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Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by igreulich »

busterarm wrote: post #51
jweir wrote: post #3

Yeah, 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…

The post offices in Brooklyn and Queens are typically quite terrible and do really shitty things like mentioned in the OP all the time. My brother has terrible problems running his business out of Sunnyside because of problems caused by USPS. There's no accountability in these post offices for how they deal with their customers. I'm glad almost all of my Prime deliveries are via UPS or FedEx. Occasionally they go thr…

Where are you at?

In Columbia and/or Charleston, I have never missed mail on a delivery day because the carrier was sick.

I have, however, had them not deliver the slip for a signature-required package, then try to blame it on me. (I still try to figure out how that one is my fault...)

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by redblacktree »

VLM wrote: post #77
terrellm wrote: post #69

On our ranch, we have an automatic gate opener with keypad. While FedEx and UPS will use a key code if one is printed on the address label, USPS refuses to enter through an open gate. Maybe they were just afraid of the cattle ( http://www.LonghornSteers.com ). Fortunately for us, UPS delivers virtually all of our Amazon orders (2-3 a week since it is easier to use Prime than drive into town). The day that Amazon uses…

"easier to use Prime than drive into town" cheaper not easier. My mom and sister live in a rural county with more dairy cows than humans, and its not just easier, but considerably cheaper. Not sure what its like where you live, but sometimes around here people assume 50 cents/mile total cost aka $1/mile round trip so a trip into town to a big box store isn't twenty miles away, its $20 away, round trip. Suddenly payin…

> cheaper not easier.

Cheaper and easier? Your post came off as immediately combative, but when I read the rest I realized that it wasn't at all. I don't mean to chastise you, only to point out how it was perceived.

Have a nice day!

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

#93

Post by redblacktree »

drivingmissm wrote: post #65
cfinke wrote: post #4

You 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.

I live in a mountainous area and the Postal Service won't deliver to my house. (FedEx and UPS will). So FedEx Smart Post creates the same problem for me-- I have to go to town during Post Office hours to pick up the package (and usually wait in line). I would also pay for a UPS/FedEx only Prime. I sometimes force the issue for important or large deliveries by ordering it Next Day for $3.99 more, which ensures UPS/Fed…

That's interesting. I thought that the USPS monopoly on usage of your mailbox was premised on the fact that they don't "cherry pick" easily deliverable addresses, being required to deliver everywhere.

Can you explain more about why you don't have postal service?

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by redblacktree »

protomyth wrote: post #59
eli wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 affe…

Yep, never had a problem with USPS or UPS, but I absolutely hate FedEx Air[1]. They pulled a "we don't deliver in your area from Dec 20 to Jan 2" crap and I had to drive 90 miles to pickup the package myself. I told the vendor if they shipped the next package via FedEx, that would be the last one ordered[2]. I figure your local people are the determining factor since consistency seems not to be a corporate function f…

"we don't deliver in your area from Dec 20 to Jan 2"

Um, what? That sounds like a WHOLE lot of pissed off holiday shoppers.

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by redblacktree »

jinushaun wrote: post #76
shittyanalogy wrote: post #34

This is a NYC problem not a Amazon Prime or USPS problem. - Have your packages shipped to a friends work place or somewhere with a doorman. I use Amazon Prime in the city and do just that, it's great. - You can rent a PO box that accepts packages at many mail-services type stores. Many of them have notification services too. - Get a business address at a co-working space, a lot of times they will accept your business…

Read the rest of the article. Doesn't address his problem of getting the package back to his apt. He mentions lots of large heavy boxes.

I'm sure "over or next to a business" is a lot closer than the post office.

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by redblacktree »

teh_klev wrote: post #84
ukdm wrote: post #22

In the UK Amazon has its own parcel delivery service that is used to deliver the majority of the larger parcels in my area. But it's not great. Some of the drivers decide they don't have time, or it's near the end of their shift, and log deliveries as no one home. I've had this confirmed by some of the drivers that do bother delivering. So while I've been home all day, I get an email (usually around 6pm) claiming no…

If you live north of Perth in Scotland and a parcel is sent via one of the big couriers it often gets subcontracted out to a local courier or franchised operator who can add another two to three days to deliver something that should be next day. I used to live in Perth and never had a single Prime delivery arrived next day as promised - in one ridiculous example, they shipped a parcel from their Greenock fulfilment c…

I wouldn't say "verging on." It's an outright lie.

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by crusso »

VLM wrote: post #74
crusso wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not directly, but they get special loans that are government funded. Guess where the money will come from when they default? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/us/politics/postal-service...

Other than for hollywood accounting reasons or a political stunt, why would a profitable agency default?

One could ask why a profitable agency would take out billions of dollars in loans.

"theoretically profitable" is not the same as "profitable"

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by thebiglebrewski »

Does anyone else think that USPS in New York City is just horrible and shitty in general? I had a similar experience at the branch in Chinatown where I was treated horribly just for asking to speak to a manager (which took over 45 minutes to happen). You just feel so powerless to do anything because even the people "in charge" can't even seem to help you or are mysteriously "off the clock". The package was eventually delivered but only after 2 hours of time were wasted on my end...

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by protomyth »

redblacktree wrote: post #94
protomyth wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, never had a problem with USPS or UPS, but I absolutely hate FedEx Air[1]. They pulled a "we don't deliver in your area from Dec 20 to Jan 2" crap and I had to drive 90 miles to pickup the package myself. I told the vendor if they shipped the next package via FedEx, that would be the last one ordered[2]. I figure your local people are the determining factor since consistency seems not to be a corporate function f…

"we don't deliver in your area from Dec 20 to Jan 2" Um, what? That sounds like a WHOLE lot of pissed off holiday shoppers.

It was 1996, so I think most of the folks were buying stuff on shopping trips and not over the internet.
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