Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
I'm in the middle of rebuilding my 3.0 liter MFI motor in my '72. Or I was, over a week ago, when I ordered one last little seal that I needed from our host. They got right on it, packing it and getting it to USPS in a day. I ordered it last Thursday, the 11th, and USPS had it the following day. It was supposed to be a three to four day delivery. Here it is Saturday, nine days later, and it is apparently in Denver, according to the USPS.
Their delivery notification said, for an entire week, that it would deliver this last Thursday, the 18th by 9:00 pm. Then, at 9:00, it changed to showing my package in San Antonio. I live just north of Seattle. The first day, it claims the package was in LA, so at least on the right track. But San Antonio? From Carson, CA to Seattle? It sat in San Antonio for two days, until yesterday. Then it went to, of all places, Dallas, where it spent a day before making its way to Denver. That is apparently where it sits right now, nine days later on a 3-4 day delivery. I'll be lucky to see it Monday or Tuesday.
I thought I had ordered it in plenty of time, a full week plus a day or two before I needed it, especially with a promise of three to four day delivery. Apparently not.
I've "learned" this lesson before, but apparently it didn't stick. It was the cheapest shipping by far (one third of the next option), and I figured I had plenty of time. I will never make this mistake again. It certainly "stuck" this time.
Protected jobs held by lazy, incompetent, stupid people who simply feel as though they do not have to care. There are other options. I will use them in the future. I hope enough people give up on the Post Office to send those people all to the unemployment lines, then to the counters of the McDonald's and Burger Kings where they belong.
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