Talked to clerk at local P.O. telling me local Amazon Delivery Services have stopped operating.

[Midnight Writer]

He told me that the Post Office parcel volume just took a multi-fold jump because the Amazon Delivery people (the tall vans) in town have stopped working due to high gas prices and unrealistic workloads. The Amazon delivery folks have to buy particular vans mandated by Amazon and have to reach Amazon delivery quotas that they can't handle.

In addition, he said Fedex is no longer handling Amazon packages and UPS is flooding the Post Office with "last mile" deliveries to cut down on their fuel costs.

And now that the Post Office have cut staff so much in the last few years, they are having trouble handling the volume, as well as getting hammered by gas prices.

So, if you're wondering why the Amazon vans and UPS deliveries are disappearing and your mail is running late(r), this might help explain the problem.

[Beachnutt]

1. Gotta get those electric delivery vehicles built

and delivered asap...
fu-q big oil

[OMGWTF]

23. THIS! THIS! THIS!

[brush]

2. DeJoy still being in charge at the PO is biting us again.

[live love laugh]

54. He's been there TWO YEARS now ‼️

And is poised to interfere with the Fall elections.

He HAS to go ‼️‼️

[Novara]

3. I haven't noticed.

In fact, I see Amazon delivery vans go past my office all day long.

[jimfields33]

7. Me too. Constantly.

[Jerry2144]

16. Me three

Everywhere here. Like roaches in a New York City apartment

[Rebl2]

14. See them go

by my house at least once a day. I live on busy street though.

[Nittersing]

17. Several times a day on my residential street. nt

[PatSeg]

19. Same here - every day

And all my deliveries have been timely.

[Hugin]

31. I dodged three of the four on my walk this morning...

The fourth should arrive any minute.

[LymphocyteLover]

38. same here

[Solomon]

4. Ahhh! That explains why I am getting strange messages about Amazon delays.

I get a message tracking my shipment nearby and telling me that its on time, and then all of a sudden, shipment delay, as though the shipment was never picked up from its original point.

I kept thinking, how can they act like something happened to the shipment when for two days they were sending me messages telling me that it was picked up and on the way and will be delivered on time, ... its not that far away according to their messages but now they are telling me that if I don't receive it in two more days I can get a refund.

[shanti]

49. Refunds

I got a message like that too, and what I did was cancel the order and place another one at the same time. I got the newer order with no delay.

[BlackSkimmer]

5. This week I've received both Amazon and P.O deliveries.

No problems.

[Scruffy1]

6. A clerk at a PO probably knows very little about the USPS network.

It's a very complex system and involves a lot of connections with UPS and Fedex. I ordered 2 of the same item and one came by USPS and the UPS on the same day. As for as Amazon delivery drivers anyone who contracts for delivery without a floating fuel charge deserves to go broke.

[live love laugh]

55. It's easy for a clerk to know if mgmt. communicates it.

[modrepub]

8. Diesel +1$/gal More Than Gas

In my area gas is $5/gal versus $6.25/gal for diesel. I know some areas in the Midwest diesel is on par with gas price or maybe lower.

I've also wondered what the impact of multiple layers of speculative buying has on gas prices. It always seems that as the price of oil goes up or is deemed to have to go up, the number of speculators who purchase contracts with no intent on actually taking delivery seems to ramp up. Having fuel contracts change hands multiple times can't be good for consumers.

[PXR-5]

9. I haven't received any Amazon packages in over a week

What's sad is most are for Wifey's birthday and I can't buy them locally

A total of 6 packages, all said 2 day delivery. If I don't get them in another few days I will cancel and CANCEL Prime!

They raised the cost of Prime to cover the gas, so, what's up?

If punks can afford gas for their huge pick-ups, then Bozos can afford fuel for his space ships and vans.

[inthewind21]

10. No they didn't

The increase for prime was announced LONG before gas shot up and it doesn't take effect until next year.

[PXR-5]

37. My Prime cost went up but

I pay monthly. It's now $14.99, up from $9.99.

[whopis01]

44. The price change already took effect

It changed on February 18th for new customers and March 25th for existing customers.

[Scrivener7]

11. Once upon a time, a long long time ago, we all got by with deliveries that took a week or two.

[Rebl2]

15. So true

[HootieMcBoob]

21. Allow four to six weeks for delivery.

Remember those days?

[Happy Hoosier]

35. The bad ole days.

I do really relish the fact that when I need a part or supplies, I can get them in a couple days. Especially since my local options are filled with low-quality crap.

[llmart]

28. Americans don't do "delayed gratification".

They want everything and they want it right now! That's why they get bored so easily and have short attention spans.

[meadowlander]

45. One of my favorite books as a kid was Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the kid saves up chore monney for months to buy two puppies and then has to camp out at the General Store every day for months waiting for them to arrive.

That's how I feel about the new laptop I just ordered that's coming in August hopefully.

But sometimes anticipation can heighten enjoyment.

[FelineOverlord]

12. I see Amazon trucks everywhere

In my area.

[live love laugh]

56. This sounds like it's local. I get my pkgs.

[IronLionZion]

13. Doesn't Amazon pay for the vans and gas?

Serious question. It would be shitty if they didn't

[OMGWTF]

26. Agreed. We know Bezos is a jerkhole, but

I find it really hard to believe they make their employees buy the vans and pay for gas.

[live love laugh]

57. Why is Bezos a "jerk hole"?

[GB_RN]

27. Nope.

The guys in the gray vans are independent contractors.

[IronLionZion]

29. I hate that so much

So they take all the risks, costs, etc. and feel the squeeze

[Happy Hoosier]

39. Probably not.

They probably pay based on the load.

I mean, If I were Amazon, I would NOT want to have cost+ contracts. Too unpredictable. One of the primary reasons to outsource is off-load risk to the subcontractor.

And subcontractors compete based on price.

I mean, I know it's popular to shit on Amazon and Bezos here, and there is some justification for that. But someone is running these subcontractors and THEY are the ones who chose to take on the risk.

[MissB]

18. I use an Amazon hub for my deliveries

Mostly because I have two dogs, one of which is highly protective. My yard is fenced and gated and I have a sign out that says to leave the packages here (at a spot outside the gate).

And yet Amazon delivery folks would consistently go inside the gate. I tired of that, and now shift my deliveries to arrive at the hub. It’s fine if things are slower in arriving, as I group my pickups with other errands. The hub holds the items for 3 weeks, so I generally let things sit.

Also, I can do without some stuff

[Captain Zero]

20. I use an AMAZON hub too. They may still bne delivering to those

an area where they have cut out trucks on the street.
Mine is inside a Mall entry way near me.

Pretty easy I go right by it for other things so it is easy to stop at.
Show the bar code on your email from your phone and your door pops open like
Door #3 !


It's a NEW Car, Monty !! (ok maybe not a new car...)

[MissB]

47. Ha!

Right? Love those doors popping open.

[progree]

33. Hmmm, mine had a 3 DAY window

and actually, according to their alerts and emails, consisted of a partial day plus 2 full days, not a partial day plus 3 full days like their website led me to believe. Like I'd get an alert at 4pm Monday that it was delivered and I had to pick it up by Wednesday end of day.

This was back in October. I haven't used one since.

I would very happily use an Amazon locker location if I had a 3 weeks window (even one week window would be great), but sometimes 2 1/2 days just did not work out or was very inconvenient (I don't have a car and its 3 miles away).

Usually I order about 6 items and they get delivered in 3 or 4 separate deliveries (sigh), even though I do the free delivery which has the longest estimated delivery times (I'm not a Prime member). I would think that would give them the maximal opportunity to group items together for the smallest number of deliveries, thus saving them delivery expenses, and would help a little bit with the dire greenhouse gas disaster situation. But I would be mistaken, apparently.

If I had a 3 week window, that would be plenty of time for all the separate deliveries to be made, and I could pick them up in one trip (usually the 3 or 4 separate deliveries occur within a week of the first one's arrival).

[MissB]

46. It's a small Whole Foods store

They have a section of a back store room for holding stuff. Once I arrive, I click the “get pickup code” and the workers in the back load it into a locker.

It may be that your hub doesn’t have the storage space.

[progree]

50. Thanks for the info -- there is a Whole Foods a 24 min bus trip away (plus 11 min

walk to the bus stop = 35 min each way). But if would be worth it if they have a 3 week window, and so it would be one trip.

The hub I used (once), has maybe 30 lockers on the outside wall of a gas station-minimarket.

[RedSpartan]

22. This past week UPS lost my new iPhone.

(No, it wasn't stolen, Verizon can tell if it's been activated.)

There's a good reason UPS is pronouned "Oops!"

[Happy Hoosier]

40. And USPS fooked up my Apple Watch delivery.

Somehow it was in my town and became "undeliverable."

My guess is the package became too damaged to deliver.

And then they were telling me it would 2 weeks to get a replacement. Ugh.

I cancelled the order and got one at Best Buy (they went on sale and it was the same price as Amazon)

[progree]

43. And Amazon never offers the choice of who delivers, so its a crap shoot

my orders are usually 6 or 7 items, and they usually come in like 3 or 4 deliveries (even though I choose the option with the longest estimated delivery time, sigh, giving them the maximal opportunity to group items into the fewest shipments, but oh well). And there are usually 3 separate carriers involved -- USPS, UPS, Fedex, Amazon, yada.

So I have to learn to live with and learn about the foibles of all the delivery services.

[radical noodle]

24. They're delivering here. Just saw one go past

Maybe it's a localized problem.

[33taw]

25. It depends on location. They stopped rural delivery because of costs.

Most larger cities still use Amazon delivery trucks.

[womanofthehills]

51. I'm very rural and UPS is delivering in NM

The driver always brings my dogs treats too.

[33taw]

53. Nice!

[Bev54]

30. Not here in Canada and our gas prices are higher.

I was just driving home from the clinic and 5 Amazon vans surrounded me on the freeway, so they are still running here.

[wryter2000]

32. Everything falls on the postal service

So much for business being better than government. The wonderful postal service even sent me eight free Covid tests.

[Old Crank]

34. My sister in law

Is in a small country area. The UPS and other delivery services handed off delivery to USPS because of the limited orders and travel distances. It is much easier and cheaper to deliver in high density areas than having to drive 50 miles for a handful of stops.

[highplainsdem]

36. Thanks! I'd wondered why a few recent Amazon orders had been delivered by UPS and USPS.

[mvd]

41. Delivery has been good here in SE PA

There have been a few more shipment delays this year than before, but they get here.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

42. Supposedly those vans were to convert to electric.

Now is the time Jeff!!!

[shanti]

48. Yes

I have noticed that my Amazon deliveries are taking longer than they used to, and I'm often not given a delivery date when ordering. Hmmmm.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

52. Everything's about normal here in the Land Beyond O'Hare.

[Meowmee]

58. We are still getting all amazon deliveries