I have been set up to get the notification from all the delivery providers for a while now and it's very helpful. I get regular updates as they go through the delivery process too.

Many things I order come with the ability to track the shipment which I like. Never problems with UPS or FedEx but the post office will still deliver to the wrong house, sometimes blocks away. They mark it delivered and of course, the vendor says "you got it" since the PO fouled up.

Oh and you can't fire the dogs. They were on break!

I have the same problem with USPS, Cynic, where they mark it as delivered, but it's nowhere to be found. Just yesterday, USPS delivered two packages and marked the third as "No Access." Same delivery time as the other two. WTH? So today, I stood out by the mail box with a printout of the no access tracking and asked the postal carrier what it meant and how there could be no access when they delivered two other packages at the same time. Of course, he couldn't figure it out...really? At least he had the package today so it isn't lost.

I'm not set up to get delivery updates on UPS, but I do get the email telling me the delivery is coming, usually the next day, so I can keep an eye out for it.

My least favorite is Smart Post where an item starts out with UPS, then gets transferred to USPS. Those packages take forever to get delivered and I worry that they never will.

USPS is the worst. Wrong mail, lost packages, will say an address doesn't exist. Strange that UPS and Fedex have no problem.

Though it seems that our local post office has improved over the last few months, in general USPS still has a long way to go to meet the service quality of UPS & FedEx.

I'm also signed up for delivery notifications and updates. We're rural and actually have pretty good service. The only time we have a problem is when we're not home and something requires a signature. I hate that but realize it's necessary sometimes, and our small post office keeps cr*ppy hours for going to pick up anything. DH has actually chased down our carrier in our neighborhood. Overall our the carriers have been pretty good. Just changed over to a new one after many years with the old one. She's learning and had a few mistakes at first but pretty smooth now.

Keep in mind, it's the people at the post office who SORT the mail, not usually the carrier who is responsible for all the mis-delivered mail. Packages are different.

Maybe it's the male-man.

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I don't see a quality difference in the 3 services.

I get lots of phishing emails from all these services about some delivery that isn't mine.. Make sure that you NEVER click on a link within such an email.

Instead of emails, I opted to get text messages instead which has also proved to be really helpful.

I have an app on my phone where I input all my shipping numbers. I also signed up for text alerts from UPS and Fedex. It's very handy!

Sorry to revive an old thread again. I was expecting a small package today. It said out for delivery. I saw the mail carrier stop at the mailbox at around 5. Went up there, no package. 2 hours later the status changed to “available for pick up at your designated post office” What the heck? Should I see if it will be delivered tomorrow?

Yes I think that since yesterday was a holiday, but they don't have extra staff like at Christmas, they probably could not get everything done today. I'm thinking you will get the package delivered to you tomorrow.

Thanks Lucille, funny thing though I had a private looking sedan stuffing a package in my mailbox at 10 am (didn’t have tracking on this). And if the “normal” mail carrier had it in the car, I don’t see why he didn’t stick it in the box with the paper mail. They seem to get more and more disorganized.

I would expect it to be delivered tomorrow. At Christmas time the USPS girl and I had a big laugh. The package was not delivered the previous day because there were no numbers on my house. None of the houses on my street have numbers on them because our numbers are on the mailbox which is normal in this area. In the case of my house you can not see more than the two corners of my house from the street.

I sometimes get mail for a neighbor about a mile away and she will get mine. We just drop it in each other’s boxes. Sometimes it’s been opened, just write on it “Oops, delivered to my house and I opened it, sorry”. Never met them, but our numbers are mixed up sometimes. It happens.