Anyone having just terrible shipping experiences this Holiday season?

[Rotnguns]

So far, ok here. A few deliveries delayed by a day or two.

 

[MTbowhunter36]

I shipped a package from NW Montana earlier this week to Florida using USPS. It was supposed to be delivered this Monday, two days from now. However it was delivered this past Thursday - several days early.

Amazon just built a delivery hub here and the Amazon drivers are leaving the packages at the end of the driveway in the snow. Friends have also complained that they've left them by the mailbox by the highway.

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[pacoalcracker]

Amazon IS the problem and its only going to get worse the more they take away from UPS and USPS. Once they put UPS out of business and USPS further into heavier losses until the govt shuts it down, and they have everything the prices will skyrocket, and the delivery will get worse. Oh, and you will like it because there won't be any alternatives.

 

[KnightExtreme]

! Item Via eBay took 12 days from Florida to Michigan and tracking was hit and miss (USPS)
Another was to arrive on Friday but Amazon advised due to weather will be Late via Georgia to Michigan.
Also Odd normally anything Via Amazon 90% of the time was delivered via Amazon But the last 3 packages all came USPS big or small with a few different items. ( Just odd and seems USPS this year is always Delayed) Another from Hodgdon was to arrive on Friday check Tracking (USPS) and It is stuck in Pontiac MI for the last 3 days and shows "Priority Mail" So it won't arvive today so "maybe" monday or so I can Hope!
And it is not even the Last Day for Carriers Xmas Shipping to get something on time? As for USPS Scanning maybe it is done by a machine and not a person so things aren't scanned and just show up when they do show up?
KE

 

[jayhawk]

I work in e-commerce. We have a lot of lost packages and delayed deliveries with carriers. Mainly USPS.
We’ve also seen a lot of misdeliveries and packages left in random places ever since Amazon started contracting out deliveries

 

[gostovp]

I work in e-commerce. We have a lot of lost packages and delayed deliveries with carriers. Mainly USPS.
We’ve also seen a lot of misdeliveries and packages left in random places ever since Amazon started contracting out deliveries

This is what I was afraid of, lol.
What % of packages you think are lost/not delivered? 1 in 50? 100? 1000?. And what do you do for the customer when something is lost in transit ? Refund or reship items?

 

[kswaterfowl]

Fedex has been complete garbage. I have a had several packages that go out for delivery, and they put delayed to due to weather. And they do this for over a week. It has been blue skies for the last 2 weeks.