upschuck
Well-Known Member
I have been accused of over thinking too.
SurePost issues
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By The Book
Well-Known Member
It may be overthinking to you, but a walk in the park to me. To clarify, this is done when there are multiple packages at the same stop with a sure post package included.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
It's just in the details.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Is that the same as making
up?
upschuck
Well-Known Member
No, asked an audit question, wasn't the complete question which would have caused it to be a different answer.Is that the same as making
Coldworld
60 months and counting
The union has no idea how many packages are going to the post office...This is a total scam..didn't start off like this but it now is totally unacceptable...
yes because up until surepost started it was all our work
brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
This is volume we wouldn't have without Surepost.
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FrigidAdCorrector
Guest
Even if it was all going to UPS, which I highly doubt, this stops them from saying screw it and going to the post office themselves. We still get the money from it. It's still picked up by a teamster, unloaded by a teamster, bagged by a teamster, loaded by a teamster, and spa'ed by a teamster, and delivered by a teamster. Would you rather it all just be done by whoever the heck represents USPS?
retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
Frigid, there is something about surepost that I've never seen talked about. I ran into this during peak because I ordered a majority of my holiday stuff online. Merchandise would be picked up by UPS, then handed over to USPS at the destination city. Then it would sit for several days and not move. Bottom line, USPS is in direct competition with UPS. It is in their best interest to make us look bad to the public and shift business to them. The average person might order a widget from somewhere across country. ABC Widget Co. sends the customer an email saying their merchandise shipped via UPS. It rock and rolls across country just fine via the UPS system. We hand it over to USPS for final delivery and say it doesn't get priority because its surepost. Perhaps if the system at USPS can only deliver x amount of volumn and some has to be left behind, they leave surepost stuff and deliver the 100% USPS handled packages. You and I know what happens because we know how the system works and we track our packages. The average customer just knows that he ordered the widget, it was shipped UPS, and when he came home from work, it was on his porch, only it took 8 days instead of the usual 4 or 5 that it normally takes when UPS delivers it from point A to point B. I know it happens because it happened to me during peak on more than a couple of occasions. It makes UPS look bad to the customer, and they may take their business to a competitor (USPS) in the future. When you take packages out of UPS employees' hands, stuff happens out of our control, and it's usually not good. Sorry for the long post.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Our local post offices are usually really good about getting the SurePost turned around in one day but, yes, if it came down to delivering their stuff or our stuff they would make sure their stuff hit the street first.
oldngray
nowhere special
I have seen that happen also. It is tracked by UPS until it is delivered to Post Office then just sits for a couple of days (or longer) with no updates.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
During peak yes ... rest of year it is delivered next day.
If it has our PO Box as a secondary address, it is in our PO box the same day.
That is for me ... not speaking for rest of the country.
brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
Couldn't it be written into our contract with the PO that it gets delivered the next day or we don't pay them? Or maybe it is.
upschuck
Well-Known Member
Do we have a contract with them? They don't guarantee anything.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Obviously we have a contract with them; however, your guess is as good as mine as to what it says.
I would think they are like us in that they would like to get it out the door as quickly as they can.
They do guarantee that their priority mail will go from the origin to the destination Post Office branch within 3 days.
upschuck
Well-Known Member
Why do you say that? USPS doesn't give discounts, we are just another customer.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
You don't think the two companies got together beforehand to work out the logistics?
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