What the.......???????

[piecemaker]

I ordered some figures from a seller in Massachusetts about a week ago.I checked the tracking # today to see where they were.The seller shipped the same day and they were processed at a USPS sort facility in New Jersey the next day.On the 18th they were processed through Richmond,California sort facility.From there they went to Bells Garden,California(the 19th) and was processed through there.I live in Illinois,so i'm scratching my head here wondering how a package headed to the Midwest traveled from the East coast to the West coast and now seems to be floating around California. I'm going to guess and say a USPS mistake? No big deal,everybody makes them,but if that is the case,they better not even think about charging me for Postage Due when it does arrive.

[mazinz]

They might be doing some re-routing? I had an item shipped the other week from California. Instead of going to New Jersey to be sorted (and then to me in New York). It stayed up in Massachusetts for a few days. Usually it goes from Cali straight to Jersey to New York, never takes a stop over in Mass

[piecemaker]

With the USPS,i guess anything is possible,they could be rerouting.It sure seems like the real long route to me,but i have had stuff shipped from Florida to Michigan,then to Iowa and then to Illinois.Everything i have recieved for years,no matter where its coming from,always goes to Des Moines,Iowa and then once it gets there,i'll have the package the next day.This should be interesting where it goes next.Hopefully not another sort facility in California.Get out of there and start heading back towards me.

[MIB41]

And we wonder why the Postal Service is going out of business?

[jwyblejr]

And we wonder why the Postal Service is going out of business?

And the postal service wonders why they're losing all of this money. Could it be from all the fuel they're wasting taking cross-country trips with these packages?

[MegoScott]

A package hasn't really lived until it's been through the Richmond sort facility.

[vulcan2074]

A package hasn't really lived until it's been through the Richmond sort facility.

You got that right lol.
Sammy

[kennermike]

This thread makes a lot of sense now Im having USPS postal issues at the moment myself!

[piecemaker]

Its like the traveling Mego.I wonder how many miles they will cover and how many states they visit before arriving.I punched the #s in USPS.com and they are saying it departed Bell Garden,CA March 20th with an estimated delivery date of March 20th,huh..... It may end up crossing the US again and going back to Massachusetts where it can start its journey again,who knows.

[megocrazy]

It was probably a sorting error. If they sent it from the east coast to the west coast, basically they have to ship it back here as if it was sent from Cali. Had that with a package I shipped to a member here. Was going from Mass to NY. 3 hour drive, ended up on the west coast. Delivered 7 or 8 days later than expected. I could have hitchhiked it there in a day.

If UPS ever decided to get into residential delivery for mail they would put the PO out of business in about 30 seconds. They really don't need the help and UPS realizes there's not enough money in envelopes and bulk mail to bother.

Why we have Saturday delivery is beyond comprehension. With all the issues the USPS is having why not just stop paying for delivery everyday. Stop Wednesday and Saturday and save on the labor. Even if they did the change gradually as people retired, so they don't have to lay off it would be better than what they do now. I could wait for a day to get my cable bill or a possible letter from the 3 people on the planet that don't have the internet. Typical government move. Do nothing, they'll find the money eventually.