Is USPS priority mail shipping typically slow?

[J]

Label/Receipt Number: ******************
Status: Acceptance

Your item was accepted at 1:15 PM on October 27, 2008 in *******, AL 35096. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later.


As of today no change in status.

 

[Vehemence]

yea

 

[JohnCU]

not for me

 

[Xylitol]

no

 

[Baked]

2-3 days as advertised for me virtually all the times I use that option. Don't know if using click-n-ship speeds up the process, 'cause that's what I use.

 

[Mo0o]

Not for me. Its always been relatively quick. Just crappy tracking

 

[jlee]

Usually 2-3 days here as well..

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: dNor
yea

looks like you fail. karma for posting 2 old men having sex.

 

[Vehemence]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: dNor
yea

looks like you fail. karma for posting 2 old men having sex.

jea

 

[J]

It's been three days should i worry about my package being lost?

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Byakuya
It's been three days should i worry about my package being lost?

no

 

[Viper GTS]

Your first tracking "update" will probably be the final one stating it was delivered.

This is quite normal for USPS, I wouldn't start wondering until at least a week.

Viper GTS

 

[jpeyton]

Did you purchase Delivery Confirmation?

USPS isn't religious about updating online status unless you purchased Delivery Confirmation or another form of tracking.

 

[J]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Did you purchase Delivery Confirmation?

USPS isn't religious about updating online status unless you purchased Delivery Confirmation or another form of tracking.

Yes i did, i'm worried because the contents of the package is worth over 150 dollars.

 

[aphex]

Delivery Confirmation is slow, Priority Mail itself isn't. I use USPS Priority about 5-10 times a week on average and every package I send makes it nearly everywhere in the US in 2 days, 3 days on moderate occasion. Delivery Confirmation on the other hand isn't fast to update, if at all.

 

[Crono]

As others said, their tracking information is not that helpful or good. Priority Mail usually takes 2 to 3 days, though a few times (3 out of 100) in my experience it took longer. One time it took 10 days for a large package to arrive at the location after I shipped it out.

 

[DonaldC]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Your first tracking "update" will probably be the final one stating it was delivered.

This is quite normal for USPS, I wouldn't start wondering until at least a week.

Viper GTS

^^THIS^^

 

[rh71]

that status sh!t is updated too slowly, or not at all. Once you receive it (in the 3 days period, typically), it will update. It's more for receipt confirmation imo. Wait, isn't that what it's called?