Parcel tracking as a measure of system collapse

[olkipukki]

International UPS, Fedex and DHL delivery works like a swiss clock

Meanwhile, UPS has temporarily (really??  ) increased prices cover workarounds due to Covid

[Mr. Scram]

How is that "article" anything but obviously personal and very unconfirmed ramblings? We all have a duty not to spread rumours and disinformation. People are easily spooked as it is and a harmful rumour mill is the last thing we need.

[edavid]

Edit: Contact the seller and ask for a refund. If you don't get a refund within maybe a couple
of days, contact the seller again and say that you will use the Resolution Center if you
don't get a refund within e.g. two days.

I disagree - don't ever make threats.  You never know what eBay customer service will make of them.   Just send one factual message to the seller, and open the claim if they don't reply after a couple of days.

[blacksheeplogic]

I've found the opposite, my medical supplies arrived next day, usually they take a few days to arrive. It looks like the reduction in commerce has freed up capacity for the couriers so the systems moving packages as fast as they get them.

[maginnovision]

I ordered a Leo Bodnar pulser and it's due to arrive tomorrow(or today depending on how you account for time). Let's just say it'll arrive today and it shipped yesterday.

[jfiresto]

Well, my above, USPS First Class International ePacket finally landed in my mail box, 10 1/2 weeks after it was mailed from California. The German Post and Customs were unusually fast and got it off the plane into my mailbox in three days.

[engrguy42]

I dunno, I've been pretty amazed at how fast stuff is shipping lately. Last week ordered some PCB's from China on Monday and they arrived at my front door on Friday. And I've been receiving stuff (mostly USPS) just about every day for the last few weeks, and usually stuff arrives (from Amazon mostly) faster than predicted. Ordered something yesterday and it arrived today. And ordered something this morning and it's supposed to be delivered tomorrow. Damn.

I know people love that doom and gloom, but I'm not seeing it. Many countries have been dropping in the number of daily new cases for weeks now (including US). Now of course the scattered idiots make the news because we love to mock others, but just because people are out and about doesn't mean they're getting too close and not being safe. Yeah, there's the idiots, but that doesn't define everyone.

Anyway, I kinda figured that with everyone staying at home the online ordering business would be insanely busy and shipments would grind to a halt. Apparently not.   

EDIT: Hey wait a minute...this thread is from two months ago !!! WTF??? 

[jfiresto]

Two months is not that long and I did not want to leave folks in limbo. Perhaps I have a longer time horizon than most. I have had design problems that I had evaded, apparently left on the back of the brain and realized how to nicely solve decades later.

When I asked the shipper a month ago, they reported I was not the only one suffering long delays on USPS first class mail to Europe. Anyway, thank you for the update!

[Nusa]

Could be that USPS is sending some stuff by boat instead of air, since I doubt they have enough of their own planes to carry it all. A lot of air cargo used to travel on passenger planes that aren't flying right now, which means rates are way up because the overall air cargo capacity in the system is down.

[tom66]

It's pretty much returned to normal in the UK.  I ordered some 3D print filament next day and it was delivered at 8.30am in the morning.  And that wasn't even a big supplier like Amazon.

International deliveries are slowed, primarily because of the reduction in passenger flights so there's less space for cargo.