Is it me, or is anyone else having these issues lately? I know I said something recently, but it's starting to get out of hand and not just once in a while. Mail going out (and sometimes in) seems to take so long that it appears lost. Just when I have written something I've sent off, it shows up. I've even remade and resent cards just to have them show up a day before the lost ones. It's hapening with the very few postals I participate in also, and tracking doesn't help. I either get NO updates on tracking, or watch the item swirl around the country and can't do anything because it's not "lost". I sent something recently through Priority and the tracking went dead for 7 days, then mysteriously showed up at its destination out for delivery. Did I step into the Twilight Zone and now have service through the Pony Express and not the USPS?? What should I do besides send in LTCs months early and not join any more postals? I'm so embarrassed and feel like I'm not only stressing myself out and others, but am ruining my rep.

I recently had one set of cards take a week to get to its destination (it should have been 3 days), but otherwise, I haven't had a problem. Hopefully, I didn't just jinx myself!

I was sure this thread was going to be about poison oak...

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I've had a few participants cards seem to get lost in the mail and then show up 10 days or more after the send date. One of them was you and you remade your cards and sent them. Then both sets arrived the same day!! How frustrating! Anyway, I wouldn't worry about your reputation when you have tracking numbers to prove your send date. I personally haven't had trouble with my cards taking longer when I send them...but maybe a day or two longer. So that would really put me at about 5-7 ship days or so. But that is only a few sets. Hugs to you.

Did I step into the Twilight Zone and now have service through the Pony Express and not the USPS??

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I was in a postal tracker. My package made it back to me before it had gone around the ring, which confused me, and I couldn't tell who had mailed it to me, but from the logs, I knew it hadn't gone all the way around yet. It was being sent from I think CO to GA. It bounced around the country for a month before coming back to me (the return address in NY). I had to mail it back to the next person on the list in Atlanta, which is where it was supposed to go (see tracking # here - 9500100021517071000405)... bizarre.

I will say - with LTCs it's a little harder. At least with postal trackers, I always use the machine at the post office to weigh them and buy a label, so that comes with tracking. But when I send LTCs, for most of them I have just used stamps and sent them from home, so there is no tracking. It always makes a little nervous that if it doesn't make it where it was supposed to go, I have no way to track it.

It's not just you. I sell on eBay and have had 2 packages disappear into the twilight zone recently. Both were sent first class mail. One took a month and a half to arrive! According to the tracking, it sat in a post office about an hour from me for 4 weeks. It took multiple phone calls and emails to get it moving. I was not happy. The other took 3 weeks to arrive. So far I have only had that issue with first class mail - not Priority.

I am just getting back into LTCs. I hope I don't have that issue with any that I send/

OMGosh!! That is crazy! It literally when back and forth like 10 times! Super bizarre!

I dont usually have trouble with mine, but one took 14 days once. That's insane. However, sometime I get mail in NY from California a day and half after it's sent. So weird.

I have renewed hope. Today one of the missing trackers that was on its return home to me got here today. Posted June 6th!!! A month, for real?!? Pony Express for sure! So maybe there's still hope for my lost set.

I frequently send care packages (if it fits, it ships small box, priority, with tracking) to my son in Washington DC. On two instances in the last six months, my packages were correctly labeled at my local post office but instead of going from Clayville to Providence to DC, one package went:

Clayville, Providence, St Paul Minnesota, San Francisco, Charlotte North Carolina, Wash DC

The other went:

Clayville, Providence, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, Atlanta, Wash DC

So ...... you aren't alone

Warrior Woman
feels your pain

Clayville to Providence to DC, one package went:

Clayville, Providence, St Paul Minnesota, San Francisco, Charlotte North Carolina, Wash DC

The other went:

Clayville, Providence, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, Atlanta, Wash DC

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I was going to ignore this thread and chalk it up to random-ness. But, I'm sitting here next to a package I just got today. It was mailed out back on 4/24/17.

Have you tried brand new envelopes with clear tape and printed labels? Maybe that's an experiment you can do?