shipping orchids Priority Mail

[Ron-NY]

I am awaiting one box that has been processed in the same post office 6 days in a row...it is 4 hours away It made it from Florida to NY in one day but is currently in limbo. They are searching for it.

I am glad this box was marked fragile handle with care.

 

[Scooby5757]

Jesus. I havent had one that bad yet....yet.

 

[rdlsreno]

OMG!!!!


Ramon

 

[paphioland]

The government does such a great job running stuff, maybe we should let them take over more aspects of our lives.

You can't even complain to the USPS, I have tried. That sucks, sorry.

 

[tocarmar]

Rob,
How was the plants?? Did they make it??
Sorry about that! It sucks, I had 1 come in banged up, but it wasn't that bad, I had lost a few buds on 1 plant.


Tom

 

[practicallyostensible]

How timely, I had a one gallon passion vine sent to me priority mail 16 days ago now. The post office is "currently unable to locate it". Last year they failed to deliver a box of tropical fish that was shipped via overnight due to an "unexpectedly high volume" that day, the shipment suffered many fatalities. Lesson learned.

 

[swamprad]

Ron, I feel your pain. I have experienced many similar problems. In fact, I met with my local postmaster this week to formally complain about my mailman. I suppose he'll retailiate by strewing my mail hither and yon, I should have just suffered in silence.

 

[NYEric]

After a friend told me he was told by a delivery service worker that if it's marked 'Fragile' he deliberately kicks it, I never mark my boxes.

 

[Corbin]

Isn't this why UPS, FedX, and others have bee so successful?

We all know the goverment can not run anything (Including itself) properly.

 

[SlipperFan]

That is really disgusting. Did they pay damages? (Ha ha!)

 

[rdhed]

Now that looks like it was sat on....maybe to eat their lunch.:rollhappy:
Hope the 'chids' inside didn't suffer to much.

----Allen----

 

[goldenrose]

:sob: OMG :sob: that's inexcusable@! @!
I guess I've been lucky. Good Luck!
I've always found it amazing that living in the midwest, I could get plants from either coast & (even Hawaii) in the same amount of time (or less) that it takes to get a shipment from Ernie who's 2-2 1/2 hours away!

 

[Ron-NY]

There were 3 plants in the box...I lost a few buds and I have a few creased leaves and one crushed plastic pot but when I saw the box, my heart sank but I was surprised they were not a total waste. The three plants were fairly rare species and I would have been pretty upset if they were not salvageable.

Other good news is that the customer service person in Rochester traced down my other box. She made quite a few long distance calls including 2 to me on mt cell. It was special delivered to me this evening. The Bulbo, which was shipped a week ago, Monday was a bit dessicated but it will survive :clap: The box also contained a small Cypress knee that will be added to my future "orchid spa"

 

[littlefrog]

I never mark anything on a box... Seems to work better for me. Although I must say, I've probably shipped out 70 boxes of plants (mostly non-orchids, bare-root) through USPS in the last month, and all of them have made it safely as far as I know (no complaints). I've taken to using the 'click-n-ship' software, which gives you a nice bar-coded label, which I'm sure helps with sorting.

A few boxes to the left coast have taken 4 days instead of three... But that is about as bad as it gets. I pack assuming a week anyway. Always prepare for the worst and hope for the best!

 

[MoreWater]

seems like regardless of carrier, such things happen. Glad to hear you didn't lose all the contents - that would have been awful!

 

[paphioland]

seems like regardless of carrier, such things happen. Glad to hear you didn't lose all the contents - that would have been awful!

Not true. FedEx and UPS have much better customer satisfaction and can be held accountable unlike USPS. No business that I know of that ships truly valuable material uses the USPS even though they are cheaper.

 

[streetmorrisart]

That box is really sad-looking, and I know I’d have been angry had anything shown up to me in said condition, but Priority is a great service overall and a good deal for both buyer and seller. I’ve been using it almost exclusively for years, and have had only two minor issues with it, neither of which resulted in any damage to my original art. There are many reputable proprietors like me who will ship that way.

 

[Hien]

Not true. FedEx and UPS have much better customer satisfaction and can be held accountable unlike USPS. No business that I know of that ships truly valuable material uses the USPS even though they are cheaper.

However, UPS will have you waste the whole day waiting to sign for the package.
(they always say 10 AM to 7 PM)

 

[NYEric]

After a friend told me he was told by a delivery service worker that if it's marked 'Fragile' he deliberately kicks it, I never mark my boxes.

Notice I said delivery service not USPS!

 

[paphioland]

However, UPS will have you waste the whole day waiting to sign for the package.
(they always say 10 AM to 7 PM)

So will the USPS if you instruct them to hold for delivery with out signature.