Unites States Postal Service (USPS) Nitemare

[JoshT]

I have a missing package. I inadvertently ordered something from China. Expected long shipping time when I figured out it was coming rrom there. But, 5 weeks in, i check tracking info for the 3rd time and see that it was delivered a week ago. This ought to be fun.

Hate to suggest it, but you may have been scammed. One of the scams going on with overseas purchases is that the tracking number that they provide is legit, but it belongs to a completely different order. Due to the delays, by the time that you find out, the seller is gone or you have no recourse to get your money back aside from filing through your bank or CC company.

 

[Blmpkn]

I have a missing package. I inadvertently ordered something from China. Expected long shipping time when I figured out it was coming rrom there. But, 5 weeks in, i check tracking info for the 3rd time and see that it was delivered a week ago. This ought to be fun.

I've ordered a few things from various other continents before. Sometimes 'delivered' means it's simply arrived at US customs.. where it'll sit too long.. and then be sent off for its actual delivery. Dealt with that a few months ago with some crap I ordered from the UK.

 

[Blmpkn]

Whelp.. add me to the list of missing packages lol.

SpedEx.

.. that's not my house. Nor does it appear to be a package that has a gallon jug of Corroseal so... WTF lol.


It's ALWAYS SpedEx that causes the shipping headaches for me.. always.


** Edit... There isn't even a house that color on my GD road....

Edit 2... Try and report it missing and it doesn't recognize the address I really hate FedEx

 

[Rick W]

Whelp.. add me to the list of missing packages lol.

SpedEx.

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.. that's not my house. Nor does it appear to be a package that has a gallon jug of Corroseal so... WTF lol.


It's ALWAYS SpedEx that causes the shipping headaches for me.. always.


** Edit... There isn't even a house that color on my GD road....

Edit 2... Try and report it missing and it doesn't recognize the address I really hate FedEx

when it absolutely positively has to be somewhere overnight…

 

[Blmpkn]

when it absolutely positively has to be somewhere overnight…

I got half a mind to start my own stupid courier service. Im dumb and all but.. even I'm baffled at how dumb some of these delivery people are lol. I'd probably do pretty good

 

[Blmpkn]

Yeap, someone's tried to scam me.

It's crafty and incredibly ironic how it works too.. it literally relies on a policy put in place to keep people from getting ripped off lol.

-List something for sale on eBay/Amazon, wait for purchase.

-Do NOT use the optional, discounted, print out shipping label provided by selling platform.. get your own.

-Intentionally write WRONG address within CORRECT zip, slap it on a box full of used Kleenex, ship it off and then enter tracking information into eBay/Amazon. (Providing the buyer a tracking number grants you instant payment once the carrier updates the package as delivered)

- Here's the irony.. carriers keep the EXACT address relating to a tracking number secret, only providing the zip. This is to protect the package and the person it's getting shipped to.. how? Well.. if someone were able to just type random numbers into a carriers tracking checker thing.. and eventually came across a package full of gold bullion and ancient Chinese secrets.. could see that it's exact delivery address.. that opens up a lot of potential for scumbags.

So..... as long as the package is marked delivered in the correct zip code, douchebag gets paid and disappears.

Getting scammed thanks to a policy to keep from getting scammed lol.

I mean... I'm gonna get my money back but.. someone's losing.

Pro tip... At least ship something of the correct weight. A gallon of rust converter weighs a whole lot more than 1.6 lbs.

 

[Rick W]

I got half a mind to start my own stupid courier service. Im dumb and all but.. even I'm baffled at how dumb some of these delivery people are lol. I'd probably do pretty good

It is a fundamental and successful business principle to craft a copy of a successful business, and avoid trademark infringement and such. McDonald’s versus Burger King, etc..

Having said that, please don’t start another stupid parcel service. We have plenty of stupid parcel services. Stick your neck out, and start a parcel service that might actually work.

 

[Rick W]

Yeap, someone's tried to scam me.

It's crafty and incredibly ironic how it works too.. it literally relies on a policy put in place to keep people from getting ripped off lol.

-List something for sale on eBay/Amazon, wait for purchase.

-Do NOT use the optional, discounted, print out shipping label provided by selling platform.. get your own.

-Intentionally write WRONG address within CORRECT zip, slap it on a box full of used Kleenex, ship it off and then enter tracking information into eBay/Amazon. (Providing the buyer a tracking number grants you instant payment once the carrier updates the package as delivered)

- Here's the irony.. carriers keep the EXACT address relating to a tracking number secret, only providing the zip. This is to protect the package and the person it's getting shipped to.. how? Well.. if someone were able to just type random numbers into a carriers tracking checker thing.. and eventually came across a package full of gold bullion and ancient Chinese secrets.. could see that it's exact delivery address.. that opens up a lot of potential for scumbags.

So..... as long as the package is marked delivered in the correct zip code, douchebag gets paid and disappears.

Getting scammed thanks to a policy to keep from getting scammed lol.

I mean... I'm gonna get my money back but.. someone's losing.

Pro tip... At least ship something of the correct weight. A gallon of rust converter weighs a whole lot more than 1.6 lbs.

How is it you know so much about this? And didn’t you just buy a new truck for your kids? A new house for your nephew?

 

[Blmpkn]

How is it you know so much about this? And didn’t you just buy a new truck for your kids? A new house for your nephew?

You do realize that entire pallet of Rust-Oleum I had sent to you was meant to be hush money right? Yeesh.

 

[Rick W]

You do realize that entire pallet of Rust-Oleum I had sent to you was meant to be hush money right? Yeesh.

yeah, I remember you said you’d do that. How did you ship it, USPS? FedEx? UPS? I haven’t seen a drop of it.

 

[Curious Hound]

yeah, I remember you said you’d do that. How did you ship it, USPS? FedEx? UPS? I haven’t seen a drop of it.

It got in an accident on I-85, here in Greenville, SC. Splattered all over the interstate.

 

[Rick W]

It got in an accident on I-85, here in Greenville, SC. Splattered all over the interstate.

Well, the good news is is they won’t have to re-pave that part of the interstate for twice as long.