Why I Canceled Amazon Prime
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#2So the real problem is that the US government can't provide a postal service that's fit for purpose despite being obliged to provide a service of uniform quality to all Americans. Switching providers might help but it seems the underlying systemic issue is with the USPS not being what it's meant to be.
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#3Yeah, we use Prime in Brooklyn. And the UPSP postal slip is something I never want to see.
Our Post Office has gotten a little better in the last year about delivering packages. Although they still sometimes try the wrong buzzer.
One thing, with your postal slip you can schedule to have it redelivered through the USPS website. I have had good success with this.
https://redelivery.usps.com/redelivery/
Fortunately very few of our Amazon deliveries are USPS, most of them are UPS.
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#4You see, the problem with Amazon Prime is that you are shipping almost entirely via the USPS.
I've never received a package from Amazon via anyone but UPS.
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#5I live in an apartment complex, and I find that the general issue is that carriers just can't/won't bring packages to your door. With the exception of ONE delivery out of at least two dozen, I have never had a package come to my door.
I always get notified by the apartment building late in the day when they are either closed or I am out for dinner/errands, so I have to wait until the next day to actually get the package. It's always N+1 day shipping with this setup.
As much as it annoys me, I am not sure there's an answer. Can carriers really be expected to actually go to every door in a sprawling apartment building with all of their deliveries for the day?
Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime
#6So the real problem is that the US government can't provide a postal service that's fit for purpose despite being obliged to provide a service of uniform quality to all Americans. Switching providers might help but it seems the underlying systemic issue is with the USPS not being what it's meant to be.
It is? Maybe in this one case.
At my last office I would fail to get large/heavy FedEx deliveries. It would say delivery attempted, but nobody came. I'd get the package typically a day or two later. I assume it was just one really lazy driver.
I think the real problem is delivering millions of packages to people all across the country is a tough problem and there are bound to be weird little edge cases that only affect a few people.
Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime
#7So the real problem is that the US government can't provide a postal service that's fit for purpose despite being obliged to provide a service of uniform quality to all Americans. Switching providers might help but it seems the underlying systemic issue is with the USPS not being what it's meant to be.
Agreed - the real issue is that USPS is a horribly managed and run organization. Sadly since they will continue to exist in this state, I feel the only recourse is to get Amazon, which does listen to customers, to either force change upon it (like with Sunday delivery!) or allow customers to opt-out.
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#8Yeah, we use Prime in Brooklyn. And the UPSP postal slip is something I never want to see. Our Post Office has gotten a little better in the last year about delivering packages. Although they still sometimes try the wrong buzzer. One thing, with your postal slip you can schedule to have it redelivered through the USPS website. I have had good success with this. https://redelivery.usps.com/redelivery/ Fortunately very…
Tried that. We just get another slip since they're still not carrying the packages. It really does depend on your post office. Bed-Stuy? No way!
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#9Not so much an Amazon problem. As with a lot of services, we see quality private sector services (OnTrac, DHL, FedEx) being consistently better than bloated government services operating at a loss and subsidized by taxpayers. I wonder how much further the USPS would dip if Amazon stopped doing business with them.
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#10You see, the problem with Amazon Prime is that you are shipping almost entirely via the USPS. I've never received a package from Amazon via anyone but UPS.
For me I receive packages by UPS unless that order is arriving on Monday then it is Fed Ex that delivers the package.
But It probably is location dependent, I live in more of a rural area.