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Very different near me. Fedex is the most reliable usually delivering before 2pm followed by UPS who will typically deliver before 6pm of the estimated delivery

by kodt 6y ago

Very different near me. Fedex is the most reliable usually delivering before 2pm followed by UPS who will typically deliver before 6pm of the estimated delivery date. I get the best tracking details from both providers showing me where my package is and even a time estimate for delivery. Amazon itself is next, usually arriving on time, occasionally a package will be delayed and I'll get an e-mail telling me as much. USPS is by far the worst unless it is priority mail express. One thing that constantly happens is Amazon will hand off a package to USPS for final delivery, USPS will then mark it delivered on the day it is supposed to come, but won't actually deliver it for another 2 days. I have also had packages seemingly lost or stolen once being handed off to USPS including a very expensive computer monitor. Amazon refunded me of course, but it seems clear someone decided to steal it. Priority Mail Express service though has always been perfect.

floatingatoll 6y ago
I once tracked this down! They're scanning it delivered to protect their workers from being punished for their location being criminally understaffed. It's been going on in some zip codes for years. Expect a lot more of it this fall. That 2 day delay is because sorters and carriers are scanning packages delivered in bulk in their vehicle, and then either loading or delivering only a subset of them, due to your local sorting/delivery teams having been overwhelmed by package volume. Eventually the overflow carriers catch up on the pile of packages, and yours is either included or lost. The early delivery scan protects them against retaliation — but also hides the necessity for more staffing. This isn't a defense of their actions, but since I did the months of diligence with my local post office on this a few years back, I thought you might be curious to know why. ps. Palo Alto? :)

by kodt 6y ago

floatingatoll 6y ago

I once tracked this down! They're scanning it delivered to protect their workers from being punished for their location being criminally understaffed. It's been going on in some zip codes for years. Expect a lot more of it this fall. That 2 day delay is because sorters and carriers are scanning packages delivered in bulk in their vehicle, and then either loading or delivering only a subset of them, due to your local sorting/delivery teams having been overwhelmed by package volume. Eventually the overflow carriers catch up on the pile of packages, and yours is either included or lost. The early delivery scan protects them against retaliation — but also hides the necessity for more staffing. This isn't a defense of their actions, but since I did the months of diligence with my local post office on this a few years back, I thought you might be curious to know why. ps. Palo Alto? :)