U.S. Mail = U.S. Disgrace

[Dave Grubb]

I maximize my use of the web for everything I do but I am left with some things that must be paid by check and in those cases I use the USPS. I also receive some things via the postal system.

I use Wells Fargo Bank. Any check that must be mailed, I issue through WF. I do the transaction on-line and then within a day they release a paper check. They allow a 7-10 day window for receipt. Traditionally, that has worked without flaw. No longer. The past 2 months have been a disaster. I just had a check arrive yesterday which took 21 days to deliver, by which time I had placed a stop payment order on it. I have had to place stop payment orders on 2 checks to that vendor in Dec---that is 100%. So far one replacement has arrived, the other is still in suspense. I have another vendor (lawn mowing) who never received a check sent in Oct--I sent him a replacement yesterday.

The same is true on incoming mail. I still am waiting checks that were first mailed in mid-Nov, stop payments issued and replacement checks mailed 10 days ago.

Do any of you still use mail and do you see any degradation of service?

[Truckman]

My bank, BBVA, will write and mail paper checks to anyone I specify at no additional charge to me...I also write and mail the occasional check myself...So far no problems at all, although lately the ones I've personally mailed have been a bit slow getting there, but not more than a week total time...Maybe I'm just lucky......Ben

[Sandman]

Navy Federal has a warning banner on the sign in/ welcome page about USPS delay...

I had a check to rental property HOA go MIA in 2019. If anything is late recently, I haven’t been informed

[Dave Grubb]

I have the same service from Wells Fargo Ben--and in the past it has worked without a problem, but the last few months have seen an obvious change.

I just realized that I have an Amazon shipment coming USPS which left NJ, see below

[CactusCurt]

Our post office is smaller than most of your closets, maybe a couple hundred PO boxes. I have mine delivered to my mailbox in front of the house.

The lady who delivers my mail is a nice lady who tries hard, but the lady who stands behind the mailboxes sorting things can be a little grouchy. Sometimes we get the neighbors mail and have to take it down to them.

I believe I complained in a previous post about our USPS now being the delivery service for fed-x. When I asked the poor overworked lady how much the taxpayers were getting paid to do fed-x's work, she would only reply "not enough".

So, the moral of the story is that FED-X SUCKS. If the USPS service was as poor as theirs, there would be rioting in the streets.

I also note that besides a huge increase in mail-order shopping, the USPS got triple-witched by the holidays AND an election. I'm willing to be patient.

[Honda]

I know several folks in the Post Office. Their take is that the union took the opportunity of the holidays to have a "slow down" using covid as the excuse. This was done according to the sources to show the new administration how important the post office is so that they can posture for more funding and wage increases. Take that for what you will.

[Honda]

My bank, BBVA, will write and mail paper checks to anyone I specify at no additional charge to me...I also write and mail the occasional check myself...So far no problems at all, although lately the ones I've personally mailed have been a bit slow getting there, but not more than a week total time...Maybe I'm just lucky......Ben

I pay my bills through my bank and it's all electronic transfer never touches the mail and is instantaneous.

[Dave Grubb]

Here is just one example of what has also become a common outcome, I could post more of the same but that doesn't change what has become a third world "system"

[Truckman]

Here's a pair of grips sent from Alabama to my home in Conroe:

December 31, 2020, 2:11 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
SIOUX FALLS SD DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Your item departed our USPS facility in SIOUX FALLS SD DISTRIBUTION CENTER on December 31, 2020 at 2:11 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination.
December 31, 2020, 2:10 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
SIOUX FALLS SD DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 30, 2020, 12:43 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
MONTGOMERY AL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 29, 2020, 3:57 pm
Departed Post Office
ASHFORD, AL 36312
December 29, 2020, 10:04 am
USPS in possession of item
ASHFORD, AL 36312

I'm not sure of the value of the one minute stopover in South Dakota, but I'm sure the Post Office knows what they're doing......Ben

[Sandman]

My USPS tale of woe..

Tracking History
December 31, 2020, 2:13 pm
Delivered, Front Door/Porch
FAIRFAX, VA 22030
Your item was delivered at the front door or porch at 2:13 pm on December 31, 2020 in FAIRFAX, VA 22030.
December 31, 2020, 9:27 am
Arrived at Post Office
FAIRFAX, VA 22030
December 31, 2020, 7:18 am
Arrived at USPS Facility
FAIRFAX, VA 22030
December 31, 2020, 6:53 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
MERRIFIELD VA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 31, 2020, 5:16 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
MERRIFIELD VA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 31, 2020, 4:07 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
DULLES VA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 31, 2020, 12:16 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
DULLES VA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 8, 2020
In Transit to Next Facility
December 4, 2020, 12:00 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
METRO NY DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 3, 2020, 10:45 pm
Accepted at USPS Origin Facility
ASTORIA, NY 11105

Note that between December 8 and December 31, package was in transit between Metro New York City and Metro DC, Northern Virginia..

Maybe it was in South Dakota??

[Dave Grubb]

I use Zelle, and that is slick, but it only works between other banks that use Zelle.

[Kevin]

At noon today, Biden. Until then, Trump.

[Kevin]

Your cycle has a flat anyways.

[Mike]

Your cycle has a flat anyways.

LMAO!

[Phillbo]

Your cycle has a flat anyways.

Only until noon.....