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aermotor · 03-18-2015, 08:14 PM

For the heavy or large shipments Fastenal can't be beat. Pallets up to 1000 lbs. or so coast to coast distance around $175 or there abouts. Downside is that shipping time can be up to 2 weeks as this is back haul shipping. I have received 4 shipments of antique engines with one shipment of 3 engines about 950 Lbs. and 400 miles for $175 - never a problem with damage. I think continental USA only.

John

5window · 03-18-2015, 09:44 PM

Could we just please, Please, Please stop all these posts about shipping? There's a new one every other day and there's never any resolution. I like A you like B we don't like C. Almost All packages are delivered safely and correctly. None of these posts get a damn thing done except push valuable posts further down the page.

UPS and FedEx ship 25 million packages a day. USPS processes 523 million pieces of mail a day. Stop already.

Synchro909 · 03-19-2015, 04:59 AM

3 Months now since my parcel was posted and still nothing. USPS tracking says it is on its way to the destination. Really?!?!

Synchro909 · 03-19-2015, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by harleytoprock

Have you checked with customs in your country? Sometimes there are major delays because of customs.

Yes, The USPS tracking number is recorded when an item enters the country. It is given a new number by our Post Office so they can track it. That is, by cross referencing the two numbers, it is trackable all the way. They checked whether it had been scanned yet while I waited on the phone. Nothing! It hasn't entered the country yet so its still in USPS hands. I'm wondering whether the strike on your west coast ports has affected USPS services as well even though it should be sent air mail. Either way, I'm not happy.

Mike V. Florida · 03-19-2015, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Synchro909

Yes, The USPS tracking number is recorded when an item enters the country. It is given a new number by our Post Office so they can track it. That is, by cross referencing the two numbers, it is trackable all the way. They checked whether it had been scanned yet while I waited on the phone. Nothing! It hasn't entered the country yet so its still in USPS hands. I'm wondering whether the strike on your west coast ports has affected USPS services as well even though it should be sent air mail. Either way, I'm not happy.

What is the last place the package was tracked to? Where on the west coast? PM me the tracking number and I'll see what I can do for you.

Fordors · 03-20-2015, 08:34 AM

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Mike, his post # 54 showed the package departed a facility at Zip Code 90009. That is not a conventional Z/C as we know it, rather it is a building where overseas packages go for sorting and eventual delivery via a contract air carrier. Cities with international airports (Chicago has 60009, a building near O'Hare) have such an arrangment, but to me the unknown here is what happens on the other end. Did the package arrive in AU but never get scanned in there? Scanned and listed as departed means it was lost either on the plane or in Synchro's home country.
Regardless, it puts the USPS in a difficult position. Was it scanned but then lost at the 90009 building before getting on the plane, lost on the plane or lost in Australia? The package may have sat for 42 days at 90009 before being shown as departed but it could not have been shown with that status without in fact being scanned in. Each successive scan shows another step in the journey.

CarlG · 03-20-2015, 02:27 PM

Last time I sent an international package (from Alaska to UK), it was last scanned in LA & then no more until actual delivery, which I didn't get notice of (from the Post Office) until a month after the recipient told me they got the package.

Allanw · 04-29-2015, 11:47 PM

Thread Dredge!

Yesterday, April 29 2015; I received a small package, not much bigger than a greeting card. USPS Mailing Office Date Stamp: July 18 2014

Jeff/Illinois · 04-30-2015, 08:08 AM

How come the USPS never lost draft notices back in the late 60's

ian Simpson · 04-30-2015, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

Wow, this thread won't go away............we need to get the post office involved, so it gets lost.

I recieved a letter 2 weeks ago from a real estate company in St Paul, 15 miles east of me. It had a stamp cancellation from California.

How efficient is that?

Tom, I already apologized for starting this thread and I promise never to start another.

Ian

brito36 · 04-30-2015, 01:40 PM

When I order parts from parts suppliers, I specify that they are to be sent USPS. I have no problem at all with the USPS.

Fordors · 04-30-2015, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Allanw

Thread Dredge!

Yesterday, May 29 2015; I received a small package, not much bigger than a greeting card. USPS Mailing Office Date Stamp: July 18 2014

Yesterday, May 29? Sounds like an episode from the old TV show "The Twilight Zone."

Allanw · 04-30-2015, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Fordors

Yesterday, May 29? Sounds like an episode from the old TV show "The Twilight Zone."

Ooops... It's May today...

here in the future, in NZ

03-18-2015, 08:14 PM	#61
aermotor Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 1,099	Re: Please let me chose USPS For the heavy or large shipments Fastenal can't be beat. Pallets up to 1000 lbs. or so coast to coast distance around $175 or there abouts. Downside is that shipping time can be up to 2 weeks as this is back haul shipping. I have received 4 shipments of antique engines with one shipment of 3 engines about 950 Lbs. and 400 miles for $175 - never a problem with damage. I think continental USA only. John

03-18-2015, 09:44 PM	#62
5window Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lewisburg,PA Posts: 938	Re: Please let me chose USPS Could we just please, Please, Please stop all these posts about shipping? There's a new one every other day and there's never any resolution. I like A you like B we don't like C. Almost All packages are delivered safely and correctly. None of these posts get a damn thing done except push valuable posts further down the page. UPS and FedEx ship 25 million packages a day. USPS processes 523 million pieces of mail a day. Stop already. Last edited by 5window; 03-18-2015 at 09:53 PM.

03-19-2015, 04:59 AM	#63
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: Please let me chose USPS 3 Months now since my parcel was posted and still nothing. USPS tracking says it is on its way to the destination. Really?!?! __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.

03-20-2015, 08:34 AM	#66
Fordors Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Orland Park,IL Posts: 1,402	Re: Please let me chose USPS Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Mike, his post # 54 showed the package departed a facility at Zip Code 90009. That is not a conventional Z/C as we know it, rather it is a building where overseas packages go for sorting and eventual delivery via a contract air carrier. Cities with international airports (Chicago has 60009, a building near O'Hare) have such an arrangment, but to me the unknown here is what happens on the other end. Did the package arrive in AU but never get scanned in there? Scanned and listed as departed means it was lost either on the plane or in Synchro's home country. Regardless, it puts the USPS in a difficult position. Was it scanned but then lost at the 90009 building before getting on the plane, lost on the plane or lost in Australia? The package may have sat for 42 days at 90009 before being shown as departed but it could not have been shown with that status without in fact being scanned in. Each successive scan shows another step in the journey. __________________ My school colors are black and blue, I attended the School of Hard Knocks where I received a Masters Degree in Chronic Mopery.

03-20-2015, 02:27 PM	#67
CarlG Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 9,115	Re: Please let me chose USPS Last time I sent an international package (from Alaska to UK), it was last scanned in LA & then no more until actual delivery, which I didn't get notice of (from the Post Office) until a month after the recipient told me they got the package. __________________ Alaskan A's Antique Auto Mushers of Alaska Model A Ford Club of America Model A Restorers Club Antique Automobile Club of America Mullins Owner's Club

04-29-2015, 11:47 PM	#68
Allanw Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Whangarei, New Zealand Posts: 298	Re: Please let me chose USPS Thread Dredge! Yesterday, April 29 2015; I received a small package, not much bigger than a greeting card. USPS Mailing Office Date Stamp: July 18 2014 __________________ Allan '29 Tudor, Canadian RHD Whangarei, NZ "Duct Tape can't fix stupid, but it can MUFFLE the sound" Last edited by Allanw; 04-30-2015 at 05:43 PM. Reason: oopsie

04-30-2015, 08:08 AM	#69
Jeff/Illinois Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,789	Re: Please let me chose USPS How come the USPS never lost draft notices back in the late 60's

04-30-2015, 01:40 PM	#71
brito36 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Marengo. Illinois Posts: 262	Re: Please let me chose USPS When I order parts from parts suppliers, I specify that they are to be sent USPS. I have no problem at all with the USPS.