Shipping charges RANT

[cassidyta]

I thought you all might get a chuckle out of this.

On 5 November, I sent a package from San Diego to Yuma Arizona via DHL for work Two weeks later, the person in Yuma let me know that they had not received it yet. I looked up the tracking number and could see that this 4lbs package had bounced back and forth between San Diego and Phoenix twice. I called them and confirmed the address once more. (It was correct BTW). A week later they call me to let me know that since they are going out of business i the US, they no longer deliver to Yuma. They have turned the package over to the US postal service for delivery. Not a big deal, but it has still taken 3 weeks to deliver at that point. I had a USPS tracking number, and once again could watch my package make the trip from Phenix back to San Diego and then back to Phoenix once more.
This morning, I received a call from the post office that there was a package there for me. I went down, and sure enough it was my west coast traveling package. I shook my head and reached for it. That is when the lady at the counter let me know that DHL had not paid them enough postage and I had to pay them the $6.00 fee (I call it a ransom) to get my package back!
I called DHL, and they are stating that their system shows the package delivered and feel that they have done their job. I of course have filed a dispute.