Thread: This is why I hate shipping...

Originally Posted by Bruno

Just this weekend I had a 1000$ razor returned to me after a 2 month roundabout return to sender.
It was near its destination in Oakland when it was out for delivery. then nothing for 2 weeks. Then to san berdino, then to LA, then nothing for 4 weeks, and then it was back in my PO box.
Something had scraped the label and turned a 4 on the zip code into a 1 (or a 7 depending on whom you ask).

So 2 months after sending it out, it was back to me.
Luckily, the customer was pretty 'zen' about it.
This week I'll check the edge and then send it out again.

What kind of steel was it made of? You know steel has personality.
You may have created a Ramblin' Razor.
Mail it out again & it might tour the East Coast,,,

Funny thing zip codes. If you put a 6 where an 8 is supposed to go , the machine will send it to Huntington Beach even though the sort facility is in Anaheim. Another funny thing is they use the Zip code long before they pay attention to anything else,,,like what city you wrote down. AND that extra 4 numbers at the end....nobody at the post office knows what the hell they mean

With USPS putting a 9 digit Zip Code will make a difference. I sent out legal notices (car vs. power pole repair bills) for a power company. Started out using only 5 digit. Trying to increase my return rate and timeliness the company print shop/post office folks advised I put the 9 digit Zip Code on bottom in its own line instead of after the state. Turns out the sorting machines read the Zip. With the 9 digit code one to two levels of sorting are eliminated which can be another two days just for in state deliveries. I had a 26% increase with less no deliveries.

I found very few addresses that did have a 9 digit code assigned by USPS.

Look Up a ZIP Code™

https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action

Originally Posted by 10Pups

AND that extra 4 numbers at the end....nobody at the post office knows what the hell they mean

The 'Machine' knows!

I use my -1232

Originally Posted by Suticat

Keep in mind that this address is only an hour and fifteen minutes from my house.
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I could have tied it to a blind senior walking with prostate issues and had it make less stops than this package.

Next time give it to one of the hot air balloon in your area. They can get it there no problem. May have to drop it in from a couple hundred feet up but hey why not .......

Imagine living at the ars* end of Africa. Everything is a minimum 4 - 6 week wait unless specifically couriered.

Waiting on the following:
- 4 x Mystic Water tubs
- 1 Gillette Fatboy
- 1 Puma No. 63
- 1 W & B

Starting to check my post office box on a daily basis for the soap and the Fatboy.

Regional sorting my @$$!


N. Florida to Ohio via City of Industry CA?!?! That's...


I'm giving that one a WTF?

I once sent a razor from South Florida to New York by way of Honolulu, Hawaii. Wish I could travel that cheap.

Hey, that's an idea Leonard. Let's all travel via USPS.