Snow vs USPS. Round One. FIGHT!

[CykoDad]

I've got a couple of shipments set to be delivered by tomorrow by USPS and a snow storm hitting the area by tonight and last through Friday morning. Let's see who wins this round. My money is on the snow since my county sucks at snow removal this year.

 

[430Cruz]

Same scenario here. Shipment due tomorrow but betting on Mother Nature to nix that delivery til at least Friday or later.
Thankfully there are some stores near me so I ran out yesterday and grabbed a back up bottle.

 

[atcsat64]

Makes me glad I've got a shop kinda within walking distance, although I wouldn't walk it in the snow!

 

[Simply Red]

So what ever happened to "Neither rain nor wind nor dark of night..."? I guess snow wasn't in there.

 

[CykoDad]

Same. I received a 50ml bottle of Blackberry from Kahuna Vapors on Monday and 2 15ml bottles from Mt. Baker today so I'm good. Still waiting on my ZampleBox and Valkyrie clone, both of which I probably won't get till Friday, Saturday the latest.

 

[CykoDad]

So what ever happened to "Neither rain nor wind nor dark of night..."? I guess snow wasn't in there.

We had a storm drop around 5" a few weeks ago and USPS didn't deliver a single letter to the entire neighborhood. Both UPS and FedEx made it through with no problem. Go figure.

 

[Completely Average]

You could avoid those problems by moving south and west.

My forecast for the rest of the week.

No excuses for USPS delays here.

 

[CykoDad]

You could avoid those problems by moving south and west.

My forecast for the rest of the week.

No excuses for USPS delays here.

Doh! The way this winter has been it'll probably be awhile before we see those temps.

 

[Peepaw]

I'll go $10 on Mother Nature.

 

[evan le'garde]

At this moment in time you should think yourselves very lucky. Half of the uk is under water !.

 

[fajuvo]

Oh I thought u meant UPS oh USPS? Sure they have to deliver. You will get your mail 100% sure if you're in a city / town if you're out in the country I guess it's a maybe... I'll take the $10 bet send it to my paypal after usps drops off his package.

 

[CykoDad]

We've got over a foot in 12 hours. I'm fairly certain the snow is winning this one

 

[DevCoGT]

Probably the snow...but you can always hope for the best. When Ohio was destroyed with weather a few weeks back I had a few shipments come in early from TFA...the vape god's were smiling down on me I guess.

 

[Enoch777]

Makes me glad I've got a shop kinda within walking distance, although I wouldn't walk it in the snow!

Lol I've walked a mile during a blizzard, 3 feet snow on the ground with -30 windchills to get to a store.

Dear Snow:

 

[Keeferes]

I was supposed to have 150ml of juice here yesterday. It will now be at least tomorrow before I see it.

 

[FigNewton]

I had a shipment due Tuesday and the snow wasn't forecast to start until Wednesday. The guy dropped off everything except for my package and tagged it as "No one available to accept delivery" which is BS because we were here all day. So, the snow hit central NC pretty hard yesterday and now I'm thinking it'll be Saturday before it gets here! It's so hard to be me!

 

[CykoDad]

Snow Wins!!!

 

[Nermal]

Lol I've walked a mile during a blizzard, 3 feet snow on the ground with -30 windchills to get to a store.

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Uphill both ways, eh Enoch?

 

[emus]

Tree body slammed mailbox to the ground for a TKO. Better luck tomorrow USPS.

 

[Wicked & Coiled]

We had a storm drop around 5" a few weeks ago and USPS didn't deliver a single letter to the entire neighborhood. Both UPS and FedEx made it through with no problem. Go figure.

In the event of severe weather, as with any company, manpower decreases. The USPS, as well as FedEx and UPS are forced to prioritize deliveries by shipping class.

While USPS may have curtailed their delivery of junk ads, bills, and circulars no one wants, they naturally would have delivered all of the incoming Express and Priority Mail destined for that Zip Code.

Additionally one might want to consider the relative traction of the typical Grumman postal-vehicle (LLV) to a hefty 2-Ton truck which the Private Shippers use as a standard. If I had to choose one, it's the 2-Ton.

Sadly, USPS' supply of 2-Tons is abysmal, thus they are used for things like delivering Priority Mail/Express in massive snowfalls, and daily collection from large mailers and collection boxes.