FUCKk usps

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

fedex is 30 minutes from my house. UPS is 5 minutes.

An extra 25 minute drive is probably worth the $900 loss.

 

[jockhater2 10+ year member]

Usps has failed me several times this year as well. Never had any issues until this year. My items always got to their new owners but sometimes two or three weeks late. The usps tracking system is a joke too. Pretty sure I still have a tracking number for a sub that was delivered months ago that according to usps tracking is still in Dallas,TX . Should have never seen Dallas anyhow.

same here. I've never had a problem until this year. And there tracking system does ****. The supervisor on the phone told me there best tracking method is only on items shipped express mail.

 

[momax_powers 10+ year member]

canadians like myself who buy stuff from US or overseas like usps/federal post services, because 99% of the time is saves us customs/brokerage charges(we get away with it)......with ups n fedex ...a lot of the time they dont release the item unless we pay (the sometimes ridiculous) charges(and we have no idea what they will be beforehand) or they drop the stuff without saying anything and few weeks later we get a bill saying we owe such and such for brokerage and other fees.

i ordered a pair of subs few yrs ago off ebay and my total after ups shipping was 215 but after delivery and the extra charges(that i was totally unaware of until the guy showed up) i had to pay on my doorstep it ended up being over 300

 

[av83 10+ year member]

I bought two 1/0 fuse holders off here, they took over two weeks to arrive. When they did they were no longer in the original shipping envelope. The addresses and labels from the envelope had been cut off and taped to a box, which had ” USPS its sorry your item was damaged” stamped all over it. The fuse holders were fine tho.

I shipped two amps to zed a week ago. Track and confirm shows them still here in town.

I bought a CD of Ebay. It arrived flawless, other than a big azz crack in it.

 

[av83 10+ year member]

^^^that was all this month, btw.

 

[Spooney 10+ year member]

They are so up and down its crazy. One week I ship parcel post to Louisiana and it gets there in three days. Next week I ship an amp priority mail to Texas and it takes three weeks to get there after spending two weeks of that time in ALASKA!!!!!! I was impressed that they actually updated the tracking info but nearly **** myself when I saw alaska in the tracking update.

 

[jockhater2 10+ year member]

canadians like myself who buy stuff from US or overseas like usps/federal post services, because 99% of the time is saves us customs/brokerage charges(we get away with it)......with ups n fedex ...a lot of the time they dont release the item unless we pay (the sometimes ridiculous) charges(and we have no idea what they will be beforehand) or they drop the stuff without saying anything and few weeks later we get a bill saying we owe such and such for brokerage and other fees.
i ordered a pair of subs few yrs ago off ebay and my total after ups shipping was 215 but after delivery and the extra charges(that i was totally unaware of until the guy showed up) i had to pay on my doorstep it ended up being over 300

Customs wanted you to pay $85 in taxes?

 

[jockhater2 10+ year member]

I bought two 1/0 fuse holders off here, they took over two weeks to arrive. When they did they were no longer in the original shipping envelope. The addresses and labels from the envelope had been cut off and taped to a box, which had ” USPS its sorry your item was damaged” stamped all over it. The fuse holders were fine tho.
I shipped two amps to zed a week ago. Track and confirm shows them still here in town.

I bought a CD of Ebay. It arrived flawless, other than a big azz crack in it.

so your with me adam? Time to use a different carrier. USPS has made too many costly mistakes last month for me to trust them.

 

[jockhater2 10+ year member]

They are so up and down its crazy. One week I ship parcel post to Louisiana and it gets there in three days. Next week I ship an amp priority mail to Texas and it takes three weeks to get there after spending two weeks of that time in ALASKA!!!!!! I was impressed that they actually updated the tracking info but nearly **** myself when I saw alaska in the tracking update.

That is what I thought when I shipped my Audison. It took 6 days for my last amp to get to my friend in michigan. And now my amp has been gone for over 40 days...

I appreciate the stories you have as well. DO you have any others? Because I am definitely done with the post office.

 

[av83 10+ year member]

so your with me adam? Time to use a different carrier. USPS has made too many costly mistakes last month for me to trust them.

It depends. I have had countless items shipped to me, without any issues at all. This past month has been fucked up, though.

 

[jockhater2 10+ year member]

It depends. I have had countless items shipped to me, without any issues at all. This past month has been fucked up, though.

Same here. I think I have been shipping through USPS for 5 years now. I have used UPS maybe 5 times. And this is the first time USPS has caused any issues. But losing that amp was just too much. I paid $300 for it. And then had to replace it for another $630.

 

[av83 10+ year member]

Same here. I think I have been shipping through USPS for 5 years now. I have used UPS maybe 5 times. And this is the first time USPS has caused any issues. But losing that amp was just too much. I paid $300 for it. And then had to replace it for another $630.

I would have just waited until i found another used one, and used a cheap four and two channel in the meantime. ...But when you are buying something that high-end, its nice to have a warranty.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

My experience is similar. I've always used USPS and have had no issues until the last couple months. I think it's due to cutbacks in their budget. I bought a $5 part for my snow blower off eBay, the guy sent it USPS first class. It took over 3 weeks to arrive. Should have been less than 5 days.

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

i used usps a while back did a trade with matt bennett 05 for my subs for his eq ,insured them for @200.well when he got them the box was so jacked up and one of the subs was practically falling out of it .we went round and round about this and usps only paid $65 saying that the subs were old .i proceeded to tell them that they were mint when shipped and why would they pay only 65 when they were insured for 200.they stuck by their decision and screwed me over.

last time i shipped to canada i sent 4 cdt es6mo mids ,they damaged 3 out of the 6 and took 9 months to pay.still only paid a partial of what they were insured for.now i only use them for very small non insured items only and 3 day flat rate.had issues with ups as well but they did pay quickly.

 

[jockhater2 10+ year member]

I would have just waited until i found another used one, and used a cheap four and two channel in the meantime. ...But when you are buying something that high-end, its nice to have a warranty.

That is the funny part about it. Those Audisons used are worth $550-700 in the U.S.

I got 2 offers on DIYMA.com - Car Audio Installation Tools for used ones. And at the price they wanted. I could get it new from Italy which is where they are made.

The one I got for $300 was the deal of a lifetime. Sleazebagger had it on ebay and it was $550. He could have gotten more for it.

And I don't see the need for insurance when a package is being sent 230 miles and someone should be able to do there job.