USPS During C-19

[ZLP955]

Is it just my experience, or have others been seeing weird delivery times and routing lately with USPS?
Example: small item posted to me from the North-East; tracking showed it departed NY International Distribution Center April 30. Trail went dead, but just got email updates to say departed Chicago June 5th, then arrived in DFW June 7th. Will be interested to follow this item as it progresses closer still!
I had figured it was lost after leaving NY, so really happy it showed up again, but where was it for 5 weeks?? I’ve had a ton of stuff shipped here over the years, and >90% of the time it’s here inside a fortnight, always been impressed with USPS.
Is this due to reduction in services from C-19 impact? Not complaining btw, just curious.

[SuperNovaSS]

Yes, I ship a lot of items. Many have been going as normal but others will fall off grid for a week then get back on track. It is very strange.

Jason

[parkbrau]

All my mail is USPS here to Germany. If it gets shipped from West coast and shipper uses First class mail, then it gets on a truck and makes it way across the US to the New Jersey distro hub. Then it sits there until a bin is full of First class mail destined for US Military overseas, then it gets sent to the Frankfurt Military hub. I ordered a Nova Trunk Emblem from a partsvoice.com vendor, he shipped it April 18 from Around N. Hollywood, I picked it up June 3.
But yes, it has been a little weird since April.

This was a gear box going back to the States...not bad.

https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?tRef=fullpage&tLc=2&text28777=&tLabels=9405503699300381520127%2C

[67 Nova Boy]

I buy and ship items, yes...as Jason has said some are really fast and some take weeks or

months to show up? I have gone with Fed Ex and they are right on time as delivery date is

stated.

Dave
67 Nova boy

[Billohio]

I had a box sit at the local terminal 4 days. Tracking would say on truck for delivery and never show up. At the end of the day it would say delivery exception. One day it never even got on the truck.

[SS427]

Any mail or parcels I am getting from the 49 state area is fairly normally but God help you if you want something from Canada. I package took almost 2 months to get here. Wire transfers from Canada are also horribly slow. Every time I have checked with the shippers it has been blamed on Covid19 so I guess just like the virus, it needs to run its course.

[A12pilot]

Wait, USPS not having a set delivery time or the package showing up when expected?

BWAAaHahahahahaHAHAHAHAaaahaha.....:haha::haha::ha ha:

:haha::haha::haha::haha

Hahahahahahaha.....:haha::haha:


Hahahahaha!!!


Oh, that’s great. :haha: Man I needed that this morning. :haha::haha::haha: Hahaha...oh that’s classic!:tongue:

But in all seriousness, been some weird stuff going down. My folks relocated from Florida and put in the change of address. Mail was forwarded from Florida to Texas, then transferred back to the Florida address with the label saying “address in Florida not valid”:hmmm:

Soooo...Bwahahahahaha!!! :haha::haha::haha::haha:

Oh man, I’m gonna laugh at this all day!:laugh:

Cheers:beers:
Dave

[67since67]

Similar issues here. Ordered something from Chicago, less than 300 miles away. 5 days from label created to picked up, then tracked to NY, then disappeared for 6 days until it arrived.
I used to ship UPS, but a friend got me started on FedEx Ground, their service has me spoiled!

[RPOLS3]

Yes, I ship a lot of items. Many have been going as normal but others will fall off grid for a week then get back on track. It is very strange.

Jason


Similar issue here....bought a small item off e-bay, tracking showed it lost in space for about 8 days after it made it to Chicago distribution then all of a sudden back in the system and delivered next day.

[L78racer]

USPS Priority Mail package mailed May 18th from Detroit area to Austin TX is finally out for delivery today. :no:

[69L78]

I had a USPS Priority Mail flat rate box sent from Wisconsin on Thursday & I received it Sat here in PA.

[Northernforce]

The post office is slow on both sides of the border-not just Canada Rick(lol)-I have a parcel coming from OR-sent May 11th-May 27th is the last tracking in Chicago-I have sent packages to the U.S in the past 2 months-I always ship prioty-4 business days-watching the tracking -4-6 days to get to customs 7-10 more days from U.S. customs to the proper state on the east coast.I guess they are cleaning every parcel-just sent a parcel to Australia -probably a few months-stay safe everyone!
Keep on Cruising!
Dave

[ZLP955]

Thanks for all the replies. Sounds like my item’s 5 weeks between NY and Chicago is longer than most, but delays across the board seem far more common for now.

[L89DRMR]

Four weeks for a package from New Jersey to Connecticut.

Filed a claim but nobody could tell me what caused the delay.

Dave

[67since67]

Ebay purchase, non-automotive part, ordered Saturday June 13 PM, sent USPS. Monday the 15th (yesterday) it's in my mail box from Massachusetts. Halfway across the country delivered in LESS THAN 48 HOURS, OVER A WEEKEND!!

Ordered small parts from Long Island Corvette Thursday June 4th, shipped UPS. Sat somewhere in NY for a couple days "Due to circumstances beyond our control". Finally moved again early last week. Delivery date pushed off from Friday to Monday (yesterday). No show. Tracking says it's in a facility 120 miles from me, been there for FOUR DAYS. No explanation or update, no show today.

This is crazy!!

[Damien]

I've found it a little more hit and miss since Covid. Having said that, I received a motorcycle part from China to Australia in 6 days through eBay.

[1971ls6]

Anything out of NY is always about double what it used to take to get here.

[marxjunk]

ive been sending stuff to my mom and using USPS..shes 2 days from Kansas City..or was..now it takes 5 or 6 days...or disappears from tracking and shows up 3 days later...

longest time so far is 7 days....and its crazy

[ZLP955]

Well the item that started this thread off is still in Dallas Fort Worth after arrival on 7th June. 8 weeks and counting!

[67since67]

Ebay purchase, non-automotive part, ordered Saturday June 13 PM, sent USPS. Monday the 15th (yesterday) it's in my mail box from Massachusetts. Halfway across the country delivered in LESS THAN 48 HOURS, OVER A WEEKEND!!

Ordered small parts from Long Island Corvette Thursday June 4th, shipped UPS. Sat somewhere in NY for a couple days "Due to circumstances beyond our control". Finally moved again early last week. Delivery date pushed off from Friday to Monday (yesterday). No show. Tracking says it's in a facility 120 miles from me, been there for FOUR DAYS. No explanation or update, no show today.

This is crazy!!

Six days after tracking tells me that my LI Corvette package is in Davenport Iowa, 120 miles from me, updated today that it passed through Oakland CA and is now in Palo Alto CA, with a delivery back in Iowa next Tuesday the 23rd.

We shall see. :rolleyes2: Fortunately I'm not in a yang for the parts.