Needed to send some documents off to Oakmark in KC last week. Paid about $8 at local MIch PO on Thursday morning, the 15th, for "priority mail" so could track them. As of today, 20th, still ain't reached destination. Last tracking shows them being sorted at a KC facility. And ya wonder why the PO is desperate. Poor rank & file employees suffer while whoever's running the outfit obviously got their heads in the sand. #?%*@!
BTW: We got Amazon Prime @ $79 a year and love it. Stuff from anywhere in the country at your doorstep in 2 days for no additional charge, unless they run into supplier problems, which is rare. Strongly recommend it. And use your MFO link for purchases. Maybe Bezos for postal commissioner?
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I'm almost at the end of a free Prime trial and may renew.
When I worked for an institution, I used to call other likely recipients from time to time to see if any packages for us were sitting in their shipping depts. LOL!
Overnight delivery to most US addresses or your money back.
Yes, it's more expensive.
USPS privatized to run under other well-run schemes.....
Airline option:
Perhaps the Post Office should be privatized and run by the airlines. The airlines do such a good thing with luggage. and once the airlines have the mail supremely optimized and fully assimilated- you could all go down to the lost mail depot for the weekly auctions on all the lost mail the airlines lost.
I was reading your reply and for a second I thought you were talking about the health care industry. Ah, but no such luck.
My postal carrier says, and I've read this a couple of places besides, that Congress required that USPS pre-fund many billions in retirement benefits, a requirement to a degree that no other entity, private or public, has to follow. That, the story goes, is where the recent budget shortfalls and the cut-cut-cut proposals are coming from, from closing P.O.s and processing centers (the last ending next-day delivery in many places) to eliminating Sat. delivery.
The USPS is apparently in the unenviable position of getting no fed $ but having to live with management requirements heaped on it by Congress.
Keep in mind the nasty snow storms in the area for the past several days.
Not many folks traveling by any means, except a snow sled.
Catch
You may have already seen this really new one....one presumes this fella is now an ex-employee; and not having a merry holiday.
Take care,
Catch
It typically arrives in 3 days but sometimes it does not. USPS Priority does not frequently update tracking info. In fact, unlike competing services like UPS and Fedex, USPS does not update status at way-points. I've seen packages deliver and the status update next day.
I've seen similar delays on USPS Ground or Fedex Ground services as well. It happens. If you have something more critical, you will need to ship with a 2-day, 1-day or overnight service but it costs more. It's a fact of life.
USPS is an unfortunate bind. The politicians do not allow it to transform itself to a company like UPS or Fedex. It is losing money but it is not allowed to make changes to the business. Even increasing the cost of postage stamps is rejected. Their downsizing requests to save money by not delivering on Saturday is rejected. Even closing post-offices are too difficult. Given these conditions, it is no wonder it is not operating profitably.
http://www.amazon.com/Oreck-XL-Air-Purifer-Tower-Black/dp/B0024J5X1G/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1324578476&sr=8-17
It was a different 3rd party seller than the one shown here. I got it and it didn't work out of the box. They suggested calling Oreck. I did, only to find out that they weren't authorized sellers and I bought the product without a warrant. I returned it at my expense and was charged a 15% restocking fee. I complained and got no satisfaction.
They told me that the only way that I could avoid the 15% fee was to let them send me another one. I said they weren't authorized sellers and I wouldn't have any warranty. They wouldn't budge. I haven't bought anything from them since and I won't.
Amazon provides prepaid return labels and will work for you to refund. If you interact with 3rd party yourself, it is a hit and miss.