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chipper01work · ‎01-16-2018

I sold 5 things late Saturday and Sunday. Two of those items I dropped in a blue roadside box on Sunday morning. One other I dropped in a blue roadside box 20 miles from my home on Monday morning. The fourth was a large package and I dropped it off at a USPS satellite drop off place that is inside a business that was open MLK day Monday on my way home from work. I have never used this place before and was intrigued that the lady scanned it in and then told me "it won't go anywhere until Tuesday since today is a holiday". I told her that was fine by me I just wanted to get it dropped off (too large for my holding area for pickup scheduling and PO is closed Tuesday when I get off work. The fifth package I scheduled a pickup for today at my home.

I got up this morning at 4am for work and I was wondering if and what the scan she did would be listed as so I decided to see if it read anything on the eBay tracking. To my shock it was showing the item as being at the processing center my mail goes to that is 120 miles away! This prompted me to check the packages I dropped in the blue boxes on Sunday and Monday and they all show the same thing "arrived at regional origin facility- Warrendale, PA, with different time stamps on them. For this to be actually possible the PO had to pick those 4 items, located in 3 different places, over 20 miles apart on a Federal Holiday.

Anybody have any ideas?

callahanmagic · ‎01-17-2018

@partial*eclipse , @chipper01work

We live in a small parish, which is about 45 mins south west of New Orleans. Nearest PO is about 10 mins drive away. The other 2 POs are about 20 mins and 30 mins drive respectively. The one closest to home is really the heart of our little parish. Friendly, helpful, + darn hardworking folks. I still get free PM tapes from them without asking. And I do not abuse or take that 'gift' for granted. Packages shipped are largely 1097 PM boxes + am a familiar face at the counter.

Ok, back to Godless on Netflix!

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Lucas

*still rollin' with the punches*

Sophie - Forever Sidekick: April 07 to Sept 05, 2017

mr_lincoln · ‎01-17-2018

@chipper01work, @callahanmagic

@chipper01work wrote:
@callahanmagic wrote:
@chipper01work, @partial*eclipse, @mr_lincoln + ya'll ...

I've confirmations that all the 4 packages that was dropped off into blue box outside my closed PO (due to extensive power outage) earlier today, are in the system. USPS tracking showed all 4, were in USPS possession as of 5:55 PM (CT).

My thanks to the USPS continuous services despite bad weather conditions.
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Lucas
*still rollin' with the punches*
Sophie - Forever Sidekick: April 07 to Sept 05, 2017
That's fantastic news! Glad it worked out for you. It works out for me all the time. As I mentioned earlier, I shipped over 200 packages last year. If I had to guess I'd say less than 10 of those were dropped off at the PO. The only way I do that is if it is Saturday morning and I am close to a PO. The rest are blue box drops, scheduled pickups, post it note on mailbox (for items too big for blue box that were paid for after I went to bed, (i prepack)) and satellite drop off areas. I had one item that was not scanned in time out of 200+ and it did not scan until delivery and was late but was shipped on time. It was a first class package dropped in a blue box 20 miles from home. If not for the reliability of my local PO's I could not operate. Your mileage may vary.