Goddamnit USPS

Olivia Bauer · March 01, 2015, 12:38:17 AM

Anyone else wait way too long for a package? I'm waiting on a 64GB microSD card and it a taking forever.

Share your horror stories about items you ordered and either took too long or some kind of error was made in shipping.

lester1/2jr · March 01, 2015, 09:45:57 AM

I'm a delivery guy for a very maligned competitor of theirs (hint: Amazon). The main complaint we get is someone delivering to wrong address or something. We usually get rid of everything the day of. It's just sometimes the wrong people get it!

FatFreddysCat · March 01, 2015, 11:42:01 AM

I don't order many things online because I'm the absolute worst when waiting for stuff to arrive in the mail. Anybody remember the "Simpsons" episode where Bart ordered a spy camera from an ad in a comic book, and then tortured the mail carrier with "Where's my spy camera? Where's my spy camera? Where's my spy camera? Where's my spy camera?" every day for six to eight weeks? That's me.

ER · March 01, 2015, 12:00:07 PM

I dunno, it still seems sort of amazing to me that an item can be mailed on the other side of the planet and in most cases arrive within days at its destination. Considering travel times in the past, it's not a small accomplishment.

Rev. Powell · March 01, 2015, 03:19:42 PM

Quote from: ER on March 01, 2015, 12:00:07 PM
I dunno, it still seems sort of amazing to me that an item can be mailed on the other side of the planet and in most cases arrive within days at its destination. Considering travel times in the past, it's not a small accomplishment.

I agree, it's frustrating when something goes wrong, but USPS is still remarkably efficient for a government agency. I've had my problems with deliveries like anyone but they generally do a good job.

Jack · March 01, 2015, 09:17:06 PM

The only problem I've ever had with USPS was when our daughters were in college and we got them an apartment. We wanted to have their mail forwarded to their new address, but the mail lady missed the little thing about only Anna and Molly's mail being forwarded, and sent all our mail - mine, my wife's and our son's - to their apartment as well lol.

And for some reason I always get my neighbor's Direct TV bill. Three months in a row. I don't even have a dish on my roof...don't know what's up with that

lester1/2jr · March 01, 2015, 10:11:09 PM

Post Office itself is...not exactly upbeat or contemporary design wise

Jack · March 02, 2015, 08:08:00 AM

Quote from: lester1/2jr on March 01, 2015, 10:11:09 PM
Post Office itself is...not exactly upbeat or contemporary design wise

Ours used to be very official and government looking, but they remodeled it and now it looks like where you pick up lumber at the back of Home Depot or something.

Olivia Bauer · March 03, 2015, 02:34:33 PM

Got my package.

64GB microSD Card for my New 3DS.

Finally.

A_Dubya · March 04, 2015, 11:19:38 PM

No, they're not efficient. I find that they are the antithesis of efficient. They are absolutely awful in every way shape or form. I've had so many idiotic issues with them in just the last few years to make me never want to use a postal service ever. I could rant all day on how they have f**ked me or my family members over for money and time.

FatFreddysCat · March 05, 2015, 10:53:36 AM

I'm waiting for a couple of CDs to come in the mail from a trade I did with a guy in Washington State (I'm in New Jersey)...he got my stuff over the weekend but still no sign of his packet at my end. Of course, the near-constant friggin' snow probably isn't helping things but still, the waiting is effin' killing me. Haha.

Alex · March 06, 2015, 03:24:28 AM

A friend in Utah got me a signed photo from Erin Gray. It was posted early december so I'd have it for christmas. It finally turned up 2 days ago.

Olivia Bauer · March 06, 2015, 01:08:01 PM

As an addendum to this story I have lost my data in the microSD card's transfer.

Looks like I'm starting over on Fire Emblem. Good thing I transferred my Pokémon to Alpha Sapphire before hand.

lester1/2jr · March 06, 2015, 07:12:30 PM

Alex - What did she sign was it Silver Spoons or Buck Rogers stuff?

FatFreddysCat · March 06, 2015, 09:00:35 PM

Quote from: FatFreddysCat on March 05, 2015, 10:53:36 AM
I'm waiting for a couple of CDs to come in the mail from a trade I did with a guy in Washington State (I'm in New Jersey)...he got my stuff over the weekend but still no sign of his packet at my end. Of course, the near-constant friggin' snow probably isn't helping things but still, the waiting is effin' killing me. Haha.

Still no CDs in today's mail. DAMMIT MAIL LADY WHERE IS MY SPY CAMERA? WHERE IS MY SPY CAMERA? WHERE? IS? MY? SPY? CAMERA???