Postal Service. Anyone else dealing with shipping delays?

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Over the last two months it is taking almost 2 weeks to get a regular letter, and I sent Christmas cards that took over a month in the same state to finally get delivered. Also, I've sold a few items on here and the packages still haven't been delivered, and it has been almost 2 weeks.

The folks at my post office said it was a known issue.

Is anyone else experiencing long delays with the mail?

Just a few months ago, it seemed like anything that I ordered or shipped would get delivered in 2-5 days.
 
Yep. It seems like everything I buy these days takes two to three weeks for delivery.
 
USPO is the worst. Followed closely by FedEx. UPS is the original best. DHL is flat out guaranteed. Good isn't cheap and cheap isn't good.
 
Yep, here lately when I order something I’ve learned to expect it to take 10-14 days to arrive if it’s coming USPS. Doesn’t matter if it’s Priority Mail or Ground Advantage.

Expected delivery dates are nowhere near accurate.
 
I know the ice and snow here in St. Louis really had us backed up. When you have inches of ice under 10” of snow with single digit temps it’s hard to deliver mail. I walk and deliver. This stuff seemed to last forever.
 
Monofletch said:
I know the ice and snow here in St. Louis really had us backed up. When you have inches of ice under 10” of snow with single digit temps it’s hard to deliver mail. I walk and deliver. This stuff seemed to last forever.
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I'm not far away and although we didn't get ice, I can understand this. I applaud you for dealing with those circumstances. It's not something that I would want to do myself so thank you for all that you do. Same thing goes for all mailmen and women.

My most recent package sat in St. Louis for two days which is usually the last stop before my hometown. Today it's in Des Moines, Iowa and I reside in Illinois. I sincerely do appreciate all that you do. Seriously. But I can't blame that one on the weather and these routing errors seem to be the norm lately.
 
Can't say that I have any major delays. Maybe a day or 2 on occassion.
While I am in Florida with not much snow or ice, the mail comes(and goes) from all over.
 
I’ve almost sworn off any online ordering that only offers USPS Ground Advantage, and even Priority. 10-14 days is what I’ve been experiencing as well. When it comes to knife purchases there are a few dealers that offer FedEx 2 day for around $8-10 and that’s a no brainer. FedEx has always been solid for us up in ND.
 
USPS Ground Advantage.....Had a package shipped from California on the 16th, it arrived today in Florida the 25th. got a Christmas card post dated December 14th from PA., got delivered last Wednesday.
 
As suggested, perhaps weather related.

I'll be an outlier and give the USPS some glowing praise-

I live in San Diego, California, and back in October I had a customer in Florida purchase a knife from me. I received payment just as Florida was being hit pretty hard by hurricane Milton, so I asked him if he wanted to wait awhile for things to get back to normal in Florida before I shipped the knife. He told me to go ahead and ship, so I did.

I shipped the knife Priority Mail, it traveled from coastal California to Florida, all the way across the entire country, in three days, and was delivered to his door, in a hurricane zone, only a few days after the hurricane had passed through.

I can't help but be impressed by that.

When I order something I strongly prefer that it be delivered by the USPS. Despite my instructions to Fedex and UPS to enter my building when delivering packages, and I provide them with the security door code, sometimes they leave the packages outside, where anyone could just walk up and steal them. Or, they don't leave them at all, and I have to go pick it up. But when something comes USPS, the postal worker locks it safely in my mail box.

I guess I'm a rare fan of the Post Office.
 
USPS delivery times have been in a nose dive in my area since 2020 and COVID. It’s never recovered.
 
metaz1947 said:
USPS delivery times have been in a nose dive in my area since 2020 and COVID. It’s never recovered.
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USG has been doing more with less long before COVID. That hardship trickles down to the PO and all other USG agencies. The PO has been and still is losing money at current postal rates. Yes, it sucks when our packages get delayed but I still appreciate the job that "our other men and women in blue" do rain, snow or shine. 🫡
 
My local post office made mention that weather has played a significant role in delays lately.
 
We are short staffed and Hell, you can only walk so much in a day. Forcing people to work 12 hours a day and 60 hours a week gets old quickly.
If you have the same person delivering your mail you should know their name. Introduce yourself. It will go a long way.
 
My mailman is great. He’s always at my place around the same time. I live out in the woods off a dirt road and if I get a package he try’s to put it out of sight behind my gate. The problems aren’t with the final delivery person, it’s somewhere else in the inner workings of USPS.
 
I will say my rural carrier busts her ass from 0600-1800 everyday. She’s the most streamlined portion of the whole process. Cant deliver what she doesn’t have though. The breakdown is higher up with mismanagement along the way. I understand weather delays but this has been a pattern up in my area for some time.
 
Our local mailman says they can't hire anyone - he didn't know why. But some days he runs his route and another route. Last week he told me he ran 3 routes on Wednesday, outs was the last route - he got here at 7:30pm and still had more to go. Generally his day off is on Thursday, we don't get mail on Thursday.
 
I am waiting on a package that was accepted in the system on 13th Jan. It made it to Dallas on the 14th. Then regional weather delay. Then it made it to Orlando FL on the 17th, which doesn't make sense since I am in Central Illinois. Since the 21st it has been "In Transit to Next Facility, Arriving Late".
 
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