No better here in the Midwest. I've got stuff going to Florida that is in Connecticut right now. Other items going to Arkansas first went to Pennsylvania, but to name a few. Others are sitting at hubs since near Thanksgiving. Seems like the postal service has just given up. It wouldn't be as bad if eBay would at least post something to buyers letting them know about these issues. I suppose they don't want to do that because that would curb holiday buying. So I guess the strategy is to keep the shipping delays on the down low so people will keep buying and then they can be angry at the sellers about delays...much better idea.
Oh, and by the way, I shipped one item, first-class with tracking on October 24th. The buyer complained about the delay and opened a case around Nov. 3rd. After no movement for weeks on the package from the hub here in Chicago, I refund him on November 9th. The package eventually showed "delivered" on November 19th! Buyer still said he never got it. I contacted ebay, and they told me that since I closed the case, that served as a contract between me and the buyer so I wasn't covered by "seller protection". Just an FYI. Next time, I'll let the case be escalated to ebay so that if they close it and it eventually shows up as delivered, at least I'll get my money back under the protection policy.
