USPS :thumb up:

DaWhim

Lifer
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I shipped a package to my friend in ithaca, ny on tuesday morning around 9:30am from buffalo, ny. she got the package on wednesday!!!! it was the usps priority!
I was shock when she told me she got the package already. I thought she would get it on Friday or Saturday!
 

Eli

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On another note.. I've been pretty happy with Airborne.

It seems they consistantly deliver packages 1 or 2 days before the "estimated delivery date".

It seems that UPS and FedEx will hold the packages until the estimated delivery date. That is, they arrive.. but just sit there for a day.

Ex1:


Shipment History:


9/16/03
1 : 05 pm Delivered. Portland, OR
7 : 39 am Arrived at Airborne Station. Portland, OR

9/15/03
10 : 52 pm Processed at Sort Facility. Fresno, CA
4 : 47 pm Left Airborne Station. Petaluma, CA
3 : 14 pm Picked Up by Airborne. Shipper's Door

Estimated Delivery Date: 9/18/03

Ex2:

Sep 17, 2003
2:23 P.M. PORTLAND, OR, US DELIVERY
Sep 16, 2003
11:24 A.M. PORTLAND, OR, US DESTINATION SCAN
3:23 A.M. PORTLAND, OR, US ARRIVAL SCAN

Sep 11, 2003
7:22 A.M. LITTLE ROCK, AR, US DEPARTURE SCAN
Sep 10, 2003
6:10 P.M. LITTLE ROCK, AR, US ORIGIN SCAN
3:08 P.M. US BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

Estimated Delivery date: 9/17/2003

:frown:
 

amdskip

Lifer
Jan 6, 2001
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Airborne is awesome. You could have shipped the package via the USPS parcel post and it would have made it in a day too supposedly.
 

KK

Lifer
Jan 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: Eli
On another note.. I've been pretty happy with Airborne.

It seems they consistantly deliver packages 1 or 2 days before the "estimated delivery date".

It seems that UPS and FedEx will hold the packages until the estimated delivery date. That is, they arrive.. but just sit there for a day.

Ex1:


Shipment History:


9/16/03
1 : 05 pm Delivered. Portland, OR
7 : 39 am Arrived at Airborne Station. Portland, OR

9/15/03
10 : 52 pm Processed at Sort Facility. Fresno, CA
4 : 47 pm Left Airborne Station. Petaluma, CA
3 : 14 pm Picked Up by Airborne. Shipper's Door

Estimated Delivery Date: 9/18/03

Ex2:

Sep 17, 2003
2:23 P.M. PORTLAND, OR, US DELIVERY
Sep 16, 2003
11:24 A.M. PORTLAND, OR, US DESTINATION SCAN
3:23 A.M. PORTLAND, OR, US ARRIVAL SCAN

Sep 11, 2003
7:22 A.M. LITTLE ROCK, AR, US DEPARTURE SCAN
Sep 10, 2003
6:10 P.M. LITTLE ROCK, AR, US ORIGIN SCAN
3:08 P.M. US BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

Estimated Delivery date: 9/17/2003

:frown:

I know what you mean on fed ex. Here's my example.

Sep 17, 2003 7:47 pm Left FedEx Ramp ATLANTA GA
4:05 pm Arrived at FedEx Ramp ATLANTA GA
10:24 am Left FedEx Ramp ATLANTA GA
6:31 am Arrived at FedEx Ramp ATLANTA GA

Sep 16, 2003 1:52 pm Pickup status HAPEVILLE GA
Pre-routed meter pkg picked up

Now I know it was their saver thing but why yesterday did they drive it around the block and back.

KK
 

habib89

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i sent 3 packages at about 1pm on a saturday from san francisco.. one got to virginia on monday... one to montana on tuesday and the last to south carolina on tuesday... usps rocks for sure
 

RobCur

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Oct 4, 2002
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It is fast but can get very expensive if weight more then a 1 lb. I rather pay much less with UPS for something that weights much more.
btw, if you shipped postal it would take 2-3 days even if you're right next door to each other!
so all in all, they're so so...