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Just happened to us this weekend, exact same situation. I wonder if it is because USPS Weekend delivery isn't the normal "route" person, and they just don't tr

by pquerna 11y ago

Just happened to us this weekend, exact same situation. I wonder if it is because USPS Weekend delivery isn't the normal "route" person, and they just don't try to get into multi-unit mailrooms?

koolba 11y ago
> I wonder if it is because USPS Weekend delivery isn't the normal "route" person, and they just don't try to get into multi-unit mailrooms? I'm pretty sure they don't try to deliver anything at all. Every time I've had a Sunday order and everyone else that I know, it gets marked as either "Delivery Attempted" or sometimes "Delivered" without the package arriving. I've NEVER heard of anyone actually receiving a Sunday USPS delivery for an Amazon order on Sunday. Literally never! I think the Amazon/USPS deal has the latter paying a penalty for late/undelivered packages. It's possible that they don't have the resources to actually deliver the packages and lying (either from corporate or from the actual mail carriers) is the only way to cover their asses.
- fmorel 11y ago
  I get some all the time, but I live in a house in the suburbs. Honestly, I prefer USPS over Lasership.
Spooky23 11y ago
That's exactly it. The weekend delivery is optimized for traditional homes and is weak on multi-unit and many commercial environments. Your postman knows every nook and cranny -- the guy in the van doesn't. There's also variance between post office regions and quality. In some areas in NYC, historically they had lots of issues. Some outlying areas on rural delivery are a struggle as well, as they use contract drivers that are paid and scheduled based on how long the USPS thinks the routes should take. Parcels gum up the works and create a lot of problems.
CPLX 11y ago
My suspicion lately has been that the guy with the truck full of boxes drives around the corner out of sight, takes a long nap, and drives back to the post office with a truck full of boxes and says yeah sorry nobody was home. But I'm cynical like that.
eitally 11y ago
It is absolutely not the normal mail carrier (at least in my city -- I asked the carrier one time). Weekend delivery works great around here, too.

by pquerna 11y ago

Just happened to us this weekend, exact same situation. I wonder if it is because USPS Weekend delivery isn't the normal "route" person, and they just don't try to get into multi-unit mailrooms?

koolba 11y ago

> I wonder if it is because USPS Weekend delivery isn't the normal "route" person, and they just don't try to get into multi-unit mailrooms? I'm pretty sure they don't try to deliver anything at all. Every time I've had a Sunday order and everyone else that I know, it gets marked as either "Delivery Attempted" or sometimes "Delivered" without the package arriving. I've NEVER heard of anyone actually receiving a Sunday USPS delivery for an Amazon order on Sunday. Literally never! I think the Amazon/USPS deal has the latter paying a penalty for late/undelivered packages. It's possible that they don't have the resources to actually deliver the packages and lying (either from corporate or from the actual mail carriers) is the only way to cover their asses.

fmorel 11y ago
I get some all the time, but I live in a house in the suburbs. Honestly, I prefer USPS over Lasership.

Spooky23 11y ago

That's exactly it. The weekend delivery is optimized for traditional homes and is weak on multi-unit and many commercial environments. Your postman knows every nook and cranny -- the guy in the van doesn't. There's also variance between post office regions and quality. In some areas in NYC, historically they had lots of issues. Some outlying areas on rural delivery are a struggle as well, as they use contract drivers that are paid and scheduled based on how long the USPS thinks the routes should take. Parcels gum up the works and create a lot of problems.

CPLX 11y ago

My suspicion lately has been that the guy with the truck full of boxes drives around the corner out of sight, takes a long nap, and drives back to the post office with a truck full of boxes and says yeah sorry nobody was home. But I'm cynical like that.

eitally 11y ago

It is absolutely not the normal mail carrier (at least in my city -- I asked the carrier one time). Weekend delivery works great around here, too.