USPS!!! WHAT THE FU... IS GOING ON???

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Just learn your lesson and next time send it via Express Mail for $14.95. Gets there next day, hand-delivered, signed for, and you got proof.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Okay.... here it goes:

I talked to the Postmaster in Vermont. It is back on the way to me, left their facility at 2:30 pm yesterday. Reason: not enough postage.

WHICH IS BS!!!! It is a flatrate letter envelope for $4,95, plus $0.70 for delivery confirmation. I went to a postal office in person and they gave me the exact stamp!!!

So... let us hope it will come back to me. And if it does: I will put ###### $50 in stamps on it... and they better deliver it. Freaking ideots.

So it seriously got all the way to Vermont before they decided there wasn't enough postage? I guess the moral of the story is to go to the counter no matter what you're mailing just to confirm with the postal clerk that it's all ok - or did I miss that in an earlier post?

[Nwanyioma 11]

Next time please utilize FedEx. Their the best.

[edward toro 3]

Next time please utilize FedEx. Their the best.

PEOPLE!

USE ONLY EXPRESS EXTREMELY URGENT ENVELOP. IT WILL COST YOU $17.50 GUARANTEED NEXT DAY BECAUSE A PROBLEM LIKE THE ONE HERE IN THIS TOPIC WILL COST YOU WAY MORE.

USPS EXTREMELY URGENT ENVELOP IS THE WAY TO GO. DON'T BE CHEAP!

AND. I really sorry for your delay. I hope you get your case done as soon as possible.

[TracyTN 237]

I'm sorry folks, but there's no reason to keep harping on that the USPS format the OP chose to send the package with is worthless. MANY of us - myself included - sent the package USPS with delivery confirmation to VSC and they were delivered without issue.

The OP did nothing wrong by choosing the method he chose. He just encountered a plonker somewhere along the line. I'm sure he knows there are other methods available to him and it's up to him to decide how to go the second time around. But I see no problem with what he did.

[Dakine 26]

Send USPS Express and check no signature.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

I'm sorry folks, but there's no reason to keep harping on that the USPS format the OP chose to send the package with is worthless. MANY of us - myself included - sent the package USPS with delivery confirmation to VSC and they were delivered without issue.

The OP did nothing wrong by choosing the method he chose. He just encountered a plonker somewhere along the line. I'm sure he knows there are other methods available to him and it's up to him to decide how to go the second time around. But I see no problem with what he did.

Agreed - I sent mine in a big yellow envelope of my own and just sent it overnight through USPS with signature...

[v333k 59]

Dear all...

In a different thread I was worried about my package arriving... USPS updated the status online and now it says:

- Return to Sender, December 22, 2009, 2:48 pm, SAINT ALBANS, VT

- Processed through Sort Facility, December 17, 2009, 9:55 pm, MOBILE, AL 36602

- Acceptance, December 17, 2009, 10:25 am, CALVERT, AL 36513

"Your item was returned to the sender on December 22, 2009 because it could not be delivered as addressed."

RETURN TO SENDER????

WHAT THE HELL???

First of all, I have NOT gotten anything back. Second of all, WHAT IS THE ISSUE HERE??? Are they kidding me? I am going freaking insane!!!!!!!!!!

What the freaking hell do I do???

Regards,

Oban

Hi Oban,

I just saw this post.

OK, well this update means that they are in the process of returning the package to the sender as of Dec 22nd. It could be a mistake. I am not sure if calling USPS and asking about the actual package - they always say you could call the number. Otherwise, just wait until you either receive the package or just find a new update online saying that it was delivered (Let's hope this is the case).

I wonder if they spilled something on it and they can't read the address anymore! diese affen!!!!!!

[TracyTN 237]

The OP did call and was told the package had insufficient postage (see post 11).

[GiGii 4]

Yikes, the OP needs some anger management. So someone made an error, it will get sent to you and you can square it away. Take a chill pill with all the freakings and f--- and #######'s. Is this why your wife filed for divorce?

[Oban 1]

Yikes, the OP needs some anger management. So someone made an error, it will get sent to you and you can square it away. Take a chill pill with all the freakings and f--- and #######'s. Is this why your wife filed for divorce?

Cute :-)

[v333k 59]

Yikes, the OP needs some anger management. So someone made an error, it will get sent to you and you can square it away. Take a chill pill with all the freakings and f--- and #######'s. Is this why your wife filed for divorce?

I am not sure if you saying this is appropriate. I think if you were in the OP's position, you would be upset too. This is a very stressful, ridiculous and humiliating process. I agree that the wording could've been better, but this IS a free country and FREEDOM OF SPEECH is something this wonderful country allows. You had the choice of not reading his post....

Now, even if the postage is wrong, USPS are the idiots because they are supposed to weigh the package and inform the sender of the correct postage. I don't think the OP would treat something this sensitive without paying enough attention!

I'm sorry folks, but there's no reason to keep harping on that the USPS format the OP chose to send the package with is worthless. MANY of us - myself included - sent the package USPS with delivery confirmation to VSC and they were delivered without issue.

The OP did nothing wrong by choosing the method he chose. He just encountered a plonker somewhere along the line. I'm sure he knows there are other methods available to him and it's up to him to decide how to go the second time around. But I see no problem with what he did.

Also I agree with TracyTN - I also delivered with USPS and it went through just fine. Sometimes employees are not as observant as they should be! I had so many incidents even with FedEx where one representative said one thing and it turned out to be wrong. After all, all these couriers are handled by imperfect humans.

Edited December 23, 2009 by v333k

[Dakine 26]

Send USPS Express and check no signature.

If you request a signature the package can get returned to the PO if there was no one there to receive it. They'll try again tho the next day.

You can still get delivery confirmation online when you use overnight EXPRESS ifyou don't request a signature.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

According to the USCIS website your address is wrong. It SHOULD be:

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Vermont Service Center

75 Lower Welden St.

Saint Albans, Vermont 05479

as per their "direct mailing address" link: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00048f3d6a1RCRD

You sent it to:

USCIS Vermont Service Center

75 Lower Welden St.

P.O. Box 200

St. Albans, VT 05479-0001

Gotta be honest, I have never seen a post office box AND street address on the one label.

I hope you get it back soon. I agree with express post tracking as well. Thank you for this post even though I'm sorry this happened to you. I will be double checking addresses and double-checking I keep lots of copies "just in case".

Edited December 23, 2009 by Vanessa&Tony

[Oban 1]

Now, even if the postage is wrong, USPS are the idiots because they are supposed to weigh the package and inform the sender of the correct postage. I don't think the OP would treat something this sensitive without paying enough attention!

Well... I used a flatrate envelope. The weight doesn't matter. You all probably know the commercials "if it fits it ships" on TV... so, postage is $4.95. The USPS clerk put a $4.95 stamp on it...

All very confusing.

According to the USCIS website your address is wrong. It SHOULD be:

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Vermont Service Center

75 Lower Welden St.

Saint Albans, Vermont 05479

as per their "direct mailing address" link: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00048f3d6a1RCRD

And as per http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-751instr.pdf I am right and you are wrong. So? Let's face it, we both are right. USCIS is not a very competent organization.

However, I have seen street address and PO box on the same address many times. A lot of companies use this address format, and technically there is nothing wrong with that. Nevertheless, it is disturbing that even the government issues various addresses for the same facility.