuff goes from Fayetteville through either Raleigh or Greensboro to Roanoke, then down to their town about an hour southwest. This package go to Roanoke, then showed up in New Jersey, sat there for about 24 hours, then made it back to Roanoke.
USPS has usually been pretty good, but these two delays were frustrating because both were time sensitive to some degree.
Random things do happen. Just think how many packages each company processes per day. I had a random run with UPS last summer, but its expected to happen. I paid for the cheapest shipping as I wasnt ina HUGE hurry to get it.. received it just in time though. LOL!
My main beef with USPS is the lack of shipping updates. I like to track my packages regardless of what it is.. so I find myself paying a few extra dollars for UPS or FedEx.