12-06-2018, 12:27 PM
"The Post Office is supposed to be closed."
Last year, they were delivering priority mail packages in many areas on Sunday Dec. 24th due to backlogs. This time of year they have temporary/non-career/non-union employees that are at their disposal.
"I got a USPS priority mail package today that was from Amazon Prime.It was promised to be delivered by Friday."
Promised by Amazon or the USPS? Amazon picks delivery dates based on algorithms, often times selling things they don't actually have in a warehouse (or it's in a more distant warehouse) expecting their "just in time" logistics system will get the item you ordered to a shipping carrier and then to you by the date they chose. If it doesn't come to them in time, or its further away than they were expecting, they will change to a faster carrier to make the delivery date. For example, ship via Priority Mail instead of using a slower/cheaper method like Parcel Pool or Parcel Select they would have preferred to use. Sometimes we hit the jackpot, and a product they thought was in the Michigan warehouse is actually in the California warehouse, but still ships Priority so gets here "early".
Last year, they were delivering priority mail packages in many areas on Sunday Dec. 24th due to backlogs. This time of year they have temporary/non-career/non-union employees that are at their disposal.
"I got a USPS priority mail package today that was from Amazon Prime.It was promised to be delivered by Friday."
Promised by Amazon or the USPS? Amazon picks delivery dates based on algorithms, often times selling things they don't actually have in a warehouse (or it's in a more distant warehouse) expecting their "just in time" logistics system will get the item you ordered to a shipping carrier and then to you by the date they chose. If it doesn't come to them in time, or its further away than they were expecting, they will change to a faster carrier to make the delivery date. For example, ship via Priority Mail instead of using a slower/cheaper method like Parcel Pool or Parcel Select they would have preferred to use. Sometimes we hit the jackpot, and a product they thought was in the Michigan warehouse is actually in the California warehouse, but still ships Priority so gets here "early".