arnold Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I mailed a check for my daughter's dance tuition on January 7, it was due on the 11th. On the 30th I get a past due notice with a $10 late fee assessed??? So I call the studio explain I already mailed it. They said they'd looka round and see if it was misplaced, and by the way waive the late fee. So I send another check which was promptly received and cashed. TODAY the studio calls and says the original check was just delivered and what should they do with it. I love in the same city, maybe even the same zip code as the studio????? Recently I've been hearing stories similar to mine, just wondering what the check is.going on with their service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I don't know, but I recently sent my MIL a check, like I do every month, and they USPS returned it as "undeliverable." I used the same address I always do and put the same amount of postage on it. :confused1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I have had days where my mail was not delivered to my street side box. Not a weekend, not a holiday, just a normal, regular day with no mail delivered. This has happened several times. And no, I don't think we just didn't get mail that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I don't know, but I recently sent my MIL a check, like I do every month, and they USPS returned it as "undeliverable." I used the same address I always do and put the same amount of postage on it. :confused1: Was it because postage just went up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I suspect your envelope was left in a mail bag or somewhere in a machine or truck, and it was forgotten. It is very easy for them to misplace something so tiny. When I lived in Texas, a statement for my cell phone service did not arrive. Then, I got a statement, for 2 months. Went down to the cell company office, immediately, and paid them for 2 months service. The next day (?), the first statement arrived. 27 days to go 66 miles... My experience is that the USPS does a great job with the textbooks we order, that are shipped to Miami, FL. Even the ones they get from DHL GlobalMail... :-) They do a "first class" job for us, with those Media Mail packages. :-) Glad they waved the $10 fee for you. That helps. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodhaven Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I don't know what happened in your situation, but just last month USPS returned the payment I had sent several days previously to my phone company. It had a yellow sticker on it saying it was undeliverable, no such address. Ahhhh! It was one of those envelopes with the window and the telephone company's address showing through that comes with the bills!! It WAS absolutely the RIGHT address! It WAS a GOOD address! Since there was a long line at the post office, I removed the yellow sticker and put it back in the mail. It was late, but got there the 2nd time. We, however, had to pay a late fee. GRRRRRR! I know they are cutting back on personnel, but this is annoying! Sorry you were the victim of error at the USPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I don't know, but I recently sent my MIL a check, like I do every month, and they USPS returned it as "undeliverable." I used the same address I always do and put the same amount of postage on it. :confused1: An aunt bought my kids Christmas presents from a museum -- same place she bought last year's presents. (Last year we had the same address). TWICE it was returned to the museum as undeliverable. The third time, thankfully, is the charm (they arrived yesterday) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssavings Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I got a call from the water company stating that our bill had been returned as "address not found". :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Well...if you don't exist then you don't need to pay for water right!? But then she might find herself with non-existent water. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeLovePassion Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Ugh, I bought something from a gal on a scrapbook forum, she priority mailed it on the 1st. So far nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 It had a yellow sticker on it saying it was undeliverable, no such address. That's what happened to me, and I know for a fact that the address exists, because I have visited my MIL dozens of times. I used the Forever postage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I got a Christmas card (postmarked Dec 18) in the mail today. It was from someone 20 miles away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I don't know, but I recently sent my MIL a check, like I do every month, and they USPS returned it as "undeliverable." I used the same address I always do and put the same amount of postage on it. :confused1: This happened to us last month when dd's speech therapist tried to mail us some documents. She said they came back as "undeliverable." We have a mailbox bolted to the outside of the house on the street, and we've lived at the same address for five years. :confused1: We've had issues with packages, too. They used to put them inside the door in the stairwell, but lately they've been leaving them laying out on the sidewalk. :cursing: And they seem to just stuff mail into the mailbox and leave it to us and the neighbors to sort out everyone's mail. It's ridiculous. I've actually been planning to call and complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRG Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I don't know--we are lucky if we even get mail delivery 2 or 3 days out of the week. This has been going on for almost a year now. I've put something in the mail around 7 in the morning and not have it picked up til the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Another Jen Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 We've had issues with packages, too. They used to put them inside the door in the stairwell, but lately they've been leaving them laying out on the sidewalk. :cursing: And they seem to just stuff mail into the mailbox and leave it to us and the neighbors to sort out everyone's mail. It's ridiculous. I've actually been planning to call and complain. We've had issues to. Twice this week my mail was sitting on top of the mailbox instead of inside it. We have a mail room with locked mailboxes for each residence. There was nothing in the mailbox so it wasn't like it wouldn't fit. There are 700 other people here- anyone could have walked away with it. Grrr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpyTheFrog Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Hmm, a few months ago we were starting to wonder if the mailman was skipping our house several days per week. We kept having too many days where we didn't get anything, even junk mail. We have a good regular mailman, but I wondered if the subs were slacking off or if the sorting people at the post office were being slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 We've had issues to. Twice this week my mail was sitting on top of the mailbox instead of inside it. We have a mail room with locked mailboxes for each residence. There was nothing in the mailbox so it wasn't like it wouldn't fit. There are 700 other people here- anyone could have walked away with it. Grrr. Maybe your mail went to the wrong mail box so your neighbor just left it outside your mailbox for you. I get my neighbor's mail in my mailbox sometimes and if I don't know the neighbor personally, I'll leave it outside their locked mailbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 One of our Christmas gifts to ds spent a week checking in and out of the same hub 20 miles away (we were watching the tracking). It was finally delivered on 12/26. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisbeth Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I had something that normally takes one day take 6 days to get to me last week. I think the USPS is in trouble. Sad, I admit to always loving the USPS in a nostalgic way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking Squirrels Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I don't know but we've had problems too. I was tracking a package that got transferred from ups to USPS. It was supposed to arrive Saturday. The transfer happened early Saturday about half an hour away from me. I just got it today, Thursday. Very annoying when it was school stuff I needed this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSOchristie Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I ordered from Rainbow Resource and they used DHL/USPS. It took 3 weeks for it to get to me, I watched it go...and stop....and go....and stop. It finally arrived sans one math workbook, which is now going through the same process :glare: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 A book I ordered came from across the country to my city as it should have (verified via tracking), then inexplicably was sent to another city in a different state and was put out for delivery there. Finally, someone realized the error and sent it back. Two days later, it was delivered here. If I hadn't checked on the tracking, I'd have thought it was just slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 What a timely thread. We had been expecting some papers in the mail that supposedly had been sent to us mid-Jan. They never arrived, so I called again near the end of Jan. The person apologized and re-sent them. We got those. I figured they never actually mailed the first ones (got busy or whatever), but hey, that happens. Yesterday the first ones arrived - postmarked Jan 16th... I'm not sure misery loves company in this case. It's a bit worrisome knowing there are so many things like that happening... Most bills I pay online, but there really are some things that still have to actually "get there" via the mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readwithem Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I have found mail (some for me, some for my neighbors) dropped in my front yard on many occasions. My mail carrier is constantly on his phone so I'm sure he's easily distracted. I'm sure it's a boring job but I'm appalled at his lack of attention to it. My dh's renewed driver's license never arrived so we requested another one. When I called the USPS, the rep said they don't ever lose any mail :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnold Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 I don't know but we've had problems too. I was tracking a package that got transferred from ups to USPS. It was supposed to arrive Saturday. The transfer happened early Saturday about half an hour away from me. I just got it today, Thursday. Very annoying when it was school stuff I needed this week. These are the worst. I once ordered a swimsuit for a vacation I had planned. When I ordered I paid for the 5 day shipping, the vacation was 2 weeks away. It was shipped out via Fed/Ex and then transferred to the post office.....where it sat. I went to the post office on two separate occasions to try to get the package but they kept telling me it hadn't been received by them yet, even though the tracking showed otherwise. Needless to say my swim suit did not arrive on time for vacation i called to company to see if they could be of help and while they gave me shipping back, they had no way to track it once it was received by USPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saraswati Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I order some books in late December that were shipped Priority Mail, and noted as recieved by USPS on 2 Jan. I didn't receive them until this week. Right now I'm waiting on a box from Horrible Books. I watched the box sit for over a week before it was sorted in Dallas (Ray ships from San Diego, and I live in El Paso). The box went through the El Paso sorting facility today and has left the area. After reading this thread, I wonder if it's on it's way back to San Diego now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weddell Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I've been having the same problems! We have had one of the snowiest winters on record here in Chicago so I think that I playing a part. There have been many days where we haven't had mail delivered at all. I think delivering mail is taking longer here because we have HUGE snowdrifts and a lot of streets and parking spaces are blocked. So they just aren't getting to all the houses everday. I'm waiting for a small package (padded envelope) that was mailed at the end of January. The tracking says it still hasn't left its home state of PA (although I know they don't always update the tracking). We sometimes aren't getting our mail until 6 at night, if we get it at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I have found mail (some for me, some for my neighbors) dropped in my front yard on many occasions. My mail carrier is constantly on his phone so I'm sure he's easily distracted. I'm sure it's a boring job but I'm appalled at his lack of attention to it. My dh's renewed driver's license never arrived so we requested another one. When I called the USPS, the rep said they don't ever lose any mail :huh: Our letter carrier is often on the phone too...it's startling to suddenly hear a voice (I can hear him as he walks past our windows and up the steps). My sister is a retired carrier and the phone thing makes her crazy. Carriers should be paying attention to the mail and the neighborhood. Letter carriers have done a lot of good being in the right place at the right time and being observant. I love real mail. It makes me sad the usps seems to be struggling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GloriaMS Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I don't know, but I recently sent my MIL a check, like I do every month, and they USPS returned it as "undeliverable." I used the same address I always do and put the same amount of postage on it. :confused1: The same thing happened to us recently, only with some documents. Strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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