This morning I am watching a USPS package work its way through the system. To my surprise, the package is being tracked better through USPS than if it were moving through UPS.

Label/Receipt Number: 9101 8052 1390 7791 4741 09
Scheduled for Delivery Day: 09/26/2009
Class: First-Class Mail^®
Service(s): Delivery Confirmation^™
Status: Out for Delivery or Available at PO Box

Your item is out for delivery or available at a PO Box at 9:24 AM on September 26, 2009 in BESSEMER CITY, NC, 28016.

• Out for Delivery or Available at PO Box, September 26, 2009, 9:24 am, BESSEMER CITY, NC 28016
• Sorting Complete, September 26, 2009, 8:54 am, BESSEMER CITY, NC 28016
• Arrival at Post Office, September 26, 2009, 8:17 am, BESSEMER CITY, NC 28016
• Processed through Sort Facility, September 26, 2009, 12:12 am, CHARLOTTE, NC 28228
• Processed through Sort Facility, September 24, 2009, 8:24 pm, BROOKLYN, NY 11256
• Electronic Shipping Info Received, September 24, 2009

 

Pretty cool huh? I can now know exactly what state the package is in once it arrives at destination.