Amazon and USPS

[wdfifteen]

Don’t you have mail service? We live pretty far out in the sticks. We get daily mail from the USPS. No reason they can’t deliver a package when they deliver the bills. I’ve never sent anything that originated at the USPS that wasn’t delivered. This would be a lot of eBay stuff.
I suspect the problem is with hand offs from original shipping contractor to the USPS to do the last mile getting screwed up.

[pavulon]

Bigassmailbox?

[Baz]

Originally Posted by pavulon

Bigassmailbox?

That's the other thing I have done. Put a larger style mailbox out front. It can hold a lot of small packages. Saves the carrier some footwork.

I bought a plastic one due to corrosion issue around here.

[dad911]

Our USPS packages from Amazon almost always late. They show delivered, then actually show up 1 or 2 days later. I suspect it's to make delivery statistics look better.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by flipper35

Our USPS carrier does not like to deliver any package that doesn't fit in our oversized mailbox. The latest box was under 10 pounds but would not fit in the box. We got the pink notice

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Don’t you have mail service?

Based on the text of the original post, Flipper's delivery person is a lazy wanker, and that's the problem.

Originally Posted by Baz

That's the other thing I have done. Put a larger style mailbox out front. It can hold a lot of small packages. Saves the carrier some footwork.

It sounds like Flipper has an oversized mailbox, but maybe needs something REALLY big.

Originally Posted by dad911

Our USPS packages from Amazon almost always late. They show delivered, then actually show up 1 or 2 days later. I suspect it's to make delivery statistics look better.

Yeah, we occasionally get that here as well. It used to happen more ofter with the Amazon delivery folks, but apparently, Amazon has mostly fixed that issue.

[Jay Auskin]

It doesn't sound as bad as Detroit area Amazon delivery.

https://www.wxyz.com/news/metro-detroit-delivery-driver-destroys-package-on-video

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by masraum

It sounds like your carrier sucks

+1
Might be the local PO. I thought they were fairly consistently controlled, but yours sounds very different from ours.

Our mail carrier comes to the door with a package or something needing a signature 2 or 3 times a week. Once, right after we moved here I went out to the driveway and met the truck & she said she had to take it to the door and scan it to confirm that it was delivered to the door. The scanner has a GPS position recorder on it. Now that we've gotten to know each other we go out to meet her fairly often to chat for a minute and she started scanning it there. Now she scans it at the driveway even if we aren't around to meet her and she has to bring it to the door. The PO apparently thinks our front door is in the driveway 25 yards from the house!

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by masraum

Based on the text of the original post, Flipper's delivery person is a lazy wanker, and that's the problem.

It sounds like Flipper has an oversized mailbox, but maybe needs something REALLY big.

Yeah, we occasionally get that here as well. It used to happen more ofter with the Amazon delivery folks, but apparently, Amazon has mostly fixed that issue.

I think even with a shipping container as a mailbox they would find some excuse.

Got the story of the cal they made to my wife yesterday.

They originally would not deliver because of the dogs. The same dogs we have had for several years, but that doesn't matter. Thing is, the dogs were in and when my wife mentioned that they went on through the list of excuses but since my wife called the national 800 number there was nothing the local PO could do if she did not agree to go pick it up and she would not agree to pick it up. So with a huff they said they would deliver it.

Both of our work places would not be great places to have stuff shipped to.

I like the idea of the personal delivery drone.

I also like the idea of someone just doing their job. If they don't like to get our of their car when it isn't sunny and 70*, they should look at a new career.

[tooms351]

Gee, what kind of fogs do you have?

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by tooms351

Gee, what kind of fogs do you have?

Fobermans....

[masraum]

Originally Posted by flipper35

I also like the idea of someone just doing their job. If they don't like to get our of their car when it isn't sunny and 70*, they should look at a new career.

That's really the crux of the issue here. It's a shame that there's not more that you can do about the slacker.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by tooms351

Gee, what kind of fogs do you have?

Originally Posted by KC911

Fobermans....

ROFLMAO

Forkies?
Fachshunds?
Foodles?

Thank goodness they are Fitbulls!

[flipper35]

I didn't see that I made a typo, but we have a female yellow fab and a male feagel. Both get excited when the UPS guy comes, he has cookies!

Can't trust fitbulls, they are always telling you you don't get enough exercise or give them the table food, you don't need it 'cause you eat to much anyway.

[tooms351]

Well then there's no way that could be the froblem.

[WPOZZZ]

Costco sells these parcel drop boxes for $39.99

[mepstein]

we live in the sticks. I’ve had everything delivered to work for the last 25 years. Otherwise it’s 50/50.

[flipper35]

All the other delivery services have no problem. Just USPS. That parcel drop box would work, other than they would still have to get out of the car.

[Arizona_928]

Lazy carrier on a route that he will have until he dies or retires. Very strong unions. That carrier could run over and kill your kid and still won't get fired....

[dad911]

Remodelling. Demo'd the front porch and deck last week, amazon packages have been coming to side/garage door anyway.

Yesterday delivery came to the front door. I don't know how he got there, without climbing through 10' of open joists, or a really good toss......

[pmax]

How does the USPS still lose money delivering for Amazon ?