usps -- fun ride?

[fizil]

So apparently i got bitten by the usps bug that got another madvapes customer about a week or so back. This is with an ecf co-op, but it just goes to show you they do crazy stuff sometimes

Electronic Shipping Info Received, August 03, 2010

Processed through Sort Facility, August 04, 2010, 5:37 pm, ATLANTA, GA 30369

Processed through Sort Facility, August 07, 2010, 6:53 pm, MEMPHIS, TN 38136


My house is about 30 miles from atlanta...

 

[hoogie76]

I feel your pain fizil.

We'd love to swap to ups or fedex but the cost of shipping is so expensive compared to USPS.. I'm not sure if it's our new PO, vacations or what but package accuracy has been terrible lately..

hoog

 

[FlyerTom]

Just to futz things up a bit, I ordered a couple of mod switches late Friday afternoon - the 6th - and they're here today - the 9th.
Sheesh.
My order from the 26th of July is still in Never-neverland, though.
Hoog - mucho kudos to youse guys for getting things out your door so quickly.
Jack E. Potter - You, sir, are a klutz.

 

[FlyerTom]

Pardon me
Excuse me
Stand back everybody while I kill this thread.

 

[fizil]

luckily my madvapes order 2.0 got here lickity split! 2 days! Now i feel dumb for buying my trustfires from somewhere else, cause the guy is on vacation till monday. I guess i'll build these box mods weekend and wait patiently....*sigh*

 

[WillieB69]

Hoogie-
There's a reason USPS is so cheap. It's a government run insitution and we all know how well the government works.

As far as that goes, I ran a check tonight on both the replacement batteries you sent for my DOA 510 kit batteries and my order for the passthroughs. Both went through Kansas City's sorting last night at 11:35. Weird considering the batteries were shipped on 8/11 and the passthroughs on 8/12. They will probably hit St. Joseph's main hub sometime today and will be out for delivery on Monday.

In the meantime I'm suffering with analogs in the evenings after I drain my one working 510.

 

[fizil]

once you get setup life is good willieb. One think i'm learning is redundancy.

 

[Mr.JcP]

Complain as you may... With my eaby store I have had more problems with UPS and unhappy customers then USPS ! Also forget about the others if you have to ship out of or into the country.

 

[fizil]

well....being that loopy order was freshly made juice. It just made the waiting period that much more forced, so it wasn't too green when i got it.

 

[Mr.JcP]

well....being that loopy order was freshly made juice. It just made the waiting period that much more forced, so it wasn't too green when i got it.

LOL that's looking at the bright side!

 

[fizil]

~always look on the bright side of life~
*whistles*

 

[WillieB69]

~always look on the bright side of life~
*whistles*

Ah, we have a Monty Python fan in our midst.

 

[FlyerTom]

Way back in post #47 in this thread --> http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/madvapes/109585-hoogs-turn-rant-5.html#post1688548, I stated how long it was taking to get my order from MV. After almost a month, things haven't changed with the USPS. Hoog and Crew helped me out tremendously with this problem, but the issue with the gubmint still hasn't been resolved. Since that order on 7/26, I've placed 4 more orders with MV and every one arrived in a timely manner - sorta. My last order, placed on 8/18, contained only the line "Shipping Accepted" up until this morning. Feelings of dread and déjà vu were beginning to set in, and checking again a few minutes ago, the site reported:
" Your item was misrouted. The error has been corrected and every effort is being made to deliver it as soon as possible. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later."
This piqued my interest, so I went back through all my other tracking numbers and noted that when the package was initially started from Cornelius, NC, some funky things happened. The lost package started there. Other packages from there took 4 days to arrive. Huh!
Those orders that started in Huntersville, NC arrived in 2 to 3 days. I can assume that Larry the Cable Guy moonlights at Cornelius.
Conclusion: Huntersville= Fast. Cornelius= Half-fast.