It takes a little more effort and an extra box, I put all of my tubes into (baseball) bat boxes and seem to have pretty good track record of on time delivery no matter which service I’m using - even USPS ground advantage. I get the boxes from U-line. I will cut the box down a little if it is a shorter poster in a shorter tube. So far, this has avoided the famous FedEx round – tube surcharge. As of January 1, I no longer use USPS because of the overall delays and because they no longer on their insurance
On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM Dale Dilts <[email protected]> wrote: > Ground advantage uses USPS for the last leg, not good. Since late > November/early December I have seen USPS average delivery times get longer > and longer. It is taking about 3 weeks for priority mail coming out of my > post office in Iowa. The midwest and midsouth seem to be the absolute > worst areas of the country getting packages processed from USPS right now. > Chicago, 4 hours from me drive, 3 weeks to get a parcel there, explain that > one. > > Now these are all tubes as well, so maybe they are being hand sorted and > thats the issue. I have went 100% UPS until USPS can get back to me with > what exactly the issue is. > > I have used USPS for 25+ years cause they actually cover damaged shipments > or the occasional one in 5000 that actually do get lost. UPS, cant talk to > anyone, never have gotten a single claim paid out, but yes, their on-time > delivery is not even on the same planet as the post office right now. In > my opinion USPS is completely unusable for package services right now. > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Tony > Calvert <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 4, 2025 4:06 PM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [MOPO] Anyone having delivery issues with USPS Ground > Advantage? > > Not to start a post on which carrier is best, but I use them for cost. I > am mainly selling rolled posters for under $10, so I hate to have to charge > quite a bit more for the other carriers, etc. > Lately I am having about 1 in 8 or a little less get really delayed, > tracking just stops, etc. This seems to only be tubes, the flats don't > seem to have issues. Just wondering if it is a regional issue? Thanks, > Tony > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
