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usgamecollector · ‎12-23-2019

I purchased an express 1 day shipping for my package. I put it in the mail box on saturday night. They "accepted" it on Monday. It said 1 day delivery on the label and is being shipped to the same state. Shouldn't 1 day guaranteed delivery mean it would be delivered on tuesday since that is one day? Right now the tracking is showing Thursday as the delivery date (with wednesday being the holiday). Wouldn't that be 2 business days?

3eyedfishcatcher · ‎12-23-2019

If you put it in a drop box Saturday evening then most likely nothing will happen all day Sunday as the post office would be closed. Then Monday they would go through the bin and scan the items. At the end of the day they would go to the regional post office for a sort then ship out. As you bought a express label it most likely will get delivered Tuesday but with the holidays there would be a slight delay but the express label should put you item into a high priority. If you purchased a regular priority mail label the item would probably take 2 to 3 day more for delivery.

richard1rst · ‎12-23-2019

@usgamecollector wrote:
I purchased an express 1 day shipping for my package. I put it in the mail box on saturday night. They "accepted" it on Monday. It said 1 day delivery on the label and is being shipped to the same state. Shouldn't 1 day guaranteed delivery mean it would be delivered on tuesday since that is one day? Right now the tracking is showing Thursday as the delivery date (with wednesday being the holiday). Wouldn't that be 2 business days?

A lot of that depends on where you are:

I am in Nevada. My post office only considers it truly "one Day" if it is going to the east coast AND I get it to the post office and scanned before 10AM because of the time difference between the coasts. Anything after that for the east coast and it automatically gets converted to 2 day. There are different time cutoffs for the Midwest and the west coast.

And more depends on where the recipient is. First off, the post office ads say that "one day" is NOT available to all ZIP codes. Someone in a rural area with a small lightly staffed post office does not qualify. So even if you meet the drop off deadline it still will take 2 days.

Quite frankly you should have not dropped it in the mail box ( a local box or the one at the post office?) There is no way of knowing when the box will be collected (in my neighborhood the box is collected at 4PM - way too late for the one day deadline). You should have made the effort to physically bring it to the post office first thing Monday morning.

Worse than that because you did not abide by their rules they will not refund the postage (I know this from experience - that happened to me - ONCE - which is how I know and handle it differently).

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johnrj1226 · ‎12-24-2019

Read what USPS says about Express Mail shipping

"Fastest delivery times: overnight to 2 days"

https://www.usps.com/ship/priority-mail-express.htm

If I was in a hurry to get a package delivered I would have taken it to the PO.

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lja440 · ‎12-24-2019

@usgamecollector wrote:
I purchased an express 1 day shipping for my package. I put it in the mail box on saturday night. They "accepted" it on Monday. It said 1 day delivery on the label and is being shipped to the same state. Shouldn't 1 day guaranteed delivery mean it would be delivered on tuesday since that is one day? Right now the tracking is showing Thursday as the delivery date (with wednesday being the holiday). Wouldn't that be 2 business days?

One day delivery depends on both your area and the recipients area. This can only be confirmed if you present the package at a retail window. I personally can't get one day delivery from my delivering PO except to my in-laws and then only if I get it to the PO by 11:00am. We are just to rural.

Your package states Thursday delivery because of the holiday, but there is a chance it will be delivered tomorrow as most of the Post Offices will be doing limited package delivery on Christmas day.

usgamecollector · ‎12-24-2019

@johnrj1226 wrote:
Read what USPS says about Express Mail shipping
"Fastest delivery times: overnight to 2 days"
https://www.usps.com/ship/priority-mail-express.htm
If I was in a hurry to get a package delivered I would have taken it to the PO.

You think waiting until Monday to drop it off in person is faster than putting it in the bin Saturday night? The buyer purchased Saturday night after the post office closed.

myboardid · ‎12-24-2019

Yes, you should have presented it at the window before 10 AM for the fastest service.

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johnrj1226 · ‎12-25-2019

@usgamecollector wrote:
@johnrj1226 wrote:
Read what USPS says about Express Mail shipping
"Fastest delivery times: overnight to 2 days"
https://www.usps.com/ship/priority-mail-express.htm
If I was in a hurry to get a package delivered I would have taken it to the PO.

You think waiting until Monday to drop it off in person is faster than putting it in the bin Saturday night? The buyer purchased Saturday night after the post office closed.

Not necessarily but when you take a package to the PO and get an acceptance scan - you know exactly when it was accepted by USPS. There maybe a cut off time to get a next day delivery - our PO says by 3:30 PM.

If the package was dropped in one of those blue mail boxes after the posted time the mail box had been emptied it wouldn't have been picked up until the next working day (Monday). And the pick time would typically be around 4 PM (it is in our town). This means the package was just sitting there just "chilling" until someone emptied the mail box.

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Anonymous · ‎12-25-2019

@lja440 wrote:
One day delivery depends on both your area and the recipients area. This can only be confirmed if you present the package at a retail window. I personally can't get one day delivery from my delivering PO except to my in-laws and then only if I get it to the PO by 11:00am. We are just to rural.

@usgamecollector This is exactly how it works, not all areas of the USA are within "next day" at least for the USPS, both zip codes are required to make that determination but you also must meet the cut-off time at the sending post office ex. mine is 1:40 pm which is when the express truck leaves our dock.

I just verified this at USPS click and ship, I used 2 different zips a hundred mile apart with one being a podunk. Shipping Express on Thursday, the first one said Friday delivery if the package is presented at PO by 1:40 pm, the other gave a Saturday delivery and didn't need to be at PO until 4:30 pm. To double-check your times' goto calculate a price and verify by clicking the "service commitments lookup tool" link under the package options.

Anonymous · ‎12-25-2019

I also don't know if eBay's postage calculator takes all the criteria into consideration when someone selects express mail from a seller who offers it as a shipping selection. I personally would not make Express shipping a clickable selection but rather an option that needs verification before commitment.

Go here and input the zipcodes to see what the money-back-guaranteed delivery date will be plus the drop-off time required.https://postcalc.usps.com/ServiceCommitments?

If you experiment with zip codes you will see the date change from 1day to several days.

muttlymob · ‎12-25-2019

@usgamecollector wrote:
You think waiting until Monday to drop it off in person is faster than putting it in the bin Saturday night? The buyer purchased Saturday night after the post office closed.

What is the next collection time from the blue box you dropped the package in?

What is the cut-off for next-day delivery from your local Post Office?

Is 1-day delivery available in your mail-from and mail-to locations?

If the pick-up time from the blue box is after the cut-off for express mail acceptance then yes, it would have been better to bring it directly to the post office before that cut-off time.

It helps to read the terms of the postal (or any) service you use. Before you use it.

Anonymous · ‎12-25-2019

This was one point I wanted to make but didn't want to overwhelm my post with too many questions with none being answered. So we all have to play the dentist's game.

Even If the blue box was in front of the post office, they all have a pick-up time listed. OP said they placed the package in a "blue box" on a Saturday - but without knowing what the pickup time listed may have read '4:00 pm weekdays', then come Monday, it could still have missed the cut-off time for next day service assuming the receiving zip code was within the 1day service area to begin with.

usgamecollector · ‎12-25-2019

There was a sign at the post office that said on Sunday 12/22 they would be doing all pickup services like a normal business day including picking up from the drop off bins and house pickups. I assumed with that it would be faster to put it in the bin and they would have picked up my package, but I guess they didn't do what they said they would since it wasn't scanned until Monday at 4:30pm.

Anonymous · ‎12-25-2019

@usgamecollector wrote:
it wasn't scanned until Monday at 4:30pm.

Yep, kinda figured that, being all upon us an all...

Anonymous · ‎12-25-2019

@usgamecollector wrote:
There was a sign at the post office that said on Sunday 12/22 they would be doing all pickup services like a normal business day including picking up from the drop off bins and house pickups. I assumed with that it would be faster to put it in the bin and they would have picked up my package, but I guess they didn't do what they said they would since it wasn't scanned until Monday at 4:30pm.

I don't mean to make light of your situation but did the drop off box state a 4:30pm weekday pickup time?

If you want to settle the original question just give us the two zip codes involved. No harm no foul.