USPS going off the rails in Georgia: Incompetence reigns supreme as ‘consolidations’ take hold in multiple locations

American Thinker ^ | 04/05/2024 | Trevor Thomas

[SeekAndFind]

Our 15-year-old son Noah is a baseball player. Baseball gear today can be quite expensive. A new (and sometimes even used!) quality bat or glove alone can easily cost several hundred dollars. For many years now, we’ve used Christmas and Noah’s birthday to provide him with a new bat or glove based on what he most wants or needs. If it’s not gift-giving time and Noah wants an expensive baseball item, he typically either waits or uses his own money (maybe with a little help from us) to purchase the item. If it’s the latter, Noah will often look for used gear. This was the case recently.

In February, Noah found a used bat on Facebook Marketplace that he wanted to purchase. The bat was just north of $100 with taxes and fees. He used his own money to purchase the bat. The seller was in our state (Georgia) but was several hours away, so we chose to have the bat shipped. What a mistake!

The bat was scheduled to arrive on February 26. As of this writing, now over five weeks later, the bat still has not arrived. This would not be much of a story if ours was an isolated incident, but this is far from the case.

After filing a “missing mail search request” on March 1, a few days later, I began wondering if our package delay was indeed an isolated incident. I began a simple internet search and quickly discovered that many others in Georgia were also experiencing missing mail. I started seeing several news stories of missing mail and problems with a new Atlanta-area mail distribution center in Palmetto, Georgia.

[Ciexyz]

I have a problem with EBay seller who claimed USPS delivered package to my residence, but I never got it. EBay still investing after two weeks, should I tell credit card company to cancel charge? Or should I wait for Ebay response and refund?

[TangoLimaSierra]

My son lives in Eastern VA and I live in Western VA. He sent me a package. After a couple of days it showed to be in Atlanta. A couple of days later it was in Denver. Couple of days later back to a different town in GA and then Atlanta again. Finally got here about a week late.

[minnesota_bound]

#6 Here is the reason.

Everybody At The Post Office Is An Alien Scene - Men In Black 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=JrWHIN_B-TM

[clearcarbon]

"USPS going off the rails in Georgia: Incompetence reigns supreme as ‘consolidations’ take hold in multiple locations"

I'm not convinced literacy is still a prerequisite for employment with USPS.

[Fresh Wind]

I recently purchased an item, the shipper was in Kalifornia, shipped USPS “Ground Advantage”.

It took 5 days to get to Jersey City. From there, it went to a facility in south Jersey, and then to a facility in south Philadelphia. But it must have been lonely as it went back to Jersey City for another visit. From there, it went to a facility in northeast Philly, and from there it made a return trip to south Philly. Finally it got to the local post office, and was delivered.

The total transit time was 1 week, but at least I got it.

[Texas resident]

Come election time, the USPS will quickly deliver every democrat ballot. Their jobs depend on it.

[Fresh Wind]

Good luck with eBay “investigating” anything. They are even more incompetent than the USPS. Does the tracking say it was delivered? It’s a little known fact that every scan includes a GPS location, though that isn’t available to the pubic. Get a printout of the tracking record and take it to the post office, and they will look into it. That may or may not help, but it’s worth a try.

I had a strange case where I shipped a package and the tracking said it was delivered, but the buyer said it wasn’t. But the tracking said it was scanned twice AFTER it was supposedly delivered. The post office guy looked into it, and resolved the problem.