Amazon is now delivering half its own packages, rivaling FedEx and UPS

Re:Amazon is now delivering half its own packages, rivaling ... by paxys on Monday December 16, 2019 @04:31PM (#21807455)

Last week the USPS driver was clearly running behind on his route (which is fine), but then decided to mark my package as "could not access delivery location". Which is funny because:

1. USPS is the only carrier that has direct access into my building (because that's where the mailboxes are)

2. I was home all day and there was definitely no delivery attempt

I'm guessing they have SLAs in place with Amazon that penalizes them for late delivery, so they have to resort to such tactics.

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Re:Amazon is now delivering half its own packages, rivaling ... by nostromo on Monday December 16, 2019 @06:22PM (#21808665)

This happens to us weekly.

We simply don't get mail at least one day a week, maybe two.

Packages are marked as undeliverable. But then they show up a few days later.

I've asked around and have heard that mailmen (mailpeople?) in my city just don't finish their routes everyday.

If that's because they're understaffed or too busy due to Amazon or just lazy is up for debate.

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Re:Amazon is now delivering half its own packages, rivaling ... by jdsully on Monday December 16, 2019 @04:44PM (#21807593)

If they have an SLA then that is straight up fraud.

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Re:Amazon is now delivering half its own packages, rivaling ... by fullstopslash on Monday December 16, 2019 @08:17PM (#21809526)

The whole "come sleet or snow" saying that used to represent mail carriers really has no heat anymore.

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