{"id":29763,"date":"2020-12-05T10:04:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T15:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=29763"},"modified":"2020-12-22T18:22:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T23:22:53","slug":"lost-packages-delays-usps-shipping-and-mail-delivery-issues-continue-as-holiday-gift-shopping-kicks-into-high-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/12\/05\/lost-packages-delays-usps-shipping-and-mail-delivery-issues-continue-as-holiday-gift-shopping-kicks-into-high-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Lost packages, delays&#8217; &#8211; USPS shipping and mail delivery issues continue as holiday gift shopping kicks into high gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;\" src=\"https:\/\/wfmynews2.com\/embeds\/video\/83-f7a481dd-b7fd-4893-a169-1129e3209408\/iframe\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>GREENSBORO, N.C. \u2014 It&#8217;s the holiday season which already means an influx of packages being shipped. With the challenges brought on by the global pandemic, many are worried their gifts and purchases will not arrive in time for Christmas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Several people have sent emails to WFMY News 2 complaining they have tracked their delayed packages to the USPS facility in Greensboro. They said the tracking system shows packages stuck there for days. Some said they have called customer service or gone to the post office themselves to try to get help finding the packages.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;USPS Greensboro, NC, Distribution Center, where packages go to die,&#8221; posted Facebook user Christine Clifton of Saxapahaw.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>&#8220;In the past three weeks, things have gotten extremely bad. I sent a perishable item priority two days and it took five days and the item perished because it sat in the Greensboro distribution center for three days. Every single one of my packages in the past three weeks has either been not delivered or lost,&#8221; wrote Anne-Marie Castillo of Greensboro.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Castillo said some of her packages have bounced between the distribution center and the network distribution center for two days before delivery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>&#8220;Things will get marked delivered but when I go to my mailbox nothing is there,&#8221; Castillo said in an interview Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmynews2.com\/article\/news\/local\/usps-shipping-and-mail-delivery-issues-continue\/83-4525d032-0086-4650-b624-8131c61217a8\">WFMY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29765\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mail-Problems2-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mail-Problems2-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mail-Problems2.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GREENSBORO, N.C. \u2014 It&#8217;s the holiday season which already means an influx of packages being shipped. 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