So yesterday afternoon (3-12-21) I ordered an item from Wal Mart off there web site. Wal Mart didn't actually have the item so it was to be shipped from a third party vendor out of Arizona. Yesterday evening I get an E-Mail notice saying the item has shipped, cool, this evening at 5:30 I get a delivery E-Mail say it's in the mail box. The mail box is of course empty. So I look at the tracking details and it's all there, Tempe AZ to Goodyear AZ to Las Vegas to Salt Lake to Idaho falls ID to Butte MT to Helena MT to Bozeman MT where United Parcel Service hands the package off to the US Postal service. The UPS tracking says received by the Post Office and delivered by the Post Office. The UPS tracking has a proof of delivery thing you click on and gets you to the Postal Service where they have a proof of delivery notice, it says in part, "This serves as proof of delivery for the shipment listed below." it also say "DELIVERED ON 03/13/2021 3:20 PM" and "LEFT AT Mailbox". Now everything checks out the tracking number the order number delivery address etcetera. But here's the thing the tracking claims the package label was created at 4:30 PM on Tuesday March 9th and the original scan was at 8:52 in Tempe AZ also March 9th, I didn't order this until Friday March the 12th so I'm either living in the Twilight Zone or things are screwy but I'm definitely arguing with Wal Mart on this one.
Here is a new one on me.
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CWLONGSHOT
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Air mail thru area51...
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Common today, sorry to say. Ordered a coffee maker for wife for Christmas on December 4th from company on eBay. Tracked it to my house on the 10th with UPS confirmation. Except that it wasn't here and I was home all day and no UPS truck came down my street. Notified eBay. Nope, it was delivered to your house and we have UPS confirmation. Eat sh*t. Never have anything shipped UPS if you can get USPS, which I have never had an issue with.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
I have had good service with Walmart ship to store for pickup. Home delivery sucks.
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
^^^ THIS! ^^^
I am not a fan of Wal-Mart. I never have been, and living for 6 years in a place where Wal-Mart was The Pre-Eminent Retailer In Town (Ridgecrest, CA) more than confirmed my disgust with that monster. WM is the absolute LAST PLACE I will try to obtain goods or services. Amazon's one saving grace (as it destroys small businesses worldwide) is that it might loosen WM's monopolistic stranglehold on small town retail sales.
Kind of in a mood today. Sorry about that. 12 days of near-constant rib pain has spoiled my usual cheerful outlook and demeanor. Today marks the actual first day it hasn't hurt like Sheol to just breathe.
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462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Recently bought an item that was shipped from Dallas. It spent two days languishing in some Georgia city pondering the best way to get to California.
The worst for me is Midway's Nitro Express Shipping. The package leaves Columbia, Mo., via UPS. Four days later it arrives at an East Bay UPS hub, where it sits for at least one day, almost four days if it arrives on a Friday. Then the package swims across the bay to a USPS hub, and two days later it's finally delivered.
The worst for me is Midway's Nitro Express Shipping. The package leaves Columbia, Mo., via UPS. Four days later it arrives at an East Bay UPS hub, where it sits for at least one day, almost four days if it arrives on a Friday. Then the package swims across the bay to a USPS hub, and two days later it's finally delivered.
Not the biggest Wal Mart fan myself but when you cant find what you want locally it's time to look else where. Missoula is a big city for Montana standards but I'm pretty sure I lived in apartment complex's in California that had a larger population. That said somehow we manage to support two Wal Marts ( a regular and a Super) and a Costco. Always amazes me how.
RicinYakima and 462, how does UPS and the vendor get a three day head start on my package? I'm sure Amazon, Micro Soft and Apple are all working on an algorithm to know exactly what it is I want and how to anticipate my every want and desire before I know myself but I wasn't aware that they had already gotten this figured out. A three day head start before I've even ordered or payed is a pretty big gamble. My whims have been known to change every ten seconds on occasions.
I don't go to wal-mart often, 3X as far as I can remember.
Got a great deal on mismarked ammo a few years back,
Wife goes every few weeks to get my yogurt, it's 25% cheaper then ralph's(kroger) cause She drives right past it to/from work.
I think She bought My Convection Oven there too.
GREAT WIFE.
My Birthday on monday. I get $100 in Really GOOD PipeTobacco.
And HOMEMADE Fried Chicken with all the fixin's.
I am a Very Fortunate Man. And steak tomorrow.
Got a great deal on mismarked ammo a few years back,
Wife goes every few weeks to get my yogurt, it's 25% cheaper then ralph's(kroger) cause She drives right past it to/from work.
I think She bought My Convection Oven there too.
GREAT WIFE.
My Birthday on monday. I get $100 in Really GOOD PipeTobacco.
And HOMEMADE Fried Chicken with all the fixin's.
I am a Very Fortunate Man. And steak tomorrow.
RBHarter
West Central AR
14 days for 150 miles USPS Priority .
16 days for a FedEx 3 day that averaged 75 mph for the last 500 miles and crossed I40 3 times to go from Little Rock AR to Memphis to Savannah to I10 and sit 4 business days in Tucson and average 75 mph with 6 scans to Walker Lake NV .
Midway ........4 days to escape Mo another to get to Little Rock , another back up to Ft Smith AR then a 62 mile ride to Waldron and my satellite PO in just 2 days .
Then there was the one that should have been delivered but because it had both a physical and a PO box in the wrong order for the local PO it was marked up for forwarding and sent to Denver and back to the local PO where it was held for $9.20 postage due .
It ain't perfect but it seems to get where it's going most of the time ...... Except when USPS goes through Memphis then you get the remains of the package in a Ziploc bag ......
16 days for a FedEx 3 day that averaged 75 mph for the last 500 miles and crossed I40 3 times to go from Little Rock AR to Memphis to Savannah to I10 and sit 4 business days in Tucson and average 75 mph with 6 scans to Walker Lake NV .
Midway ........4 days to escape Mo another to get to Little Rock , another back up to Ft Smith AR then a 62 mile ride to Waldron and my satellite PO in just 2 days .
Then there was the one that should have been delivered but because it had both a physical and a PO box in the wrong order for the local PO it was marked up for forwarding and sent to Denver and back to the local PO where it was held for $9.20 postage due .
It ain't perfect but it seems to get where it's going most of the time ...... Except when USPS goes through Memphis then you get the remains of the package in a Ziploc bag ......
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
You don't it is a ripe off from the third party.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
People drive a 100 miles to go to Missoula to shop. I know two folks from Salmon, ID, who do that every month.
smokeywolf
Well-Known Member
Shipping documents cross country? Regular mail-7 days; Priority-9 to 21 days; Next day-5 to 9 days. UPS, maybe 3 days, maybe 6 days. FedX overnight? 12 to 48 hours. We just plain don't ship anything important USPS or UPS anymore.
Shipped a couple of boxes insured to College Boy in SoCal. Should have arrived within 6 days. After 3 weeks we tried to a claim. They said you have to wait longer (can't remember how long). 4 days later it showed up. I have to wonder if somebody put it through the xray, saw the Playstation, racing wheel and peddles and decided to set it aside for their kids or themselves. A trace made them too nervous.
Sure wish we had a Costco.
Shipped a couple of boxes insured to College Boy in SoCal. Should have arrived within 6 days. After 3 weeks we tried to a claim. They said you have to wait longer (can't remember how long). 4 days later it showed up. I have to wonder if somebody put it through the xray, saw the Playstation, racing wheel and peddles and decided to set it aside for their kids or themselves. A trace made them too nervous.
Sure wish we had a Costco.
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BBerguson
Official Pennsyltuckian
My issue with the USPS is they run it like a government agency instead of like a business. UPS and Fedex has always given us great service but I can’t say that for USPS. I could really go on and on and on about my disappointment with them but it’s a beautiful Sunday morning and I’m not going to cloud it up with a rant. 