It's Not Just You, USPS Packages Are Massively Delayed Again - Page 9

JMH710 · 01-10-2021, 03:21 PM

Philadelphia may take 6 to 8 weeks to catch up. https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...-philadelphia/

Are other parts of the country having mail delivery simply skip a couple days a week? We get it at work (Philly) and home (South Jersey).

hairysasquatch · 01-10-2021, 04:03 PM

Average 1-2 days per week here upstate/central NY with no mail, or a mysterious post-8pm drop-off which is really weird.

BGT Masters · 01-10-2021, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by JMH710

Philadelphia may take 6 to 8 weeks to catch up. https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...-philadelphia/

Are other parts of the country having mail delivery simply skip a couple days a week? We get it at work (Philly) and home (South Jersey).

I’ve got one sitting in Philadelphia for 3 weeks now without an update.

TimBuckTwo · 01-12-2021, 10:56 AM

Wow. I walked a number of items in on 1/4 and they were accepted. USPS shows NO movement at all on the items since then.

shrevecity · 01-12-2021, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by JMH710

Philadelphia may take 6 to 8 weeks to catch up. https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...-philadelphia/

Are other parts of the country having mail delivery simply skip a couple days a week? We get it at work (Philly) and home (South Jersey).

We got skipped yesterday due to rare snowstorm for us knocking out power to lots of the area.

packman80 · 01-12-2021, 07:40 PM

Had no issues at all during the holidays getting my packages in a timely manner. Now had first issue after the holidays. Have a package that was turned in at Cleveland and has not even moved out of there in a week. Googling it looks like it's another black hole were packages go and don't come out for a long time.

smanzari · 01-12-2021, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by BGT Masters

I’ve got one sitting in Philadelphia for 3 weeks now without an update.

PA and NC are my 2 mailing nemeses rn TBH. Mostly cool buyers who understand though, so that's good!

BGT Masters · 01-12-2021, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by smanzari

PA and NC are my 2 mailing nemeses rn TBH. Mostly cool buyers who understand though, so that's good!

Good news is it just updated last night and again today.

rmw10 · 01-12-2021, 09:02 PM

Down to 2 things that have been in transit for awhile.

Still one package in Oak Creek, WI that arrived there on 12/14 and no updates since. I did submit a missing package form last week but haven't heard anything obviously.

The other is a PWE for like $3 so I'm not too concerned, but that's an order from 12/4 that I still haven't received.

A couple of things from 12/27 and 12/31 that are still cycling around the system as well, but everything else is 1/2 or later so I'm mostly caught up.

GOTcollector · 01-13-2021, 01:11 PM

Had to open my first ever item not received claim in over 200 purchases (waited as long as possible) Ordered Nov 18th, est arrival Nov 27-Dec 15.
35 USD card with free shipping, no tracking. Bought multiple items from the seller before with no issues. Made sure to tell him in the claim I will send back the refund if the card shows up. Sucks because it shipped from Michigan which borders the province I live in in Canada. Lost in the ether I guess.

chezball · 01-14-2021, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by chezball

The one on the 19th will be delivered today. Just saw it got delivered as I'm typing this.
I opened a case on the Cle. package and these scumbags closed the case less than three hours later. With no movement.

Finally, everything delivered.
Meanwhile, sent a card Mon. from NY and delivered today to Boulder, CO.

rman112 · 01-14-2021, 09:13 PM

Got a Christmas card in the mail today. That's nice.

Deathgate · 01-14-2021, 09:27 PM

Had a package coming from Mexico, last scanned on November 5th, scanned again on January 9th - at the same facility. Well, at least that shows it still exists, and I'm hoping the next entry is on this side of the border...

nabzy28 · 01-14-2021, 11:26 PM

Heh, I sent a package to Mexico on Dec. 2nd. It left an airport in Mexico City, Mexico on Dec. 9th and hasn't been scanned since. Maybe soon. Hopefully.

Another interesting thing is that I picked up some cards over the last couple weeks. It's funny watching the complete randomness of stuff making it through versus just disappearing for a week+. One purchased on the 3rd, got here on the 9th. One purchased on the 6th, here on the 13th. One purchased on the 5th arrived at the local facility on the 12th and not moved since. One purchased on the 10th is in the same situation.

As noted above, I've seen the same thing where you go a couple days without getting anything.

I'm patient, so it doesn't bother me all that much. It's just incredibly fascinating to me, though, to watch massive enterprises know precisely what's coming, every year without question, and still succeed in failing beyond all comprehension.

Maybe, just maybe, less people will buy stuff online THIS year, lol!

Cavaliercards · 01-14-2021, 11:27 PM

Sandston is the cause of too many of our issues

rmw10 · 01-16-2021, 02:06 PM

My one missing package that was stuck in Oak Creek, WI FINALLY made it to Baltimore today, so hopefully should get it early next week. Conveniently, it started moving again after I submitted a missing package form. It hadn't moved since 12/14.

Now have one more package that departed Trenton, NJ on 12/30, and no updates since. That's only a $6 purchase so not that big of a deal.

LRV · 01-18-2021, 05:35 PM

Story about the Philadelphia, PA USPS facility..

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philad...-20210116.html

Frankp2311 · 01-19-2021, 08:03 PM

I have had a lot of packages just go missing in the last few weeks, and the USPS final judgement on them is that they have been lost and then they offer their appologies. Starting to think some may have been stolen and this didnt occur to me until today. I took a large stack of bubble mailers into the PO today to have them scanned since they are not scanning some at all when I just drop in the box.

The guy scanning asked me with a big grin "what do you have here, sports cards.? What kind? These seem to be really popular lately. Yea usually these type of mailers either have coins or cards in them."

Makes you wonder...

EDMTunesCollect · 01-20-2021, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Frankp2311

"what do you have here, sports cards.? What kind? These seem to be really popular lately. Yea usually these type of mailers either have coins or cards in them."

What a weird comment. That would make me skeptical to use that post office again lol

jamcas997 · 01-20-2021, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Frankp2311

I have had a lot of packages just go missing in the last few weeks, and the USPS final judgement on them is that they have been lost and then they offer their appologies. Starting to think some may have been stolen and this didnt occur to me until today. I took a large stack of bubble mailers into the PO today to have them scanned since they are not scanning some at all when I just drop in the box.

The guy scanning asked me with a big grin "what do you have here, sports cards.? What kind? These seem to be really popular lately. Yea usually these type of mailers either have coins or cards in them."

Makes you wonder...

If you are selling on ebay you can use the multi label shipping and print all your labels at once, just make sure you fill in fields that need to be done like weight, Ins if needed and date you are mailing on. When you take in your packages to mail they scan the sheet rather than each package and they are all loaded at the same time.

shrevecity · 01-20-2021, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by jamcas997

If you are selling on ebay you can use the multi label shipping and print all your labels at once, just make sure you fill in fields that need to be done like weight, Ins if needed and date you are mailing on. When you take in your packages to mail they scan the sheet rather than each package and they are all loaded at the same time.

If you are selling just one type of item that is fine, but when you are selling different types of items its much easier to do them individually. Many times I experiment with the packaging checking different rates and such.

BGT Masters · 01-20-2021, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by shrevecity

If you are selling just one type of item that is fine, but when you are selling different types of items its much easier to do them individually. Many times I experiment with the packaging checking different rates and such.

This exactly. I tried explaining this to one of the postal clerks and she just couldn't understand why I didn't do what another ebay seller does. Shipping costs depending on the item vary greatly depending on if you ship UPS, Fed Ex, or USPS.

Not to mention I sell a lot of items that fit in the same size box. If I boxed them all up at the same time there is a much higher chance of accidentally sending the wrong item to the wrong buyer.

USPS is normally good for smaller, light items (unless using Flat Rate boxes). Fed Ex is normally better for larger items or heavier items. UPS prices are normally close to Fed Ex (sometimes cheaper) but far better if you want your items getting there in one piece.

I might have to start writing on my Fed Ex boxes "NOT A PINATA!" Just got a return sent back using them and its beat to hell.

ballhawkdawk · 01-20-2021, 02:32 PM

Just received a card from Indonesia shipped via DHL on 1/13. I have cards shipped via USPS that are still stuck in the origin city and were mailed before then.

At this point, anything I sell over $100 is getting FedEx 2 day service. I'll eat the extra cost to ensure it gets there. I already had to issue one refund (shipped PWE w/o tracking on a low end card) and had another refund request just come in. Fortunately, that one has tracking and landed in the buyer's city on 1/18, the day of the refund request... still not delivered tho.

ballhawkdawk · 01-20-2021, 02:33 PM

** double post **

beauspencer · 01-20-2021, 05:10 PM

I ship roughly 1,500 PWE and bubble mailers per month thru eBay. Before December, I would average 1 non-receipt claim per 1,000.

Now...I am getting messages and non-receipt claims daily. About 2-3 per day which would equal 20 per 1,000.

One regular customer just received a PWE last week that was shipped exactly 2 months before he received it.

It's just been absolutely brutal lately.

01-10-2021, 04:03 PM	#202
hairysasquatch Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: In the Woods, Central NY Posts: 37,095	Average 1-2 days per week here upstate/central NY with no mail, or a mysterious post-8pm drop-off which is really weird. __________________ I am going signature-free

01-12-2021, 09:02 PM	#209
rmw10 Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 2,889	Down to 2 things that have been in transit for awhile. Still one package in Oak Creek, WI that arrived there on 12/14 and no updates since. I did submit a missing package form last week but haven't heard anything obviously. The other is a PWE for like $3 so I'm not too concerned, but that's an order from 12/4 that I still haven't received. A couple of things from 12/27 and 12/31 that are still cycling around the system as well, but everything else is 1/2 or later so I'm mostly caught up. __________________ Ravens All-Time Roster Project can be found here. Mostly IP autographs, but a good number of certified cards to be found as well. https://www.flickr.com/photos/76326578@N05/albums

01-14-2021, 09:27 PM	#213
Deathgate Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Bolivia, NC Posts: 3,093 GoatCollector2012	Had a package coming from Mexico, last scanned on November 5th, scanned again on January 9th - at the same facility. Well, at least that shows it still exists, and I'm hoping the next entry is on this side of the border... __________________ ePack Id: goatcollector2012 - always looking to trade for Power Girl (DC), Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat), Black Cat or Rachel Summers (Phoenix, Prestige, etc.) cards - digital, base, inserts and sketches wanted

01-14-2021, 11:26 PM	#214
nabzy28 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In a warehouse of common sense Posts: 7,321 nabzy28	Heh, I sent a package to Mexico on Dec. 2nd. It left an airport in Mexico City, Mexico on Dec. 9th and hasn't been scanned since. Maybe soon. Hopefully. Another interesting thing is that I picked up some cards over the last couple weeks. It's funny watching the complete randomness of stuff making it through versus just disappearing for a week+. One purchased on the 3rd, got here on the 9th. One purchased on the 6th, here on the 13th. One purchased on the 5th arrived at the local facility on the 12th and not moved since. One purchased on the 10th is in the same situation. As noted above, I've seen the same thing where you go a couple days without getting anything. I'm patient, so it doesn't bother me all that much. It's just incredibly fascinating to me, though, to watch massive enterprises know precisely what's coming, every year without question, and still succeed in failing beyond all comprehension. Maybe, just maybe, less people will buy stuff online THIS year, lol! __________________ Sent from my Danger Hiptop T-Mobile Sidekick in 2002

01-14-2021, 11:27 PM	#215
Cavaliercards Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 30,889 cavaliercards	Sandston is the cause of too many of our issues __________________ Always Buying: Vintage and Tobacco Cards Follow us on Twitter AND Instagram: @Cavaliercards

01-10-2021, 03:21 PM	#201
JMH710 Member Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: USA Posts: 313 jmh0710	Philadelphia may take 6 to 8 weeks to catch up. https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...-philadelphia/ Are other parts of the country having mail delivery simply skip a couple days a week? We get it at work (Philly) and home (South Jersey).

01-12-2021, 10:56 AM	#204
TimBuckTwo Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10,203	Wow. I walked a number of items in on 1/4 and they were accepted. USPS shows NO movement at all on the items since then.

01-12-2021, 07:40 PM	#206
packman80 Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 17,393	Had no issues at all during the holidays getting my packages in a timely manner. Now had first issue after the holidays. Have a package that was turned in at Cleveland and has not even moved out of there in a week. Googling it looks like it's another black hole were packages go and don't come out for a long time.

01-13-2021, 01:11 PM	#210
GOTcollector Member Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Canada Posts: 419	Had to open my first ever item not received claim in over 200 purchases (waited as long as possible) Ordered Nov 18th, est arrival Nov 27-Dec 15. 35 USD card with free shipping, no tracking. Bought multiple items from the seller before with no issues. Made sure to tell him in the claim I will send back the refund if the card shows up. Sucks because it shipped from Michigan which borders the province I live in in Canada. Lost in the ether I guess.

01-14-2021, 09:13 PM	#212
rman112 Banned Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Freedom is Free Again Posts: 40,946	Got a Christmas card in the mail today. That's nice.

01-16-2021, 02:06 PM	#216
rmw10 Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 2,889	My one missing package that was stuck in Oak Creek, WI FINALLY made it to Baltimore today, so hopefully should get it early next week. Conveniently, it started moving again after I submitted a missing package form. It hadn't moved since 12/14. Now have one more package that departed Trenton, NJ on 12/30, and no updates since. That's only a $6 purchase so not that big of a deal. __________________ Ravens All-Time Roster Project can be found here. Mostly IP autographs, but a good number of certified cards to be found as well. https://www.flickr.com/photos/76326578@N05/albums

01-18-2021, 05:35 PM	#217
LRV Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Where I'm At Posts: 6,029	Story about the Philadelphia, PA USPS facility.. https://www.inquirer.com/news/philad...-20210116.html __________________ "How much sleep do you need to go play three hours?" - Ken Stabler ROLL TIDE ROLL!

01-19-2021, 08:03 PM	#218
Frankp2311 Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 5,270	I have had a lot of packages just go missing in the last few weeks, and the USPS final judgement on them is that they have been lost and then they offer their appologies. Starting to think some may have been stolen and this didnt occur to me until today. I took a large stack of bubble mailers into the PO today to have them scanned since they are not scanning some at all when I just drop in the box. The guy scanning asked me with a big grin "what do you have here, sports cards.? What kind? These seem to be really popular lately. Yea usually these type of mailers either have coins or cards in them." Makes you wonder...

01-20-2021, 02:32 PM	#223
ballhawkdawk Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Downingtown, PA Posts: 7,485	Just received a card from Indonesia shipped via DHL on 1/13. I have cards shipped via USPS that are still stuck in the origin city and were mailed before then. At this point, anything I sell over $100 is getting FedEx 2 day service. I'll eat the extra cost to ensure it gets there. I already had to issue one refund (shipped PWE w/o tracking on a low end card) and had another refund request just come in. Fortunately, that one has tracking and landed in the buyer's city on 1/18, the day of the refund request... still not delivered tho.

01-20-2021, 02:33 PM	#224
ballhawkdawk Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Downingtown, PA Posts: 7,485	double post

01-20-2021, 05:10 PM	#225
beauspencer Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 1,582 onemillioncubs	I ship roughly 1,500 PWE and bubble mailers per month thru eBay. Before December, I would average 1 non-receipt claim per 1,000. Now...I am getting messages and non-receipt claims daily. About 2-3 per day which would equal 20 per 1,000. One regular customer just received a PWE last week that was shipped exactly 2 months before he received it. It's just been absolutely brutal lately. __________________ Madison (WI) Card Show - Saturday, February 21, at Alliant Energy Center. 250 dealer tables. Sports & Pokemon separated.