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Tim S

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1. Informed Delivery accounts are free & work, so what's the gripe?

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 01:11 PM

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I spent my career in IT (over half of it in government). Servers & services come and go, but the core service remains available (perhaps you have to wait a few extra seconds, but nothing inordinate)

Remember the bad old days when there was *no* ability to track USPS from your home at all? Is it so bad to see the glass half-full? The sky isn’t always falling, despite what Chicken Little says.

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So ... parcel tracking by USPS has been down for about a week. [View all] eppur_se_muova Friday OP

Informed Delivery accounts are free & work, so what's the gripe? Tim S Friday #1

They're deliberately making it less convenient, so private industry looks more competitive. Or just bleeding USPS dry eppur_se_muova Friday #2

Maintaining servers and services isn't as simple as running AntiVirus on a PC Tim S Friday #5

I get regular updates on all the packages I've sent, or my wife is receiving, through the Shop app. maxsolomon Friday #3

That's interesting. I ordered something from a company on the other coast that usually ships the same day. Vinca Friday #4