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A contributing factor to the losses of the USPS - Don C - 12-07-2011
Package was shipped from Utah to Ohio, then on to Louisville, KY. So far so good.
It sits in Louisville for a couple of days and then instead of sending it across the Ohio River for delivery (I am nine miles away) it goes 100+ miles upriver to Cincinnati! I presume it will then go another 100 miles up to Indianapolis and then south 100 miles to Clarksville. Nine miles or 300 miles. Which is more efficient?
This is not the first time. A package a couple of years ago went within 2 miles of my house on its 200 mile round trip to Indy and back.
I might note too that we will miss the projected delivery date by a couple of days now.
USPS might save some money with a bit of work on their routing!
Re: A contributing factor to the losses of the USPS - C(-)ris - 12-07-2011
All about logistics. The trucks were already going to those places, so throwing your package on didn't make any difference. They don't have enough volume going from Louisville to you to justify making a route or putting it on a truck for that drive.
Re: A contributing factor to the losses of the USPS - Black - 12-07-2011
These threads are getting repetitive.
People are mixing up cause and effect. You can only streamline management so far in response to financial difficulties before "the system" stops functioning smoothly.
Re: A contributing factor to the losses of the USPS - Acer - 12-07-2011
I'll wave when it passes PIttsburgh.
Re: A contributing factor to the losses of the USPS - Dennis S - 12-07-2011
I have heard that a Fedex overnight package going from the 4th floor to the 3rd floor in a building in New York City goes through Memphis because that's how it works.
Re: A contributing factor to the losses of the USPS - mattkime - 12-07-2011
variation on a thread, variation on a response -
they're all this way.
Re: A contributing factor to the losses of the USPS - M>B> - 12-07-2011
Re: A contributing factor to the losses of the USPS - kj4btkljv - 12-07-2011
M>B> wrote:
Those two better be part-timers, cause we can't afford benefits or pensions anymore...
Jeff
Re: A contributing factor to the losses of the USPS - Buzz - 12-07-2011
Order #1 placed Nov. 17th; arrived Dec. 5th (tracking itinerary was a freaking joke, parcel kept disappearing from tracker and then reappearing in inappropriate venues before getting back "on track" )
Order #2 placed Dec. 3rd; arrived Dec. 5th (email shipping confirm arrived three hours after actual delivery)
Vendor for Order #1 was approx 1,000 miles CLOSER to here than vendor for Order #2.
Both parcels were delivered by same guy at same time.
Parcel for Order #1 was less than two pound box shipped in grey plastic shipping envelope.
Parcel for Order #2 was approx six ounce small padded manila shipping envelope with two small items individually bubble wrapped inside.
Box inside of grey envelope #1 arrived kinda crunched, and grey envlope had a lot of visible wear markings, whereas manila envelope #2 showed no apparent wear.
USPS shipping can be both an extreme, and hazardous sport, as well as a lesson in efficiency; IOW an enigma of an experience to be taken at one's own risk every time.
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Re: A contributing factor to the losses of the USPS - Mac-A-Matic - 12-07-2011
Dennis S wrote:
I have heard that a Fedex overnight package going from the 4th floor to the 3rd floor in a building in New York City goes through Memphis because that's how it works.
About ten to twelve years ago, a guy I knew from FedEx explained it to me. Essentially, FedEx is not a local delivery service and its mandate (or federal law, etc, etc) requires that all packages be taken out of the locality to their main hub in Memphis for sorting and distribution - even if the package is being delivered locally. It's been quite some time since it was explained to me so the details are hazy.