+karri Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 I just got back to the city and went through my list of missing shipments of Lynx goodies. All missing shipments are "economy to the US". It does not matter if it is a letter of a parcel. As economy I have not been able to post stuff to the US since April. So if you are waiting for something from me drop me a note. I try to re-send it as recommended letters. I also discussed this at the local post office and they confirmed that I am not alone with this problem. It would be interesting to get a picture of 3 months of undelivered mail that sits somewhere. The mountain must be huge. Obviously I am not going to ship anything to the US for a while except re-sending current lost stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFG 9000 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 The USA mail system has been delayed since the pandemic/lockdown began, at least when it comes from imported packages. I had to wait an extra month for some imports, so it's possible your packages may be delivered yet. Unreasonable, yes, but that's just how it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnuth Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 My mail carrier told me that they are no longer allowed to work any overtime. So when their shift is over they bring their truck back to the post office, and it sits there until the next day. He told me there have been days only 25% of his route gets delivered. I had a package that took a month to get to FL from OH 1st class. I don’t see it getting better anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makara Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 I've bought a few things from the US in the last couple of months and it has taken around 4-5 weeks on average to receive it. Not just the US though, I've had some things from Japan, even via EMS, taking 3-4 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefred Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Looks like outbound packages are an issue as well, I sent a package to Australia on July 10th, tracking still shows it has been in NY since the 13th. My El chepo lynx was shipped on the 24th and is supposed to be delivered tomorrow according to tracking estimate but last tracking update was in CA this morning. I live in NJ. I figure international packages with tracking is off by at least 4 or 5 days once it gets in the country. Good luck trying to find items without tracking. Karri sent me something late April, I still haven't seen it yet. My wife ordered some things from China, they took a little over a month. I did get my lynx t-shirt in today, it looks nice. It came in on time. From state to state seems normal from what I have shipped and received. I only ship Priority within the states, 3 days max. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42bs Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Just a note: I ordered something from Mouser and though they sent the wrong stuff and had to resend, each of the packets took only 4 days (from Texas to south Germany). They use FedEx, not USPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefred Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Just an update, my wife told me my ElChepo has arrived today. Took a little under a month to get to me. Took 2 1/2 weeks to come from CA to NJ. Karri resent the lost package and it came in decent time. The first one is no where to be found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 The mail is indeed in a sorry state. Domestic mail is sometimes taking as long as international...not a good sign. And with the whole mail in ballot fiasco happening right now I suspect it is only going to get worse. UPS however has been right on target thankfully and the prices (at least domestically) are not very different when I use the Paypal shipnow. So, any chance I have to use UPS instead I do that for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 hour ago, eightbit said: The mail is indeed in a sorry state. Domestic mail is sometimes taking as long as international...not a good sign. And with the whole mail in ballot fiasco happening right now I suspect it is only going to get worse. UPS however has been right on target thankfully and the prices (at least domestically) are not very different when I use the Paypal shipnow. So, any chance I have to use UPS instead I do that for now. Interesting - does this mean we might actually be using UPS and FedEx to mail in our votes (like they ever mattered anyhow)? HAHA - talk about privatizing an industry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 I just got a note that one of my letters arrived to the US. Almost 5 months in transit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42bs Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Wow. But it seems to get better. My AA order took 4 days to Germany, but now it is stuck in customs since 3 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 That's nothing. I sent a package to the UK in March. It landed in London, then promptly was redirected to Brazil! It sat in Brazil customs for almost 6 months, then it was finally sent back to UK a couple weeks ago. At least it did finally arrive with all items intact! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42bs Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 No kidding? Brazil? So the UK did out-source their customs to Brazil. Probably due to the Brexit ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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