The USPS FRB dilly-dally poll

[OLS]

I should have thought this through better when I put out my first thread on the subject. But apparently I am
one of the only people dealing with a USPS Flat Rate Box system that is WOE-fully slow in delivering their packages.
So lets see, only two choices, I'd like to see how many people are getting ~2 day service and how many are
going 3+ like me....well 5+ like me. In the individual reply section, go ahead and let your rant flag fly.

For me, 4-6 days is getting usual. And TRACKING, haha, I could track it better with a blind coon hound.
Granted, sometimes there is a weekend involved, but I still expect packages to move on Saturday AT LEAST.
And the routing I am seeing is ridiculous. Was sending to New Jersey the other day and the box spent two
days in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Hey, I understand they are broke, but I AM DOING MY FREAKING PART.

[massphatness]

Two days unless I'm shipping to the left coast, then it's 3. But rarely is it more than that.

[LostAbbott]

I was just thinking about this with a box I sent on Wednesday. I still see no tracking and am a little worried the box got stolen. The box was gone and the flag down but no mail. Then later in the day I received mail. I guess I will give it some more time and pray to the white paper box gods that it makes it.

[icehog3]

I believe they advertise 2-3 days. And I rarely mail one that takes longer. I realize that the DC numbers are just that....delivery confirmation, NOT tracking.

If one is dissatisfied with USPS, just use UPS or FedEx. And hopefully the neighbor's dog won't poop on your lawn and the Home Depot clerk won't be rude.

[SvilleKid]

Almost always AT LEAST 3 days. Last one I shipped took 5 days

I went to post office 3 days ago to ship priority to my son. They ran it thru computer, said it would be Saturday delivery. Parcel post would be Monday. and they could offer me no reason for it taking 4 days!

I took it 15 miles to a UPS store around 3 pm. Package was at Jeremy's place in Va Beach mid morning on Thursday. Basically 36 hours.

Wish the UPS store was closer!!!

[OLS]

I was just thinking about this with a box I sent on Wednesday. I still see no tracking and am a little worried the box got stolen. The box was gone and the flag down but no mail. Then later in the day I received mail. I guess I will give it some more time and pray to the white paper box gods that it makes it.One thing I find with USPS, when you are at your angriest, the box shows up.
Stolen off the street is one thing, but opened or confiscated by USPS is ultra-rare.
It's when you see OUT FOR DELIVERY that you need to worry about theft. They almost
ALWAYS update THAT info.
I live in a horrible neighborhood for aholes walking down the street just looking for something
to steal, and as a result I get everything shipped to work. What makes it worse is if someone
DOES ship to my house, the mailman leaves a slip of paper demanding that I go to a post office
as far as possible from work as is geographically possible, and demands I do it during what are my
work hours. So I have to take an hour or two off work just to pick up a box.

[pektel]

Mostly my packages arrive in 2-3 days. Unless it's to the Northeast. For some reason, NY/NJ take forever (the 5-6 days you are experiencing).

But it really seems it happens to packages traveling TO that area. I recently did a trade with a BOTL in upstate NY. His end of the trade arrived in 2 days. Mine took 6 days to get to him. Which sucked, because I thought:

a) package was lost and I'd have to send out another 5er of one of my favorite sticks, and

b) my integrity could be called into question, if someone didn't believe that I sent it when I said I did.

[Brutus2600]

Advertised is 2-3 days and that's usually what I see for most stuff. I've been shipping stuff to my parents in Hawaii priority mail and it takes about 5 days, but I guess that's understandable.

The thing I notice that does cause the package to take an extra day sometimes is if I let the mailman pick the package up as opposed to dropping it off at the post office. If I do that I see it head up from my small town's post office to Fort Worth's main sorting facility the same day. If the mailman picks it up sometimes it takes an extra day to reach the main sorting facility, thus adding a day on.

[CasaDooley]

Always 2 to 3 days west coast to east, north to south and the last couple of packages I had sent to me had great tracking (something new?). I ship almost 100% with USPS. :tu

[T.G]

My experience has been typical delivery happens in 2-3 working days for CONUS. The only exceptions tend to be when the person lives out in BFE on some rural route or in some very small out of the way town, in which case, usually one extra day, but I have seen it take as long as 5.

Even though it's only a DC number, and that's all I expect from it, I often see it be updated with the intermediate stops.

[MrClean]

I live in the middle of the country and everything I've mailed has been no more than 3 days and most of those were mailed on Friday and arrived on Monday. Now I probably haven't shipped as much as some on here but that's what I've experienced so far.

[Drez]

I'm with the 2 day group here. Every once in a blue moon will i get 3 days but never had anything take longer than that.

[bobarian]

With the rare exception 2-3 days coast to coast. Some things to remember, Leaving the package in your mailbox is not the same as dropping it at the PO. Delivery Confirmation is not Tracking. USPS is the only service that delivers to every US address, 20% of FedEx and UPS packages travel via USPS for the "last mile"

[OLS]

For what it's worth, I only use the kiosk at the USPS location, and nearly always before 10am. They can't
claim any reasonable excuse on those grounds.

[icehog3]

My experience has been that the DC slips don't generally get scanned until the package arrives at its destination when I use the kisok, Brad.

[jesseboston81]

Never had anything other than 2 day shipping with USPS. In fact, I once shipped on a Saturday and the package arrived on Monday!
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[LigaPrivadaT84]

Depends where I'm shipping to; coast to coast takes more than 2 days.

[WyGuy]

I've never had anything take longer than 3 days, and it's normally two. Also, the DC# seems to pretty much always get updated for me, guess I get lucky in that aspect.

[OLS]

So officially...IT IS just me, lol.

[Ogre]

Once in a while its done in 2. But most of the time for me its 3.

[kelmac07]

Usually two...unless headed to the wrong coast. :D

[ktblunden]

I can't really choose a poll option because it depends. I regularly get packages from FL and PA delivered to me in 2 days flat. Anything sent to me Priority from less than 200 miles away from me takes 5-7 days. So the closer the sender is to me the longer it takes for me to receive it. I've also had some get sidetracked for weeks and delivered anywhere from 4 weeks to 3 months late.

[CigarNut]

So officially...IT IS just me, lol.For clarification -- are you talking about shipping or receiving?

You said that you receive stuff at work (when you can); what is the travel time for these packages?

When you ship do you drop the packages off at the Post Office? What is the pickup schedule (usually listed on the dropbox) where you drop them off?

My local Post Offices allow me to drop my FRB packages off at the loading dock when they are open. Otherwise I load them into the package receiving station inside the PO, which they say they pick up about every 90 minutes.

[deadrise]

Two days unless I'm shipping to the left coast, then it's 3. But rarely is it more than that.

:tpd:

[shilala]

From when I used to ship stuff for a living, I found that the further folks were from a PO hub, the more the days increased.
If I use what I know to order stuff, I can get Priority Mail stuff next day. I'm close to a hub and just need to order from outfits that are close to a hub, or are close to my hub.
If I'm two regional PO's away from a hub, it adds a day or two. That's gotten better, it used to be two days for sure. If the seller is two regionals away from a hub, it's going to be a five day shipment no matter how you slice it.
Hub to Hub shipment is seldom more than 24 hours, if ever. So from Johnstown PA to San Diego, CA, that's a day, period. Then you have to add each end. Where the seller lives in respect to the nearest hub and where the buyer live in respect to the closest hub compound the issue.
Be thankful you don't live in Texas, Brad. Most addresses there are 7 days minimum from anywhere in the US.
If you constantly get longer than normal service, it's either because your mailman hates you or you're too far from a hub, geographically. I.E., move. It's your fault cause of where you live.

Remember when we used to have to rip the square box out of the magazine, fill it out, put a check in the envelope, and wait 4 to 6 weeks for ANYTHING we ordered?
Quit your b1tchin, you spoiled punk. :lr