USPS test: We mailed 4 packages with GPS trackers to see how quickly they got there
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- Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2021
- We count on the United States Postal Service rain or shine. Our postal workers always show up, but we’ve heard from you that - sometimes - getting a package via USPS takes a long time or it doesn’t come at all.
With the holiday season fast approaching, we know there’s concern. So, we put the nation's mail service to the test.
It started at our studio in St. Petersburg, Florida. We got two medium Priority Mail boxes and two regular brown boxes to send First-Class mail.
We loaded them up and added GPS trackers in each. We sent the pricier Priority Mail box and the less expensive First-Class box to our friend, Haley Harrison with First Coast News in Jacksonville. We sent the same to our buddy, Chris Ingalls with KING 5 in Seattle.
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I have a package coming from USPS right now. It's supposed to be "Priority Mail," but it's been 4 business days so far, and there still isn't even an expected delivery date.
I bet you waiting a week and then some
It’s honestly a scam if they promise 2 days and it’s literally not within 2 days
@@mojojoji5493 priority express is guaranteed not priority
Someone sounds worried 😂😂 what you shippin in the mail?
@@bubbamarkland1992 I can't even remember at this point.
Disappeared in Chicago? Yeah sounds like the usual for Chicago.
This should've been tested during Christmas
Because Christmas season isn't a time that people ship things?
Package left Houston TX to VA in 2 days, then took 3 days to get to belmar, NJ. Then to upstate PA and back to Edison Nj, then back to same site in PA and back to edison Nj. Then did that twice more for 4 trips total. Finally was delivered to me in cape may Nj, 19 days after it left Texas
wow - 😅😅😅
Did it have to go through Philly? That’s where the ones going to NJ get hung up.
Had priority mail. Got it THREE days late... why did I pay for better shipping when it still took as long as if I paid less? Pathetic. Then they left the very expensive package at the FRONT of my porch for the whole world to see. Thankfully I live in a good neighborhood, but imagine if I didnt. 700 bucks out the window
Fr they are scamming us! The service isn’t actually holding up to promise!!!
Right now I’m just waiting on stickers and they can’t even get that right,… it’s just paper
October 2023, I watch as my packages are sent in crazy circuitous routes all over the US. Things that start almost next door are routed clear across the country. Held for days, then sent to just as nutty a location elsewhere. When I finally get the package, nothing is wrong with the label. This seems intentional, is this Louis DeJoy ordering the destruction of the Postal Service?
Right now all my packages are just sitting at the facilities… wth is going on
Exactly what happens to my small padded envelopes with silver coins in it. They route to Indianapolis when the route is from Dallas to Dallas…..like WTF. It goes to Indiana when it should never leave Texas????? Idiotic to say the least. Oh and they are thieves. Either your wallet or your packages or both. Thieves. Government backed thieves.
@@mojojoji5493 sometimes the packages don’t get scanned or fall off the Gaylord’s.
@@mojojoji5493did you get them?
I have better luck sending packages than I do with regular mail. If I send a package 300 miles it gets there on time. I got an appointment notice from my doctor that arrived 2 weeks after the appointment date. Our mail has to travel 70 miles to a sorting center to be sent back and delivered.
This needs to be updated and sent through the North Houston Distribution Center. We have packages that did not move for 15 days and another package that took 5 days. I’m now using UPS Ground because it is more dependable.
I have huge problems with first class letters. Packages are fine. Priority mail is fast but expensive. Letters going to Kansas from Central Coast of California used to take a few days, now they take three weeks!
I once sent some critical papers from my home in Pasadena to my new home outside Boston, Priority 2-day mail. I then tracked my package crossing the US, from coast to coast, SIX TIMES, 3X back and forth, before it was finally delivered, too late to be useful, a month later! Sometimes I think the USPS is absolute crap, and sometimes, that is exactly what it is.
Put them in a package then.
I remember lots of weird, confusing/controversial changes being made during 2020 when a new person was appointed over USPS. Now I need to go check if anyone has evaluated if those changes eventually did any good at all or just made things worse in the long run
I am still waiting on my package after paying for 3 day service
How long did it take?
I spent 40 years in the post office, the last 25 years in mail processing. You have a lot of people who care about your mail and a lot of people who only care about collecting a paycheck. Then you have the thieves that are postal workers and contractors who work for USPS. If those people don't get greedy, a theft here or there, your package is chalked up to being lost in the postal system I'm sorry to say. Sometimes packages get destroyed in transit due to vehicle accidents where a lot of the mail has burned up and there's no way to tell where those packages were supposed to go. Just remember if you aren't getting your mail or packages, check with your neighbors to see if they are having the same problem. If the post office sees there is a high number of missing packages or mail they will look into it, or call the Postal Inspection Service.
Shit, sometimes it be the neighbor still in their packages
@@gigiamir5714 Well yeah, that too....
You are right, just like every other place, they have the ones that work with honor for their paycheck and the other ones that are there just to collect a paycheck!
Within the states they are terrific. As a seller I usually have around 1,000 packages a year and around 4 packages become lost. When asking for a search 3 are usually recovered (0.1% failure rate). HOWEVER, I halted using USPS for international orders and only use more expensive FedEx or UPS which is a deal breaker to many customers. Too many packages and their replacement orders went to the Chicago international distribution center and just disappeared (75% between November and February). When you send a customer 2 orders, one a replacement for the first, both lost with search requests, then have to refund the customer it's time to call it quits.
a lot of times seller does not know its lost for several days it will finaly come all mail in he south i think it goes thru atlanta thats where the system drops it
I beg any of you to work in a usps facility for a week. I guarantee you'll quit after 3 days. Sometimes, new hired people quit first day. If I were you, I will feel blessed to have the opportunity to sell 1000 items per day. When we become ungrateful, Sometimes, God take that away. Live and let live. Life is not perfect, neither do you.
@FollowingYah hihihi I wish your taxpayer money can pay my bills. Meanwhile, Sir, when it's rain/snow , USPS is outside delivering your mail, when your house is burning down or your child is abduct, or your elders mother fails and need help, your usps stupid mailman calls the police to safe it. USPS saved so many lives and made so many people happy, besides delivering a stupid paper that it end up in trash anyway. USPS is an extended eye of police and firefighters. I used to hate them, I tracked my ex mailman, he was the worst, my parcels were delivered in purpose to neighbors, I used to call them weekly to report a mistake, until two years ago when I needed a job, and they hired me
This is by far the hardest job, besides taxi/limo driver that I've ever done. I am far away from declaring that I love my job.
Don't ever underestimate the potential of the stupid mailman. One day he can save your day or your life. Count on it.
:))) Don't make me laugh, they are garbage even here in the USA. They are always late and always lose the packages. I feel sorry for the sellers, as they are the ones that are at the receiving end of these inept individuals.
@manzanaresantonio lies, my packages werent lost..so u lying, saying they always lose packages 🙄
I recently mailed some presents off to friends and one of them got mistakenly mailed to to England and back it made it to its proper destination 2 weeks late but the other packages I mailed at the same time all got there and there were also mailed to the same address
In North Dakota they use gps and it often sends them to the wrong location. The mail carrier doesn’t even look at the building to see if it is the same address as on the box.
Then I buy a $900 laptop it just disappears off into the ether. Go figure.
I’m waiting for my USPS delivery from US to Brazil, that has no updates for more than 40 days.
Usps is horrible and scamming usa hope u got yours should still work
Mais alguma atualização até agora?
@@lambredas6981 nunca chegou.
My 10lb/$150 USPS Priority Intl. shipment to Norway took more than 14 days just to get from Tucson, Az. to Los Angeles, Ca. Total transit was 35 days which is outrageous when you consider this used to take 9-10 days not long ago. USPS is taking a big dump and it stinks.
One of the Tampa postal workers is stealing mail. I had a loaded Vanilla Gift Card someone sent me from Tampa and when it finally arrived, the envelope and the card had been opened and used at one of the grocery stores in Tampa and glued back in the package and envelope. And when it finally arrived after 7 days and many phone calls later the balance was $0 on the card. I called and had them find out where the card was used at. Seems the mail man or mail lady is scamming people out of money like that. I sure hope they catch whoever it is!
Betcha it happened in your box and it's someone you know.
@@1mikewalsh I dropped mine directly in the post office mailbox and same thing happened.
@1mikewalsh No actually it was mailed directly from the post office mailbox.
@Dimples Exactly right! Mine was mailed directly from the post office. I called the Vanilla card company and gave them the number off the card and the tracked down where it was spent and the date. Then it was put back in the Vanilla card envelope and glued with super glue which wouldn’t come off the card. They have a thief working there and I hope they catch them.
Not surprised.
I only use USPS for packages when I absolutely have to. As a traveler that works in more rural areas USPS never seems to be able to deliver when every other delivery company can. I’m a huge fan of cutting them out of the game. Can’t do your job time to go.
Avoid usps at all cost unless it’s the only shipping option
Yeah, well, maybe you can track down my package that was coming from China, arrived in Jacksonville and instead of being shipped to Tampa, was shipped to Dunnellon and then just vanished into thin air. That seems to happen a lot more with USPS than any other carrier.
USPS packages from china take 30-40 days
You can also file a claim
@@andrewt013 That's not necessarily true but even if it were and I were poor, does that mean it's ok for the post office to lose/steal my package?
@@vjaguirre6044 It took over 2 months and I filed 2 claims and they have NO IDEA where it is or what happened to it. Any other bright ideas?
@@justaninja1 Well did u get it?
When attempting to crap on the postal service goes wrong lol. Integrity prevails over this investigation.
Hahahah that’s why I love the USPS
usps is shit
They got lucky. I was not.
@@TheInvisibleOrange26gay loser
2 years ago 😂and hasn't gotten any better
We had over $250 in gift cards sent to family and friends stolen out of the mail dropped off at our local post office. They also destroyed the Christmas and birthday cards that were used to send the gift cards. Our family thought we were crazy asking if they got the cards. After 30 days we had to go buy more gift cards and mail them to family members. Thanks USPS
You can't trust the Post Office sometimes. There are thieves that work at the P.O.
As someone who works as mail Carrier I always advice people on my route to never ever send gift cards or cash through the postal service unless it's necessary. Sad but there are so many thieves in within the postal service. Use UPS if your sending anything very valuable. Or pay priority mail so that you have insurance atleast.
Wow...that's worthless
@killacommieformommy Well I guess you have never worked for the P.O.
@killacommieformommy DUDE! Yes they will, they do it all the time at the post office. I don't understand people. How do you tell another person about the employer they work for, when you never worked for them yourself? You don't know a damn thing about what goes on inside the warehouse. Y'all be killing me with this shit, DUDE!
There is no such thing as "Lost Mail," only STOLEN Mail.
Um, yes, there can be such a thing as lost mail..I kno, becuz I work at the plant, and at times i find mail forgotten in bag sacks or dispatch equipment, etc..
@@sillau9 You just haven't been caught
Sometimes mail gets mixed up and sent to the wrong place or put in the wrong location. I knew a guy whose green card got put in his neighbor's mailbox by accident. The neighbor tossed it, not realizing what it was. Somehow this came to light when he was talking to the neighbor one day. Otherwise, it was basically "lost." I got a package to my address that wasn't for me (had my address but a different name--not an old tenant either)--no idea at the time how to find the intended recipient. For them, it was surely "lost." I heard a story of some mail that fell behind a counter or something for a very long time and were actually delivered when eventually found, but up until then they would be "lost." While some is surely stolen, sometimes right out of mailboxes like a family member of mine, there are plenty of opportunities for mail to get lost temporarily or permanently. Curb your sweeping conspiracy theories, please
@HereticWarlord is you slow in the head..what you mean haven't been caught..cuz I kno you forsure ain't talkin about me, cuz I ain't no dam thief, just like how not all all Postal employees ain't thiefs dummy🤦🏻♀️🙄
I found 3 news stories where stolen mail was recovered from workers at the USPS, who stole the mail, in the past few days alone...Stolen mail is far far more the case, than lost mail.
Being stationed in Japan and USPS being the only service available to ship to military bases. It’s sucks. The avg time it takes to get anything shipped is a month to 2. Idk why that this but when ever I order from Amazon I can always get my packages 2-3weeks
Be grateful that u even have an option to mail to a military base..since usps is prolly the only one who does it🤨
What about packages that were declared as delivered but were not and show days or weeks later?
My packages get processed in NH then even though tracking will say delivery the next day the package will get sent to Maine or Pennsylvania or God knows where instead of Vermont. It will stay say they are on time even though they are in a different state and clearly were put on the wrong truck. From there tracking will just say the packing is late but on it's way no matter how many days it actually takes to make it here. They usually do arrive eventually. I never ship USPS unless there's no other option. Priority mail used to be great but not for years now.
lol I have never gotten a package through usps early it is very rare for me personally to get one on time and i couldn’t help but laugh about the 5 day ship time and especially the 3 day priority that’s hilarious. I’ve had packages enter my state and then jump 4 states away and then take the longest possible route going through even more states just to arrive back in my own state. The last straw for me and usps was a package coming to me from Kentucky, I lived in Mississippi the package hit north ms then nothing for days and days and all of a sudden it’s in South Carolina from there it went to Georgia to Florida and eventually back to ms. It was 2 and a half weeks past when it should have arrived
After watching a few vids on USPS and reading various comments, I'm getting pretty convinced that it's entirely dependent on the individual facilities that will handle the package. It seems like some operate like total trash while others are incredible--almost like they're franchises or something
I currently have 2 packages pending, both of which are supposed to be delivered today. One (worth over $200) is “out for delivery” in Shrewsbury, a town 50 miles from me. I DO NOT LIVE IN SHREWSBURY! The other package (valued at >$500) was due to be delivered today, and was in fact delivered to my local PO this morning, but then it was immediately sent back to Shrewsbury! F’nA! I have had several packages mis-handled in the last few weeks. So far I have always gotten my packages eventually, but the USPS MAKES A LOT OF MISTAKES! Why so? Don’t we deserve better?
You got them already?
@@lambredas6981 Nope. I’ve got ‘em, but not “already.”
Need to test it more rural areas as it gets delayed or lost all the time
thats just 4 packages out of the millions. statistically most of my stuff makes it more or less ok, that doesn’t mean i never have issues cause i do. they needed to do more packages over time to different areas. i suggest louisiana and new jersey.
My application was already submitted for the Employer SEPTA.
If a package has to go through the FedEx processing center in Troutdale, Oregon, you can add two weeks to the expected delivery date.
What kinda battery did those trackers have?
i sent a package to korea from cali standard mail it took 3 months , when usps said it would only take 6-10 days ...
What GPS tracking did you use? I want to offer this as a service for customers!
I entrust our USPS. Congress needs to invest to upgrade the postal service!
I think the usps do a pretty good job .
My application was already submitted for MTA of NEW YORK CITY the Employer.
Ive shipped 3 packages threw usps . They were lost or stolen after they hit Rodchester ny hub .a 4th one was shipped usps by mistake and guess what Rodchester hub and all ive gotten since is " in transit arriving late . No more updates . PAY EXTRA FOR PRIVATE COMPANY SHIPPING . Usps has way to many sticky fingers and not enough consequences for for lost or stolen packages .
You got lucky. Trust me.
you right
Payed for priority mail and today will be going on 6 days lmao crazy
But my priority shipping package can't get to the state beside me in 5 days but cross country only takes a day and a half I guess
My package GPS from my sweetheart at Texas USA was not yet receive since January 22 up now I want to know if when I can receive it please.
Thanks just to check if my package arrived safely here in Papua New Guinea
I had a package that was deemed no such address. That night I filed a claim, and the post office contacted me the very next day to let me know they had my package.
Can you just call the post office or do you actually have to file a claim?
I ordered a simple Phono catridge headshell, it supposed to arrive 15 days ago and I just received it today. What's funny is that I ordered another one from China 2 days later and that one arrived earlier that the one shipped from Philadelphia! :))
I ordered a Phono Cartride, it suppose to arrive yesterday, but instead it was sent to a different location and now I don't even know when it will arrive.
Who ever is managing USPS gotta go, He doesn't know what He's doing and the staff should get trained or educated by UPS or Fed EX that are always on time.
Bruh its been 4f*cking monts I’ve been waiting for my package it was in my town then bam went around the world 4f*cking times still going
A few years ago I had to send legal documents to my lawyer concerning probate court after my brother"s passing.
Paid for 2 day delivery. The package sat at my local office for two weeks before it was shipped. Made a mess of probate.
Screw the USPS. Run by total idiots that couldn't hold a legitimate job. Fire them all and start over!
I’ll probably never buy anything online anymore unless I absolutely have to. USPS has delayed delivery to most of my packages, some packages were THROWN AWAY without any explanation as to why, and many were sent to wrong addresses. You can’t call them because you can’t reach a human being. And postal workers won’t give you a straight answer as to where your package is. It’s very inconsistent and it causes me so much anxiety and frustration whenever I order something. It’s just best to go to a brick-and-mortar store to buy it and take it home yourself, considering that the item you’re looking for is available where you live.
Reading all these comments makes me just love automation
This ad paid for by USPS
Try that in Philadelphia Pennsylvania you’ll never get it 💀
They could detect the GPS and that's why they arrived in time ,I have been waiting on mail for over a year but what can I say they act like it arrived 🤔
First class mail used to be 1-3 days.
Mine always end up lost and late, typically if it travels from the northeast it's 4 days late. From the Northwest, it's two days late and never, do they arrive on the weekends, no matter the shipping. We need to do away with the USPS, government waste.
does anyone know what gps trackers they used
USPS complaints get closed without them helping you. They don’t listen to customers. And they send packages to your return address before shipping it out of town - takes 5 days to just to get the item out of town!
I have ordered about 8 packages in the last 3 weeks and all of them have been late by about 5 days with these people.
Try that with a letter, or to a location without a mailbox..gone forever!
It goes missing and they stop tracking then it shows up with obvious signs of tampering.
Not bad.
I always have problems with the usps currently I send 2 copy’s of the same important curt papers for my that cost me $60 an they lost both of them one I paid $31 to mail over night an it just ended up at the post office an the other I paid $8 an it never left the post office I dropped off to
An on top of everything I got a scam text telling me my address was incorrect an to put in my credit or debit for .30 cents
re-deliver fee an I almost fall for it I even ask a post office employee about the message an my mail an they couldn’t help me or say anything if it’s legit or not this is insane like wtf is going on ! ?
try to send to Houston south
Cant even Mail a package that's 40mins away? Ya id say you got lucky. One of my packages route was south houston to north houston to dallas and back to houston and has been stuck for 9days and is suppose to be delivered south of houston. oh And I have 2 other packages that are stuck in transit for 5+ days.
My package is delayed/lost and no one at usps knows what happened. Its still in transit after 3 weeks when it should have arrived in 5 days.
did you get it?
Did you get it ?
What happened?
no....they lost it. it was a valuable package and I do think it was stolen.@@b2b545
they never found my package. it was a wedding dress, very valuable. I believe it was stolen. funny thing too, the entire staff at that post office is no longer there, new people now. maybe they were caught stealing because there were so many complaints of missing packages.
@@GDE_INC.
Why your mail got lost? Is when sender put wrong address esp. zip codes not enough stamps or postage!
Coming from a
USPS Veteran Employee of 25 years in service
And if you tried to read this comment maybe you’ll have a better understanding of the educational level of the people handling your mail
it seems like the small packages are lost more than large ones
I disagree
I agree. I mail over 200 packages a month. Only small packages or padded envelopes go missing. Mine had silver coins in it. It’s still missing of course because USPS are thieves even if they aren’t stealing your mail, they just rob your wallet and maybe your packages, either way this entity backed by the Federal Government is making about 6-7 BILLION dollars a year. Think about that. It’s corrupt. Shocking right?
I can't remember the last time a USPS package actually arrived on the expected delivery date. Whenever I check the tracking now I just 1 to 2 days to it.
@FollowingYah hihihi I wish your taxpayer money can pay my bills. Meanwhile, Sir, when it's rain/snow , USPS is outside delivering your mail, when your house is burning down or your child is abduct, or your elders mother fails and need help, your usps stupid mailman calls the police to safe it. USPS saved so many lives and made so many people happy, besides delivering a stupid paper that it end up in trash anyway. USPS is an extended eye of police and firefighters. I used to hate them, I tracked my ex mailman, he was the worst, my parcels were delivered in purpose to neighbors, I used to call them weekly to report a mistake, until two years ago when I needed a job, and they hired me
This is by far the hardest job, besides taxi/limo driver that I've ever done. I am far away from declaring that I love my job.
Don't ever underestimate the potential of the stupid mailman. One day he can save your day or your life. Count on it.
@@mihaelazisu590 I have no problem with postal workers, just the USPS tracking system. 😀
I still have a "priority" package shipped that hasn't reached destination 1 month later.
You got it yet ?
As long as it don’t got to NJ distribution center you’ll be ok.
No behavioral cursing 106.9
If it took 2 days for cross country, then how is it taking 4 to go from NJ to TN? Tf
My priority package is currently 8 days late…
Pi oh boy
Shouldn’t be mailing electronics with live batteries. Did you all answer the question about that while mailing? Remember that next time you fly commercial that mail rides below where you sit. Hopefully people remember that when they skip past the very important hazardous to fly question.
They also shouldnt be spying on post office, this seems very illegal 2 me , some one needs a big FINE !!
It's called the cfr 49 and publications 52 on the bottom page of the post office website.
Compared to 10 years ago, a day faster.
Thats why its been over a month and i still havent gotten my package so this is bull crap. They dont come when they say they do
It still cheaper than ups and fedex
She does realize those priority packages have tracking corrrect? Why the gps?
Im guessing in case they go missing from the USPS tracking system.
'Tracking' is done (scanned) at Hubs. The GPS does all along the trip
I work in shipping and USPS is the worst. They charge the most for international duty/fees. A good portion of the time they lose packages. They are the slowest.
It's been 2years and I am still waiting for at least 1000$ worth of stuff ì ordered and I have disabilities
Its called "tracking", lol. Usps gives you a number for that.
*it takes 1 month to get your package and the tracking, dont even bother tracking. they dont update Thats why i dont ship and mail anything with USPS. i go UPS.* 🤣
It’s worse now.
They are incompetent. I refuse to do business with any company that uses the post office.
People don’t realize how affordable usps is when compared to fedex
There no hope I promise
My dad works at usps
The USPS has been a catastrophe of utmost proportions. Every year I hear horror stories of people who have lost their mail or had it arrived damaged because the USPS is so inefficient
You get what you pay for its a lot cheaper to send things through the mail. That and the union will protect everyone even if they steal things it impossible to fire them
When you don't have a story, just repeat what you hear. It feeds the need to feel important.
Must be why Going Postal was created -- Someone waiting for their package and it never shows up, but why don't the Going Postal Person take it out on the Postal Service, not the WIfe or Kids or an innocent person?? LOL
@@kchedville Going Postal the store?
They’re hiring
Their employees are like a teachers union ..... SUCK BADLY at their job ..... retain their job , and still get paid !
a lot of mistakes by the customer are not shown here
Mistakes? Tracking is no mistake. They mishandle and steal. That’s the mistake bud. You’re comment must be coming from an experience thief that worked at USPS. You sound like a loser who blames others. USPS is not an educator yet they act like you should know what the F is going on. Yet they control it all. Yeah so a label mistake or hand written errors maybe. But with tracking. No. Just be quiet and let us talk about you and your cronies.
Halfway through the video, I realize that it is pointless because post offices and its workers are different all over.
usps couldnt deliver a stick of gum across the street without loosing it!!😡😡😡 im all for disbanding usps!! another wast of tax payer money!!!
This so rigged. Those boxes had no damage…
Should have dropped them in Tallahassee. Would still be out for delivery.
You lucky usps stole my package and lied to me and said I had hazard in side I ask for fire department report and police report. No answer.
OnTrac>>> 😂😂😂
Just send something through memphis usps and you will never get it the same month