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My USPS Shipment hasn't moved since Jan. 4th
- Thread starter Spupilup
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So true. Unfortunately now I feel the need to make clear with anyone I buy from ahead of time that they will not use USPS.
Have you tried filing a help request form on the USPS site? I had the same issue recently and filed a help request form. Within 24 hours, USPS assigned the ticket and my package was moving again.
I ordered some CDs from Victor Wooten, and one wasn't in the shipment. I contacted them and it was put in the USPS on Dec. 9 from a location in New Hampshire.
It went to two locations in Maine, back to New Hampshire, down to Connecticut, down to Atlanta, a sorting station in Atlanta, over to Jackson MS, back to Atlanta, another sorting station, my local post office, back to the sorting station, back to the local post office, and finally my house - on Jan. 6.
I calculated that for $5, it traveled about 2,500-3,000 miles.
The USPS is overworked, understaffed, and underpaid. A manager I spoke to had two people on the front desk for taking mail, and less than usual people delivering and processing. They have been hit very hard by COVID and the recent political shenanigans.
Some of the suggestions here about customer service may be helpful, but this is the reality for now. Take a deep breath and wait.
It went to two locations in Maine, back to New Hampshire, down to Connecticut, down to Atlanta, a sorting station in Atlanta, over to Jackson MS, back to Atlanta, another sorting station, my local post office, back to the sorting station, back to the local post office, and finally my house - on Jan. 6.
I calculated that for $5, it traveled about 2,500-3,000 miles.
The USPS is overworked, understaffed, and underpaid. A manager I spoke to had two people on the front desk for taking mail, and less than usual people delivering and processing. They have been hit very hard by COVID and the recent political shenanigans.
Some of the suggestions here about customer service may be helpful, but this is the reality for now. Take a deep breath and wait.
On top of the normal flu season USPS has been hit hard by covid19... the shortage of employees plus the usual guaranteed time off at this time of year has them really short staffed..
I've been waiting for a Fender Pure Vintage '63 p bass pickup that was ordered through eBay on December 31st for a p bass I've been building. The only status I can see is "Dec. 31 - Shipping label created. Awaiting package at USPS facility." No other status since. Now I've ordered the same pickup through Fender, not using USPS. We'll see which one shows up first.
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My wife's phone shipped from NY 12/15 (we're in CA).
Our last tracking update was 12/25.
When I spoke to USPS yesterday, they assured me that the package was safe, but late due to the COVID.
Our last tracking update was 12/25.
When I spoke to USPS yesterday, they assured me that the package was safe, but late due to the COVID.
That's a problem. The label was created but the seller hasn't tendered it to the PO, or it was dropped in a box at the PO and not scanned yet.
I sent a bass case Dec 6th. On the 21st I was told to file a claim. Did that, got the check for the value plus the postage. The next day the person got the item 
, but I agree USPS is lost at this point
, but I agree USPS is lost at this point
I ordered a pedal via reverb because the seller offered free 2-day USPS shipping. The seller got it in the mail on 28 December 2020; tracking on 01 January 2021 said it was delayed but still on the way. I had kept the seller up to date with developments, and asked reverb a few days ago what we could do. They said that the magic number is two weeks without a tracking update; at that point, the shipper can file a claim with them. Have the shipper contact USPS at the two week mark.
Sit tight and wait. I had something recently take almost two weeks to get to me through USPS. My gf had something mailed within our state go to Florida for almost two weeks until it was finally delivered.
I had the same problem with the same purveyor of Bit-O-Honeys. It eventually arrived. As an eBay seller, I've had the same problem as a shipper. That's just the world we live in right now. Sit tight. Or, if you need it right away, pay someone else a big premium for really fast shipping.
I bought a pair of jazz bass pickups from TB classifieds and they shipped Nov twentysomething. Didn't arrive til Christmas Eve. I voted sit tight.
I recently bought a bass preamp pedal off of eBay. It was to be shipped USPS from Pittsburgh, PA to Northern Virginia and took a good two weeks longer than the USPS tracking system initially predicted. I've had other mail take WAY longer than it should in recent months. My suspicion is that despite promises to restore things back to how they were after courts ordered current Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to do so, the USPS remains broken. In addition, I have no doubt that COVID-19 has hit those heroic postal workers really hard which would also affect performance.
Ive had two two packages go into the USPS limbo, one straight up vanished, had a to get a refund, the other took 4 weeks delivery. It sat in a warehouse in Wisconcin for three weeks, apparently, or at least thats what the spotty tracking would imply. I get it, they are overwhelmed, but UPS doesnt seem to have the same problem tracking packages. Give it two more weeks, if it doesnt show up, its lost.
Not always. We had christmas cards that got delivered to us this month despite the postage date being 2 weeks before christmas.
