Waiting on the Post Office for Parts....
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I have watched items go to my local post office and then back to the regional center then back to my post office a day later so they can deliver it. 
10 gallons of Rotella 15W40 made it no further than the local PO dance floor.
As a USPS retiree that lived to tell about it let me explain. Managers are expected to "make the numbers" no matter what. That means every single piece of mail that comes in goes out that same day. An impossibility especially with tracking on everything. So- what to do? Why, LIE, of course! When you see that an item was scheduled for delivery, and you where home all day, but you don't get it and the item is scanned "attempted/ undeliverable/ unsafe location/ etc" that means it sat in the station in a Post-Con all day but someone scanned the bar code on said Post-Con and everything in it was "attempted". Then there is the "not on my overtime" game where they send whole truckloads somewhere else so that they don't get stuck working that mail on overtime. And since managers bonuses are tied to their "numbers" you can expect all sorts of chicanery at the public's expense. That said, the mail is very dependable and the employees are very dedicated. Remember that next time you see your carrier out there in the dark with a miner's head light and it's cold and raining as he hands you that package from Grandma.
I worked with a guy that did a stretch at the PO vehicle repair center...the stories are stranger than fiction.
I shipped a laptop to a buyer in Geogia. Buyer failed to reveal that he lived in an apartment complex, and did not include a suite or apartment number, so when delivery was attempted to the office, it was refused. and returned to the delivering PO. Last it was heard from, never came back, and could not be tracked any further.
I will say, I have always been impressed by the fact that almost everything gets delivered. An impressive feat, given the sheer volume of it.
As an aside, and why I won't use ebay or paypal to sell, paypal said I had to refund him because there was no proof of delivery. This despite the package being refused. His contention was that I should have required signature delivery. Still wouldn't have mattered, because he provided an incomplete address. Thus ended my selling on ebay. With all the BS involved with selling on ebay now, wasn't really worth the effort anymore anyway.
I shipped a laptop to a buyer in Geogia. Buyer failed to reveal that he lived in an apartment complex, and did not include a suite or apartment number, so when delivery was attempted to the office, it was refused. and returned to the delivering PO. Last it was heard from, never came back, and could not be tracked any further.
I will say, I have always been impressed by the fact that almost everything gets delivered. An impressive feat, given the sheer volume of it.
As an aside, and why I won't use ebay or paypal to sell, paypal said I had to refund him because there was no proof of delivery. This despite the package being refused. His contention was that I should have required signature delivery. Still wouldn't have mattered, because he provided an incomplete address. Thus ended my selling on ebay. With all the BS involved with selling on ebay now, wasn't really worth the effort anymore anyway.
Good point. I was new to accepting paypal (had used it to buy for quite a while), I preferred postal money orders, but at the time, ebay was making it extremely difficult to use any form of payment other than paypal.
Easier to sell locally now for me, still flakes, but at least no wasted packaging/time materials involved.
Of course, trying to sell anything any more is a challenge, but that's a whole 'nother subject.
I rarely sell anything. Fleabay bangs you for the selling price, and the postage, then PayPal bangs you for getting paid through them. It's amazing to me the bargains you can really get even when the seller is being reamed for fees.
