Is the postal slowdown affecting you?

[newbury]

Twisted my knee so I ordered a knee brace Friday, USPS from Ca to Ms, got notification it shipped, expected delivery Sep 1'st. Apparently they are going to make it walk.

 

[Diggin It]

I don't get enough mail to notice. I all but eliminated ordering items that had to be shipped quite a while back. I still do it sometimes, but only about 10% of what I used to. I decided I'd rather support local businesses wherever possible.

 

[Fuddy1952]

We've not only noticed a slow down but lost mail also. Then there's talk about mail in voting. Really?!?!?

 

[TractorGuy]

We've not only noticed a slow down but lost mail also. Then there's talk about mail in voting. Really?!?!?

I have voted by mail for years. It gives me time to sit and reveiw all the candidate's positions and make a decision.

This year with talk of a slow down our supervisor of elections added drop boxes outside of the early voting locations. The boxes are supervised so people can only drop a single, signed ballot envelope.

By having early voting locations that are open on the weekends, mail in drop boxes, AND regular voting they have eliminated long lines on Tuesdays without compromising the results.

As far as the mail goes I haven't noticed any difference. Most of the time they do a good job and my carrier is great. No system is infallible and things sometimes get lost or delayed.

 

[fried1765]

I have voted by mail for years. It gives me time to sit and reveiw all the candidate's positions and make a decision.

This year with talk of a slow down our supervisor of elections added drop boxes outside of the early voting locations. The boxes are supervised so people can only drop a single, signed ballot envelope.

By having early voting locations that are open on the weekends, mail in drop boxes, AND regular voting they have eliminated long lines on Tuesdays without compromising the results.

As far as the mail goes I haven't noticed any difference. Most of the time they do a good job and my carrier is great. No system is infallible and things sometimes get lost or delayed.

I must be using a different US Mail service than you are!

 

[Ford850]

Seems about the same to me, but all shippers have slowed a bit due to volume. One thing I noticed is a several day delay from when a seller claims “shipped” to when they actually get it in the hands of a shipper. I have 3 shipments from Thursday and Friday, and all three said shipped but only printed a label so far. The shippers (USPS, UPS, and FedEx in this case) will all get the packages on Monday. That’s when I think the seller should consider it shipped. At this point it is only “packaged”.

 

[Diggin It]

Down the rabbit hole in 3 ... and 4. When will posters learn?

 

[newbury]

Seems about the same to me, but all shippers have slowed a bit due to volume. One thing I noticed is a several day delay from when a seller claims 都hipped to when they actually get it in the hands of a shipper. I have 3 shipments from Thursday and Friday, and all three said shipped but only printed a label so far. The shippers (USPS, UPS, and FedEx in this case) will all get the packages on Monday. That痴 when I think the seller should consider it shipped. At this point it is only 菟ackaged?

I've a separate thread months(?) ago ranting about them printing the label the moment the item is ordered, calling it shipped and packages taking a LONG time to actually get out their door. That's something different. Some places charge my card when they print the label. I had one site this spring email me the item had shipped and then when I checked on it it was on backorder and eventually took two months.
But I used to routinely get coast to me USPS deliveries in 3 or 4 days, not two plus weeks.
And I'm not ranting about politics.

 

[Thomas]

Haven't notice change but it may get little interesting month to come.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

We've not only noticed a slow down but lost mail also. Then there's talk about mail in voting. Really?!?!?

Yeah really... that is the plan; disrupt the postal service to dissuade from mail in voting. As low as low can go...