I have had the opposite experience -- Boxes sent to the east coast,
especially NYC, are often delayed. I think it's just a very busy area. On
the other hand, I have had very consistent results with two day delivery,
shipping on Tuesday for arrival on Thursday, to addresses in many states
including California, Indiana, South Carolina, and Missouri. I am shipping
from Ohio. One strategy I use is to take the boxes to the main post office
in Columbus. This avoids delays as packages are routed from outlying
offices to the main distribution center. I also never ship Priority near
the end of the week. Tuesdays seem to work really well.
They can only offer you a promise of average delivery time because you are
only paying for average (First Class Mail) delivery time. If you want the
fastest service, you have to pay for it. Seems fair to me.
Mark
Columbus Ohio USA <))><
mbinkley_at_columbus.rr.com
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