It seems like the constant budget cuts for USPS are getting worse. Up until a few months ago, it was still the cheapest and most reliable way for me to send packages, but recently stuff I'm sending and receiving is getting stuck for days, mostly in Philadelphia.

I used USPS in March to send in my keyboard to Corsair for repair. It got lost somewhere in Duluth, GA, and only finally got delivered to Corsair two months later.

I used USPS a couple weeks ago to send the Pixel Watch 2 I wasn't using to a friend. It sat in Nashville for 2 days before making its way to the local office.

I ordered some Flic buttons that shipped through USPS. They've been stuck in Philadelphia for almost 4 days.

I did a trade-in with Spectrum when they had that insane $700 off the S24 deal for almost any phone a couple months ago. It was sent through USPS and got stuck in Philadelphia for about a week.

Thankfully they've all eventually gotten through to their destinations, but this is a recent trend around here, and pretty worrying.