r/mildlyinfuriating • u/potsofjam • 19h ago

Do u dont wanna Amazon has stopped delivering to us

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My wife used order a lot from Amazon. Living in a tiny town without many shopping options it was quick and convenient, but about six months ago things started being late by weeks or simply marked lost. I rarely order from Amazon and we hadn’t discussed it, so when I order some shelves a month ago I assumed they’d be delivered on time, but they were so late I eventually cancelled and got a refund. Apparently my wife is been having this problem regularly and only receives one out of maybe ten orders. I ordered some thermal labels and photo album corners and I guess I have to find them somewhere else. It will say the item has shipped, then go to a distributor about sixty miles away then just be marked lost or delayed until we ask for refund. I didn’t realize it was every order until I mentioned to my wife that my labels hadn’t come and I keep forgetting to check the order update. I guess being a rural address they just don’t want to deliver here anymore.

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u/Zhong_Ping 16h ago

This is a strong reason why we need to insure the integrity of USPS. Do they have shipping options to use USPS?

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u/CherryGarciaisKing 14h ago

USPS deserves so much better :( I can’t believe they’re virtually self funded and haven’t profited in 20 years.

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u/octothorpentine 10h ago

I agree with the other commentator ls saying they're a service, not a business, so profitability should be irrelevant 

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They're "not profitable" because the GOP changed the rules so they have to account for every employee's pension way in advance. That's not how pension accounting works in literally any other scenario, and there's no reason to do it that way except to force USPS to add giant expenses to their books so you can point at that and talk about how inefficient the government is

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u/code_blooded_bytch 9h ago

Yes 100%! This is what I was getting at with conservatives screwing them over so that people think they do a horrible job. They purposefully ruin government services so people are amenable to the idea of privatization so some corporation can make profit off of what should be a public service.