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Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:53 pm
by JeepGuy79
come on USPS!!! The website said Monday at 5am that my License had been mailed.... Well here it is Friday... Just got the mail..... nothing but junk.... Come on USPS!!! pick up the pace! I would have loved to pay extra for fedex to bring it. grrrrrrr. come on plastic!!!
Re: Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:57 pm
by Pawpaw
This past winter, there was a big fire at a commercial bulk mail sorting warehouse in Dallas. For a while, no one (as far as I could tell) on the forum was getting their plastic. The assumption is that a bunch of CHLs went up in flames.
Just sharing info.
Re: Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:02 pm
by jimandyen
That is pony express slow.
Maybe they should have a service where you get an E-mail notice
with an option to go to the Austin DPS and pick it up yourself.
Re: Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:55 pm
by papajohn1964
Mine changed to "mailed" on 7/1. I finally received it on 7/11, it was postmarked 7/6!
Re: Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:53 pm
by JeepGuy79
papajohn1964 wrote:Mine changed to "mailed" on 7/1. I finally received it on 7/11, it was postmarked 7/6!
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO Now I bet it hasn't even mailed yet. Or it burned in a fire! Thanks for the support guys. I feel 0% better lol.
I think a great way to lighten some workload in Austin and speed up our wait time would be to print them at the local DPS office like most states make DL's and state ID's while you wait. You get an automated call saying all your background and stuff was done and go to dps at your convenience to get card, Sounds good to me at least.
Re: Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:02 pm
by AEA
That sounds like a GREAT idea.
They wouldn't do it though cause it would eliminate the jobs of the envelope stuffers!
Re: Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:49 pm
by papajohn1964
JeepGuy79 wrote:papajohn1964 wrote:Mine changed to "mailed" on 7/1. I finally received it on 7/11, it was postmarked 7/6!
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO Now I bet it hasn't even mailed yet. Or it burned in a fire! Thanks for the support guys. I feel 0% better lol.
LOL! It will be there soon, maybe not soon enough but soon!
I think a great way to lighten some workload in Austin and speed up our wait time would be to print them at the local DPS office like most states make DL's and state ID's while you wait. You get an automated call saying all your background and stuff was done and go to dps at your convenience to get card, Sounds good to me at least.
I never have been able to understand why Texas doesn't print drivers licenses at their offices like most other states do.
Re: Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:59 pm
by Hammerdown15
I am beginning to think that the DPS must only mail things out once weekly. My status has said mailed since Tuesday and I still have not received mine. This is almost more aggravating than waiting for DPS to process my application. At least then, I expected a 60-day wait.
Re: Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:03 pm
by jmra
Seems like I remember reading around here somewhere that they mark it as mailed when it is thrown in the mail pile but they only actually mail them out once a week. So my guess would be middle of next week at the latest. Maybe this will help time slip by a little faster (sorry, I love this song).
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Re: Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:05 pm
by AEA
papajohn1964 wrote:JeepGuy79 wrote:papajohn1964 wrote:Mine changed to "mailed" on 7/1. I finally received it on 7/11, it was postmarked 7/6!
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO Now I bet it hasn't even mailed yet. Or it burned in a fire! Thanks for the support guys. I feel 0% better lol.
LOL! It will be there soon, maybe not soon enough but soon!
I think a great way to lighten some workload in Austin and speed up our wait time would be to print them at the local DPS office like most states make DL's and state ID's while you wait. You get an automated call saying all your background and stuff was done and go to dps at your convenience to get card, Sounds good to me at least.
I never have been able to understand why Texas doesn't print drivers licenses at their offices like most other states do.
Here's a clue: UNION (I'm just guessing though).
Re: Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 1:30 pm
by Hammerdown15
I just went to the mailbox. My license was there. Finally!
Re: Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 5:18 pm
by sugar land dave
Check my timeline below.
Re: Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:38 pm
by JeepGuy79
Got my Plastic!!!! Got my Plastic!!!! Got my Plastic!!!! **Does Hammer Dance**
Re: Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:21 pm
by knotquiteawake
Same thing going on here with me! Saturday morning it said "Mailed" now at Wednesday and still no plastic. USPS Mail between Dallas and Austin is usually 3 days.
Re: Really???????? The mail is this slow?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:04 pm
by AlaskanInTexas
If it makes you feel better, I sent my materials to DPS via certified mail. It took three weeks for USPS to deliver from Dallas to Austin.