The horror stories about the Jackson office of the United States Postal Service are true.
Yours truly sent a package to Atlanta using priority mail. Just read the tracking history.
The last update is February 22. Just plain pitiful. If you have similar stories, feel free to post them in the comments.
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I thought I saw Benny T. on the news and he was fixing all this?
Will someone please ask Elon Musk to look into the lack of life the Main Office of Jackson MS post office@
Had 2 packages shipped (2 day priority) to Jackson in early January that sat in Jackson for 2 weeks, then they were inexplicably shipped back to Memphis briefly than returned to Jackson and sat for another 2 weeks before finally delivered.
Had a customer send my office a payment and it was postmarked in December and only arrived in mid-February.
That postal manager should win an Oscar for saying with a straight face that there was NO backlog or problems at all that they were aware of on WLBT last month.
Mailed 6 post dated checks (for monthly rent) in one envelope to south Louisiana. Mailed from Madison PO on December 30. I guess it all goes through Jackson. Never returned to me, by Jan 20 he had not received and I had to put a stop payment on all checks and resend new checks via FedEx. Old checks finally got there January 29, with a "January 23" post mark.
Two weeks sitting in Jackson Post Office before they even tried to deliver.
Yall need to write better
I mailed you a check last summer during your fundraising, still hasn't cleared.
We had some of the same problems. It also was delayed in Atlanta, so it's not just Jackson. We did finally get our package.
It is not just the Jackson PO, it is the whole system. I ordered a few items that were shipped from PA, and it took several weeks for them to arrive. One of them was routed through NC.
In Com Pe Tence
Lazy
Entitled
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Disgruntled
Mad at the World
Company in B’ham AL sent me a priority letter and it came to Jackson, according to tracking, then went to New Hampshire where it was held up by weather, and took over a month to finally get back here to me in Rankin County…. Ridiculous!!!!!
Have heard from acquaintances that the Atlanta sorting facility is horrendous to the point that those south of Atlanta drive towards Jacksonville then put their mail in the system so that it doesn't get sorted in Atlanta on the way to it's destination.
it's 2025 , this should be at the top of his list. it's broken and the easiest thing to fix and would be another feather !
Mailed a package to our daughter in Chicago on Feb 10. She received it March 1. I have stopped paying bills through the mail.
This is what you asked for. Lower costs, meaning lower wages to Postal Workers, along with slower delivery. So, now, mail is not taken in the evenings to be processed, adding days to delivery. "First Class," which is the class of Priority Mail adding tracking, is now FIVE days, not 3. So, if it sits Tuesday night in the Post Office, its 5 days are ticking on Wed, so it might get going to Atlanta on Monday. They are cutting overnight trucks, air shipments, etc.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/02/usps-institutes-network-reforms-mail-delivery-hits-three-year-low/394388/
This is how you "run GubMint 'like a business'" and the alternative is UPS at 18 bucks. And UPS and FedEx don't swing by to deliver mail 6 days a week.
Read the article. Get up to speed instead of whining about what you all screech about, "Perfect instant service at slave labor cost wages and decrepit infrastructure." "them LAZY PARASITES ain't a running fast enough" right?
You get what you pay for. So pay more at Fedex or UPS. Enjoy.
I ordered my granddaughters a Valentine gift and it was shipped with tracking. It sat in the Jackson, MS distribution center for 11 days. Needless to say, it arrived in Brandon after Valentine day.
The problem is nationwide and has been going on for a while now. Anyone who is forced to use mail order pharmacies has been getting really screwed. You can, in large, part thank Amazon and all the other online companies who have taken advantage of an overwhelmed bureaucracy and outdated postal rules that force the USPS to provide last mile service at far less than the cost of delivery. Just last month UPS announced that it is walking away from a large chunk of their Amazon business because it is unprofitable. Ironic because Amazon wanted to bring UPS even more business. Why? Because after establishing a large delivery network of their own, Amazon realized how f'ing expensive the distribution gig costs and, instead of investing in even more network expansion, Amazon tried to determine if they could get the suckers they reliably fleeced all these years, like UPS, to take even more of their unprofitable business. Shit is breaking now. The whole cheap delivery model is unsustainable if it can't, at the minimum, break even.
Had a package (pair of shoes) make it to the Madison Post Office with tracking stating out for delivery for over 10 days. The day after I filed a complaint they showed up. The post master said he had multiple employees that had been prosecuted.
Mailed a $6,000.00 + check from the Madison Post Office to a Canton address. The check ended up in somebody’s bank account in Los Angeles. Thankfully the bank made it good.
In 2016 our P O Box cost was $112.00 for 12 months; it was $302.00 in 2024.
Shipped a cashier's check Priority Mail Express to Dallas early January.
Took 4 days. 3 days to get out of Jackson, 1 day once it got to Dallas.
Received a 100% refund.
All Priority Mail is getting you is a tracking number. They don't guarantee squat.
Don't waste the money.
FedEx or UPS if you absolutely positively have to have something somewhere on time.
As bad as this, is it’s not as bad as tens of thousands of dollars in mailed checks stolen then cashed from the Jackistan Post Offices
Abolish USPS and use UPS or FedEx.
FedEx can send a package half way around the world overnight. UPS can get a parcel coast to coast in a day or two. The Postal Service can’t get a letter across town in a week.
Privatize USPS !! They are losing $3 Billion annually, constantly raising their prices for poorer service and no employees have a pulse. PRIVATIZE !!!
No one on my Madison street got mail for 3 days last week even though the informed delivery emails said we had mail coming. Still have not got most of it.
7:02 Don’t be a smartass. We didn’t ask for this. The price to mail a letter has never dropped. The employees are parasites. And lazy. Bottom line.
Like everything else in Jackson the postal service doesn't work. Just think how truly bad it would be if Mayor Gumflapper had been in charge.
You can thank Trump and his hand pick Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for poor staffing at all postal positions. That along with a focus on delivering packages for Amazon and Temu, day to day mail service is not a factor in their mission. A job at the post office was once a cherished job, today most quit before the end of a year.
Like everything else in Jackson the postal service doesn't work. Just think how truly bad it would be if Mayor Gumflapper had been in charge.
Problems with the post office might be why Antard will fly anywhere in the USofA to pick up those "campaign checks".
Convenience store help are more effective that the privileged counter help at the P.O.
"FedEx can send a package half way around the world overnight. UPS can get a parcel coast to coast in a day or two. The Postal Service can’t get a letter across town in a week."
Bubba, a first class stamp is 73 cents. Fedex STARTS a 10 bucks, for a letter. UPS too. And a 1 lb package starts at 20 bucks, but can be 100 or more. Around the world overnight is 150 to 1300 dollars. Good grief. Do the math. And don't squawk 50 year old stereotypes comparing apples to oranges.
Delivered, Left with Individual
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March 3, 2025, 1:01 pm
Out for Delivery
PEARL, MS 39208
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March 3, 2025, 7:34 am
Arrived at Post Office
PEARL, MS 39208
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March 3, 2025, 7:23 am
In Transit to Next Facility
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March 1, 2025
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
GREENSBORO NC DISTRIBUTION CENTER
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February 25, 2025, 8:27 pm
Departed Post Office
STATESVILLE, NC 28625
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February 25, 2025, 5:00 pm
USPS picked up item
STATESVILLE, NC 28625
Had great carriers in my area for a long time. James was the carrier for years, did a great job, former Marine. Was transferred out to Pearl a few years ago then retired. The next one was Phoebe. She was fantastic. In fact, she was a little too good, so good she got promoted within a year or two. Now it's just different faces that show up in morning or late afternoon. No regular schedule as once was the case. Couldn't even tell you who they are as it seems to rotate.
The UPS mailbox I have is $100 cheaper than the same size box at USPS for a year.
When I was in the Lefluer post office a few weeks ago, I overheard a man say he had 42 checks stolen out of the drop boxes outside. He had paid bills with them and it was a while before he realized what was going on.
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