USPS Shipping - When Do You Sound The Alarm?

[Guest]

I don't use USP for this very reason.
Those who do use them, when do we need to get a search underway?


Bought a shotgun from a reputable member here.
He shipped from AZ to VA on 9-26.
USPS tracking has said the same damned thing for about a week now....

_________________________________________________________________
Label/Receipt Number:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
<span style="font-weight: bold">Expected Delivery Date: October 3, 2011</span>
Class: Package Services
Service(s): Delivery Confirmation™
Insured
Status: Processed through Sort Facility

<span style="font-weight: bold">Your item was processed through our CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MD 20790 facility on October 04</span>, 2011 at 2:05 am. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later.

Detailed Results:

Bullet Processed through Sort Facility, October 04, 2011, 2:05 am, CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MD 20790
Bullet Acceptance, September 26, 2011, 1:11 pm, SIERRA VISTA, AZ 85635
_________________________________________________________________

WTF??!

 

[KYS]

Re: USPS Shipping - When Do You Sound The Alarm?

I never would ship high dollar items thru USPS. Thats just crazy. At least FedEx and UPS has a tracking system. USPS is slow and unorganized. And they wonder why they are losing so much money!?

 

[Guest]

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Trust me. It wasn't my idea.

 

[Shortdraw]

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You are fine. They won't update until it is scanned at your local post office and out for delivery. I have dealt with this many many times living in Alaska. Try waiting 8 weeks for a package that was supposed to take 2 weeks, it really sucks.

 

[match308]

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Id hit them in the am after such a delay.

 

[Radar360]

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I use USPS. They have always delievered quickly for me.

Its UPS that is super slooooow for me.

 

[Guest]

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It just updated.
"The Postal Service expects to deliver the item on Tuesday, October 11, 2011"

That means it took them a fucking week to move it 196 miles.

 

[trophyhunter]

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is it coming from a FFL ?

I was under the impression an indivdual could NOT use USPS to ship firearms across statelines unless both are FFL's, or is this just handguns.

I had a firearm to ship out last week... I just decided to drive 550miles and dropped it off in buyers hands to avoid any issues

 

[9H_Cracka]

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USPS took 32 days to deliver to me a Priority Mail package from one state away. Yours is stuck somewhere in their system it shouldn't be or maybe even stolen at this point.

Good luck getting it sorted out.

 

[Guest]

Re: USPS Shipping - When Do You Sound The Alarm?

As stated, shortly after posting here, they finally updated with an expected delivery of tomorrow.
I'm not privy to the details of the circumstance under which it was shipped. I paid a "delivered" price, so shipping is on the seller.
It's going to my FFL.

 

[Maggot]

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Tucker, sorry about your delay. If its not there tomorrow as advised, Id file immediately. Personally, considering the volume and price, I think the USPS is the best deal around. Sure, they fuck up occasionally, but who doesnt. Had a friend ship me some heavy gear, priorty mail, from Los Angeles, on a monday am and had it in C'ville on Wed. am. Thats hard to beat for $14.95.

 

[Bruiser_Joe]

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yeah flat rate is the way to go but make damn sure you do tracking and insurance. i hadn't lost anything in hundreds of boxes shipped and i got cocky and shipped a box in a hurry one day with neither and they lost it.. there went about 1200 bucks of stuff.

 

[John L]

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I will bet you the seller shipped it Parcel Post to save a few bucks. It is the slowest way to ship but the cheapest.

Look at the info in your first post. Where is says Class: Package services, I believe that is parcel post. You will know when your package arrives as it will have Parcel Post stamped all over the box. If so call the shipper and chew him a new one.

I just went and checked some of my delivery confirmation tags. Your guy shipped Parcel Post that is why it is taking so long. This one is on him not USPS. I use them a lot and when shipping Priority it never takes more than 3-4 days from MI to SD.

 

[royboy]

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I bought a upper from a member here, it was sent with confirmation and vanished in to postal hell, that was last October 2010. Still no upper
Let the USPS go under.

 

[paraman1]

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I have been shipping stuff via USPS using priority mail flat rate boxes for years . I have also shipped 30-40 firearms via the USPS over the years . I would hazard a guess that my total is over 1000 packages and in all that time I have never had one disappear completely . I always pay for insurance and use the delivery confirmation which I believe causes them to keep a little closer eye on things . I will say this though , if you plan on stuffing as close to 70 pounds of stuff as you can into one of their flat rate boxes pack it well as its gonna get grudge fucked all the way to its destination

 

[DerMeister]

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I would never choose to have something shipped USPS to me. Generally they are slower than UPS, and their tracking system isn't nearly as good as UPS.

Around here their shipping performance is spotty. I have once had a package dissapear for several months before randomly showing up at my door with the word "Lost and Found" with a date or something scribbled on it in marker. It looked as if it had been ran over.

 

[Bradu]

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I placed an order from a company on the 10th, shipped priority mail on the 11th and it still hasn't arrived, sad thing is the store is about 140 miles away. It's no wonder they are going under!

 

[PKRobbins]

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What about the new bastardized USPS / UPS system. A lot of stuff I get from Midway or Cabelas is shipped UPS to my local post office where I have to go pick it up 'cause the lazy ass mailman won't open our gate to deliver it to the house if he can't stuff it in the mailbox. To top it off the place is only open from 8:30 to 4:00 and 9:30 to 10:45 on Saturdays, makes it tough if you have a job.

A friend who drives a big truck for UPS from the local facility to St. Louis and back each night said 1/3 of his load is bundled up to go to local post offices.

 

[timelinex]

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I have shipped 1000's of packages using usps Priority mail, and I am very happy with it. $6 for a package to go anywhere in the united states within 2-3 days. You can't beat it! I've had MAYBE one package lost out of all of those, I honestly don't remember if it ended up being found. Almost everything else has always arrived on time.

The one thing I can complain a little about is that most the time packages arrive fine but sometimes they are as if a truck ran them over. But it boils down to for the price point and quickness of delivery, Its great.