Deliveries have been all over the place.
Due to the pandemic, many more people are shopping from home putting a strain
on all carriers. Many of them have had to add part time delivery drivers and
the service have not been up their usual standards.
Even the normally reliable FedEx completely lost track of two of my packages.
They could not tell me where they were and advised to file a claim with the
sender.
I got a refund on one and the second showed up a few days later after I had
filed the claim with no explanation.
I had one art package which was mailed from New Jersey on Dec 12th show up on
on Dec 31st. On the other hand I had an art package from the Netherlands that
arrived in 5 days.
Miki A
On 01/14/2021 11:11 AM Malcolm Bourne <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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 mailto: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:
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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
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