USPS service

[Grayfox]

Is it just my order or are they really this slow?

Ordered a decade resistor box kit on the 12th and just left the country(well i hope) the other day.


Electronic Shipping Info Received on July 12, 2013
Acceptance on July 12, 2013, 12:53 pm in ACWORTH, GA 30102
Dispatched to Sort Facility on July 12, 2013, 1:42 pm in ACWORTH, GA 30102
Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility on July 12, 2013, 7:51 pm in ATLANTA, GA 30320
Depart USPS Sort Facility on July 12, 2013 in ATLANTA, GA 30320
Processed through USPS Sort Facility on  July 17, 2013, 7:04 am in MIAMI, FL 33112
Depart USPS Sort Facility on July 18, 2013 in MIAMI, FL 33112


I cant see what the 5 day hold up was from atlanta to miami

[IanB]

If it is a package or a non-standard letter size it will (in my experience) go much slower than regular letter post. Standard letters go through automatic sorting machinery, but packages get sorted by hand when time and staffing allows and seem to spend a lot of time sitting in warehouses.

[c4757p]

July 12 was a Friday; movement is slow or delayed on weekends.

[Grayfox]

And being a kit it would most likely be in a padded bag/envelope styled thing.

Thanks for the info.