Has anyone else noticed the USPS is reaaaaaaalllllllyyyyyy slow?

[fcon]

Kind of dissapointed in how long it takes a lot of our vendors to ship, I pay a little extra to buy from the US to support American business and then the overpriced vendor prints the shipping label immediately but doesnt bother dropping it in the mailbox for a week. Seems more common than not these days and is especially frustrating when you pay extra to ship faster only to have it not leave for a week. I do a lot of e-commerce and this is not the norm for other industries, I get some vendors get clogged with orders for a sale but most of the time its just laziness and poor business.
/rant

I rarely have that problem with vendors, but I can understand how that can be a .... move on their part, and some people will think it's USPS that's really slow whereas like you said, it's the vendor who is slow in actuality.

 

[idioso]

I have a package that was supposed to get to me last Wednesday. I paid for 2-day shipping. It's now Monday and I still might not get it until Wednesday. It got sent to the middle of the country from NY then driven down instead of correcting the issue. Every 36 hours it shows up one state over. It sucks especially when you need something.

 

[cloudjunkie323]

I have had problems with a few of my orders through usps lately, maybe a system malfunction or technical support issue. Idk but it needs to get fixed, need that vape mail in my life haha.

 

[jasonandalysha]

I agree. I just hope its not a long term thing. Best of luck!!

 

[endevor]

It's really not as bad as it seems, all is relative. Try ordering from china...... the processes is something like Oh that looks cool, order, wait for weeks, forget what you ordered and then some time in the future get a surprise package in the mail. Oh yeh, hey that is cool.

 

[MosinMan]

It's really not as bad as it seems, all is relative. Try ordering from china...... the processes is something like Oh that looks cool, order, wait for weeks, forget what you ordered and then some time in the future get a surprise package in the mail. Oh yeh, hey that is cool.

I hear ya on that. I remember getting a killer deal on a micro SD card a while back from a foreign Amazon vendor. What I unknowingly did was buy myself a surprise birthday present...

On the subject of USPS: I'm on the fence about their service. My packages through them always seem to arrive quickly, but that might be because I don't attempt to track them like I do with UPS. My problem is getting them not to stuff everything in the mailbox. I pulled the mailbox off of my house not too long ago simply trying to extract a case for my tablet that came in the mail.

 

[Jarbs]

weird. i ordered something first class from california, i got it within 3 days in new jersey last week.

 

[stillnotsmoking]

I've had some REALLY slow USPS deliveries lately, a few Priority packages have taken over 10 days from ship to my door, but I will let them slide for now as there has been really bad weather not only locally but all across the country.

 

[halfempty]

Usually I get decent service from USPS, but every once in a while something gets really messed up. Always with the stuff I really want. Here's the tracking for my first mod.

February 3, 2014 , 4:02 pm
Delivered
COLUMBUS, OH 43228
February 3, 2014 , 9:02 am
Out for Delivery
COLUMBUS, OH 43228
February 3, 2014 , 8:52 am
Sorting Complete
COLUMBUS, OH 43228
February 3, 2014 , 7:39 am
Arrival at Post Office
COLUMBUS, OH 43228
January 27, 2014 , 9:23 am
Acceptance
COLUMBUS, OH 43228
January 27, 2014
Electronic Shipping Info Received

Unfortunately I live in Florida

 

[kopaulko]

really? I ordered 2 juices from ahlusion ( i live in CA and ahlusions is in MI) and it literally came in like.... 3 days.... I didn't even get a tracking number so I thought they were lagging it but the package proved me wrong!

 

[stillnotsmoking]

Half empty: yes its always the stuff you really NEED or WANT that gets FUBAR lol

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[halfempty]

Yeah, I had to laugh. It seems the label got messed up by USPS during the sorting process, and it was returned to the vendor. Don't know why it took them a week though.

Great guy over at Tropical Vapors checked everything out and re shipped it to me today. Even upgraded it to Priority. At least I know they have great customer service and I'll definitely be buying from them again.

 

[jsjhockey]

Christmas was killer around here, looks like they are trying to repeat. Christmas order tracked from Chicago, to Wichita to my town, then to Dallas and was lost, never moved again based on tracking, suddenly showed up 2 weeks later. Worried that my new order is doing similar, sorted and processed out of Chicago on the 2nd, then they sorted and processed out of Chicago today. Not quite sure how they did it twice.

 

[mightymen]

I placed an order; made it to my local PO I had a tracking number and watched it stay they for five days then shipped to another PO than shipped back to the vendor still waiting for the my order to get to the vendor that was placed on 12/14.

Needless to say I was ...... at USPS their give lots of phone numbers that don't work or people are not there. Any way found out it wasn't the USPS fault after all the vender didn't put the name of my street on the label only house number.

My order is in an ENDLESS LOOP. They told me it was going back to the vendor and nothing else could be done.
USPS is really SCREWED UP!


February 3, 2014 , 6:41 am Processed through USPS Sort Facility WHITE PLAINS, NY 10610
January 28, 2014 , 6:25 am Insufficient Address BROOKLYN, NY
January 28, 2014 Depart USPS Sort Facility BROOKLYN, NY 11256
January 28, 2014 , 1:08 am Processed through USPS Sort Facility BROOKLYN, NY 11256
January 27, 2014 Depart USPS Sort Facility WHITE PLAINS, NY 10610
January 27, 2014 , 8:02 am Processed through USPS Sort Facility WHITE PLAINS, NY 10610
January 21, 2014 , 10:56 am Sorting Complete BROOKLYN, NY
January 21, 2014 , 10:08 am Insufficient Address BROOKLYN, NY
January 20, 2014 , 7:28 am Arrival at Post Office BROOKLYN, NY
January 18, 2014 , 12:44 pm Processed through USPS Sort Facility BETHPAGE, NY 11714
January 18, 2014 Depart USPS Sort Facility HARRISBURG, PA 17107
January 17, 2014 , 11:06 pm Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility HARRISBURG, PA 17107
January 17, 2014 , 9:51 pm Accepted at USPS Origin Sort Facility AVIS, PA 17721
January 17, 2014 Electronic Shipping Info Received

 

[~Sue~Feb2012]

Allow me to make a blanket statement. You guys all rock. Thanks for keeping me reading for 24 hours. That being said, it just got here. How long do I really need to wait for my liquid to warm up before I start vaping? Battery is charging now! So excited!

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....it's 4 days later!
...Was it worth the wait?

I think we lost Jolly

 

[faboom]

Ordered from Hoosier last Friday and got my stuff today (Wednesday)...package said priority 2 day mail...

 

[TheVapingNinja]

ordering on the weekend always takes longer too...i've gotten so bad about ordering stuff online that i downloaded the usps app just to use the tracking tool

 

[Rossum]

Our mailman showed up in my driveway today with snow chains on his little truck while I was clearing a tree that had fallen across the driveway due to the storm. He brought me 3 vape-mail packages from various parts of the country that had all been sent either on Saturday or on Monday.

I wonder if the fact that we always give him a Christmas card with a photo of a dead president in it has anything to do with the fact that neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays him from the swift completion of his appointed rounds?

 

[C.O. Cruiser]

I think they ship vape mail slower than regular mail on purpose.

 

[TRLRDY]

Oh dear lord, will it ever get here? I have been waiting for almost 5 days for my Halo Triton. I am so excited after lurking around the forum and talking to some fine folks to start vaping. I almost went to the gas station today and bought a ....ty $5.99 e-cig, I didn't do it, because I want the experience to be everything I hope it will be, but damn, the post office takes forever. Priority mail 2-3 day service. It shipped out from Halo Monday and is still not here................O.K. rant over. Somebody tell me something funny or interesting or something while I burn my lungs some more with another analog. Please.

Sorry too hear that you are going through the same thing I am. I placed my order last Wednesday, left from there the next day. My order is also Priority. Anyways, Everything was going great until Sunday, estimated delivery date was supposed to be Monday but has not moved since it arrived in ATL. (Less than an hour away from me). I finally called usps, they were really helpful... NOT! But the woman that I talked to said that they are trying to get everything sorted and caught up from the snow storm from last week.

If it makes you feel any better... I ordered my e-juices, 18350 batteries and charger from another website and they have already made it here... What sucks is that the package I'm waiting on includes my K100 and Protanks :,(