Ordered some framesliders from T-rex a couple of days ago, according to the tracking number the package is sitting in Dallas Texas since Monday Feb 08. Before i contact T-Rex i thought i should ask here if the USPS tracking system is useless and i just should sit tight and wait. :-\
There are no updates with USPS tracking....it's useless.
OK, thanks no need bothering t-rex then. Wonder if all post/transport companies worldwide uses the same useless trackingsystem >:(
UPS and Fed-Ex have great tracking.
You just need to ship it overseas and then back to you. Then you'll be able to track it all the way.
More expensive, but a lot of fun [cheeky]
OK :) Recently ordered parts from all over our little planet and none of the trackingsystem been especially good :)
Took a chance and ordered a pair of knockoff Oberon bar end mirrors, and they were delivered unbelievable fast, 3 days from Hong Kong! pretty amazing.
Quote from: stopintime on February 12, 2010, 04:34:52 AM
You just need to ship it overseas and then back to you. Then you'll be able to track it all the way.
More expensive, but a lot of fun [cheeky]
;D
Quote from: stopintime on February 12, 2010, 04:34:52 AM
You just need to ship it overseas and then back to you. Then you'll be able to track it all the way.
More expensive, but a lot of fun [cheeky]
[laugh]
Quote from: ducpainter on February 12, 2010, 04:24:36 AM
There are no updates with USPS tracking....it's useless.
I used to think that too until recently I could actually track the parts I bought for my gun.
It told me when it was billed, when it was picked up and when it hit my sort facility.
I was shocked.
But I still think it sucks.
UPS and FedEX have great systems.
USPS is the CompuServe of shipping.
Quote from: ducpainter on February 12, 2010, 04:34:32 AM
UPS and Fed-Ex have great tracking.
Yeah. I got to track my UPS Next Day Air package to the depot 25 miles from my house where it sat waiting for me to come get it with nary an attempt to deliver it.
The USPS tracking page does kind of suck, but at least they make the attempt to get it to my house.
I love USPS for shipping, but the tracking system isn't so much tracking as delivery confirmation from what I can tell...
Quote from: superjohn on February 12, 2010, 02:07:55 PM
Yeah. I got to track my UPS Next Day Air package to the depot 25 miles from my house where it sat waiting for me to come get it with nary an attempt to deliver it.
The USPS tracking page does kind of suck, but at least they make the attempt to get it to my house.
I feel the same way about DHL...they truly suck.
Both UPS and Fed-Ex work great for me.
The UPS driver is a riot...
Fed-Ex ground has a lot of turn over, but they know where I am.
I think UPS is the way to go when you have a choice. I hate getting things sent to me USPS takes twice as long, shit gets more beat up and the tracking is non-existent.
Quote from: 1KDS on February 12, 2010, 04:14:11 PM
I think UPS is the way to go when you have a choice. I hate getting things sent to me USPS takes twice as long, shit gets more beat up and the tracking is non-existent.
With the exception of the tracking, I have the same argument, only USPS being better than UPS (by a long shot BTW)...
really depends on where you live.
my rankings is
#1 USPS
#2 FedEx
#3 my grandmother
#4 my dog
#5 my friends husbands' uncle who has a son in LA and works for Paramount Studio.
#6 UPS
Quote from: ducpainter on February 12, 2010, 02:44:52 PM
I feel the same way about DHL...they truly suck.
Both UPS and Fed-Ex work great for me.
The UPS driver is a riot...
Fed-Ex ground has a lot of turn over, but they know where I am.
DHL stopped doing domestic shipping business in the USA well over a year ago. Guess they did truly suck.
Why all the hatred for UPS?
I can probably say I have shipped more packages through UPS than most people on here.
In the past 3.5 years I have shipped >3000 items via UPS.
1. Never once has a packaged been lost
2. Never once has a package and contents been damaged
3. I have only had 4 packages delayed due to "service issues" from weather or timing
4. I've shipped to every state in the United States.
Why do some hate UPS so much?
Quote from: cyrus buelton on February 12, 2010, 07:37:17 PM
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Why do some hate UPS so much?
Because of Doug?
I've had pretty good luck with both UPS and Fedex, depends a lot on your drivers.
Quote from: somegirl on February 12, 2010, 08:09:55 PM
I've had pretty good luck with both UPS and Fedex, depends a lot on your drivers.
I must get really lucky on where I ship because I've never had a damaged or mis-delivered package.
I will only ship through UPS. They rock.
I used to load trucks at UPS.
We were never nice to packages. ;)
Quote from: MrIncredible on February 12, 2010, 08:13:30 PM
I used to load trucks at UPS.
We were never nice to packages. ;)
I will totally agree on this front.
My cousin has worked for UPS for 15 years. He started loading trucks and has since moved up the food chain.
When you are a truck loader, you get rated on how many boxes you get in a truck. He said he would literally stack boxes and then run full force into them to smash them in to get more in the truck. He is a big dude. About 245lbs of muscle.
I guess I pack my boxes very well with plenty of internal protection, etc.
I've just never had one issue with this service.
Best to assume that packages are always mistreated when out of your hands no matter who the carrier, always important to pack them properly.
USPS tracking is 50% for me.
Used it once on priority mail, and it tracked, and confirmed delivery.
Used it when mailing documents registered mail and it only updated once, to let me know the post office had taken possession of my package, and after that nobody had any idea where it was.
So as far as government services go, I guess the post office does better than average.
Quote from: cyrus buelton on February 12, 2010, 08:20:55 PM
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When you are a truck loader, you get rated on how many boxes you get in a truck. He said he would literally stack boxes and then run full force into them to smash them in to get more in the truck. He is a big dude. About 245lbs of muscle.
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They're missing out on an effective method - loader/driver cooperation - when I worked in removals, once in a while it just wasn't enough room for that last piece. Rolling out of sight, slam on the brakes, go back and voil'a another foot of space [coffee]
Quote from: cyrus buelton on February 12, 2010, 07:37:17 PM
Why all the hatred for UPS?
I'm with Cyrus here, I accept and ship 5 to 10 packages per business day with ups without much issue.
Quote from: cyrus buelton on February 12, 2010, 08:11:54 PM
I must get really lucky on where I ship because I've never had a damaged or mis-delivered package.
I will only ship through UPS. They rock.
It must be a regional thing. I've had several of issues with UPS.
2 packages from Amazon that got returned because of "Incorrect Address". Never had that issue with anyone else.
2 packages sent Next Day Air that required me to go to the regional depot (not even the one closest to my house) to pick them up. 50 mile round trip
Several packages late. As in, tracking them they show up in a nearby facility and then it's 3 days before they show "Out for Delivery"
Fedex is slightly better in that their facility is 5 miles away so it's easy to go pick my stuff up.
USPS I've never had a major problem with. I've got some battered packages, but they came from Europe, so lord knows where they got battered, and they got a package to a friend of mine in Chile in 2 days when FedEx would have been over a week and UPS simply said no.
Quote from: superjohn on February 13, 2010, 06:21:16 AM
It must be a regional thing. I've had several of issues with UPS.
I've shipped to every state in the continental US and Hawaii.
Also shipped to most countries in Europe.
Never a package lost.
Maybe my local sort facility is good? I really don't know.
Today the package got some new scan history, after seven days the package still haven't left the USA.
Freakin unbelievable that i had to pay 46$ for this! >:(
Mailed T-Rex earlier before the USPS update... no reply! se if they will get back to me later today.
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THats nothing. i sent a package to lars (stopintime)
shit took a whole month to get there.
Quote from: He Man on February 16, 2010, 09:16:54 AM
THats nothing. i sent a package to lars (stopintime)
shit took a whole month to get there.
[bang]
So I'll guess, better not use USPS then if theres an alternative!
Quote from: He Man on February 16, 2010, 09:16:54 AM
THats nothing. i sent a package to lars (stopintime)
shit took a whole month to get there.
Where does he live?
What carrier and service did you use?
I'm in Norway and the OP is in our neighbour country Sweden.
In my case it only took a few days to leave the US, so no USPS rant from me.
The Norwegian Post on the other hand [bang] one month to move it from one side of the building to the other [roll]
First time they screwed up though.
Quote from: stopintime on February 16, 2010, 11:25:59 AM
I'm in Norway and the OP is in our neighbour country Sweden.
In my case it only took a few days to leave the US, so no USPS rant from me.
The Norwegian Post on the other hand [bang] one month to move it from one side of the building to the other [roll]
First time they screwed up though.
Thanks for the Geography lesson [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Just kidding
What is He Man's story about how long it took to ship to you.
I was asking him what carrier and service did he choose?
I bought some exhaust pipes from a guy in new york state. He sent them the cheapest USPS possible.
They took about 3 weeks to get here and I live Ohio.
I think I could have driven to this guys house in maybe 10 hours, who knows.
Quote from: cyrus buelton on February 16, 2010, 11:41:24 AM
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What is He Man's story about how long it took to ship to you.
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Just a follow up to warn people not to get too close to him an his bad karma, I guess.
Last I heard is that it's wearing off these days, we'll see [thumbsup]
I shiped it USPS Priority international, it reached norway in 3 days. but it took a month for it to leave customs.
USPS cheapest way is Parcel Post, it takes usually 2-3 weeks to get to you. Its usually only marginally cheaper than Priority, and up to 5x as long.
I think parcel post, they just throw it in the warehouse, wait 3 days and then decide to find a truck with empty space going to the area, and squeeze it in. Because theres no way it takes 3 weeks to reach Cali from NY unless your bumming rides.
Quote from: He Man on February 16, 2010, 12:22:17 PM
I think parcel post, they just throw it in the warehouse, wait 3 days and then decide to find a truck with empty space going to the area, and squeeze it in. Because theres no way it takes 3 weeks to reach Cali from NY unless your bumming rides.
[laugh]
Quote from: stopintime on February 16, 2010, 11:25:59 AM
In my case it only took a few days to leave the US, so no USPS rant from me.
The Norwegian Post on the other hand [bang] one month to move it from one side of the building to the other [roll]
I remember reading a story about an Italian businessman who decided one year to mail all his Christmas cards to friends and family in Italy from the US, while on a business trip.
They got to the recipients faster and cheaper than if he had mailed them domestically. [laugh]
Quote from: He Man on February 16, 2010, 12:22:17 PM
I shiped it USPS Priority international, it reached norway in 3 days. but it took a month for it to leave customs.
USPS cheapest way is Parcel Post, it takes usually 2-3 weeks to get to you. Its usually only marginally cheaper than Priority, and up to 5x as long.
I think parcel post, they just throw it in the warehouse, wait 3 days and then decide to find a truck with empty space going to the area, and squeeze it in. Because theres no way it takes 3 weeks to reach Cali from NY unless your bumming rides.
1. You can't control Customs. That is all dependent on where you are shipping to, shipments in, etc. It doesn't matter what carrier you would have used. USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc all enter the same Customs que.
2. Agreed on USPS Parcel Post. I think whenever they have room, they throw the box on it. I can spend the minimum on an envelope and I can get my parents a letter in Arizona from Ohio in like 4 days. Parcel Post is what you said......sits in a make the beast with two backsing warehouse until they have room on some make the beast with two backsing truck.
It took 3 weeks from Upstate New York to Columbus Ohio!!!!!!
UPS is where it is at. They make the beast with two backsing rock and I don't work for them, just use them for work shipping. Shit never happens with them. I have a nice little print out of the services I can use and how long it will take to get there, guaranteed.
Due to certain circumstances, I am forced to ship packages next day early AM which is guaranteed delivery before 8:30am.
I shipped once and it got there at 9:30am.
UPS fully refunded that shipment cost, which wasn't cheap. Our UPS Invoice is well over 4,000 pages a month, but I went through and found the date I shipped on and they honored that commitment; the charged was reversed.
Rock on Brown.
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nice ;D