u/ThatCozyArtist

has anyone else had issues with USPS lately? About three months ago, I started a small art subscription called the Cozy Mail Club, where I send out decorated envelopes with my art, postcards, and little goodies.
Unfortunately, I've had a really unusual amount of mail disappear.

l've sent around 14 pieces of mail, and about 7 of them have never reached their destination even over a month after sending the mail. This has been really frustrating because I've had to refund customers for mail that never arrived, which means I'm losing both the product and the money... these are untracked and sent by stamp by mailbox

however upgraded to a tracked package is expensive especially since my mail is $11.99 a month, that would cost a extra about... $6 I would hate to massively bump the price up that high for the shipping! I doubt my current subscribers would be thrilled about that....

I'm wondering if anyone else has been experiencing similar issues with your local USPS service? Has your mail been getting lost, significantly delayed, or not delivered?

Someone also mentioned that because I decorate my envelopes/packages, they may stand out and potentially be more likely to be stolen. But I doubt anyone would risk loosing their job over some art lol

I recently started doing ACEO's and snail mails, but recently 3 of my buyers have reported either a extremely late package or no delivery weeks after being sent

With my snail mail, costs are high and i'm barely breaking even with 5 monthly members and having to ship out more than one package.... with ACEO it's not great loosing original artwork either

i've been shipping by stamp, but it's a bit frustrating as a artist loosing my work consistently... but getting tracking numbers is obviously more expensive... but at the rate of how many packages are lost.. may be worth it?