Just goes to show how screwed up the postal system is! Package went from Bethpage to California, then back to Bethpage before being sent to Brooklyn???

"Do the Post Office people mark the parcel "delivered" (1) when it leaves the post office with the carrier, or (2) is it scanned "delivered" by the carrier when he puts it into your mail box?"

Your package should have been scanned "Delivered" when it was placed in your mailbox. If it wouldn't fit in your mailbox it should have been scanned "Attempted" with a notice left for you.