I just had two pieces arrive from USPS (to me in England) two days ago - one
was sent 5 weeks before and one about three weeks before. One got held up by
customs at this end, one didn’t. The customs one took a bit of work from me to
track down and pay the charges but it worked in the end. But I am sure covid is
slowing things down, even FedEx.
I got a parcel from Spain yesterday though and it took just 24 hours!!
Malcolm
On 14 Jan 2021, at 16:06, massa frederic <badmarru@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello everyone
I know that everything is slower these days in terms of shipping because of
the pandemy, national or international, but has anyone met any difficulties
because of it? USPS or Fedex?
I have various pieces on hold from shipping as I usually wait for the end of
the year rush to pass but I fear that covid has prolonged/is prolonging that
situation.
Best,Fred
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They (AMZN Fresh) can’t even deliver chilled or frozen products. The frozen
items would occasionally (depending upon that day’s temperature) be thawed out
as they are placed only in brown paper bags and they tend to drive around in
a non-refrigerated vehicle for 90 to 120 minutes. From what I have heard, the
vaccine
requires critical storage, temperature control. Thus, adding inoculations to
their repertoire might be a bit of a stretch…
Mark
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Not to be a wise ass, but if we could teach and certify Amazon and UPS
drivers to safely administer the vaccine, we could all be inoculated by St.
Patrick’s Day.
Mark Nevins
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On Jan 14, 2021, at 10:20, yellowkd@xxxxxxx <mailto:yellowkd@xxxxxxx>wrote:
My guess is that more than just I on this list, have had problems with the
post office recently. I currently have a package sent to Western
Pennsylvania that is out over 30 days. Things are getting better - I got a
package of silent animate DVDs from New York media mail in 5 days yesterday
and some comics also media mail arrived in 12.
One of the key problems here is the virus which has deeply affected the
regional sorting hub in Detroit (and it seems elsewhere based on my tracking
packages-there are obvious regional centers that are in crisis).
As such I found it interesting yesterday in talking to postal workers (ship a
lot, you know a lot of postal workers- I am also on the local post office
advisory board so I talk to a lot of people about the post office) to
discover there is no plan to vaccinate postal workers! Yep the best way to do
it is offer it on the job- all these folks locally are in the post office
picking up or sorting mail at key times of the day. You bring in the vaccine
and get every worker who wants one gets it at the same time. I mean it ain't
rocket science and it is a federal program.
Right now a key part of commerce due to the pandemic and a key support for
all types of small businesses is the post office. It is a essential that it
works well. A lot of little main street stores are only surviving because
they are selling on line.
So I am sending off an email to my Senators telling them this needs to be
addressed and with a new administration coming in with people who think
government should work - maybe we can see some solutions-
Best George Hagenauer
