alsworms Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 Hey Fellas, I'm wondering if anyone is having trouble with slow shipping? I know it's the holiday season, but I have never seen it THIS bad . I have had 3 guys complain in the last week about not getting their stuff. One of the boxes was shipped 3 weeks ago! I ship everything via USPS priority mail. Is UPS faster during the holidays? I pride myself of fast shipping and I hate ticked off customers. Just curious if anyone has any input on this? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookin4 Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 I had this problem shipping earlier this month. Priority mail Florida to Texas took 15 days and 6-7 days to S.C. They arrived just about the time I was going to re-ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfellmy Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Anything coming in or out of Florida is slow mail wise. I hate it. Waiting on ebay checks to come in and nothing. Been about three weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted December 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Fortunately, 2 of the 3 guys have received their stuff (close to 3 weeks!). Now just waiting on the last one. I believe if a guy pays for priority mail shipping, the package should arrive in 2-3 days, regardless of the time of year. The post office should do whatever it takes to make sure those packages are delivered on time. I could have paid a third the price for media or first class shipping, and they get there just as fast???? Of course, I have friends who work with USPS and they'd kill me for saying that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookin4 Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 That's funny cause the stuff I sent 1st class got there in 3 days and the priority mail took 15. I sent some packs of lures monday to south Florida and they were there X-mas Eve, but the priority mail I sent last week to TX still isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redg8r Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 I think USPS had a rough holiday, cause I had a few packages i needed for christmas arrive late. (12 days from mississippi to sw. fla) luckily the kids are so spoiled, missing a couple gifts didnt bother them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Splash Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Ditto; The mail has been as slow as mid winter Bass the last month or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthworm77 Posted December 28, 2003 Report Share Posted December 28, 2003 chris definatelyt he holidays. I shipped out a chronarch to a fella in Texas on 12-10. He got it 12-23. Normally 3 day trip max. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted December 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2003 It just seemed worse to me this holiday season. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. 5 years - no complaints, then I get 3 in two days. Next year I think I'll try going a slower route and explain to the customer that it could be a month before they get their goodies. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jann Posted December 28, 2003 Report Share Posted December 28, 2003 Wow! You really have big problems. I ordered some stuff ftom Muskie Innovations and it cam three days later to Sweden.... It got caught in the Swedish customs just three days after being shipped. It took a week before it arrived at the local "parcel delivery service". I also ordered some stuff from Moore?s Lures two weeks ago and still no sign of it - so it seems to a bit randomized during x-mas. Jann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr8flyz Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 I ship most things using Priority also! I had a customer in MO who wanted part of a large Pike fly order by Christmas to give to friends as gifts. I shipped the flies to the customer using Priority with Confirmation, insured it, just in case, and got it back 8 days later! The USPS never attempted to deliver it, said my customer didn't have a mail receptacle, so they brought it back to me! It went from MD to MO, and back, and my customer didn't get it for Christmas. I got a bunch of BS about why they didn't hold it in MO, so my customer could have picked it up! My customer claimed it was small town politics on his end! I kept checking online with the Confirmation number to see what was happening, and the only thing that eventually was indicated was when they scanned the bar code when they returned it to me! The whole procedure is worthless! The worse part is I had to pay to have it redelivered back to MO. I've had a few times this year where Priority got "lost" for a few days, but got delivered eventually! I think I'm going to look into Fedex for future shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
