I understand there may be some delays with receiving mail and packages due to high volumes during the holiday season, however two situations I am experiencing are absolutely ridiculous! On December 7 and 13, there were two packages sent through postal mail to my address. One package came from Michigan and the other, from North Carolina. Both of those packages were missing in action until either yesterday or today – as seen in my attached postal tracking screenshots below!
For one package, I asked the seller to submit a missing package trace on it yesterday, and it was located and put back on its way to me yesterday – after sitting in a North Carolina distribution center for 10 days! The other package was missing in action for 17 days until yesterday at a distribution center in Michigan! I was about to do a missing mail trace on that one today, but upon tracking it today, it has miraculously popped back up on the radar again! What the hell! I was supposed to receive both of those packages early last week, and one had a guaranteed delivery of last Tuesday – what a joke! The post office is taking our money and often, still not doing its job correctly!
As you can tell, I am really fed up. In both of these packages are Christmas gifts for my son that he now will not receive until after Christmas! And, this type of thing is not just happening to me. My dad had a package that he was expecting to receive that was delayed or missing in limbo for two weeks before receiving it, and it had perishable items in it. Other family members are experiencing similar things in their areas, as well.
I tell you, there are some very reliable postal workers that I know who are very conscientious and do their best to do their job well. I know several who go the extra mile and look out for customers. But, to have both of these gifts that I ordered delayed and missing in the U.S. postal mail for 1.5 to 2.5 weeks is unfathomable. This really tells me that the postal service is unreliable and inconsistent, at best.
There have been a couple of occasions in the past where I mailed boxes of personal materials and gifts that were never received, being lost forever. I was compensated for those losses since I had insured them, however they contained irreplaceable items that are gone from me forever. That on top of the current package delays I have experienced is much more than I can tolerate. I should have received those packages 1.5-2 weeks ago, and I still don’t have them. It’s the day before Christmas, y’all – you can’t make up for that now!