It’s been my experience that the “handoff” services, that is, the ones who use the USPS to do the last mile delivery, are usually lacking in speed. UPS has a low budget service (“UPS Innovations”, I believe) that does this. My only experience with DHL has been stuff coming from the Fatherland which transitions to the USPS when it gets Stateside. That hasn’t been bad at all.
While I realize you might not have the choice, I really like USPS Priority Mail. When I’m sending my own stuff I can use my free boxes and print out postage from home. The only issue, which isn’t typically a big deal for me, is the handoff to the carrier. If it’s during the week I work four blocks from a major post office, so I just drop off the package. If it’s the weekend I just keep an eye out for my carrier, as you can’t leave boxes out for pickup - they have to be handed to the carrier in person. Here’s a bit of USPS trivia that will affect your mail: If you don’t put a return address on an envelope or package, they perform additional security checks on the item that will delay it. -D > On Jul 25, 2017, at 7:49 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Anybody else find DHL eCommerce parcel mail to be very slow? > > Two recent examples: > Order a notebook hard drive from Brooklyn Monday, goes to Secaucus NJ Monday > night, handed off (allegedly) to USPS at 4am Friday for delivery Saturday. > Appears at Charlotte MI post office Tuesday, delivered Wed, that's 9 days for > NY to MI. > > Ordered a USB borescope/camera, shipped Tuesday Hebron KY (a DHL hub city > IIRC), handed off to USPS in Mt Vernon Saturday at 6:30am for delivery > Saturday (yeah, I didn't think it would arrive in Charlotte in a half hour to > make the morning delivery sort). USPS acknowledged it Monday afternoon and > will deliver it today, so 7 days for KY to MI. So much for ordering it from a > US shipper, I could have gotten it from a Chinese seller in 6-8 days. > > In other news, ordered some kibble from Chewy.com early AM yesterday. > Fedex tracking at noon said label created, ship date Monday, delivery date > Tuesday. Today it still says label created but Fedex hasn't seen it yet. At > least it'll get here (Indiana to Michigan) in one day when Chewy hands it to > Fedex. BTW, Chewy will ship your dog/cat food for free with $49 order, and > there's a 20% discount on the first order ($15 max discount) if you select > auto-ship. Got two 28lb bags of Pro Pac Grain Free Ultimates, $40 a bag at > the local store, for $52.80. > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
