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Posted by dorfsmith on 03-29-2004 at13:20:

 

The USPS sucks!!!

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Posted by Lost Canine on 03-29-2004 at22:18:

 

quote:

Originally posted by dorfsmith The USPS sucks!!!

They'll be showing up on your doorstep. And they won't be delivering mail!

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Posted by DarnFloorBigBite on 03-30-2004 at01:01:

 

Yeah the last thing you need is an angry Postman at your door with an AK47 saying:
"WE suck? Suck THIS Order-boy!"


Don't laff.....it's closer than U think.......

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Posted by dorfsmith on 03-30-2004 at10:01:

 

I know, I worked for the post office for 8 long hellish months. Bullets were ricocheting off the walls.

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Posted by Joey T. on 03-30-2004 at13:04:

quote:

Originally posted by audiori Joey, We can't prevent lost packages... you should be considering not dealing with the USPS again - not the webstore. *We* didn't create your wait, they did. It went out again pretty quick after you emailed us the info on your order. Had the USPS delivered it the first time we shipped it, you would have had it in less than a week most likely.

they should be liable for it then... anyways, yes... every other time i've ordered, you guys have been great... so i'm gonna go order the new eddies right now! )

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Posted by dorfsmith on 03-30-2004 at13:05:

 

Woo hoo. Another one jumps on board

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Posted by audiori on 03-30-2004 at15:03:

 

It amazes me how much they seem to lose. We grew up
ordering tons of stuff through mailorder - toys when we were
little kids, CDs, books, musical instruments, etc, etc... we've
had a few things get lost over the years, so I was always aware
that it was possible for packages to "vanish," but ever since
we've been doing these stores, it has really surprised us just
how often it happens. I'm guessing that since these packages
(obviously) contain CDs - the lucky folks that accidentally receive
them are less likely to return them to the post office... (??)

We have always had major problems with international
packages getting lost too... especially Australia it seems like.
We've been trying to figure out what to do.. there are better
ways to ship - but it would drive the cost way up. The cost of
shipping (and customs fees, etc) is already a problem for our
international customers, so we'd hate to add to it by shipping
everything Fed Ex or something.

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Posted by Joey T. on 03-30-2004 at15:20:

quote:

Originally posted by audiori It amazes me how much they seem to lose. We grew up ordering tons of stuff through mailorder - toys when we were little kids, CDs, books, musical instruments, etc, etc... we've had a few things get lost over the years, so I was always aware that it was possible for packages to "vanish," but ever since we've been doing these stores, it has really surprised us just how often it happens. I'm guessing that since these packages (obviously) contain CDs - the lucky folks that accidentally receive them are less likely to return them to the post office... (??)

i wonder how much of it is kids stealing mail out of people's boxes???

maybe some kid will steal a Da disc and get saved...





Stealing People's Mail

by the Dead Kennedys



We ain't going to the party
We ain't going to the game
We ain't going to the disco
Ain't gonna cruise down main

We're stealing people's mail
stealing people's mail
stealing people's mail
On a friday night

Drivin' in the mountains
Winding 'round and 'round
Rummage thru your mailboxes
Take your mail back to town

And we got license plates, wedding gifts, tax returns
Checks to politicians from real estate firms
Money, bills and cancelled checks
Pretty funny pictures of your kids

We're gonna steal your mail
On a Friday night
We're gonna steal your mail
By the pale moonlight

We got grocery sackful after grocery sackful
After grocery sackful after grocery sackful
After grocery sackful after grocery sackful
Of the private lives of you
Ha Ha

People say that we're crazy
We're sick and all alone
But when we read your letters
We're rolling on the floor

We got more license plates, wedding gifts, tax returns
Checks to politicians from real estate firms
Money, bills and cancelled checks
We cut relationships with your friends

We're gonna steal your mail
On a Friday night
We're gonna steal your mail
By the pale moonlight

We better not get caught
We'll be dumped in institutions
Where we'll be drugged and shocked
'Til we come out born-again Christians

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Posted by Jad on 03-30-2004 at19:37:

  Deliveries to Australia

quote:

Originally posted by audiori We have always had major problems with international packages getting lost too... especially Australia it seems like. We've been trying to figure out what to do.. there are better ways to ship - but it would drive the cost way up. The cost of shipping (and customs fees, etc) is already a problem for our international customers, so we'd hate to add to it by shipping everything Fed Ex or something.

I order a lot of stuff from the U.S. and from memory, I've only ever had the one not arrive. I've had stuff show up 9 months late, looking like it's been through a blender, but most of the time it's pretty good.

The only hassle is that quite often there are delays for no apparent reason. Some stuff gets here in a week, some stuff takes 2 months, and that's with air mail.

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Posted by wes berlin on 03-30-2004 at19:54:

 

hey jad.

good to see you about.

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Posted by dorfsmith on 03-30-2004 at22:40:

 

Selling on ebay has shown me how bad the USPS is. I never want to mail anything to Chicago again...it takes months.

When I worked at the post office the police were there at least once a week doing a report on stolen mail. I live in a small town in the mountains without much crime so I cannot imagine what the city must be like.

Great lyric joey. Now I know it's the punk kids stealing mail

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Posted by Captain Pedantic on 03-30-2004 at23:55:

  RE: Deliveries to Australia

quote:

Originally posted by Jad [ I order a lot of stuff from the U.S. and from memory, I've only ever had the one not arrive. I've had stuff show up 9 months late, looking like it's been through a blender, but most of the time it's pretty good. The only hassle is that quite often there are delays for no apparent reason. Some stuff gets here in a week, some stuff takes 2 months, and that's with air mail.

Ditto. The worst i ever had was an order from Paste - it took 6 months and then a week after the replacement arrives the first delivery turns up.

Mind you I've been waitng a month for Stargate series 1 which was sent a month ago.

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Posted by dorfsmith on 03-31-2004 at00:03:

 

Strangely, I've never had a problem mailing things out of the country.

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Posted by Jad on 03-31-2004 at03:31:

  Hey Wes

quote:

Originally posted by wes berlin hey jad. good to see you about.

Yeah, I don't usually post (prefer to add my mindless drivel to the Choir Board), but I'm a constant lurker.

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Posted by audiori on 03-31-2004 at12:28:

  RE: Deliveries to Australia

quote:

Originally posted by Jad I've had stuff show up 9 months late, looking like it's been through a blender, but most of the time it's pretty good. The only hassle is that quite often there are delays for no apparent reason. Some stuff gets here in a week, some stuff takes 2 months, and that's with air mail.

Yeah, we've experienced that stuff too. Sometimes I think
its just customs... we've had a couple of customers that received
an international package really late send us notes about
the "customs" markings all over the package. In at least one
case, customs had opened it up and resealed it with special
"customs" tape. In all of these cases, it seems like they held
on to it for a really long time... a lot longer than it should take
to look inside and see that its just harmless CDs.

I suppose all of that is unavoidable. It gets to be very annoying
and expensive for us because when this happens, we sometimes
reship the package... then both of them arrive. Then its a hassle
for the customer to send one of them back.

I don't know what it is the rest of the time... the packages
must be circling the globe a few times before they finally
arrive where they're supposed to be.

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Posted by Joey T. on 03-31-2004 at13:59:

quote:

Originally posted by dorfsmith Great lyric joey. Now I know it's the punk kids stealing mail

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Posted by dorfsmith on 03-31-2004 at22:00:

 

The other day one of Cindy's co-workers came in with one of our netflox DVD's and says hey, I got your mail in my box today

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Posted by Crinklepot on 04-02-2004 at13:03:

 

Who is Swirling Eddies? Who is Berger?

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Posted by baxter on 04-02-2004 at13:08:

 

The eddies are not important. Berger is an inept and disgraced member of Clinton's foreign ministry.

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Posted by Berger Roy Al on 04-02-2004 at13:32:

 

WHAT?! I am NOT married to Big Gay Al!