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pyritetown · ‎03-18-2019

Hi,

So I recently shipped 2 packages 4 days ago, one was USPS Priority Mail and the other Parcel Select. I dropped them off at a drop off box inside a USPS building. 2 days ago, when I checked both of tracking numbers, only the Priority Mail package updated and still, the Parcel Select says USPS is still awaiting the package. The destination is to a bordering State, is it normal for Parcel Select to take this long to get its initial scan? Or do they not scan Parcel Select over the weekend?

escuintla · ‎03-18-2019

Do not, I repat, do not "just drop them". Make the clerks scan them right there.

I was checking my late deliveries and one of them was a moment I remember pretty well. I went so early to the post office and they were closed, except a lady who had a bin with bunches of mail, probably picked up from the outside boxes. I could have waited another 10 minutes and have them scanned. The priority mail was delivered on time, parcel post or media stayed there 3 days without moving. It arrived 10 days later.

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gamersbaystore · ‎03-18-2019

I often use a drop box at my local post office as well. But the risks of USPS employees stealing your packages is very real. The only way to know for sure is if you actually saw them scan the items. In my case, I don't have all day to stand in line for hours on end at the post office myself, I need to get stuff shipped, but things do go wrong.

I once dropped off 6 packages and they all magically disappeared. USPS later admitted it was an employee that stole them. But it was a transport driver, so even if the items had been scanned, they would've been stolen anyway.

This is my biggest concern with shipping, the risks of USPS employees jacking stuff and then getting left on the hook to refund all the buyers.

This is why mail fraud is a federal crime, its to deter people from stealing.

fern*wood · ‎03-18-2019

I don't stand in line for scans, but I also don't use parcel select very often. It's the ugly duckling of methods, so unless my item goes a very long distance and is quite large, I'm going to find a way to use Priority mail.

You have sold some high dollar items recently, so I hope they all get scanned and delivered without problems. I'm guessing they were too large for Priority mail? Most often my parcel select items get few scans and can take forever to arrive.

escuintla · ‎03-18-2019

I trust anything going out via Priority Mail or First Class when I drop them at the post office. The rest is taken to the truck very slow, specially Media Mail.

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mysalonsavings · ‎03-18-2019

The one thing I insist on is every package is scanned when my husband or I submit it to the post office. We watch every package be scanned and receive a receipt for each and every item from the post office.

aj_alan15 · ‎05-10-2020

Hey,

I think due to COVID-19 they aren't updating the tracking as often since they might be swamped with fewer employees. I'm waiting for a package that was sent almost two weeks ago and the last update was May 4th saying that it was in transit. I checked their website for Parcel Select and they said wait 14 days prior to calling. This is probably normal protocol but I'm trying to not overreact by thinking it got lost in the mail. Good to hear that I'm not the only one with this issue!

nobody*s_perfect · ‎05-10-2020

@aj_alan15 wrote: ...I think due to COVID-19 they aren't updating the tracking as often .... Good to hear that I'm not the only one with this issue!

This thread is from March 2019, before anybody had heard of covid.

slippinjimmy · ‎05-10-2020

@pyritetown wrote:
Hi,

So I recently shipped 2 packages 4 days ago, one was USPS Priority Mail and the other Parcel Select. I dropped them off at a drop off box inside a USPS building. 2 days ago, when I checked both of tracking numbers, only the Priority Mail package updated and still, the Parcel Select says USPS is still awaiting the package. The destination is to a bordering State, is it normal for Parcel Select to take this long to get its initial scan? Or do they not scan Parcel Select over the weekend?

Parcel Select is just like Media Mail, it "normally" takes 48 hours for the first scan whereas my First Class or priority get a scan within a few hours at most and usually within 3.

These are not normal times, my First Class scans are delayed 3 - 6 hours and my Media Mail 2 - 3 extra days. I imagine Parcel Select would be similar to Media Mail as it's a ground, when space available service.

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6jas90 · ‎07-17-2020

Hello everyone, I'm new to this discussion board, I'm glad I found it. I wanted to ask your thoughts about a particular situation. I ordered an item July 4th, before I placed my order the package was listed as coming from California. The item shipped later on the 9th and shipped instead from RoseDale, NY. That was the first thing that worried me. The tracking shows that the package has not budged from this spot and it is now the 17th. It is scheduled for delivery the 13th-22nd. I'm trying to wait out the time but I never encountered anything like this before. The shipping method is USPS parcel select ground, I do not know if this is the norm for this shipping method. I do honestly feel as if I could have been ripped off. I am trying not jump to that conclusion, to give it a chance. From what I just mentioned, I would like to know your thoughts pertaining to this.

moondogblues · ‎07-17-2020

Shipping right now is all over the board. I have had items go from CA to way back east and then somehow made it to me in OR. I've seen items sit in a city for DAYS and then finally get going. The USPS has a lot of people sick from the virus and they are trying to do their best. The new head doesn't help morale, he wants to cut overtime at a time when a lot of locked down people are depending on the mail for FOOD.

My point is, be patient. This is a whole new world.

slippinjimmy · ‎07-17-2020

Parcel Select is like MediaMail, it is the lowest priority mail USPS handles. Given the current situation it can be a long slow journey.

As far a being listed as from CA but being shipped from NY, some sellers have multiple warehouses, eBay doesn't have a way to accommodate this.

Are you located closer to CA or Rosedale NY?

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dhbookds · ‎07-17-2020

In addition to the above.....which I agree with........tracking for parcel post doesn't always update like priority does....sometimes the lst update after the acceptance scan is the delivery scan........none in between... give it until the estimated delivery date.......you really can't do anything until that date is passed anyway.....

nobody*s_perfect · ‎07-17-2020

Slower delivery is the norm for Parcel Select Ground. The package has apparently gotten a scan from USPS, so it's in their hands now and there's nothing you can do until the package is actually late, i.e., July 23. Absence of scans doesn't mean that the package isn't moving.