IDIOTS @ USPS!!!!!

I've had parcels with printed labels go hither and tither kicking around the east coast of the USA, to the flyover part of the country then back to the east coast and back to flyover country all the while the contents of the parcel melted and were damaged. The parcel travelled from L'viv Ukraine to Warsaw, then to London in a total of four days and thence to customs in New York for a week - then spent two weeks on it's sojourn back and forth through the eastern part of the country before it wound it's way to me. For most parcels from Britain I just use couriers like DHL, FEDEX or UPS.

 

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It's situations such as this that make me feel glad I'm old.....one more thing to stop worrying about. I've worried all my life

 

And I feel the frustration and pain Barney, not to belittle your situation, my friend.

 

I sell coins and buy baseball cards and I can say there's been an unusual amount of lost mail the past few months, or late if not lost. These are either eBay standard labels or letter rate, not packages. It's been getting me as both buyer and seller.

 

I've seen lots of people complaining about this kind of stuff on other forums I'm a member of. Like this https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/topic/420584-stolen-wwii-usmc-m1-helmet-irvine-ca/ had a package dissappear a while back in I think Memphis TN.

 

Arrived at USPS Facility

CHICAGO IL DISTRIBUTION CENTER

August 4, 2026 11:23 PM


Departed USPS Facility

CHICAGO IL LOGISTICS CENTER

August 4, 2026 9:56 PM

Arrived at USPS Facility

CHICAGO IL LOGISTICS CENTER

August 1, 2026 9:29 AM

Departed USPS Facility

INDIANAPOLIS IN DISTRIBUTION CENTER

July 31, 2026 11:34 AM

Arrived at USPS Facility

INDIANAPOLIS IN DISTRIBUTION CENTER

July 31, 2026 4:31 AM

In Transit to Next Facility



July 31, 2026 3:24 AM

In Transit to Next Facility



July 30, 2026 6:50 PM

In Transit to Next Facility



July 30, 2026 11:04 AM

Departed USPS Facility

SAN ANTONIO TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER

July 30, 2026 3:41 AM

Arrived at USPS Facility

SAN ANTONIO TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER

July 29, 2026 1:57 AM

Accepted at USPS Facility

BOERNE, TX 78006

July 29, 2026 12:42 AM

Shipment Received, Package Acceptance Pending

BOERNE, TX 78006

July 28, 2026 2:56 PM

Shipping Label Created

BOERNE, TX 78006

July 28, 2026 9:25 AM

Getting on a week now and it just kicks back and forth. I own a stamped cover ie an envelope that travelled across the country in 1902 that took three days to travel from Iowa to San Benito CA - the post office operated in trains back then and for your 3 cents your mail arrived in 2-3 days tops. Amazing over 120 years later and things are actually slowing down!

 

Fuel cost are out of control and have been for years. USPS came out with Ground Advantage and only Express Mail is shipped by air, otherwise it’s all shipped by ground. Priority Mail is also shipped by ground but it goes first.

 

I was looking for lost mail at the PO yesterday and had the guy check the surrounding PO boxes because they're always putting stuff in the wrong box. (So comforting when it's a valuable coin, but not this time). He went into a 5 minute dissertation about how USPS processes mail. Said there was a change in effect July 26 where the truck no longer picks up at the end of the day to take to the distribution center. It occurs the next morning instead. Effectively it means the mail will take a day longer now, I think. Just FYI. I doubt if mine ever shows up. The last two times this happened it never did. It's a rent check but at least whoever ends up with it will have a hard time doing anything with it.