The USPS SUCKS

[Brad]

Currently waiting, going on three weeks, Workingman’s Dead.  Not sure if the USPS or Dead.net is to blame; the latter I suspect. 

[jazzcorner]

A friend from the UK has shipped out  some CD-Rs for me to Germany on June 17th. It hasnt arrived yet. Is the Covid 19 to blamed or not?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dan Gould]

A new way for them to suck. Box of LPs due today, left Jacksonville on the 25th -  normally that would often mean delivery yesterday on the 27th. Instead "moving thru the system, arriving late." There is no way for it to take more than 3 days to go from Jax to Tampa when I can drive it in 3 hours or less.

[JSngry]

Maybe it's Florida that sucks?

[Dan Gould]

34 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Maybe it's Florida that sucks?

Well we did have another item get dropped off one town too soon (fixed the same day, so kudos) and another item that sat at the local PO for three days before getting on a truck. So yes add Florida to the list but it also has to include Tennessee since a package went from Memphis to Phoenix recently.  And Indiana where Pitney Bowes says they handed it off and the USPS still says nuh-huh.  

[Brad]

With Florida being the hot spot that it is, deliveries are going to take longer. That was our experience here in NJ earlier this year. 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

3 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

A new way for them to suck. Box of LPs due today, left Jacksonville on the 25th -  normally that would often mean delivery yesterday on the 27th. Instead "moving thru the system, arriving late." There is no way for it to take more than 3 days to go from Jax to Tampa when I can drive it in 3 hours or less.

I would hate to be ordering LPs in this heat. Don't you have to worry about warped records?

[Dan Gould]

7 minutes ago, bresna said:

I would hate to be ordering LPs in this heat. Don't you have to worry about warped records?

Haven't been ... and those that have made it here have been OK (some of these orders were CDs and even cassettes).

[Brad]

19 minutes ago, bresna said:

I would hate to be ordering LPs in this heat. Don't you have to worry about warped records?

I’ve ordered a couple and no warping but as soon as they come I place them in a cool place for quarantining. 

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, Dan Gould said:

…. (some of these orders were CDs and even cassettes).

oh my, sounds like you are doing some SERIOUS spelunking!

hey, you gotta go where the stuff is. and sometimes that's where it is.

[Dan Gould]

10 minutes ago, JSngry said:

oh my, sounds like you are doing some SERIOUS spelunking!

hey, you gotta go where the stuff is. and sometimes that's where it is.

Well, this is the *other* copy the seller has:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HAL-SINGER-SOUTH-AFRICA-AFRO-JAZZ-8-TRACK-SOWETO-TO-HARLEM/164258992881?hash=item263e9952f1:g:SkkAAOSwcFBe5y~6

I couldn't find an eight track player with output to PC so I went with the cassette copy.

[JSngry]

Hey, that's where the music is.

[Dan Gould]

On 7/28/2020 at 8:18 AM, JSngry said:

Maybe it's Florida that sucks?

Somebody sucks, that's for sure.  It's now 11 days since the last scan of a package from the UK, and on top of that Pitney Bowes still says it is in Atlanta while the USPS still says they are waiting for it in Indiana. This is f-ing ridiculous, even if, ironically, we're still 7 days from when eBay says is the earliest to expect the package.

[Brad]

27 minutes ago, Dan Gould said:

Somebody sucks, that's for sure.  It's now 11 days since the last scan of a package from the UK, and on top of that Pitney Bowes still says it is in Atlanta while the USPS still says they are waiting for it in Indiana. This is f-ing ridiculous, even if, ironically, we're still 7 days from when eBay says is the earliest to expect the package.

When NJ was going through the pandemic, I waited two months for a package going from NY to NJ, a trip of about 50 miles. With Florida now in the throes, it’s just going to take time. 

[Dan Gould]

But its not even reached Florida. To all indications its in a netherworld between Pitney Bowes and the USPS and possibly not even in the right city.  Right now my hope is that its not getting scanned but coming this way anyway.  

[Dan Gould]

Well its kind of strange that the USPS still doesn't have it but they are at least now indicating that they are waiting for it in Atlanta, where Pitney Bowes says they've had it for 11 days, so there's that!

 

In the meantime, CD from upstate NY (Cadence successor company) took two days to delivery in Florida. And Cadence system sent like three emails about the status including a delivery notice when it was in the mailbox. So good on them, and in this case, good on the USPS.

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, Dan Gould said:

In the meantime, CD from upstate NY (Cadence successor company) took two days to delivery in Florida. And Cadence system sent like three emails about the status including a delivery notice when it was in the mailbox. So good on them, and in this case, good on the USPS.

Amazon seller CADNor (which is surely Cadence) has been knocking it out of the park lately!

[Dan Gould]

Just now, JSngry said:

Amazon seller CADNor (which is surely Cadence) has been knocking it out of the park lately!

Yes that is the company - Cadence North Country was the old name right?

[JSngry]

yep.

And they still exist outside of Amazon, although I think they show more inventory on Amazon, tbh.

https://cadnor.com/

 

[Dan Gould]

Credit where due:

Baden PA to Plant City, shipped July 30 and arrived today;

Durham NC to Plant City, shipped July 31 and arrived today. That gets a  because it was a big box o' cheap records from Carolina Soul.

Both Media Mail - as long as they go on the truck Monday morning I'll have a bit of restored faith in the good ol' PO.

[jlhoots]

USPS at it again. Package from Dave Rempis in Chicago sent 1st Class on July 29. Made it to Albuquerque. Then went to Santa Fe where I live. Instead of being delivered, it went backwards to another town in New Mexico called Rio Rancho where it appears to be stuck. Hopefully will move back to Santa Fe & then get delivered. So near but so far.

[Brad]

1 hour ago, jlhoots said:

USPS at it again. Package from Dave Rempis in Chicago sent 1st Class on July 29. Made it to Albuquerque. Then went to Santa Fe where I live. Instead of being delivered, it went backwards to another town in New Mexico called Rio Rancho where it appears to be stuck. Hopefully will move back to Santa Fe & then get delivered. So near but so far.

Do Santa Fe and Rio Rancho have similar zip codes? If so, that happens sometimes. 

[jlhoots]

14 minutes ago, Brad said:

Do Santa Fe and Rio Rancho have similar zip codes? If so, that happens sometimes. 

87506 & 87124. Are those similar??

[Brad]

35 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

87506 & 87124. Are those similar??

Nope!

[jcam_44]

I have a record from Dusty groove and a cd from NY that have gone MIA but two separate cds from France arrive... who knows what the heck is going on.