Yes, USPS is annoying as their system updates are quite slow. It states on the site: when tracking a code, to check back later as it is updated nightly or something, but that is not so. Here is my most recent USPS situation: I was tracking an express package that was supposed to arrive this Monday, and in trying to cover the bases, I told the mailman sometime last week that I was anticipating a package, and that when he delivers it, I will be waiting at home and to give a good knock. And so on Monday, I scheduled my whole day around that package, and when I finally couldn't wait any longer, I head out the door, and realize that he had quietly slipped an attempt of delivery in the morning - frazzled and disappointed that my whole day had gone to waste, I called my local post office and asked them to hold the package instead. Then they give me another number to call as apparently it goes not go to the nearest post office and that all packages are held at some other location, and that I must personally call to indicate this request. I followed all directions accordingly, but somehow (woman's instinct, I just wasn't satisfied with the clerk's response and assurance. So, heading out to catch up on the remaining hours of the day, down the street about a block down, I see a mail truck, and I wait for the mailman to emerge from whichever house he was coming from. I tell him my concern, and just brushes me away and tells me that my street was not a part of his route. So, fine. About two blocks down, I spot another mailman, and again, I stop him and tell him my situation...luckily he was nice enough and takes down my information and assures me that he will relay my request to my mailman and the main station (where packages are held until the final re-delivery attempt). Somehow, being the overly persistent person that I am, I go online, and do the whole redelivery request/edit --- and guess what came up: "ERROR. Cannot complete request as the package has been resent to the sender." So, pissed off, I set my alarm clock for 7am and contacted the Main Post Office demanding an explanation. The same clerk I spoke with from the day before tell me, "oh that package is on it's way to your local post office...call them at 10 or 11am." Okay, so that's another rescheduling of stuff - mind you I paid a hefty price for this package to be delivered as express - and so I call my local nearest post office and the guy says, it's not here. Anyway, to make this long story short - I kept getting the run around - and finally, I just went straight to the post office and asked for my package late in the afternoon....I hand him my slip, and disappears for some time and as he hands me my package, he states: "oh, this arrived right after you called this morning." I left him my number like five times and kept re-iterating that as soon as he gets the pack or hear word of it - to call me . . . so in the end ... you have to be persistent and track that package down. Don't just rely on the tracking page and whatever mail clerk tells you alone, and go get your package! sorry, to unload all of that...but if one pays for an express service (and it's not cheap as money is money), then one expects to get that service.
USPS Global Priority is like that. They usually only tend to scan once or twice. They are pretty poor too at updating - sometimes after you get your stuff the website isn't even updated (still shows "enroute). I know they say 4-6 days but it's more like 7-10 days sometimes. In early Dec (just before the real Christmas rush), I got something in 14 working days! Yeah I panicked too, lol!
