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As USPS delays persist, bills, paychecks and medications are getting stuck in the mail
Washington Post (democracy dies with democrats) ^ | 2/26/21 | Jacob Bogage, Hannah Denham

Posted on 02/27/2021 1:45:09 AM PST by Libloather

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To: Libloather

Right now....I have two bills, one to Sears and the other to ANEX that have not yet been received yet. They both were sent over ten days ago. I was going to cancel the checks and pay them electronically.....but I was told to stand pat. Both Sears & AMEX better not ever charge me interest or penalties for late payment. I have never been late on any bill payment...period!!! The USPS should be turned over to a private company...immediately!!!!


21 posted on 02/27/2021 3:46:34 AM PST by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: EBH

I ordered a calendar from Germany. It was shipped on December 5. I received it February 25.

In talking to the shipper in Germany their postal system is no better.


22 posted on 02/27/2021 3:56:45 AM PST by alephnull (Islam is not a religion of peace. It is a cult of death.)
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To: Libloather

https://abc7.com/usps-coronavirus-slow-mail-delivery-louis-dejoy/6366308/

In an official statement to Eyewitness News, a Postal Service spokesperson blamed many of their recent difficulties on the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has led to heavy parcel volumes as customers continue to place online orders of essential items as they shelter in place,” said spokesperson John Hyatt. “U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail products and First-Class packages may require more time to be delivered due to limited transportation availability.


23 posted on 02/27/2021 3:59:49 AM PST by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: Libloather

While I’ve been cheesed off about mail delays, I have another tale.

My mail lady is an older, hispanic, deaf person.
She’s a real sweetheart.
When I see her on my cameras walking up to my door, I answer before she hits my mailbox. We say, “Hi,” smile and are friendly with each other. Always have been.
She also sees that I have a gun on my hip most of the time. I home carry.
Sometimes, she needs to use my bathroom, and I always let her. She’s told me that my house is the only one she trusts.

Anyhoo, three days ago she’s bringing the mail up. When I greet her, she starts gesturing wildly with a frustrated face.
My sign language is quite rusty, so she grabs her pen. When I hand her the back of a piece of junk mail for her to write down what she’s saying, I get it back with a single word on it:

“BIDEN”

Yeah, she’s REALLY not a fan.
I just thought that was funny.


24 posted on 02/27/2021 4:02:00 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Only a moronic, suicidal group would try a Great Purge 2021 on an armed American. We're ready!)
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To: Starcitizen

I shipped a package from Western PA to Delaware February 1.

The USPS diverted it to St.Louis, then Memphis, then to Philadelphia where it was scanned 18 days ago. It still hasn’t been delivered.


25 posted on 02/27/2021 4:11:35 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Both will charge you, and make you jump through painful hurdles to undue the damage.
Their business model is to make interactions too painful to deal with that you just take it in the keister.


26 posted on 02/27/2021 4:21:20 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Libloather

I sent a security deposit back to a renter. From NJ to NJ. It left on the 9th. It did not arrive as of yesterday so I stopped payment on the check and am going to wire transfer the money to the guy today. Both transactions are $35 each so I’m out $70 due to USPS incompetence.


27 posted on 02/27/2021 4:27:14 AM PST by Malsua
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To: Libloather

I guess “the check is in the mail” is a valid excuse now.


28 posted on 02/27/2021 4:38:49 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: Libloather

Haven’t paid a bill via mail in about 30 years.


29 posted on 02/27/2021 4:41:36 AM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: Libloather

Hate Amazon all you want but if they say next day delivery (even on weekends) the item shows up the next day.

I more or less quit using the mail service. All of my bills are paid automatically each month from my bank account.


30 posted on 02/27/2021 4:42:45 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: relictele

This is an operation whose primary source of revenue is now junk mail. And almost all junk mail is (plastic) coated paper and/or paper with inks, dyes, chemicals. Nearly 100% of it goes in the trash and, subsequently, into landfills.>>> You can open the package and send all the little postcards back. I’ve done it. And you can take you address off an put return to sender on it. Stuff in the mailbox. Done that too. Soon the Post office will realize that it should raise the bulk rates.


31 posted on 02/27/2021 4:47:31 AM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: Libloather
I think it's a deliberate slow down by USPS employees plus incompetent workers. There are days when the driver doesn't even come down my street........

Not too long ago I witnessed a postal driver sitting in her vehicle talking on her phone for a half hour.......

32 posted on 02/27/2021 4:48:56 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Starcitizen

Featherbedding and Slowdown are two of union’s favorite tactics. Government unions are a cancer and produce little in positive outcomes with regard to services to the taxpayers. In fact, unions in general are an anachronism which are now more about politics than helping the dues payers.


33 posted on 02/27/2021 4:51:04 AM PST by Rlsau1
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To: Libloather

I love my mail lady and take care of her at Christmas. That’s about as far up the organisational chart as my love extends. 99.9% of my bills are auto-bankdraft...including church tithing; 100% of pension-type payments are direct deposit. There is the occasional check that arrives via the mailbox...but few and far between. I can honestly say the USPS thrill is gone.


34 posted on 02/27/2021 4:53:20 AM PST by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: SaveFerris

Not just USPS. I have FedEx items stuck in their Memphis hub. No updates since February 19th. Package originally scheduled for delivery last Saturday (the 20th). I’m aware they had huge problems in Memphis, but I’m surprised they haven’t communicated. A tracking inquiry simply says “pending”. Just curious, has anyone else had problems with FedEx recently?


35 posted on 02/27/2021 4:56:40 AM PST by Don@VB (Power Corrupts)
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To: Libloather

I have two packages stuck in the USPS for three weeks now. The value of the packages are over $300. One package is from My Pillow and the other is some custom tent poles.

I do not think I will every use USPS again.

If you have anything important to mail out side of you local area use FedEx, they have envelopes too.


36 posted on 02/27/2021 5:06:06 AM PST by DEPcom (Impeach Illegitimate Biden/Harris )
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To: Alberta's Child

I had to pay a $35 late fee because a credit card bill never arrived. Lots of other bills are arriving two to three weeks after the date shown on the invoice, and generally just a few days before the due date.


37 posted on 02/27/2021 5:19:49 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

I get packages to Ukraine in about two weeks πŸ˜πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦


38 posted on 02/27/2021 5:21:51 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Don@VB
Just curious, has anyone else had problems with FedEx recently?

Yes. I shipped a box from our NJ facility to our German facility. It left on the 12th. It made it to Tennessee. That's the extent of what I know at this point.

Here's the tracking number. 125105193630 International Priority. This box cost us $126.40 cents to ship...poof. It contained 3 large machine fixtures which cost about $500 each, so there's that too.

39 posted on 02/27/2021 5:29:01 AM PST by Malsua
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To: Libloather

The only thing the USPS is competent at is rigging elections


40 posted on 02/27/2021 5:29:27 AM PST by nhbob1
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