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How long are USPS box orders taking for most?

I'm starting to wonder if I should reorder, but I hate to.  I waited too long to place my order and am now down to one 07 box left.  I placed my order Oct. 1st.   Are others getting orders faster or is this the new normal?

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Mine took less than a week, ordered the first of the month.

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3-4 business day here

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I usually get my stuff in five to seven days, sometimes a little less.

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Thanks guys---looks like there is a problem and I better order again.  I didn't think it normally took this long but wanted to check.

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@fern*wood wrote:

Thanks guys---looks like there is a problem and I better order again.  I didn't think it normally took this long but wanted to check.


The only ones that normally take more than 7 days for me  are PFREs and Large FRBs ... The others I get within 3-5 Business Days.

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I order mine on a Sunday evening. 

The boxes arrive in 3-4 days.

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5 days or so.

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I think they ship from different locations across the country, so it could be a stock issue at your closest facility or it could be that the order was dropped somehow. I've had dropped orders more than once and orders filled with the wrong item more than once. Most items I receive within a week, other items (PFRE) up to 2 weeks.

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You can track them at the USPS website. I don't remember exactly where, but I had to do it around the 1st of the year. It turned out my orders were getting hung up at a hub in Detroit. Got with my local postmaster and haven't had a problem since.

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Okay, I dug around some and found the tracking numbers for my order on a history activity link.  Looks like a couple of the items were handed over for shipping on the 4th and disappeared (probably got a ding on their dashboard for those since no validation occurredSmiley Tongue) and one item made it to my state on the 13th.  yay

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I once had an order take a long time and asked my postman. He saw my order and thought it was too many boxes for just one lady so he cancelled them on my behalf. Guy said it like it was a favor to me or something. We have a different postman or woman every day so its not like I can educate each one! Any order of alot of anything, I get issues with. I now keep my orders smaller and more frequent. Sorry. This may not be what happened to you, just what happened to me.
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@fern*wood wrote:

Okay, I dug around some and found the tracking numbers for my order on a history activity link.  Looks like a couple of the items were handed over for shipping on the 4th and disappeared (probably got a ding on their dashboard for those since no validation occurredSmiley Tongue) and one item made it to my state on the 13th.  yay


If any of them are coming out of Talahassee or Jacksonville, the delay is because of Hurricane Michael.

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Checked them again and two are still stuck in pre-shipment on the 4th--not looking good.  The third one shows the boxes at a distribution site at Cincinnati Ohio on the 9th and in Charleston WV on the 13th. 

 

Then today my mail lady scanned my sheet as picked up, put my mail in the box, and left without picking up the packages---was it something I said??Smiley Frustrated

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Most of mine take about two weeks, but some sizes often go a month or more, so I plan accoordingly.

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