UCSD Postal Center

I’ve used their service 3 times.
2 of those 3 times, my mails sent from this place never got delivered to its destination.
Choose this place if you want to just lose your mails.

Worst usps ever. Don’t ever come here. They charge a 15% markup compared to all the other usps stores and the student workers there are rude and will get to rush you to get you out of their way. It’s worth it to take the time to go to a different usps where they don’t rip you off.

Not only are the price mark ups HUGE and SIGNIFICANT, UCSD POSTAL CENTER has TERRIBLE, ATROCIOUS, and HORRIFIC service (if you can even call it that). The girls who work there clearly do NOT want work there. The girl who provided me «service» forgot to give me the tracking number and receipt and when I asked for it, she ROLLED HER EYES and ripped the receipt from the printer and… ugh just thinking about it gets my blood boiling. –_​_​_​_​_​_​_​–
anyways, as the other reviews, invest in a scale and just drop it off there instead. Just ordered one after this ghastly experience.

Scanned wrong and placed my package to a wrong unit. And the woman w/​that mail box number picked up my package and not returning emails or calls to tell her to return my stuff. Now, the seller can’t refund me, ’cause this stupid investigation is not over.
What a nice job, UCSD mailing office.

You need to pay extra meter charge (about 25%), but convenient location!
(It is highly recommended to buy prepaid label the USPS website and just drop off.)

I truly feel sorry for anybody that has to work here. It is an extremely poorly run business that overcharges for packages (that will be more than likely lost than any other mailing center), does not handle customers well, and in the end you’re probably going to be pretty angry at how your package was lost in addition to the fact that you paid a lot more. They have no way of keeping track of your packages for they aren’t ACTUALLY a post office. This organization is mired with red tape, and many answers to any questions will result in an «I don’t know.» Well what do you know Post Center. You’ll know that you lost my $ 500 package, as well as the unfiled tracking number. Thank you for your services, have a nice day.

If it’s not an emergency, never go to the UCSD postal center to deliver something. They charged a lot more than the «real» post office and tend to lost shipment all the time. Since it’s a very unorganized and people working there are just don’t want to do a good job. Don’t go or you will regret letting them ship your item.

Worst ever. The guy was really nice and helpful, but I discovered later the 22% surcharge that others mention in their reviews. The postage cost $ 28.75 for my package and I was charged $ 37.38. What a rip off! You’re better off just buying & printing a label from the USPS website and then dropping it off at this post office (if you’re on campus).

I’m lucky enough that I live off campus and don’t HAVE to go to this post office. The lady that works here is such a b****. She has one of the poorest attitudes I’ve seen and it’s obvious she hates her job. Why? Because when I was filling out my envelope she kept saying to her co-​worker, «Come OOONNN, five o’clock! Come OOONNNN, five o’clock!» Have some professionalism… I’ve worked in customer service before and I know what it’s like to have rude/​annoying customers and hate your job, but I’ve always put on a good attitude, which made work a lot better. If the lady actually tried to do her job and actually be helpful, I can guarantee she would not be so miserable. Luckily, the post office on Villa La Jolla (in the Whole Foods plaza) always has wonderful service from all of the employees. I think I’ll write a review on that one next to balance out this angry one…
My recommendation: If you live off campus, don’t go here!

I really really really dislike this post office.
Service is horrible and it’s SO expensive. Seriously?
I just sent something and ordered delivery confirmation 4 days ago. I tried to look up the tracking today, there’s no record of it. What? Wow, ridiculous. Thanks for stealing my money guys.

Unreliable service. I dropped the package off at 2pm for a 3pm FedEx pickup. Somehow they didn’t pick it up till the next business. Unfortunately, I dropped it off on a Friday so FedEx got it on Monday. My package arrived three days later than they told me it would arrive. I should have shipped it from a regular FedEx center and it would have been picked up on the day I gave them and wouldn’t have been three days late.

Heads up: they charge a 22% surcharge on postage besides stamps… and this is information is not posted anywhere. And don’t think you can buy the amount of stamps you need for your package, because then you’d have to take it to a «real» post office. They also lack basic supplies like Priority Mail tape. Why a public institution thinks they deserve 22% for their mail service is completely beyond me.

Pretty handy. I’m working at UCSD for the summer, and I had to mail something ASAP. Total life-​saver to find out that there was a full-​service post office on campus, not just a drop box. I went on my lunch break, so there was almost no wait. But the place is pretty sparse, and pens are few and far between. A post office should have pens, right?
It gets the job done.

So I went to mail some books today and low and behold, there were additional charges (should I be surprised since this is UCSD? They would charge for the air you breathe at the Price Center if they could. Perhaps, they need to recover their losses on that bronzed ‘Foxy’ feces a.k.a. ‘Poseidon’ statue that looks like an unflushable turd standing on end of an overflowing toilet).
So I asked the clerk what these additional charges were. He replied, «Well, they’re convenience fees… er… I mean, your package seemed to weight that much». Bullsh! t. I told him I had mailed out a book that weighed heavier yesterday at the La Jolla USPS branch and there weren’t any additional charges. The asinine clerk with the tattoo nervously stared at me, then at the ground, and then at me again (did he think that I would magically disappear if he did that?) He brazenly stated once more that they charge by weight. I asked him, so how much did it weigh? Without taking the time to wipe the ‘shit’ dribbling from his ass, oops, I mean mouth, much like a toddler who just messed up his diaper, he stated, oh, it was heavy enough to justify those fees. Bullsh! t again. I was late to class already and needed to send this book out by today. Rolling my eyes, I relented and paid the extra fees. UCSD is notorious for unfair charging practices. Us students need to stand up when they start making up frivolous fees (I know that most students don’t care, but even though daddy or mommy may be paying for your ass to get through college, it’s about the principle people).

the new location in price center east is awesome. before it was next to imprints and man it was so gay because there would be a long line and they make u form it outside the door because it was SO tiny inside. but now the new post office is really big! it’s in the food court, they sell big envelopes which is pretty convenient for the students because i always see people bringing textbooks to send out after selling it, for no profit whatsoever, on
or ebay. there’s this guy who works there with a huge tattoo all over his arm and i always look at it when i come here because its neat. yeah. creepy, i know.
anyways i just love having a post office on campus

I usually drop off small envelope that may need next day delivery. I haven’t mailed any packages
Well before they added Price Center East. The post office was really small. They usually had a line and you only could pay by cash or check i believe.
Now they opened the new location and I love it. It is located near Burger King and other restaurants. It looks more like a post office. No line when I went.

It’s good to have a postofice on campus. However, they usually have only one person behind the counter so the line can get pretty long. I recommend avoiding that rush our by going before noon.
BTW they have a mailbox outside of the place so you don’t actually have to line up to send letter mail.

I don’t think anyone at UCSD knows the address to UCSD.
It’s nearly impossible to get main on campus. I taught on campus last year and decided to buy something online. I called the campus liaison and asked about the address to my building. After a few days of waiting for my package, I called to find out what was going on. Apparently I didn’t use the correct address. I talked to 2 different people at the campus post office and they told me completely different things.
One day I decided to go down there to speak to someone. They invited me back into their little sorting room where a wall of lost packages sat. Apparently this kind of thing happens all the time and people don’t know how to address things. It’s almost like addressing a parcel to a foreign country – you really have to get it right or any little snag will fuck you up.
We used FedEx from that point on. Apparently, they do deliver to the exact building because the guy on the route knows his shit.
Talk to the post office before you try and receive any packages there. It might be better if you address it to the main campus post office and pick it up, because the sorting is where it gets all messed up.
I will give it a few stars because they were extremely nice and helpful. The bureaucracy of the establishment has really screwed things up and I’ll never use the post office again at UCSD.

For those of you with a short attention span, here is my review: Don’t use this post office unless the only possible alternative would be having to walk/​drive/​fly to the person’s home/​business that you’re shipping your product to, and if that is the case, I recommend doing that.
I decided to ship a Wii to someone through the UCSD post office, and let me tell you, that was the dumbest thing I’ve done in years. I had shipped a few packages with insurance recently through a «real» post office (more on this later), so I figured I would forgo the costs and just go with delivery confirmation this time. So I gave them the package, and went along my merry way.
The next day I tried to look up the tracking data. Nothing. Ok, sometimes the post office is slow, I thought. Gave it a few more days — nothing. Hmmm… started to get suspicious, so I went back and asked them about it. «How come there is no tracking info?» «Well, for that you need to go to a ‘real’ post office.» «Excuse me? What am I in now?» «You need to go to a real post office.»
In an effort to not go postal myself, I decided to leave and come back when calmer. After once again being told I needed to go to a real post office, I decided to do so. While very nice, they were absolutely no help either.
Conclusion? Based on the evidence that the package never made it into the system, and that is not a «real» post office anyway, some postal worker is currently playing a free (stolen) Wii right now and laughing. So, if you’re looking to give away Wiis, I recommend the UCSD Post Office; but for anything else, such as shipping, or customer service, I’d suggest carrier pigeons.