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womanofthehills

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5. You have to try being Zen when you mail priority

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2025, 06:00 PM

Jun 10

Just assume it will rarely arrive on the date it says. I can mail a package across the US priority and the package takes 2 days and then mail a package one state away priority and it takes six days. That’s the nature of the USPO. All you can do is go with the flow.

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So I sprang for priority mail on June 2... [View all] LAS14 Jun 7 OP

I know. I had a certified letter sit in Brooklyn, NY for 4 days. It was to be sinkingfeeling Jun 7 #1

Is anyone yelling about this? A couple of years ago... LAS14 Jun 7 #2

It's not just Priority Mail. Golden Raisin Jun 7 #3

The package arrived today. 5 days after latest "promised" but not "guaranteed" date. LAS14 Jun 10 #4

Express is guaranteed. BeerBarrelPolka Jun 10 #6

You have to try being Zen when you mail priority womanofthehills Jun 10 #5

Probably you should blame the shipper maxsolomon Jun 10 #7

DeJoy, of course Hekate Jun 10 #8