No fair picking on the carriers for delivery.
I ship all the time and am amazed at the service and how consistently great it is. Now some localities are worse than other but as a rule all the carriers provide superb service.
FYI, the USPS service is NOT TRACKING it is delivery confirmation. Nowhere in their description is the service called tracking only "delivery confirmation". So you are comparing apples to oranges.
The DC process is a simple one. For shippers who print their own labels the parcels are scanned at the receiving end of the line not when the parcel is handed off to the USPS counter or even processing center. There are supposed to be two scans one when the parcel arrives at the destination PO and once upon delivery where if needed a signature is also collected on Signature Confirmation labels.
I have been exclusively shipping via USPS for well over a decade now and have had ZERO parcels unreasonably delayed, lost or damaged. And I ship quite expensive items on almost a daily basis.
For your parcels and their obvious delays and delivery exceptions, ya gotta remember right now many delivery services are affected by weather issues. Planes are being grounded, delivery suspended due to road conditions. And often it's part of the Union & Carrier's labor agreement as to what conditions are considered safe or unsafe to deliver parcels so it is not always the fault of the service itself only due to predetermined conditions. In fact it's not unusual for UPS to suspend delivery in regions due to heat as here on the west coast the trucks have no AC. I am sure in other regions they have AC since delivery in Phoenix in the summer has to be horrid for extended periods no matter how acclimated one is to the heat.
So, while I know there are exceptions and have had my shared of received parcels go astray (but I track them in case there is a package routed to Fla. rather than here the the west coast, I really had that happen an overnight parcel went from somewhere on the east coast to Fla. the day it shipped and was out for delivery at 4AM our time...I contacted the shipping, in this case Amazon, and they got the box flagged and out to me as it was supposed to be delivered on time. But had I not been closely watching the delivery there would have been an unfortunate delay. And I refuse to ship via UPS because of the sheer number of billing errors, phantom billings, lost or misrouted parcels and so on. Never once had an issue with the USPS but I only use Priority and Express services so that could be helpful as well.
Anyway, hope all the goodies get to you as soon as possible!! We NEEEEED our toys after all, right?
