USPS being slow for anyone else?

[gorillaz]

I’ve noticed over the past week the post office has gotten crazily slow recently, like one package i’ve been waiting has been stuck in Chicago for almost a week without movement and another package i shipped has been in transit for almost 4 days without an update. That’s just 2 and i’m sure there’s more. Anyone else experiencing these delays as well? I’m sure it has to do with Covid and stuff but just wondering if it’s only me having these annoying delays?

[Rooftop]

Yup, it's only you...

[ThoseBackPages]

Yes, about a week is the norm now due to COVID-19

[Dbacksbaseball]

Yup been awful. 5-10 days min, even if shipping from the next town.

[excel_b]

No problem here.

[shrevecity]

A few packages going into hard hit areas but for much of the country its been a little faster for me. Had a package go to Idaho that took 2 days thats usually a 4 day trip on the best time.

[Stech36]

I’m having problems getting scans, dropped stuff off Wednesday and still haven’t had scans. Same problem last week

[shayscards79]

I've only ordered a couple of things off of eBay in past couple weeks. They both came within three business days. Granted, they were both shipped from Las Vegas.

[SupermanBrandon]

It's only you and has nothing to do the Worldwide Pandemic! I guess every thought needs a thread these days.

[skirk1]

I had a master gypsy queen set from this year that I dropped off at the post office in the drop off box on 4/2....1st scan in the system was 4/29! I dropped about 40 1st class and priority in the box at the same time and they were all fine. The buyer was really patient and I was going to give him a refund today but then tracking showed up. I also have alot of packages where none of the tracking updates until the delivery scan. USPS is doing a
The best they can in light of everything going on. 1st class maybe takes an extra day on average.

[notoriousrmb]

Not sure why any shipping delays from any company would be a surprise these days.

[dthimesch]

Overall mine have been pretty good but oddly enough you mentioned Chicago and the few that have taken a lot longer than normal for me have gone through Chicago.

[LALeakers]

People really do not get it.

[gorillaz]

People really do not get it.

I knew it was the pandemic that would be the cause of the slowness, but I personally was wondering if it was certain areas going through it or if everywhere was, or if I was just having a bad “strike” recently

[ProspectsINC]

Yes. I shipped about 200 packages over the past 60 days and a few of them were delayed as much as 2 weeks. Overall, fairly smooth. But there defiantly have been delays.

[no10pin]

Yeah, and while we're at it, I can't find a good restaurant to eat at! What the hell?

Seriously, just like any other business, any post office location is going to be impacted by the number of people they have available. There are lines out the door at the one by my house because they hardly ever have more than one window open these days. I presume sorting/delivering is facing the same issues. Some areas are moving fine, others have ground to a halt.

[REGGIE206]

Yup.. I sent my tax paperwork via USPS certified mail and it has been stuck at one place for 5 days now :(

[OC22]

I'm with everyone else...it has been very slow. I sent a Priority Mail package from NYC to PSA that took eight days to get there. I get that it's the entire way across the country, but still not even close to their usual 2-3 day service.

[Malsk]

Been a brutal week for me. Selling from Canada add customs issues. Non stop emails from buyers. Most nice but some people are not understanding at all.

Does anyone realize maybe cards are behind because of what is happening in the world? The crappy thing is it is all under $20 cards.

Got my first negative today so that sucks...

[ZappBrannigan]

Been a brutal week for me. Selling from Canada add customs issues. Non stop emails from buyers. Most nice but some people are not understanding at all.

Does anyone realize maybe cards are behind because of what is happening in the world? The crappy thing is it is all under $20 cards.

Got my first negative today so that sucks...

Americans think cards from Canada come by Pelican to their doorstep while they are asleep.

[shrevecity]

Been a brutal week for me. Selling from Canada add customs issues. Non stop emails from buyers. Most nice but some people are not understanding at all.

Does anyone realize maybe cards are behind because of what is happening in the world? The crappy thing is it is all under $20 cards.

Got my first negative today so that sucks...

If it was for slow or not arrived then contact Ebay if you shipped in the stated handling time and it should be removed. I had one the other day get left for slow shipping time and it was removed within 30 minutes of it being left without me even reporting it.

[Shadowsonic2004]

Americans think cards from Canada come by Pelican to their doorstep while they are asleep.I'll take pelican at this point. I can't get the one card I bought from Canada out of acceptance, only after it took me over a week to get the seller to actually get it out.

[kkart]

Generally no BUT I do have a card in the mail which was mailed on the 22nd and is still not here. Tracking seems to have stalled too. This has me a bit worried. There's been no updates on tracking since Apr 26 & all it says is "In Transit to Next Facility".

[TimBuckTwo]

No problem. Send priority and have them accept it.

[Shadowsonic2004]

No problem. Send priority and have them accept it.All I send is Priority and Express. It's taking Priority Mail a good week or more to get to the buyers. In one case it's been 10 days and it's moved once and still not there. Glad the buyer has been patient so far.

[Hollywood42]

Honest question, anyone got a package from Canada lately? Know I should probably budget 2 weeks, but anyone have anything to compare to?

[pewe]

Honest question, anyone got a package from Canada lately? Know I should probably budget 2 weeks, but anyone have anything to compare to?


I have one I ordered April 12th and it hasn’t arrived, yet... and of course they didn’t use tracking so I can’t tell if I should reach out or not


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[fordman]

I'm with everyone else...it has been very slow. I sent a Priority Mail package from NYC to PSA that took eight days to get there. I get that it's the entire way across the country, but still not even close to their usual 2-3 day service.

You are in the epicenter of the covid-19 outbreak where the whole state/city is locked down. You're lucky you got anything out of NYC in the last 45 days.

Fordman

[Hollywood42]

I'm in the exact same boat. Order placed on the 13th (may have sent a few days later, no tracking here either so I don't know much), and nothing yet. It's a couple cards I'm really looking forward to too, so makes being patient even harder. I'm thinking if it doesn't show up in tomorrow's mail I'll reach out and see if I can get any more info. I know international stuff can take awhile even without a pandemic, but we're pushing 3 weeks now and I'm getting antsy

I have one I ordered April 12th and it hasn’t arrived, yet... and of course they didn’t use tracking so I can’t tell if I should reach out or not

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[MattMiller]

Very slow here, 3-5 days late

[13goyankees13]

https://faq.usps.com/s/article/USPS-Coronavirus-Updates-Expected-Delivery-Changes?r=8&ui-force-components-controllers-recordGlobalValueProvider.RecordGvp.getRecord=1

They claim some types of mail are slowed down 1 day and others still should be on time. I get slight delays but it seems like a lot of stuff has been way later than that.

[Shadowsonic2004]

All I send is Priority and Express. It's taking Priority Mail a good week or more to get to the buyers. In one case it's been 10 days and it's moved once and still not there. Glad the buyer has been patient so far.
Spoke too soon. He opened item not received case. 10 days is decent amount of days but during the current events I think it isn't enough especially coming from Michigan. I just told him earlier today I had called USPS about it. You would think he'd at least wait to see how that turns out.

[Magicman32]

I have something that was sent from Michigan on march 30 and is still MIA. Stuck in the Black hole known as Detroit

[tommyfro21]

Generally no BUT I do have a card in the mail which was mailed on the 22nd and is still not here. Tracking seems to have stalled too. This has me a bit worried. There's been no updates on tracking since Apr 26 & all it says is "In Transit to Next Facility".


I shipped a card on the 21st and it has been stuck in transit since the 26th as well.


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[gradedeflator]

i've been waiting for them to forward mail since April 1. they have been sendin packages back to senders and 4 packages are lost with no tracking for last 2 weeks.

10 days ago Consumer Affairs email to apologize for losing my mail and telling me everything will be bulk priority sent in 7-10 days. nothing.

[derekd1979]

I'm in VA and have had 2 packages delayed on their way to Michigan. Tracking hasn't been updated for a few days now

[tonedef2oo8]

It's only you and has nothing to do the Worldwide Pandemic! I guess every thought needs a thread these days.

Lol so true

[Dbacksbaseball]

Package sent last Saturday from OH to NY, went to Rochester in a day then west out of route to buffalo, and now has not moved since Monday.

[caulaflour]

I'm about 50 minutes from Detroit; almost everything goes there first before it comes to me. A lot of stuff has taken 3 weeks to get to me, no matter where in the country it's coming from. Once in awhile something comes in less than a week...there's no predicting it. I currently have multiple items (coming to me) that have been sitting in Michigan with no update on tracking in 10 days.

...the stuff that I have shipped out has all made it to its destination in 1 week or less.

[Malsk]

I have one I ordered April 12th and it hasn’t arrived, yet... and of course they didn’t use tracking so I can’t tell if I should reach out or not


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I am from Canada. I am getting hammered with emails. Like somehow it is my fault for slow shipping by the USPS.

Shipping within Canada seems to be running smoothly however...had no complaints within Canada yet.

If you can have patience I would say just wait it out. I am sure the seller is getting multiple emails. All of my buyers are getting the cards just much later.

Anything over $100 I send UPS and it seems to be running smooth. At least I haven't gotten any complaints yet.

[dtrainman]

I made a purchase from a Canadian Blowout member over 5 weeks ago. I asked him for a refund and he said that he won’t refund me until it has been 7 weeks.

[eye4talent]

Yes, I am noticing this. All had been fine until this week. But several packages are slow crawling their way to my mail box.

Obviously, there are much bigger issues in the world, but in the context of online card buying, mail service is a bit slow right now.


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[Ajax1723]

Same here, pretty important package shipped on Monday, last movement in tracking was Tuesday, now it's just stuck at updating every day with "in transit to next facility".

[Flkrsn5]

I’ve had 2 packages in limbo, one outbound and one inbound. USPS just says it’s due to COVID-19 which I feel they’re going to use as an excuse for the time being. It’s been month for both and it’s hard for me to believe COVID-19 is the reason packages aren’t being scanned or are lost somewhere. Other than that, I’ve been receiving everything on time.

[imbluestreak23]

International packages have been no bueno here

[mfw13]

Honest question, anyone got a package from Canada lately? Know I should probably budget 2 weeks, but anyone have anything to compare to?

Three weeks is normal, due to customs.

I did get a card from Ontario in three days recently, but that's because the seller shipped it from the US side of the Niagra Falls :D

[Shadowsonic2004]

I'll take pelican at this point. I can't get the one card I bought from Canada out of acceptance, only after it took me over a week to get the seller to actually get it out.The package moved. To New York City and still has to go thru Detroit before getting to me. I might get this in June.

[JPWisco]

I live in Japan. Received an express/priority type envelope in around a normal timeframe from the US within 10 business days.

I have been waiting on regular deliveries however for weeks

A couple of my packages the tracking says it has been sitting in New York for the last 10 days.

[fulltritty]

My mail carrier didn't deliver mail until 5:30PM on Saturday. I have never seen her that late.

[QuinEarlyDoucet]

I am in Michigan. Waiting and waiting. Makes COMC seem fast lol.

[QuinEarlyDoucet]

Yup, everything I’m waiting on is the dreaded “in transit to next facility “ with no updates



Same here, pretty important package shipped on Monday, last movement in tracking was Tuesday, now it's just stuck at updating every day with "in transit to next facility".

[pewe]

I'm in the exact same boat. Order placed on the 13th (may have sent a few days later, no tracking here either so I don't know much), and nothing yet. It's a couple cards I'm really looking forward to too, so makes being patient even harder. I'm thinking if it doesn't show up in tomorrow's mail I'll reach out and see if I can get any more info. I know international stuff can take awhile even without a pandemic, but we're pushing 3 weeks now and I'm getting antsy



Well... as chance would have it, the package arrived today. The original ETA on the order was April 30, so technically not too late.



I know yours came, too, so that is awesome!



Best luck for everyone else

BTW this was the card I waited for :) I have the silver #/10 already, and thought the bronze pen #/25 would be a fun one to go along with it

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200505/5f172de4d6e9586f558af02a03107ac1.jpg

[Soxfanguy]

Took until 6 today to get mail

[AnthonyCorona]

If I send Saturday it seems to always be delivered Monday


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[QuinEarlyDoucet]

Out of curiosity - was the tracking info continually updated since April 30th and then it arrives or did it not update and then showed up ? Thx


Well... as chance would have it, the package arrived today. The original ETA on the order was April 30, so technically not too late.



I know yours came, too, so that is awesome!



Best luck for everyone else

BTW this was the card I waited for :) I have the silver #/10 already, and thought the bronze pen #/25 would be a fun one to go along with it

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200505/5f172de4d6e9586f558af02a03107ac1.jpg

[pewe]

Out of curiosity - was the tracking info continually updated since April 30th and then it arrives or did it not update and then showed up ? Thx


The package I got was sent without tracking, so not sure...


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[Stech36]

I’m having problems getting scans, dropped stuff off Wednesday and still haven’t had scans. Same problem last week

Still no scans... going to the post office tomorrow. Been almost a week

[tommyfro21]

I am STILL waiting for movement on the one I sent out on the 21st. Should have already arrived for the buyer on the 27th in Florida but it’s been in transit since the 26th.

Doing what I can to keep him updated but I have no new info to provide unfortunately.

Anyone else having issues with shipping to or from Florida?


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[Cubby5454]

The pandemic is wreaking havoc on the postal system.

I have been selling on Ebay since 1998.
A few years ago, I also added on Amazon and Mercari as additional selling platforms.

I ship approximately 4,000 packages a year, give or take.
In all the time I have been selling, I think I have had to file claims for lost mail maybe 5 times- about once every 4 or 5 years on average.

Currently, I have 18 packages in the dreaded "In transit to next facility" phase. Some of them with shipping dates of late March/early April.

The oldest of them are two 56 pound boxes of books headed to an apartment in Brooklyn, NY. Tracking says they are currently in the Jersey City, NJ distribution facility- but the tracking has showed that since April 6th. I finally filed the insurance claim for the packages and spoke to the post office claims department about it. The person I spoke to said she has worked for the post office for 30 years- 20 at a store (what they call the local branches you go into to mail stuff) and 10 years in the claims department. She told me that there are many facilities that are severely understaffed at the moment and that mail is just being stored anywhere and everywhere and that it will take quite some time to get it all delivered. Some facilities are so jammed with mail, that it is even being stored at off-site storage facilities that the post office is leasing. She was sure that the size and weight of my packages turned off the carrier and they just put them in the overflow pile not wanting to deal with such heavy boxes right now. Not comforting, but she did approve my claims and I have already received my money and refunded the buyer.

For the foreseeable future, all my shipments will go out fully insured. This whole mess has to be costing the post office dearly.

[tommyfro21]

The pandemic is wreaking havoc on the postal system.

I have been selling on Ebay since 1998.
A few years ago, I also added on Amazon and Mercari as additional selling platforms.

I ship approximately 4,000 packages a year, give or take.
In all the time I have been selling, I think I have had to file claims for lost mail maybe 5 times- about once every 4 or 5 years on average.

Currently, I have 18 packages in the dreaded "In transit to next facility" phase. Some of them with shipping dates of late March/early April.

The oldest of them are two 56 pound boxes of books headed to an apartment in Brooklyn, NY. Tracking says they are currently in the Jersey City, NJ distribution facility- but the tracking has showed that since April 6th. I finally filed the insurance claim for the packages and spoke to the post office claims department about it. The person I spoke to said she has worked for the post office for 30 years- 20 at a store (what they call the local branches you go into to mail stuff) and 10 years in the claims department. She told me that there are many facilities that are severely understaffed at the moment and that mail is just being stored anywhere and everywhere and that it will take quite some time to get it all delivered. Some facilities are so jammed with mail, that it is even being stored at off-site storage facilities that the post office is leasing. She was sure that the size and weight of my packages turned off the carrier and they just put them in the overflow pile not wanting to deal with such heavy boxes right now. Not comforting, but she did approve my claims and I have already received my money and refunded the buyer.

For the foreseeable future, all my shipments will go out fully insured. This whole mess has to be costing the post office dearly.


Wow. Storing it in off-site facilities? Unbelievable. Hard to imagine that much extra mail being shipped.

I’ve wondered how this would compare to shipping during the holidays, but it sounds like it is far worse.


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[Cubby5454]

Wow. Storing it in off-site facilities? Unbelievable. Hard to imagine that much extra mail being shipped.

I’ve wondered how this would compare to shipping during the holidays, but it sounds like it is far worse.


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I don't think it's extra mail being shipped- although I have seen an increase in the number of packages I have shipped these past few weeks. But overall- probably not as much mail these days as before the pandemic.

I think it's more the reduced number of postal workers at the facilities and the mail that is being sent overwhelming them. It's just piling up at places and they can't handle it all. I also asked what the process would be for delivery when things get better- like will the oldest stuff there get delivered first and the woman I spoke to said probably not as that stuff is probably buried the furthest and that the stuff on top would most likely be first. Not good.

[Stech36]

Still no scans... going to the post office tomorrow. Been almost a week

Finally got sent out of my post office late last night. So they were sitting in my post office for 5 days

[QuinEarlyDoucet]

Update- A small victory this afternoon. One of my several incoming packages morphed from " In Transit to Next Facility" to showing as arriving at a USPS Facility in Detroit. Good news is I got an update after many days but bad news is its now showing in Detroit :(

[IronMonkey415]

They picked up the mail from my place around 6:15 PM.
So far that package is not updated, already started to panic

[bryanscs]

I'm having all kinds of packages randomly show up in Detroit. It's good the packages are still moving, but Detroit is way out of the way! Some of my packages should not be anywhere close to Detroit.

[oldschooldude]

I've had 14 packages come from Ebay purchases in the last 2 weeks and the majority of them took much longer than normal to get to me (6-8 days, versus the usual 1-3).

[Stech36]

They picked up the mail from my place around 6:15 PM.
So far that package is not updated, already started to panic

Generally, it takes some time for it to show up as scanned. Like 5-12 hours or so. And on a lot of pick ups they don’t bother with the initial scan.

[IronMonkey415]

Just got the update by text. Package is scan in.
All is okay again.

[Peties Army]

I had an overnight package sent on Monday, supposed to be delivered by noon Tuesday, still shows in transit.

So thats fun.

[PoPCulture]

Anyone know for sure how long ebay requires a buyer to wait before they can request a refund due to item not delivered (yet)? I’ve looked online but finding conflicting info.

[shrevecity]

Anyone know for sure how long ebay requires a buyer to wait before they can request a refund due to item not delivered (yet)? I’ve looked online but finding conflicting info.

With paypal they can file the day they pay. Ebay generally waits until 24 hours after the estimated delivery date.

[shrevecity]

I did a look at the packages I sent last Thursday and Friday out of 41 only 3 have not arrived and all are going to New York and 2 show out for delivery today. Most arrived Monday.

[Peties Army]

Now my tracking says "Package available for pickup" What does that mean? It was going to beckett.

[shrevecity]

Now my tracking says "Package available for pickup" What does that mean? It was going to beckett.

Means its at the po for them to pick up.

[Peties Army]

Means its at the po for them to pick up.

Is that normal? For beckett to do that?

[shrevecity]

Is that normal? For beckett to do that?

Nothing is normal right now. Dallas is still under a stay at home order and Texas still has restrictions on what can and cannot open. Dallas area is having a pretty decent surge in cases in the past week or so.

[Peties Army]

Nothing is normal right now. Dallas is still under a stay at home order and Texas still has restrictions on what can and cannot open. Dallas area is having a pretty decent surge in cases in the past week or so.

Apparently the package required a sig due to insurance. Beckett wont go pick it up and I cant get hold of the post office to get it back to me. So it is sitting there.

I called beckett and the CS rep said we sign for them but if it isnt here we dont get it.

Im told I have to call the 800 number for the post office to see if they can help.

In my gut I felt like I should have gone with UPS or Fedex but I didnt. Now Im screwed.

[gorillaz]

Just got a new one- package been sitting at usps regional center in fort worth.... just for it to get moved to fort worth’s center 5 days later

[QuinEarlyDoucet]

Wanted to share some good news and to bring hope to others.

My main package I was waiting on forever went from "In Transit to Next Facilty" (UGHH) to in my mailbox all in one day. That was a huge relief.

[tommyfro21]

Wanted to share some good news and to bring hope to others.

My main package I was waiting on forever went from "In Transit to Next Facilty" (UGHH) to in my mailbox all in one day. That was a huge relief.


How long was yours stuck in transit? I sent one out and it’s been stuck for about 11 days now.


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[QuinEarlyDoucet]

Showed stuck in transit with zero updates for nine business days


How long was yours stuck in transit? I sent one out and it’s been stuck for about 11 days now.


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[tommyfro21]

There will be an article like this about some of our cards in about 30 years. [emoji23]


Man says he just received a postcard from 1987 after coronavirus deep cleaning at his post office https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/07/us/lost-postcard-returned-trnd/index.html


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