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Posted: 12/14/2010 12:41:17 PM EDT

As the subject asks. WTF? I was expecting some gun parts today to start building a new upper. And, the UPS tracking page shows: "tendered to local post office". I recall this happening once last year, and it took an extra week to get my stuff! The UPS website says it's a contractual deal with the USPS, I assume when UPS gets busy, they dump their extra cargo on the local post office, which I find to be BS. I plan on dropping by the post office on my way home but I have a feeling it will just result in me standing in line for 45 minutes to be told it's either not there or out with the carrier (which means it's not there and I'll get it when I get it...)

Any one else experience this and/or have any suggestions?

Posted: 12/14/2010 12:42:26 PM EDT

[#1]

Quoted:
As the subject asks. WTF? I was expecting some gun parts today to start building a new upper. And, the UPS tracking page shows: "tendered to local post office". I recall this happening once last year, and it took an extra week to get my stuff! The UPS website says it's a contractual deal with the USPS, I assume when UPS gets busy, they dump their extra cargo on the local post office, which I find to be BS. I plan on dropping by the post office on my way home but I have a feeling it will just result in me standing in line for 45 minutes to be told it's either not there or out with the carrier (which means it's not there and I'll get it when I get it...)

Any one else experience this and/or have any suggestions?

It's called UPS Basic shipping. If you have any options on your shipping, choose UPS Ground.

Posted: 12/14/2010 12:43:39 PM EDT

[#2]

I've never had this with UPS, but Fedex does it all the time. I've never had any problems or had to wait additional time for any packages they've do that with.

Posted: 12/14/2010 12:44:27 PM EDT

[#3]

Let me guess, your package shipped "UPS Basic"?

UPS gets the package to your local PO. They deliver it. FedEx has a similar service - "SmartPost". So does DHL.

In my experience, you'll usually get the package the business day after it has been "tendered to local post office".

Posted: 12/14/2010 12:45:43 PM EDT

[#4]

Pretty common. Especially when you check the cheapest shipping option. Been going on for some time.

Posted: 12/14/2010 12:45:45 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Quoted:
As the subject asks. WTF? I was expecting some gun parts today to start building a new upper. And, the UPS tracking page shows: "tendered to local post office". I recall this happening once last year, and it took an extra week to get my stuff! The UPS website says it's a contractual deal with the USPS, I assume when UPS gets busy, they dump their extra cargo on the local post office, which I find to be BS. I plan on dropping by the post office on my way home but I have a feeling it will just result in me standing in line for 45 minutes to be told it's either not there or out with the carrier (which means it's not there and I'll get it when I get it...)

Any one else experience this and/or have any suggestions?

It's called UPS Basic shipping. If you have any options on your shipping, choose UPS Ground.

This. It's often a slightly cheaper option than UPS Ground shipping. UPS picks the package up from whoever you ordered the items from, then passes the package off to USPS for delivery...

Posted: 12/14/2010 12:45:49 PM EDT

[#6]

Fedex did it to something I bought a couple weeks ago. Tracking info said it was in my city for 2 days while I waited on USPS to deliver it. Funny thing is that Fedex came to my house the day after it tendered it to the USPS. Could have saved a lot of effort if they just dropped it off then, lol. But that's not how the system is setup.

Posted: 12/14/2010 12:46:22 PM EDT

[#7]

I had a FedEx package rendered to USPS for a little bit, then back to FedEx the state over. That struck me as odd.

Posted: 12/14/2010 12:47:06 PM EDT

[#8]

You want it cheap?

You want it fast?

You want it done right?

Pick two.

Posted: 12/14/2010 12:47:50 PM EDT

[#9]

I have a huge problem with this...I do not have a mailbox at my fairly rural home. The PO doesn't want me to put one up either, as it is at the end of their Rural Route. So...I have a PO box...When I order something UPS, and give my actual street address, I'm screwed if UPS "tenders" it to the USPS since they won't deliver to me, and doesn't have a record of my physical address! I had one package returned last week due to this nonsense...

ETA. I was only offered "UPS Ground", or USPS shipping as options by the retailer...

Posted: 12/14/2010 12:52:53 PM EDT

[#10]

Thanks guys. It was 'free shipping' I should have known there was a string attached. Oh well, hopefully it arrives tomorrow. If not, it's not really a big deal, it's just a receiver and BG&C, can't do much till I get the other parts picked out and ordered.

Posted: 12/14/2010 12:52:56 PM EDT

[#11]

Just out of curiosity, who would be in trouble if the package contained items that were not legal to ship via USPS?

Posted: 12/14/2010 12:54:20 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Just out of curiosity, who would be in trouble if the package contained items that were not legal to ship via USPS?

Interesting point...

Posted: 12/14/2010 12:55:13 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:

As the subject asks. WTF? I was expecting some gun parts today to start building a new upper. And, the UPS tracking page shows: "tendered to local post office". I recall this happening once last year, and it took an extra week to get my stuff! The UPS website says it's a contractual deal with the USPS, I assume when UPS gets busy, they dump their extra cargo on the local post office, which I find to be BS. I plan on dropping by the post office on my way home but I have a feeling it will just result in me standing in line for 45 minutes to be told it's either not there or out with the carrier (which means it's not there and I'll get it when I get it...)

Any one else experience this and/or have any suggestions?

You have no idea how HUGE or busy UPS gets. My old hub used to have 1+ million packages coming through the system every day during peak season. It didn't matter how many people we hired or how much equipment we had. It was nearly impossible for our huge hub to handle the amount of stuff flowing into the building. Boxes overflowed into the hub like water. Trucks were packed with more boxes than they should have been. People would place boxes where ever they could fit within the hub because we didn't have enough belt space or enough people to sort or load. It's a freaking insane nightmare this time of year.

Posted: 12/14/2010 12:58:59 PM EDT

[#14]

I've had packages from DHL, UPS and FEDEX all delivered this way. Better than the FEDEX driver who can't find my street and just calls me and says he will deliver it a day later after I tell him to google/mapquest the address.