Re: Shipping via USPS Los Angeles is STALLED

2020-09-30 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 9/30/2020 6:41 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: I have a vintage computer sitting in the LA USPS since 9/17, Bill, I'm in Orange County, and items are moving in and out here (south of LA).  But they are all very small bubble pack and express mail type stuff. Sorry to hear of your

Re: Shipping via USPS Los Angeles is STALLED

2020-09-30 Thread Gavin Scott via cctalk
USPS (and UPS SurePost which is USPS last-mile-ish) have been delivering on schedule or often ahead of schedule to here in the Chicagoland area over the last month or so. USPS service has been excellent, with sometimes two deliveries per day (regular mail and small packages and a separate overflow

Re: Shipping via USPS Los Angeles is STALLED

2020-09-30 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Wed, 30 Sep 2020, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: It seems to depend on which postal hub an item is shipped through. A few days ago, I received an item that was shipped USPS 3-day priority that spent 10 days in Las Vegas (point of origin). All in all, it took about 2 weeks to reach me here in

Re: Shipping via USPS Los Angeles is STALLED

2020-09-30 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Seems like the western US is a lot worse off than anywhere else in the US except maybe NYC. On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 12:10 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > It seems to depend on which postal hub an item is shipped through. > > A few days ago, I received an item that was

Re: Shipping via USPS Los Angeles is STALLED

2020-09-30 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
It seems to depend on which postal hub an item is shipped through. A few days ago, I received an item that was shipped USPS 3-day priority that spent 10 days in Las Vegas (point of origin). All in all, it took about 2 weeks to reach me here in Oregon. The USPS didn't say if the package was

RE: Shipping via USPS Los Angeles is STALLED

2020-09-30 Thread jwest--- via cctalk
Bill D wrote: -- I have a vintage computer sitting in the LA USPS since 9/17, with no further updates. -- Just a few weeks ago I ordered a vintage fuel pump for an heirloom garden tractor restoration I'm doing. It came from ohio via ebay, and I had a couple phone conversations

Re: Shipping via USPS Los Angeles is STALLED

2020-09-30 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Sep 30, 2020, at 9:41 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk > wrote: > > I have a vintage computer sitting in the LA USPS since 9/17, with no > further updates. I have read in the local papers there that the entire > post office has ground to a halt. That sounds like creative writing.

RE: Shipping via USPS Los Angeles is STALLED

2020-09-30 Thread Ali via cctalk
Hi Bill, I haven't seen any issues with USPS in LA. It is actually been super smooth. For example I shipped out a package last week media mail. It was slated to arrive in Illinois tomorrow. Arrived yesterday, a whole two days early. Most of the stuff I have been getting from eBay has been

Re: Shipping via USPS Los Angeles is STALLED

2020-09-30 Thread Ed C. via cctalk
I was in a similar situation for 2 months with a couple of packages, April-June, in the end I received everything ok. On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 3:41 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I have a vintage computer sitting in the LA USPS since 9/17, with no > further updates.

Re: Shipping via USPS Los Angeles is STALLED

2020-09-30 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
On 2020-09-30 9:41 a.m., Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > I have a vintage computer sitting in the LA USPS since 9/17, with no > further updates. I have read in the local papers there that the entire > post office has ground to a halt. What's going on there? I have never > heard of anything like