I get mail tossed about sometimes. Apparently there's a big facility in Kearny, NJ and sometimes when stuff goes through there it disappears for a few days before getting sent up here. It's only about two hours away from me...
USPS FRUSTRATIONS
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Yes, Eciggity is great. Very fast. That's why I think this newest pkg from them is lost. I'll give it a few more days, then call the dist mgr here in Houston.
I usually have online purchases deliver to my work, so I know somebody is there. Problem is if delivery on Sat is attempted, office is closed, so it goes back to PO for another couple days. I think I'll look into a PO box.
I've actually had pretty good luck with the Kearny, NJ sorting center (I'm about 90 minutes north of them). When I have a package come to me through Kearny, I get it the next day. Even if the package arrives in Kearny at 9 or 10 pm, it leaves around 3 or 4 am and it is at my local post office by 8 am. Only once or twice have a package sat in Kearny and didn't get sent on either the same day or the very next day.
The one that I've had terrible luck with is the one in Albany, NY (I'm 90 minutes south of Albany). The majority of the time, the tracking will show that it arrives in Albany on a certain date and leaves the same day or the next day, but then it doesn't arrive. After a couple of days, the tracking gets updated showing that the arrival and departure date in Albany gets pushed back. For example, the tracking shows that the package arrives in Albany on the 6th. Several hours later, the tracking shows that the package departed Albany on the 6th (or 7th). A couple of days pass and nothing shows up at my door and the tracking shows no additional updates. When the tracking finally shows an update, it will change to show that the package arrived in Albany on the 9th and departed Albany on the 10th. It is like the workers in Albany are going back and changing the tracking to CYA and not show that they left the package sitting around for 3 or 4 days before sorting it and routing it on.
You CANNOT trust USPS tracking, period! My last vape mail Took longer to get the last 80 miles then the first 1800.....and got here without even "departing" one facility!
I've only had issues with USPS twice. I'd say three, but one of them was my fault for using the wrong zip code.
I live in Jersey too, and once it hits Kearny then BAM I have it the next day. I have better luck overall with USPS than UPS or Fed Ex.
I live in Jersey too, and once it hits Kearny then BAM I have it the next day. I have better luck overall with USPS than UPS or Fed Ex.
Do you live in my basement or something? Because I too live almost equidistant from Albany and New York. The most annoying part is when stuff goes from Kearny, to Albany, *then* back down to me. Like, it just went past my house last night, couldn't you stop and drop it off?
I've never really had issues with USPS packages before, but now with vape mail?? problems all the time! Delays, inaccurate tracking info, packages stuck in a city/location for a week, deliveries WAY past the expected delivery date...All kinds of crap!
And I've asked vendors if they know anything about it, and both Virgin Vapors and Velvet Cloud told me that this has been happening A LOT with the packages they send out! They also said they've contacted USPS several times to inquire about what might be causing this, and no one has been able to provide a satisfactory answer, so who knows...
And I've asked vendors if they know anything about it, and both Virgin Vapors and Velvet Cloud told me that this has been happening A LOT with the packages they send out! They also said they've contacted USPS several times to inquire about what might be causing this, and no one has been able to provide a satisfactory answer, so who knows...
Sir, I'm going to need to ask you to slow your roll.
Hyde Park. I'm a field technician for the whole Hudson Valley and used to service Montgomery till that site closed.
Still not here. Tracking number still shows that the estimated delivery date is yesterday... Maybe USPS needs to do some random drug testing...
Ah ok....so you're right across the river. Which B&M's do you like on that side of the river? The only one I've gone to is Vapeology near Vassar. The one I love on my side is the Vapor Lounge in Warwick. Great bunch of guys and they have really good prices.
I generally don't go to b&m but I have been to Vapeology (and their kiosk at the Galleria). I always feel uncomfortable if I don't buy anything but feel ripped off by the retail prices. There's a place in Beacon on Main Street which is supposed to be pretty good.
Problem is our possible sorter would be handled by the same people. And we would have to pay extra per year, for the same idiots to screw things up. So far we've had two carriers fired this year,and still have issuesYou seem to have a lot of problems w/your mail delivery........Have you thought about getting a PO Box? They work out pretty good. I pay for one. It's wonderful. I only let junk mail come to my house.In some of those big subdivisions people are always getting each other's mail from what I hear......all the street names sound alike. PO Boxes solves a lot of problems and are very cheap. They are also very SECURE. Just a thought if you haven't considered getting one.
More USPS drama for me. I think it's a conspiracy ;( On Aug 3 my Sig 75 TC was showing "Out for delivery". Aug 4th status --- all of a sudden, it can't be found. Today the 6th and still no show. Talked to 800 Customer Service at USPS. Have another case number for it. Also called the actual PO that delivers to this address. They are looking into it.
Oh, BTW from my first orig post, pkg 1 ended up back in N Carolina Other two pkgs managed to land about 6 days later then expected. MFS is keeping it and I'll just use store credit at some point.
Oh, BTW from my first orig post, pkg 1 ended up back in N Carolina
Other two pkgs managed to land about 6 days later then expected. MFS is keeping it and I'll just use store credit at some point.
Yeah it's tough. Try waiting on a package for 2 months from the UK. I finally received it this week, after a dispute that I had to involve Paypal. I feel your pain.
The USPS is can not make money when the ship things for the following:
I live on Long Island. Ordered something from Connecticut. The company is like 80 miles from me. Tracking my package which took 4 days to get to me. It shipped from CT to MA. Then from MA to NJ. The to LI (Melville) then to me. Dam thing traveled like 400 miles. Lots of fuel and toll charges. Go figure.... creates these routes?
I live on Long Island. Ordered something from Connecticut. The company is like 80 miles from me. Tracking my package which took 4 days to get to me. It shipped from CT to MA. Then from MA to NJ. The to LI (Melville) then to me. Dam thing traveled like 400 miles. Lots of fuel and toll charges. Go figure.... creates these routes?
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Wow, thanks for commiserating with me guys. It's no wonder that USPS has lost so much $$ and business over the years. I wish vape companies had a better choice. But they don't... Not unless we pay a crap load more $$ for shipping I suppose.
My dad is a mailman and he says it's unbelieveable how lazy some of the workers are. Sometimes if they just don't feel like delivering a pack they will do it the next day. He also says the way they do things like me sending him mail only about 130 miles from my house to theirs and it gets sent an extra 500 miles to a sorting facility . He says the way they run things is ... backwards haha.
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