Postal Packages

It's not limited to only USPS. I purchased a custom flashlight from a maker located in Canada. It took almost a month for it to go from Edmonton, Alberta to Vancouver. Finally got an update this morning that there was some movement.

 

Well my horse came in today finally, after touring the country for 17 days it got to the buyer today, Chicago to Nebraska by way of Los Angelos, it could be worse I guess

 

Canadian customs are a bear. Especially for knife related stuff.

 

To be clear the CBSA has nothing to do with exports. That's all in the hands of US Customs and Border protection. Or the customs officers of the country where the consignee lives.

Normal travel time from Edmonton to Vancouver hinging on the carrier is 2 days. Unless there is a highway closure in the BC interior like on the Coquihalla or the Number 1. Then the transit time can become ugly. Not many trucks from Edmondton will come to Vancouver via the Crowsnest.

 

I just checked three items mailed on 12/16, all showed movement but still not delivered. They were going from Utah to NJ, VA and PA. Incoming packages to me all show delays or no movement.

 

No, it will get worse.... all those gift cards need to be spent.

 

I know here in my district they are sending a team of people to the hub to help clean it out. My package load seemed to be above average for this time of year, but steady. We can even volunteer for Sunday parcel delivery OT!!!

 

What? Incurring the expense to send people to backed up locations, Sunday delivery, and volunteering for overtime!
I thought you all were on a documented purposeful slowdown and no overtime ? LOL. . Or at least that is what someone read on the internet.

 

Two day priority mail nightmare. As you
see it took one day short of a month to arrive. And a Sunday delivery to boot!

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We have had Sunday package delivery in St. Louis for over a year now. It started as Amazon, but its Priority and Amazon now

 

The day I sent that package I also sent another priority mail package to southern Florida. It arrived on time two days later, go figure.

 

I prefer USPS First Class, since it is typically a day or two later than Priority, but cheaper. Also, printing postage at home seems efficient than writing address manually on the package and taking it to the PO. I also tend to avoid selling stuff in the last two weeks of December due to the holiday load!

 

I respectfully disagree -- I almost always ship USPS, as they have the most fair pricing, a fairly evolved technlogical platform for printing labels/postage etc. from the comfort of your home, and a stellar "Daily Digest" facility that scans and sends me the images of day's mail. Oh, and I do like the social interaction at the local PO.

(That said, I do understand your frustration at the case being closed w/o any notification or action, and possibly the venting of it here).

 

In my recent experience, First Class works better and cheaper than Priority, if postage/labels are printed at home. Maybe during holiday season, many people ship Priority, overwhelming that channel, while not much of an overload for First Class?

 

Still waiting on a clip for my Military purchased 12/21. It made it from Doylestown, PA to Philadelphia in one day but has been “vacationing” in Philly ever since. An inquiry brought a response from the Postmaster: “we’re overwhelmed, you can expect your package in Texas the week of January 11th.”

 

Boston to PA taking nearly 1 mo so far....One never even left local PO for 10 days. Other stuck in NJ warehouse for 2 weeks....when asked, no date available to tell customer of package arrival for certain.