Yotetrapper, you live a lot closer then I do. Wonder what the problem is??

Don't know. Amazon was able to get a package delivered to him on time. The Amazon package and our 2 were both supposed to be delivered Friday according to the tracking numbers. The Amazon one was, our 2 were not. Now their tracking numbers just show "In transit, arriving late".

Amazon rarely screws up, it happens but usually from a third party vendor.

Stuff shipped by Amazon almost always shows up on time in my experience.

I think the difference is private enterprise/capitalism vs. a bloated, mismanaged government bureaucracy. One has to be profitable or fail (good service and efficient deliveries), the other doesn't (lost a couple billion last year, no problem, here's some more tax money to keep you going).

The Amazon package was shipped via USPS

In many areas, Amazon uses UPS or USPS to deliver their packages. Once the package leaves the Amazon warehouse, it is subject to the same delays and problems your packages and my packages are.

At one point last holiday season, postnoffice packages were delayed in some areas because there weren’t enough people to drive the semis used to haul mail from one hub to another. Loaded trailers sat in parking lots waiting for a drive.

It must be different in different parts of the country. The majority of my stuff from Amazon comes on an Amazon truck or small van.

I think it must have to do with population density. Probably more people in SEPA than in all of Idaho.

There are 2 big Amazon buildings 90 miles north of me and packages still come UPS or postnoffice.

I think USPS must give Amazon packages priority over regular packages, as those are the only ones that seem to regularly get here as scheduled.

I think you are probably both right.

At least it left Hawaii. Have no idea where it is but good thing the bottles of Canine Call are sealed well.

If that bottle with canine call broke on the way to Hawaii and is on is way back, there's going to be many green around the gills people. That stuff is highly fragrant!

Did yours ever get there? Ours are still MIA. Been 7 days as of today.

I hear shipping rates are escalating, starting Oct 1 up as much as $5.00/ package and extended delivery times for 1st class mail.

Nope, goes through the same machines at the same time as other stuff.

I've been shipping USPS for years now. Yes I have had issues, but the majority of stuff arrives mostly on time or close. The exception is Mi, seems everything shipped to me from Mi takes weeks. I ordered some wine supplies, yep three week, that's not what I consider priority mailing. Had a customer send a check in a priority envelope, took five weeks to show up! Those kind of things leave a bad taste in your mouth. I could have walked there and back in that length of time. I crate and package my stuff to keep the damage down, and before that I did that, I collected on insurance a couple times. It is a nuisance, to go to that much effort to package, but will continue, as fighting with them for the insurance is worse!

Yes it got there on Monday. MIA or KIA?

I've had things I sent and things sent to me that disappeared in the mail and were never found!

No idea. Just says "In Transit, Arriving Late."

Funny thing is when this thread started I hadn't mailed them yet and everyone was saying how great USPS was. I thought we'll see how they do this time. So, I guess now we know how great they are. Two large flat rate boxes... just poof into thin air.

The not so funny thing is Bud could have really used that stuff!!

Its bad when a person and his family really needs this stuff and they get screwed by the PO.

If the shipment was diverted to a inspection location, it may never be seen or heard of again. I know first had. I had a $1500 shipment disappear to never be heard of again. I was friends with the postmaster in town and he tried to find it and couldn't. He said they may have suspected something illegal.

Maybe if I go and file a claim on them they might look for them?