I've seen them in our 'hood just off 29th as well

Tailgate88 said:

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What's going on with the Amazon warehouse or delivery center or whatever it is? I figured we would have Amazon vans delivering packages around town by now but apparently that's not the case?

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We get multiple deliveries at the office now. Sometimes 2-3 per day. We are in Bryan close to downtown.

I just checked on my Amazon account. tracking isn't USPS. It starts with TBA

Sleepnumber said:

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Damn.....where will I be able to get a good muffuletta?

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Does Zeitman's have one?

Hornbeck said:

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And endless ads on tv with everyone trying to "out-MAGA" each other.

The guy who advertises himself as "MAGA firstname lastname" might have some problems down the road if the winds of political change blow through.

And just to re-iterate, I don't have a dog on that hunt as a whacky libertarian.

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Those people will conveniently forget they vehemently backed the guy in charge at the time and we as an electorate generally let such people forget and we all move on.

The vast majority of my customers that pay by checks send them USPS. And I happily accept!

The Destination Bryan FB page mentions a new joint, Doris Burrito. Def going to check it out this week!

Where?

Tailgate88 said:

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reineraggie09 said:

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The vast majority of my customers that pay by checks send them USPS. And I happily accept!

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If you actually receive the checks, you must not live in Bryan College Station.

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This. People actually get mail delivered???

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Tailgate88 said:

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reineraggie09 said:

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The vast majority of my customers that pay by checks send them USPS. And I happily accept!

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If you actually receive the checks, you must not live in Bryan College Station.

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This. People actually get mail delivered???

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I do. Every day. I was worried with the move but this letter carrier is just as good.

Tailgate88 said:

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reineraggie09 said:

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The vast majority of my customers that pay by checks send them USPS. And I happily accept!

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If you actually receive the checks, you must not live in Bryan College Station.

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Yep. Had to have two checks reissued last year because they never arrived.

I know you get mail, but you don't know what you're NOT getting, necessarily.

BiochemAg97 said:

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Informed delivery does a pretty good job telling you what you should be getting. Although, I guess if a letter gets lost before it gets to Bryan it won't show up on informed delivery.

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You mean if a letter gets stolen and opened by one of the employees at a sorting center in Houston.

maroon barchetta said:

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BiochemAg97 said:

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Informed delivery does a pretty good job telling you what you should be getting. Although, I guess if a letter gets lost before it gets to Bryan it won't show up on informed delivery.

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You mean if a letter gets stolen and opened by one of the employees at a sorting center in Houston.

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I just had this happen last week. Ordered a RAM upgrade for a desktop. Small item but cost $160. (Memory prices are crazy.). Shows up next day (yay Amazon) and the plastic padded envelope had been cut open cleanly and the item removed. The local post office added a sticker saying it was empty when they received it, but I figured I would have to fight with Amazon. To my surprise, the automated return bot had an option "package was empty when I received". No other questions asked, no documentation required, they shipped another that I received the next day.

I guess this must happen a lot.

Tailgate88 said:

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maroon barchetta said:

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BiochemAg97 said:

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Informed delivery does a pretty good job telling you what you should be getting. Although, I guess if a letter gets lost before it gets to Bryan it won't show up on informed delivery.

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You mean if a letter gets stolen and opened by one of the employees at a sorting center in Houston.

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I just had this happen last week. Ordered a RAM upgrade for a desktop. Small item but cost $160. (Memory prices are crazy.). Shows up next day (yay Amazon) and the plastic padded envelope had been cut open cleanly and the item removed. The local post office added a sticker saying it was empty when they received it, but I figured I would have to fight with Amazon. To my surprise, the automated return bot had an option "package was empty when I received". No other questions asked, no documentation required, they shipped another that I received the next day.

I guess this must happen a lot.

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Same exact thing happened to me a couple years ago. Ordered RAM, package slit open and delivered empty.

Tailgate88 said:

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maroon barchetta said:

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BiochemAg97 said:

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Informed delivery does a pretty good job telling you what you should be getting. Although, I guess if a letter gets lost before it gets to Bryan it won't show up on informed delivery.

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You mean if a letter gets stolen and opened by one of the employees at a sorting center in Houston.

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I just had this happen last week. Ordered a RAM upgrade for a desktop. Small item but cost $160. (Memory prices are crazy.). Shows up next day (yay Amazon) and the plastic padded envelope had been cut open cleanly and the item removed. The local post office added a sticker saying it was empty when they received it, but I figured I would have to fight with Amazon. To my surprise, the automated return bot had an option "package was empty when I received". No other questions asked, no documentation required, they shipped another that I received the next day.

I guess this must happen a lot.

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We had this happen with gift cards one year.

My mom ran a retail shop on The Strand in Galveston. She had no time to shop one year and said "I will just send some gift cards if that's ok" and I said sure, you don't have to send anything, but if you do, that's fine.

She put them in a padded envelope and took them to FedEx herself and took them inside. They arrived at our house with the side cut open and no gift cards.

I was in the driveway when the FedEx driver showed up and handed it to me. I said "hey, this is cut open. It's empty"

He said "that's how it came to me, sorry"

My mom believes the people in the building at FedEx in Galveston cut them out as soon as she left.

The other crummy thing is she did a lot of business with FedEx and with UPS.

BiochemAg97 said:

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Informed delivery does a pretty good job telling you what you should be getting. Although, I guess if a letter gets lost before it gets to Bryan it won't show up on informed delivery.

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I use informed delivery, and it does help, yes. But it's not perfect. Only one of the two checks in question showed up on informed delivery.

It's why I use direct deposit when it's available as an option.

Tailgate88 said:

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I just had this happen last week. Ordered a RAM upgrade for a desktop. Small item but cost $160. (Memory prices are crazy.). Shows up next day (yay Amazon) and the plastic padded envelope had been cut open cleanly and the item removed. The local post office added a sticker saying it was empty when they received it, but I figured I would have to fight with Amazon.

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A few years ago had the same thing happen with a Dell Laptop we ordered from Dell. It was "signature required" and when the UPS driver showed up at our office he handed my wife a laptop box that was empty. She told him it was empty and refused to sign. Dell matter of factly reshipped it so it must be pretty common. They didn't even question us and my wife thought it was weird how little "proof" Dell required.

Omperlodge said:

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I am not sure why the postal system doesn't just run a sting operation. It would take a month and you could figure out where in the system stuff is going missing.

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Just stick cameras on everything.
Then have dedicated investigators do their jobs.
Prosecute.

But, that would all take "work", which a lot of folks don't want to do.

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Tailgate88 said:

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I just had this happen last week. Ordered a RAM upgrade for a desktop. Small item but cost $160. (Memory prices are crazy.). Shows up next day (yay Amazon) and the plastic padded envelope had been cut open cleanly and the item removed. The local post office added a sticker saying it was empty when they received it, but I figured I would have to fight with Amazon.

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A few years ago had the same thing happen with a Dell Laptop we ordered from Dell. It was "signature required" and when the UPS driver showed up at our office he handed my wife a laptop box that was empty. She told him it was empty and refused to sign. Dell matter of factly reshipped it so it must be pretty common. They didn't even question us and my wife thought it was weird how little "proof" Dell required.

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I would assume Dell files an insurance claim with UPS for the missing laptop.

Makes you wonder how much USPS pays out in claims for lost packages.