Night Elf Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I got a box from Amazon shipped priority mail and it was delivered this morning at 6:40am. Our normal delivery is 4:30pm. It must be the holiday season but I don't see why it wasn't delivered with the rest of my mail this afternoon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Same delivery schedule here; packages are delivered in the early morning, then regular mail and more packages at the usual time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Same delivery schedule here; packages are delivered in the early morning, then regular mail and more packages at the usual time. Ditto. I guess they have too much volume this time of the year to bring it all in one trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKim Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I had forgotten, but they do that here too during the holiday season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Probably a different carrier, especially if the box is larger than tiny. Frequently, when I purchase tiny things, the Seller ships them as a First Class Mail Package. I suspect those go with the regular carrier delivering first class mail envelopes..Something like the textbook that was delivered for us in Miami, that was shipped via DHL GlobalMail/USPS, would not be delivered by the regular carrier. I would prefer an early morning delivery like that and not one after 6 or 7 P.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I've seen that occasionally other times of the year. The mailman mentioned to me that sometimes packages need to be signed for, so he does an early round before people go to work, and circles back later if needed. Sadly, none of those packages were for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I often see a mail truck delivering just packages in my town, even when it's not near a holiday. Our mail person walks his route, (and probably 1/2 mile in each direct of my house is also delivered by a walking mailman) so I think they've found that it's faster to have someone do the package deliveries so it doesn't slow down the regular route delivery. The guy who often brings our packages is different than our regular mailman - I think he's usually a sorter but might get tapped to deliver when the package count is too high for the regular delivery guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 It was an Amazon box with one bottle of vitamins in it. I've got several more packages I'm expecting. Our mail person tries to avoid coming down my driveway by stuffing large envelopes and boxes in my mailbox. It drives me batty! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 It was an Amazon box with one bottle of vitamins in it. I've got several more packages I'm expecting. Our mail person tries to avoid coming down my driveway by stuffing large envelopes and boxes in my mailbox. It drives me batty! My mailman walks to my door and instead of dropping a stuffed envelope at the door, he shoves everything into the mailbox so stuff rips when I try to get it out. The mailbox is AT the door...which is on a covered porch. And yet he crams everything into the box. Last week it was a very fat envelope with five yards of quilt fabric. I nearly ripped the mailbox off the side of my house trying to get the envelope out! I feel your pain. I'm also noticing more things sent in envelopes instead of boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Our delivery schedule gets a little wacky this time of year too. Usually FedEx and UPS are like clockwork - FedEx comes around 10;30 and UPS around 11:30am. Very convenient because we're almost always working on school at that time of day and are generally here when packages get delivered. Last night, UPS came at 8:30pm. They'll come at random times and multiple times a day leading up to Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 My mailman walks to my door and instead of dropping a stuffed envelope at the door, he shoves everything into the mailbox so stuff rips when I try to get it out. The mailbox is AT the door...which is on a covered porch. And yet he crams everything into the box. Last week it was a very fat envelope with five yards of quilt fabric. I nearly ripped the mailbox off the side of my house trying to get the envelope out! I feel your pain. I'm also noticing more things sent in envelopes instead of boxes. Exactly! We have to hold the mailbox with one hand and tug on the mail with the other so we don't pull the mailbox out of the ground. DH took a picture of it last time and said he was going to go complain but I don't know if he did. I've been thinking of taping an index card to the mailbox saying 'please don't shove mail in this box'. Is that allowed? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) Ditto. I guess they have too much volume this time of the year to bring it all in one trip. The volume seems to be exceeding the capacity of regular delivery vehicles. My co-worker noticed FedEx delivering in a Uhaul truck yesterday. Edited December 9, 2015 by TrixieB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Here, they have certain mailmen that solely do package delivery during the holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyS Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Mail does that a lot here (and I live in the middle of nowhere) during Christmas season. I think it's because it's easier to just send a 2nd truck that delivers only packages, than to have the regular mail truck all crowded up with packages, especially if it means the mail person has to go back to the PO and reload the truck with everything that didn't get on the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyS Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 It was an Amazon box with one bottle of vitamins in it. I've got several more packages I'm expecting. Our mail person tries to avoid coming down my driveway by stuffing large envelopes and boxes in my mailbox. It drives me batty! This is why we have an extra large mailbox. I would much rather he leave it in there, than get one of those cards to go to the PO to pick it up (especially since our PO is only open about 4 hours per day). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 This time of year it's not uncommon for them to use separate people to deliver packages to help ease the load of their regular carriers, especially now since they just started their overtime period and it's a no-no to actually work long enough to get overtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Oy with the cramming. Our mailman (well, mail woman) is a smoker and smokes like a chimney her whole route, so our packages smell like cigarette smoke. Ick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Exactly! We have to hold the mailbox with one hand and tug on the mail with the other so we don't pull the mailbox out of the ground. DH took a picture of it last time and said he was going to go complain but I don't know if he did. I've been thinking of taping an index card to the mailbox saying 'please don't shove mail in this box'. Is that allowed? Seriously, we have the same delivery person! Our mail box door has to be bent to stay closed. My PO just told me they could have my mail held and I could come pick it up in person. A friend said she solved the problem by getting a bigger mailbox. MyDH says they will just stuff bigger boxes into it. I feel your pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 This year is the first time I've ever noticed the early morning delivery too! I happened to be awake early on Monday, and heard a loud thump outside the door that scared the heck out of me. I looked outside and saw a UPS-van-sized USPS truck, with a carrier headed back to it. It's always possible that this happens every holiday season, but this is the first time I've ever noticed. I don't worry so much about the cramming, but I wasn't pleased when our carrier TOSSED an Amazon box onto our porch from about 7 feet away the other day :glare: Thankfully it wasn't anything particularly fragile that time, but we do have some electronics coming, and I don't love the idea that they may be chucked at our concrete porch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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