My beer fridge is out of commission. I'm chilling my drinking beers in one of my ice chests which means I can't brew until another batch is ready to cold crash, I have all my grains, hops and frozen bottles scattered among the other fridge and freezer, there are fridge parts and tools laying around until the parts I ordered come annnddd...
Amazon has a delivery confirmation that says the parts were delivered three days ago. WTF No I don't have my parts. They shipped them USPS to our street address and USPS uses contract carriers out here.
I have had a package delivered from Fry's Electronics that was razor bladed open and then left on the doorstep (it was security software no fancy gadget) I have had someone's expensive motorcycle boots, who lived on a different street 3 blocks away, left sitting on the open lid of my mail box (I delivered them to him myself), we had a contract carrier who intentionally took out garbage cans on trash day (witnessed). We were constantly getting other peoples mail so we finally got a PO box to rid ourselves of the contract carriers but no, the USPS says that just because you have a PO box doesn't mean that mail won't be routed to your physical address. So if the store doesn't use your PO box then this is what can happen.
So now some low life thief employed by the loser post office steals a package that they will open, look at and toss because it isn't some fancy electronics and we are probably out the money and will have to start over again. I have no anticipation that I will get any help from USPS who is out there hiring the lowest bidder to deliver mail in rural areas because they are beyond broken.
Sorry for the rant but also be warned if you live in a small community. I go grab a warmish homebrew now.
