CrazyGirl Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 ok , lets all tell the truth , when you buy something on line and you track the package , and it has a delivery date of March 23, but yet you will check and recheck and check again like it's gonna get it to you sooner ,,,, i know i do
crazyjim Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 I thought it was only me that did that. Once in a great while a package will arrive sooner. I really like when that happens.
niteowl7710 Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 The only time I used FedEx is the International Express that HobbyLink Japan offers, and almost always - unless it's coming in over a weekend - they manage to deliver it a day before the tracking says it's supposed to be here. 3 days from Japan, the world's a lot smaller than it used to be.
Guest Johnny Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 any more I do it just to see where it might go before it gets back to me! Had some mighty weird ones here lately!
Foxer Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 I rarely get anything here by FedEx, but the other two, more often than not, get here a day early!
martinfan5 Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 The only time I used FedEx is the International Express that HobbyLink Japan offers, and almost always - unless it's coming in over a weekend - they manage to deliver it a day before the tracking says it's supposed to be here. 3 days from Japan, the world's a lot smaller than it used to be. Same here, my last order from HLJ I did, it shipped out of Japan on Friday, and on Monday, FedEx was ringing my door bell, but the tracking showed a Wednesday delivery date.
High octane Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 What was the name of a national delivery company before UPS,Fed EX, and USPS, does anyone remember? I do.
martinfan5 Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 What was the name of a national delivery company before UPS,Fed EX, and USPS, does anyone remember? I do. Talking about Fells Fargo stage coach ?
Fabrux Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 3 days from Japan, the world's a lot smaller than it used to be. And yet a parcel within Canada takes 3 weeks. Go figure.
Harry P. Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 What was the name of a national delivery company before UPS,Fed EX, and USPS, does anyone remember? I do. Pony Express.
Erik Smith Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 Yes, I do. I have been buying and selling on eBay since 2006 and have bought and sold probably close to 1500 items. I always check my shipments coming in. In those years I had zero problems. Not one missed package or "missent" delivery. In the last month I have had two packages delivered to wrong zip codes. I have no idea how the USPS manages that. One is still MIA, the other arrived a day later. Is that part of the "sequestration" penalty? Could just be regression to the mean...
Bill J Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 I always check to be sure when something is going to arrive. Partly excitement and partly wanting to get it off the doorstep before it melts. I did have a recent ugly time with a G-Shock watch that I bought new on eBay. The seller sent it immediately, international express mail. It hit the west coast in 2 days and the PO sent it to US Customs. Then nothing for over two weeks. I had called the LA post office that gets international mail, I called US Customs and all told me "nope we don't have it". I emailed the ebay seller and was given some advise, call the PO and Customs, which I had already done. I was just about to file a claim with paypal and/or ebay for the item when the tracking suddenly said ir cleared customs and was at my local PO. I finally got the watch about 30+ days after buying it. I was very happy because it cost nearly $250. The package had never been opened by customs and it had sat somewhere until they finally sent it back to the postal service. I can't really complain because I was relieved to finally get my watch. It sure scared me though, that is a lot of money to lose.
clavender17 Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 USPS is always a day or two late!. YUP !!!!! " snail mail "
Psychographic Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 With USPS, tracking is a fun game of what unnecessary route will this package take to get to me.
Deathgoblin Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 My last two packages arrived faster than I anticipated. I finally got a another digital camera, so I can start posting again.
martinfan5 Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 One of my last kits I bought off of ebay did the out of the way trip, I live in Phoenix, and my package arrived in Phoenix, then it was sent to Tucson, which is about 150 miles south of Phoenix, then it was sent back to Phoenix
Nick Winter Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 And yet a parcel within Canada takes 3 weeks. Go figure. Ain't that the truth, I sent a box to Blackstock, which is 1 hour north of me, it went to Mississauga, then Newmarket, then Black Stock, it took a week. Only Canada Post Nick
slusher Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 I get packages early all the time because l am between memphis and nashville...
Harry P. Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 I get packages early all the time because l am between memphis and nashville... ?
Cornpatch Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 What was the name of a national delivery company before UPS,Fed EX, and USPS, does anyone remember? I do. Yea, I think it was called REA Express.
Guest G Holding Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) Yea, I think it was called REA Express. Railroad Express Company..... The latest shipping quirk is FedX and USPS together....fed ex does the long distance and USPS delivers it. Amazon uses this method, works well , cheap and timely...4 /5 days cross country FedX smartpost... http://www.fedex.com/us/smart-post/ Edited March 22, 2013 by G Holding
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