How long does it usualy take a package to reach Hawaii from Cali?

[kensgiftshop]

Order was placed Aug 8 and package was shipped next day by UPS.

Aug. 16, the package was transferred to USPS in Cali. for final delivery.

On Aug. 24, buyer opens an INR and says once USPS took over tracking stopped.

Contacted USPS and got a reply on Aug. 25 from a post office in Hawaii letting me know that the package is on a ship headed to Hawaii and delivery should be in another 2 to 3 weeks.

Has that storm slowed down deliveries to Hawaii that much or is it normal to take that long?

[airsheep · Accepted solution]

There are a lot of cheap delivery options that start with FedEx or UPS, but they hand it off to USPS for the last leg of its travels. Unfortunately, these options are often more expensive than USPS, and as slow as if they had started with USPS Parcel Select to begin with! Sounds like your seller used UPS Innovations or something like it for cheap, slow shipping. Often regular USPS parcels (NOT Priority) take several weeks to get here by boat, after sitting in a shipping container on the West Coast.  The hurricane is over and gone, so it shouldn't be affecting shipping by now.

[kensgiftshop]

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@airsheep

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About 10 minutes after I posted, I got an email from USPS saying the package had made it to the post office and it's out for delivery, finally.