Wow I have been meaning to write this: Please don't steal people's packages. I would say 95% of the staff here have no intention of helping with 5% of the staff actually trying to help as inefficient as they are. The 95% of the staff will always listen to you and then tell you: "I can't help you", "It is not our responsibility", "It is a human error": like really? I am like is it possible for you to do your job correctly. The people here are friendly, but basically there are no results or resolution to anything. I would say this location is a mixture of incompetence with a touch of someone with sticky fingers internally stealing items based on my perception. When and if USPS will actually do an investigation on this location, I am not so sure. I keep on seeing reviews on different LA USPS offices of people missing packages so there clearly are bad workers within the LA branch of USPS. I am from San Francisco and this has not happened to me before.
I opened a PO Box and had an international package delivered here from UPS. A worker here signed for it and then when I went to pick it up, they couldn't find it. Their apparent answer was that if they couldn't find the package, it should have been returned to sender. I went to the UPS customer center on Blaine Street and they told me that this issue happens between USPS and UPS all the time where they never give the return to sender packages back. Their GPS coordinate tracking indicates that the package is still with this post office "somewhere". Also, I did talk to some of the workers here and they just told me to claim for the lost package even though it says delivered. Clearly, someone at this branch is taking people's packages and then telling people to claim the lost package while they keep the items.
Based on my overall experience, I would say even with a PO Box expect packages and mail to go missing. I would say to follow these rules.
1) If USPS, please ship items here below $100 or even $80 that you don't mind go missing or have a chance of being stolen. Do not ship cash, gift cards, gift certificates, personal checks, and cashier's checks with a chance to go missing. Also, if you have an international package, be aware that your package may go missing either to their inability to read the label or that someone there took it. Use Paypal or a credit card in case you need to claim the loss.
2) If UPS, use UPS My Access to reroute your packages to a UPS pickup point or the UPS customer center on Blaine. If you use that option, make sure to input your address first onto UPS My Access to make sure the entire address matches. For the 90007 area, the city is called Dockweiler in UPS address and not Los Angeles. If you use Los Angeles, the UPS My Access will not redirect.
3) If FedEx, redirect using the tracking info to a Walgreens for pickup.
4) For DHL, reroute and pickup at access point on Sacramento Street.
I have done this after that first fatal incident and have not had an issue. Also, if you sign up for a PO Box here, make sure they have your name and unit number on the PO Box itself as well as on their internal clipboard. Failure to do so will make your package have a higher chance of going missing. I would say I have no issue with UPS, FedEx, and DHL deliveries. USPS is something you need to keep an eye out on. Also for this location to maximize your chances of getting the item, make sure to go on the day the package or letter says it is delivered so they have a higher chance of finding it.
If you need a package delivered for sure, I would look into an off center PO Box location with trustworthy owners as well as workers. The outside PO Box location told me they have to match the USPS price as well as duration so it makes sense to me. read more