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Post by stardiamond on Jan 7, 2021 20:24:57 GMT -5
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. A customer in Santa Barbara California wanted a cab delivered by January 13. I normally ship first class and on Mondays when my son does the shopping. USPS shipping times stink right now. I offered to send it priority at no extra charge and offered alternatives. She chose express which costs $22 and was willing to pay for it. I bought an express label from paypal and will use paypal to invoice for the shipping cost. I really don't want to ask my son to make an extra trip to the post office. Etsy offers an arrange USPS pickup option. I couldn't use it because I didn't buy the label from Etsy. I went to the USPS site and put in my address to arrange a pickup and the response was take it to the post office. I might have a delivery tomorrow and the mailman might come to my door, but I can't count on it. I could put in my mailbox which has a lock and put the flag up. I'll probably ask my son nicely to take care of it. I'm glad this is only a hobby.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 8, 2021 11:04:28 GMT -5
Shipping is crazy now! Use to be able to trust packages to be on time, even the USPS priority boxes never get there on time..
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Post by stardiamond on Jan 8, 2021 19:11:43 GMT -5
Not trying to be political. The head of the post office, a Trump appointee instituted cost saving measures. Before the election service was bad. There was pressure to speed things up during the election and now things are back to bad. Also, thousands of postal workers are out with covid.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Jan 8, 2021 20:29:35 GMT -5
I think things are getting much better now.
Dec 8th I mailed 2 pendants from Michigan to Kentucky in a 3 day priority box because the buyer stated they were Christmas gifts. That box arrived January 2nd. Angry Dec 10th I mailed a single pendant standard first class mail in an envelope from Michigan to Hawaii and it arrived before Christmas.
During that same time frame I ordered a bowling ball for my kid from an out of state website via UPS and it arrived 2 days later. Amazon was no issue getting stuff during the holidays as well.
Chuck
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quartzilla
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Post by quartzilla on Jan 8, 2021 21:06:29 GMT -5
The only stuff going thru the mail fast is Amazon stuff lol. My mortgage payment was processed two days late because it took two weeks to go about 75 miles across the state.
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Post by stephan on Jan 9, 2021 0:06:28 GMT -5
I dunno. I mailed out the FRBs over December: two to members here and one for an Etsy sale. All got there early. Summer was awful, but those three went fine.
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Jan 9, 2021 9:56:29 GMT -5
I mailed a LFRB to california from minnesota before christmas (12-21), hoping for pre-christmas delivery. Receipt from the post office stated dec 27th delivery - It got there on the 24th.
Other items I've purchased over the last several weeks have been early compared to estimated delivery times.
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Post by stardiamond on Jan 11, 2021 16:28:02 GMT -5
The package arrived today which was two days before the date the customer wanted it. For $22 shipping it should have been faster.
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Post by stardiamond on Jan 13, 2021 19:38:59 GMT -5
I have a wheel shipped from Lithuania that arrived in Chicago on December 22 and is still in Chicago.
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Jan 16, 2021 20:41:29 GMT -5
I had to open my mouth... Ordered a key switch for the 4 wheeler off eBay. Was supposed to be delivered Jan 11th. Didn't leave new jersey until the 13th. Still somewhere between here & there
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EricD
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Post by EricD on Jan 16, 2021 20:53:27 GMT -5
UPS is still doing it as usual for me. The others not so much. I've seen 3 weeks for US mail to go 50 miles, and FedEx unloading my packages on other peoples porches. Multiple times not just once either.
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