The Post Office is Nuts

Yes it is. There is fine print on all Priority packing that may help you deal with him. You could also file a complaint against him with the postal service. Best wishes.

 

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I think it has something to do with the shipping method selected by the shipper. I've had stuff arrive in a few days and then I've got a coin that was bought Dec. 10th that hasn't left the originating post office yet January 3rd! If somebody chooses to save a couple bucks now, it may be the difference between seeing your package in a week or a month. I read USPS shipping rates just went up as well.

 

I shipped a bunch of coins to someone on December 5 and this exact thing happened. Never scanned in and has never updated. I'm really hoping it shows up but every day I'm expecting a case to be opened on eBay. What should you do? I'd say have a lot of patience and hope it shows up. Some of my packages did after three weeks. The seller has nothing to gain from lying to you.

 

Even before last year I had a number of cheaper eBay things where the only scan was the delivery scan. If someone doesn't get it scanned at the counter or use one of the automated machines it's always been a bit of a crap shoot for when the first scan will show up. Some POs are MUCH better than others about scanning things in

 

If you want the package to be scanned when it's transferred to the post office you need to take it to the office, tell the clerk you need a receipt for accepting the package and thank them when they hand you the receipt. Without an acceptance scan, as far as the postal management is concerned, you never gave it to them.

 

Yes the USPS is a mess right now.....Close to 20,000 out with covid concerns and over 450 million EXTRA packages dumped in the system this year. Long delays are the norm. Where I am seeing the worst Bottlenecks are the East Coast NY, NJ, MD........the upper midwest....MI OH IN and ILL......the pacific NW including CA. And the Southwest including parts of Texas. Things are loosening now and packages are beginning to move...but delays and long stalls are still happening especially if your package is traveling through any of the above areas.

 

I'll be honest, I didn't take the time to read the 10 pages of hot responses to the OP's intro but I would like to share my story. I ordered something from an ebayer at the begining of December. I received it on 12/23. The world is in a precarious spot at the moment and the Postal service is no exception. Anyone who has particularly been a seller in the past can echo this sentiment; Please be patient and by patient I'm talking about an extreme extended time frame. If you aren't and you do open a case against a seller, please be upfront and honest if the package does show up at your house. Let the seller know and send the money back. It's a two way street and we all need to be understanding and honest.

 

If they open a case and the item is not "out for delivery" you can go to usps and can intercept that package for about 15 plus any applicable return shipping. File the intercept, issue the refund. Unless it's a low cost transaction. Then not worth it maybe. You should always drop them with the postmaster and have them scan them in right then. You drop them in the mailbox they won't scan until they hit the hub. And if trucks are backed up like they were, the trucks sit until they get to them. I think it'll be a month at least before it gets better. I have something sitting 5 days now. Some things coming from same place already passed them and are here at my house already.

 

Yes I agree, mail them the cash back if nothing else. I did this once to another place. They issued a refund after package was actually delivered to an address in Minnesota. They refunded me. But it got returned to the post office and shipped to me. Seller didn't want money for it. So I took the return address off the box and mailed them the 15. Because it is only right!

 

Why? It’s not automatic and an item, doesn’t need to be out for delivery for them to give you more time

 

All I'm saying is, if they are persistent in wanting a refund and item is still in transit. I've already heard of people opening cases and sellers refunding only to see the item delivered a few days or week or so later. Some people don't know you can intercept. I just had a 500.00 transaction take 2.5 weeks to deliver. Had he opened a case i would have intercepted it and refunded him. He was patient and cool with it. But some buyers aren't.

 

Which is why you don't refund unless eBay forces you to or the item comes back to you. Every tracking update that happens you can get eBay to delay the case by about two weeks, same thing if you open a case with the post office. You just have to call and talk to people.

 

A box that was to arrive on Dec 23, is finally on the move again. It arrived at the Midlothian VA post office and is supposed to deliver Jan 5. Patience is all we need. LOL

 

My Uncirculated Coin set from the Mint just arrived the other day!! I ordered it on Nov 30th!!

 

Here's another questionable example. I've had packages be sent to the opposite coast, to another state and back to the original facility and many other adventures that makes you just scratch your head and ask why. While this one isn't one of the very strange ones - it is current. A package that was sent from an area two hours away from me in the same state, was sent to the state just south of me where it sat for seven days. Then it was sent to the state just North of me and is sitting. Both locations are at least three times farther that the original point of the shipment. There is a distribution facility with fifteen minutes of the original point and where most of my packages are routed.

So it is sitting at a distribution facility where my wife has a package that hasn't moved in a week. Maybe I'll see it by February - maybe not.

 

Just be patient with your packages. My wife's mother hasn't received her Christmas card. We live next door and take care of her. The card was mailed 16 days ago.

I just received a small package that was mailed on December 16 today. The post office is running 3-4 weeks behind. If you mail a package and want it there in a timely manner, try UPS.

 

FIFY.

 

In some cases Walking would be slower than the post office.

 

DISTRICT HEIGHTS MARYLAND! I hear it's a black hole right now. I have 2 packages that have been there 9 days now. The last time they were marked in transit arriving late was January 2. I heard this place is just full of mail and that Maryland was one of the hardest hit states for postal employees being out.

 

I joined CoinTalk, put aside emails until I have time, which is today... My post office is usually okay (often better than UPS, which hands packages off to USPS to deliver!). But last year (2020), I don't recall when (Winter), I ordered some gold coins from a mint in Fort Collins, Colorado. That city is north of Denver, near the border with Wyoming. I signed up with USPS to be alerted about where my package was going. First, it went (almost?) to... Billings, Montana! Skipped Wyoming entirely. But, hey, I wrote the PO, I live in Albuquerque! USPS apparently realized where what states actually are, so I got the package (in fine shape) about a week or so after my order. The vendor is usually brilliant, so it wasn't his fault. - Edited -