Delays in mail delivery at the postal service continue. A spike in demand for online orders coupled with staffing shortages due to the Coronavirus pandemic, means the package you were hoping for on Christmas may not have arrived on time.
“I shipped the packages, got the tracking paid for, the extra insurance and signed up for the alerts and now they’re just in limbo,” said Beth Hawks, owner of Zelda’s Zen in Fells Point.
Now more than ever, Hawks has been relying on the postal service in the pandemic and in time for the holiday she says they didn’t deliver.
“It’s just been hell what would have taken 2 day priority was 4, 6, 10 days and now never,” she said.
Hawks says only 2 of the 50 packages she’s shipped recently have been delivered.
A video Hawks posted online last week received thousands of hits, it shows trucks sitting lined up outside the post office in downtown Baltimore.
Fox 45 News found overstuffed mailboxes elsewhere.
It’s part of a nationwide breakdown.
Reportedly more then 93% of USPS packages did arrive on time, UPS and FedEx also reported delays.
The USPS is doing this intentionally. They want money!
Everything I ordered in December from medicine to gifts, that was shipped via USPS never arrived. In fact I mailed in Salisbury Christmas cards with Salisbury addresses on December the 3rd and it took 21 days to get delivered. Give me a fn break. I don’t want to hear any bs about delays and covid. Everything shipped via UPS and FedEx was delivered on time. If they can do it the USPS can do it. No wonder the post office is going bankrupt. Like everything else run by the government the USPS is a fn disaster. Overpaid lazy ass government employees🤷♀️
Called a dear friend today to see is all was ok as did not receive a Christmas card. She had mailed them along with some bills two weeks before Christmas. Dropped them off at a post office in the Baltimore area. Coincidentally the card arrived in the mail today postmarked December 28. The postmark is two weeks after being dropped off at a POST OFFICE!
delayed everything but Biden ballots
I pay all my Bill’s the same day every month when I get my SS check. One bill is due on the 21st. I mailed it on the 9th. I received an email on the 22nd that my payment was not received. I made the minimum payment by phone to a oid a late charge. The company finally received my payment on the 29th. That is ridiculous.
I have received notices of past due payments on 3 bills that were mailed the day after I received them and and 2 weeks has past and they notify me that they have not received payment or if I questioned where by bill is they say they had mailed it 2 weeks prior.
Pathetic that they screw up peoples credit and they don’t care. Cut their salaries starting wit Post Master.
They damn sure got all the millions of illegal ballots delivered in time to be counted. What a coincidence.
what do you expect? they are government workers they aren`t held to the same standards that real workers are,if you think the post office is slow try getting an appointment with a Veterans Administration doctor and see how months you have to wait to get an appointment . If you really need something on time have it sent UPS or Fedex it`s worth the extra cost. When i buy car parts if they don`t offer UPS or fedex shipping I just go to another website that offers UPS or fedex, it`s worth the extra cost for the part and shipping.
My comments relate to parcels coming to me of items I purchased in the last 2 months. They were coming from small merchants in various parts of the country.
FedEx and UPS were timely and their tracking info was accurate during shipment. West Coast wildfires slowed UPS but they communicated about it.
USPS off the Shore has been an unmitigated disaster! Parcel from Lewes, DE was routed to Kansas City; same misrouting for one from Philly; both are making their way back East. One from RI was routed to Florida; still stuck there. Numerous parcels are rattling around or sitting still in various Baltimore/DC area facilities.
My experience is that once items cross the Bay and get to Easton they move quickly to Salisbury and to me. My carriers are prompt and friendly. Pay all bills online to control cash flow timing and save costs so no problem there. I’m behind on my Christmas cards but cards received are less than normal.
The system as a whole is struggling but objectively the local folks are on the ball. YMMV
Still Busy Hiding more Biden Ballots !!!!
The ONLY Hiden was for Biden !!!!
Busy trying to cover their dirty tracks in the dirty election 2020 !!!!
Told you they are Swamped with the excess Biden Ballots & they will get to You Later !!!!