USPS priority mail????????

[Night0wl]

IS it the worlds lousiest service or only almost?

6 to 10 days until it reaches destination

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8 days to even be ready to ship abroad :cry:

Edit: sorry 9 days I mean. Is it supposed to travel at light speed once it leaves the US, because it isn't even here yet.

Second time now :angry:

[Skiz]

IS it the worlds lousiest service or only almost?



That's why it's called 'Snail Mail'. Try UPS next time. :yup:

[Artemis]

IS it the worlds lousiest service or only almost?



That's why it's called 'Snail Mail'. Try UPS next time. :yup:

Express courier to an island in the North Sea, yeah that's a cheap option.

[Night0wl]

Especially considering shipping costs are taxed here as well as the goods. How far out is that?

I know it's to prevent people from ordering online rather than buying it here, but what about when things aren't available here?

[KFlint]

Even to ship in Canada from the US I never use UPS, fast, but the brokerage fees can be quite crazy...!

[Hologram]

IS it the worlds lousiest service or only almost?

It is, indeed it is my friend.

[IdolEyes787]

IS it the worlds lousiest service or only almost?

It is, indeed it is my friend.

Read those two posts and then tell me if the second one makes any sense to you.

[IdolEyes787]

Star Wars.

[Hologram]

It is, indeed it is my friend.

Read those two posts and then tell me if the second one makes any sense to you.

Sorry, but that's too complex for my pitiful brain.

[IdolEyes787]

Good I thought I was the only one having trouble with it.

[IdolEyes787]

You got the Star Wars thing though right?

[Hologram]

You got the Star Wars thing though right?

I wish.

[IdolEyes787]

I wishes were horses then they would only really be of use to cowboys .

[Hologram]

I wishes were horses then they would only really be of use to cowboys .

Do cowboys milk cows?

[IdolEyes787]

No cowboys ride the range , play guitar ,pin for fiery senoritas and get into gunfights.Milkmaids milk cows.

[Hologram]

No cowboys ride the range , play guitar ,pin for fiery senoritas and get into gunfights.Milkmaids milk cows.

Ah, that explains it.

[IdolEyes787]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCyuq-ofnPc

[Hologram]

God, that's such a manly voice.

[IdolEyes787]

I ordered the CD by USPS and it took like 3 fucking weeks to get here though.

[mjmacky]

If wishes were horses then they would only really be of use to cowboys .

I had a strange thought enter my head that horses are more useful to filmmakers than to cowboys.

[IdolEyes787]

No and a comparative.
In a ranking of importance for filmmakers it's something like studio money ,sycophants,bimbos ,drugs, Johnny Depp , horses and finally art.
On the other hand for cowboys it's a hat (preferably cowboy), a horse , a sixshooter or maybe a Winchester and lastly the love of a good woman which depending on circumstance can be either a hooker with a heart of gold or a schoolmarm.

[Artemis]

.....for cowboys it's a hat (preferably cowboy), a horse , a sixshooter or maybe a Winchester and lastly the love of a good woman which depending on circumstance can be either a hooker with a heart of gold or a schoolmarm.

I take it you haven't seen Brokeback Mountain then ?

[mjmacky]

.....for cowboys it's a hat (preferably cowboy), a horse , a sixshooter or maybe a Winchester and lastly the love of a good woman which depending on circumstance can be either a hooker with a heart of gold or a schoolmarm.

I take it you haven't seen Brokeback Mountain then ?

I haven't, but maybe Idol did take it into account?

[1000possibleclaws]

At least USPS is cheap. Sometimes shipping from the US to Canada is cheaper than using Canada post to order internally.

[mjmacky]

At least USPS is cheap. Sometimes shipping from the US to Canada is cheaper than using Canada post to order internally.

It's government funded and priced only to meet budget, not to turn a profit. That's why stamp prices (bulk of mail) are always changing.

Edit: not to imply Canada doesn't do the same thing, just saying there's a reason it's cheap

[Mathea]

Lol, when I used to ship things for work, nine times out of ten there was never more than one day difference between standard and priority. The price wasn't worth it arriving 24 hours earlier.

[Hologram]

Lol, when I used to ship things for work, nine times out of ten there was never more than one day difference between standard and priority. The price wasn't worth it arriving 24 hours earlier.

It hugely depends on what you're ordering though.

[Night0wl]

Just for the record it still isn't here. 20 days now.

Priority mail my ass.

[Hologram]

Just for the record it still isn't here. 20 days now.

Priority mail my ass.

Wow, that really blows. Give them a call or something.

[Night0wl]

Pretty sure they can't do much anymore. Not it's the round trip to the four corners of the Earth before finally winding up where I need it.


Your item left the United States from FOREIGN CENTERJERSEY CITY NJ 099 at 10:40 am on June 04, 2011. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later.

[Artemis]

Pretty sure they can't do much anymore. Not it's the round trip to the four corners of the Earth before finally winding up where I need it.


Your item left the United States from FOREIGN CENTERJERSEY CITY NJ 099 at 10:40 am on June 04, 2011. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later.

You must admit though, you couldn't get much more out of the way than your current address, it's near the Arctic circle ffs....

[Artemis]

I can't stand the suspense any longer, did it fucking get there or what!!!!!!!!

[tesco]

How do you know his address?

[j2k4]

IS it the worlds lousiest service or only almost?



That's why it's called 'Snail Mail'. Try UPS next time. :yup:

'Scuse me Skiz, but right now, fuck UPS - no, I take that back - MOTHERFUCK UPS.

I am entering the fifth day of guaranteed two-day 'service', and, as a consequence, I'm going to take it up the ass on reservations, etc., as well as miss quite possibly the last ever National Gathering of my car club in Indianapolis, where I was scheduled to run around the fucking Brickyard?

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHH!!!!!

[Night0wl]

I can't stand the suspense any longer, did it fucking get there or what!!!!!!!!

Yes, it fucking got here. With no fucking invoice, so I'll be able to get it at the postoffice sometime late next week,

[Artemis]

How do you know his address?

Every member here blurts out where they live at least once in their posts, I add this to my Excel spreadsheet along with all other pertinent information on each member :blink:

[mjmacky]

How do you know his address?

Every member here blurts out where they live at least once in their posts, I add this to my Excel spreadsheet along with all other pertinent information on each member :blink:

Do you know where I live, if you do, describe it by climate...

[Night0wl]

How do you know his address?

Every member here blurts out where they live at least once in their posts, I add this to my Excel spreadsheet along with all other pertinent information on each member :blink:

I should do that. I have trouble even remembering most peoples preferred nicks on trackers.

[Artemis]

Every member here blurts out where they live at least once in their posts, I add this to my Excel spreadsheet along with all other pertinent information on each member :blink:

I should do that. I have trouble even remembering most peoples preferred nicks on trackers.


It takes years of dedicated collating before you earn your internet stalker merit badge:naughty:

[IdolEyes787]

Bad as USPS may be it's still preferable to a postal lockout which we ( Canada) have right now. I have three separate orders stuck in limbo and no telling when I will be getting them.
Part of the problem is that excluding parcels the mail system is so devalued nowadays that no one is in a hurry to rectify the situation.

[Night0wl]

I can't stand the suspense any longer, did it fucking get there or what!!!!!!!!

Yes, it fucking got here. With no fucking invoice, so I'll be able to get it at the postoffice sometime late next week,

The people at the post office here took pity on me, so I can pick it up today after giving them a copy of the invoice yesterday. With no extra cost (I could officially do this (get it through customs straight away) for around $60 extra) :)

[Night0wl]

Bad as USPS may be it's still preferable to a postal lockout which we ( Canada) have right now. I have three separate orders stuck in limbo and no telling when I will be getting them.
Part of the problem is that excluding parcels the mail system is so devalued nowadays that no one is in a hurry to rectify the situation.

Postal lockout as in strikes?

[IdolEyes787]

Canada Post was on a serviceable rotating strike when the higher-ups in that Crown corpoation thought they would bring governmental pressure to bear by locking the workers out.
Seems to have worked too since the Conservative government is planing to introduced back to work legislation before they take their summer break on Thursday.
In the meantime though USPS isn't accepting any items marked for Canada.

[Night0wl]

Back to work legislation never works, so that's just prolonging the problem rather than solving it.

[InTheBasement]

Unfortunately for me USPS is my only 'affordable' option overseas. Worse is some online retailers won't even ship to a P.O. box, I gotta have it sent to my sister then she sends it to me.

[Evelyn]

dont you have DHL

[InTheBasement]

Yeah, but it's still expensive (international rates) and the cost difference doesn't outweigh the extra days I'd have to wait using USPS.

[Evelyn]

yes, DHL is expensive, the most expensive of any similar service.
But when its come to trust & insurance they comes first.