USPS sending packages to wrong facility

[jamedlock83]

Why does USPS continue to send packages to the wrong facility, delaying delivery?  My local distribution center is 45 minutes NORTH of me (I live in Arkansas).  Yet, last week, my package got sent to Siloam Springs (which is 40 minutes NW of Fayetteville (Distribution Center). I just received an update saying "In transit to next facility". . . . I hope to God that the next facility is Fort Smith, AR or my local Post Office. . .Because if it ends up at another facility, then I am going to be highly **bleep**.  I should have received my package on the 5th.

[mr_lincoln]

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@jamedlock83 wrote:

It's not a new facility. . It's in Fayetteville, Arkansas. . . They closed down the Distribution Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas and moved that part to Fayetteville. . I'm not sure what the DC in Fort Smith is for now. I do know it is being used by USPS for something, but not a "sorting" facility anymore. . .When they shut that down in 2013 and routed everything to Fayetteville, things started getting slower.  Post Office sorting facility in Fort Smith to close

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@jamedlock83 

Thanks for the link to the article ... so much for that grandiose plan right?!?  You are obviously more aware of that they are doing (or in this case NOT doing) for you in your area.   

[jamedlock83]

That was 11 years ago, of course, but to this day people are still peed off (that's a nice way of putting it so I don't get banned) about it. . . . When Fort Smith distribution center was processing and sorting, First Class Mail would take 1 business day to get from my town to town that are 3 or 4 hours away. . Now it takes 3-4 business days

[slyders_finds]

Sure it does. Think of it another way. If you are driving on a road that has a traffic jam, would you rather sit in it for 14 hours or take another road that may be a longer drive, but in the long run will get to the destination quicker because the roads are clear? 

[herway]

I currently have 2 USPS packages in transit with delivery issues.
1 is bouncing around the same city, OKC for several days.

1 has been stuck in, out for delivery, in Oregon for 5 days.

I also have 1 shipped with FedEx that showed out for delivery then later changed to delayed status with no movement for several days. I suspect FedEx tried to pass that package off to the USPS to deliver.

Reddit is full of complaints about USPS delivery delays.

All 3 of my packages are past eBay delivery date estimates.

Wondering if eBay is going to acknowledge this issue and protect sellers from item not delivered service metrics penalties?

[dolcetreasures]

Don’t worry, soon you’ll get a reply from

the resident know-it-all suggesting he has sent out thousands of packages and never had any problems with usps. It’s the rest of us plebes that are getting destroyed by the usps’ inadequacies. 

[robbie31415]

So use a different carrier ?

Ebay never told you to use the USPS.

If it doesn't work for you then you should hire a different service.

[monster-deals]

There is no "wrong" facility.

Packages get re-routed all the time...like during hurricanes and holidays.

[dolcetreasures]

It’s simply not feasible, the rates and add-on costs are insurmountable, try shipping to freight forward facilities using FedEx. You’ll get financially murdered. There’s no winning here.

[robbie31415]

I don't believe that to be true.

Now I don't use Fedex, I ship many many packages to FF's via UPS, and the fees are not massive at all.

Actually, now with the latest changes to USPS prices that started on July 1st, UPS Ground beats USPS cubic on many of my packages, so I'm now shipping even more to FF's via UPS.

Fedex's rates have always been much higher unless you got a good deal on a commercial account from what I've seen.