Ugh, just a rant, nothing more. I've just noticed that USPS has gotten extremely sloppy lately. Packs are coming later than usual and the worst - misdeliveries. This has always sketched me a bit. Anyway, I had a pack in flight and it was aroudn the time it would potentially arrive. I go out and check my mail and not there. A few hours later I hear the doorbell and see someone standing out I don't recognize. I open it up and she asks if I'm "TheEconomist1" and I'm like yeah, she then proceeds to tell me she received a package at her house and started to profusely apologize that she opened it not realizing it wasn't addressed to her and said once she saw the contents knew it wasn't for her.
So I'm thinking the worst. Holy shit, this lady has opened my DNM pack. She seemed kind of nervous. The only consolation is that she didn't seem to have called the cops, so maybe I'm in the clear. but to be ultra safe I shouted that I didn't order anything and was not expecting anything and to return to sender. I then slammed my door and bolted it.
Okay, the very last part is not true. So she goes to retrieve it from her car and THANKFULLY I can see its a big box. She had opened a clearnet package that I had been waiting on for 2 weeks. But holy shit, it gave me a scare b/c this is happening more often than I'd like. I've already had one DNM pack mis-delivered (not opened thankfully). But this pack was way mis-delivered. Not even the right street. Fucking USPS. I guess she was nervous b/c she felt really bad for accidentally opening it. She was so apologetic. I was like if you only knew how I am so grateful this is the pack you opened. LOL.
And one thing to note for people who get worried about shit taking a long time - this clearnet pack that this lady got - I checked the tracking b/c I ordered this back in March. the company actually shipped it late March and it got transferred to my local city in great time (in a couple of days) but then NOTHING until the day before it was delivered to the wrong home. So if you see a pack just sitting there, its more than likely nothing and just USPS sucking.
USPS sucks... nothing new... they have lost billions in funding over the past few years... blame congress ..... have had packages take weeks instead of days and miss delivery and "undeliverable - business closed" problems when the mail gets lazy and runs out of time.....