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by dawnerd 2122 days ago
You'd have to compare the label creation date with the scan date.

Example one of the ones I got dinged on:

Jun 30, 2020 7:29pm Tracking number provided

Jul 3, 2020 6:45am Accepted at USPS Origin Facility BEAVERTON, OR 97078

It was dropped off Jul 1 in the early morning. Ended up sitting there for two days before they got around to scanning. Admittedly it has gotten better the last couple weeks but it can still take them a day.

The easiest way around this though is using a scans form which is just a printout where they can scan once and it marks all of the packages as accepted at once. It still takes time to prepare the form, print and find someone at the dock or drop window to scan it - they don't seem to particularly like doing it.