Looks like this order is taking the scenic route

[Gregf]

January 23, 2019, 6:04 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
PHILADELPHIA PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Your item arrived at our PHILADELPHIA PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER origin facility on January 23, 2019 at 6:04 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination.

<hr> January 22, 2019
In Transit to Next Facility

<hr> January 19, 2019, 1:02 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
COLUMBUS OH DISTRIBUTION CENTER

<hr> January 17, 2019, 1:01 pm
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19115

 

[Woodchipper]

If I mailed a letter to our neighbor at our local post office, it goes 30 miles to Chattanooga and then back. When we first moved here, the post office had two slots in the lobby- Local and Out of Town.
My uncle experimented back in the early 60s. He lived south of Philly. Mailed two items- one to the north side of Philly and the other went to a city a long way off. The item took longer to go from one side of Philly to the other than to the other place.

 

[turncrazy43]

And we wonder why the cost of postage keeps going up!
Turncrazy43

 

[wolf creek knives]

I once had a package leave Texas, then Arizona then fell off the map. About a week later we tracked it and it went to Oakland Ca, then Sacramento Ca then Guam. Needless to say we never got the package but the seller did make good and resent the item. When I questioned the USPS they just kind of shrugged. It was supposed to be in Montana in 3 days. I could have kicked the package from Texas to Montana by the time it made it to Guam. But, this is the exception I usually get my stuff via USPS within 4-5 days.

 

[Gregf]

What was that Kingston Trio song about the guy on the MTA ?

Went to ride on the USPS
Well, did it ever return?
No it never returned and it's fate is still unlearned (what a pity)
It may ride forever on the trucks of ....... (Didn't come up with anything here.)
It's the package that never returned.


Well it spent 2 days back in Philly on to who knows?

January 24, 2019
In Transit to Next Facility
Your package is moving within the USPS network and is on track to be delivered to its final destination. It is currently in transit to the next facility.

<hr> January 23, 2019, 4:19 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
PHILADELPHIA PA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

<hr> January 23, 2019, 6:04 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
PHILADELPHIA PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

<hr> January 19, 2019, 1:02 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
COLUMBUS OH DISTRIBUTION CENTER

<hr> January 17, 2019, 1:01 pm
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19115

 

[Swagopenturner]

I'm still waiting for a SFRB from another IAP member that USPS claims was delivered on the 14th of Jan. Don't know where it was delivered to, but USPS claims it was!

 

[Gregf]

That's the game my local PO plays.
They scan it as delivered an leave it lay in the post office.

Almost thinking about a security cam pointed at the mailbox to prove they didn't deliver it.
Wouldn't accomplish much though.
The local post master lady just covers for her buddies.

I even went to the PO and showed the status of delivered and asked to her face where is it ?
She went in back and found it.

 

[Talltim]

Just have patience! The world record for slow delivery is 89 yrs. Your grandchildren will enjoy receiving the packages sent to you.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/106716-longest-postal-delay


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[TellicoTurning]

There was an old maxim in my career days... "if you made a mistake, it took 11 steps to correct it."...



Your package is only up to step 5...:biggrin:

 

[Gregf]

Well the tracking shows it's in town.

But the fat chick has marked it as "No access to delivery location."

AKA: doesn't want to deliver it.