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shin-bang
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So I have a special something coming from salt lake and i had the priority 2 day mail. So basically it's been a solid 4 days but when using like ups or fed ex it normally takes a day or two days max.

Long story short, usps sucks

Now share your terrifying mail stories, stuff getting lost, not delivered ect.
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CaptainObvious.
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Ohhhhhhhh my god shut up.
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shin-bang
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Note I'm only 140 miles away :(
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shin-bang
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CaptainObvious.Ohhhhhhhh my god shut up.


I wish you would have gotten lost on the way out of the birth canal when you were born, rather than being lost in the mail
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JGWI
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On behalf of USPS we would like to extend our apologies.

Our Priority mail USPSmobile broke down and has been unavailable to race your package to your impatient ass.
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.HERO
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USPS, UPS, FedEx, and so on do a really great job for the most part! Sometimes they can all be slow though I'm sure do to business, traffic, and so on.
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Chubz.
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Ive never had a problem with usps..in fact almost everything i've ever gotten has came 2 or 3 days earlier than expected.

Sux 2 b u OP
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shin-bang
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deNebOn behalf of USPS we would like to extend our apologies.

Our Priority mail USPSmobile broke down and has been unavailable to race your package to your impatient ass.


Thanks usps, you da real mvp
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jynx81
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Worst thing to come in the mail? Hummmm maybe anthrax.
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JGWI
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jynx81Worst thing to come in the mail? Hummmm maybe anthrax.


Nah, that's curable. I'd say ricin or abrin.
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shin-bang
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Chubz.Ive never had a problem with usps..in fact almost everything i've ever gotten has came 2 or 3 days earlier than expected.

Sux 2 b u OP


USPS is always slow for me :( ups is always super fast but the shipping wasn't really my call this time.
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fortyvalve
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They might be abnormally busy because I'm expecting something that was shipped out of CA and it's taking forever
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JAHpow
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I'm on day 16 waiting for them to deliver my ar handguard. I called usps and they said it's still on its way...tracking shows its been in the town I live in for the past 8 days.

I have only ever had slow service from usps.
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shin-bang
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swordsandpensThey might be abnormally busy because I'm expecting something that was shipped out of CA and it's taking forever


JAHpowI'm on day 16 waiting for them to deliver my ar handguard. I called usps and they said it's still on its way...tracking shows its been in the town I live in for the past 8 days.

I have only ever had slow service from usps.


see. im glad im not the only one
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Tinga
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for the most part all the shipping companies are pretty good.

But to this day it still floors me that after I pay you to take my property and bring it somewhere else that I need to pay you additional money to guarantee that it actually makes it there.
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iFlip
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CaptainObvious.Ohhhhhhhh my god shut up.


Couldn't agree more.
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shin-bang
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iFlipCouldn't agree more.


Then don't read the rest of the thread moron
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madchronic
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Buying quicker shipping doesnt do shit stick with the normal shipping.
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iFlip
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shin-bangSo I have a special something coming from salt lake


Found a pic of what you have on the way:

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theabortionator
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I work for UPS and it's fairly possible that I'm your father OP.
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PacificRimJob
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I've had bad experiences with all of them. Even DHL... So shut up and just be patient.
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iH8pow
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My mailman fuckin hated me a couple years ago. Got commercial drivers license for work, never arrived my house so I had to do that whole DMV thing all over again, not to mention my temporary papers had expired by the time I could do it. Then he also failed to deliver a marriage certificate or whatever.

Now we have those fucking community mail/PO boxes. Postman gets all pissy that we don't check it every day... fuck that, need to have the key, walk across the street to get it...can't I just have a normal fucking mailbox like every other homeowner...
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Big_Spence
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could be worse....

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McLS
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shin-bangSo I have a special something coming from salt lake and i had the priority 2 day mail. So basically it's been a solid 4 days but when using like ups or fed ex it normally takes a day or two days max.

Long story short, usps sucks

Now share your terrifying mail stories, stuff getting lost, not delivered ect.


Currently going nuts, ordered a product 22 days ago that had a 10-15 days estimation. I need it before I leave and I leave in 2 days. I fucking hate the royal england international mail. sucks balls.
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.MASSHOLE.
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Anyone ever use this?

http://www.shyp.com/
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Kazabazua
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I actually love USPS and I completely despise UPS. I live in Canada and USPS has an agreement with Canada Post, therefore I don't get charged stupid brokerage fees that are almost 25% of the price of whatever it is I bought. UPS also always fails at delivering the packages to my building because they 'don't know the buzzer number', which I've told them multiple times.
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Calb3rt
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i had all of my camping gear sent priority from home to socal in 3 boxes. one box arrived on the expected date. the other two arrived and left anchorage within a minute and vanished after that and when i say vanished i mean "Its like they just dropped off the face of the earth" (-customer service on the phone 4 weeks after being sent). finally they were tracked down, one in anchorage and the other in washington. Awesome, please just get me my things. 2 of 3 boxes arrive, its been so long that the tracking number has expired in their system so i have to call in and try to figure out whats going on again. The last box made it to San Diego but for whatever reason was sent back up to washington and anchorage before turning around yet again to finally get to me well over a month later... it was stressful because i was moving soon, and i had a bunch of sentimental stuff in the boxes too.

shipping to/from alaska is always a pain. With the amount of mail moving around the country, it is not surprising that some stuff gets lost or misplaced... i wouldnt want to work there.
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J.D.
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Oh no.

2 days.

How will you survive.

Usps is so much better than Fedex and its bullshit brokerage fees.
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Ugmasugma
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Bought a longboard and was getting shipped from Denver to me (In Boulder around 50 miles away). Gets delivered and the box is beat up, so I look in it, and the board is split in half. This was no cheap, flimsy board either (Loaded Tesseract). So I send it back, and about a week and a half later, a new board comes. UPS reused the same beaten up box, and the board was missing the front truck and there was a new gaping hole in the box. So once again, I sent it back, and on the third time they shipped it to Fort Collins (About 45 miles away from me, 70 from Denver) and so I waited again for a couple days while they tried to find it, and finally after over a month, my longboard went 50 miles to me.
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CaptainObvious.
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shin-bangI wish you would have gotten lost on the way out of the birth canal when you were born, rather than being lost in the mail


I wish your mom had lost you during her first trimester.
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Krotchs_Brother
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KazabazuaI actually love USPS and I completely despise UPS. I live in Canada and USPS has an agreement with Canada Post, therefore I don't get charged stupid brokerage fees that are almost 25% of the price of whatever it is I bought. UPS also always fails at delivering the packages to my building because they 'don't know the buzzer number', which I've told them multiple times.


I feel you on this.


UPS are a bunch of snakes, they don't even try to get into the building they just walk up to it see it's closed and leave..
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KEVTRON
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shin-bangSo I have a special something coming from salt lake and i had the priority 2 day mail. So basically it's been a solid 4 days but when using like ups or fed ex it normally takes a day or two days max.

Long story short, usps sucks

Now share your terrifying mail stories, stuff getting lost, not delivered ect.


What do you mean by "special something?" If its drugs you're never going to get it because they found it.
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1337
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You idiot. USPS and the other parcel services can smell a sense of urgency all the way from your package's origin sort facility. They will fuck up your shit guaranteed if you somehow let on that you need your shipment delivered in a timely manner.
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Krotchs_Brother
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KEVTRONWhat do you mean by "special something?" If its drugs you're never going to get it because they found it.


1337You idiot. USPS and the other parcel services can smell a sense of urgency all the way from your package's origin sort facility. They will fuck up your shit guaranteed if you somehow let on that you need your shipment delivered in a timely manner.


Both of these.



Op you're fucked.
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shin-bang
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KEVTRONWhat do you mean by "special something?" If its drugs you're never going to get it because they found it.


1337You idiot. USPS and the other parcel services can smell a sense of urgency all the way from your package's origin sort facility. They will fuck up your shit guaranteed if you somehow let on that you need your shipment delivered in a timely manner.


It was actually skis. I did have this really good poll that you gays would vote on that would help make more sense but it didn't work. I don't do drugs. Drugs r bad
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shin-bang
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CaptainObvious.I wish your mom had lost you during her first trimester.


You can't just copy me with another your mom joke. Be original broooo
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KravtZ
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Does it honestly surprise you its late? I NEVER use USPS if possible. USPS continuously loses money every single year. Only reason it stays in service is because its a government sponsored entity.
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JAHpow
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So the people I talked to at USPS were actually very helpful today. They tracked down where my package was...kinda, though it's in town it's still in limbo somewhere. The guy said he's going to contact the people who handle the packages directly and find it. Hopefully I'll get his call tomorrow that it's been found.

I still have hope for you USPS.
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OregonDead
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Sometimes it takes a couple years longer than they planned but the USPS will always make sure you get it unharmed...http://www.people.com/article/letter-delivered-83-years-later-maine . . . eventually.
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seward
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ups and canada post are great.
ive never had a problem with either.

ups and fedex can s my d.
how they havent been shut down by the bbb is beyond me.
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FBGM
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I frequently run into problems with USPS and I find their customer service reps to be pretty unhelpful for the most part. I had to call today cause I was supposed to have a package delivered yesterday (it was coming to Salt Lake from Texas). I tracked it this morning and it's in Memphis for some reason. When I talked to the rep she basically said she had no idea why it was in Memphis or where it was going...so that was frustrating.
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fortyvalve
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Day 13, will I ever get my package? The world my never know
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JAHpow
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A tracking update after 25 days. I might get my handguard tomorrow. Finally
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soulskier
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I have truly grown to hate my local post office

Ended up getting a PO Box 20 miles away just to avoid their bullshit
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chuckmarty
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USPS blows. I've had plenty of packages with tracking numbers get delayed for days. For example, I was supposed to have a package delivered last thursday and up until this morning when I went to check the tracking info it still said it was en route to my house with an expected delivery date of last thursday. So either USPS is crap or they're time travelers.
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Mingg
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I ordered a hoodie last year that was sent through USPS. I completely forgot about it and it just came in the mail today...Think it's too late to send it back?
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FBGM
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MinggI ordered a hoodie last year that was sent through USPS. I completely forgot about it and it just came in the mail today...Think it's too late to send it back?


can you please check the tracking history on that and post a screen shot
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FBGM
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Here's mine



Notice the time difference between departing Memphis and arriving in Salt Lake City was somehow less than one hour.
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Barefootin_Fiend
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USPS fucking blows. It's no wonder they're struggling to stay open all of the time. I just had a package arrive yesterday....it was supposed to be here on the 27th....so yeah, only a week later. fuck usps.
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FBGM
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The referenced post has been removed.


Given the time difference, that's still less than three hours post office to post office. The point is that I paid for two day shipping and it came four days later. Every time I've purchased something from this place it has come directly to SLC...no weird routes i.e. to Memphis before SLC, that's the opposite direction. Of course it's going to cause concern. Maybe four days "is fine," but when you're paying for a service that you aren't receiving, it becomes something worth complaining about. No reason for the hostility dude, we're talking about mail.
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