15:11 Tuesday 18 January 2022
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Tue Dec 29 17:16:28 EST 2020

Hmmm, vendor says:Subject: Some items have shipped:
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 22:01:54 +0000 [17:01:54 EDT]
Arrives by Thu, Jan 7 by end of day
Tue, Dec 29 5:56 am Just shipped
DUMONT, NJ
Shipped 05:56, and the email sent at 17:01? (I suppose there's no rush if it's not arriving for 9 days.)

Shipper (USPS) says: Expected Delivery ( Read more... )

Sat Feb 29 12:33:55 EST 2020


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Sat Feb 15 20:37:45 EST 2020

I guess no one brought the mail in yesterday, but the last item (SRAM Apex Rival Force Rear Derailleur Barrel Adjuster Assembly) from my Jan 5 Amazon order finally arrived - expected Jan 10-16. Mid-week, the tracking webpage said the package may have been lost. It has detail now, but no explanation for the 35-day gap ( Read more... )

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Mon Feb 27 02:13:51 EST 2017

Does USPS have pre-paid mailers available at the airport for small items? If not, why not? How often do people get stopped at the TSA inspection with something that's declared impermissable, but is more valuable/sentimental than they'd want to throw away? Wouldn't you like to be able to mail that Swiss-army knife back ( Read more... )

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:42:56 +0000

So I'm pretty annoyed with USPS now.
Sep 29?Order @ woot!

Fri Sep 30USPS tracking site says delivery Sat Oct 1. This seems amazing.

Sat Oct 1Rain all day. No packages; no other mail. That night USPS tracking site says both packages delivered @ 11:37, 11:43.

Wed Oct 5Carrier leaves "sorry we missed you note ( Read more... )

Fri Sep 30 00:43 EDT 2016

I've done a little Woot! shopping this week. That made anniemal's broken laptop a little more annoying, since if she had told me about it earlier in the evening I could have saved the $5 of shipping on a separate order - if we wanted to get another computer from Woot!. But I still haven't decided on that; they've got a couple of ( Read more... )

Wed Apr 29 10:50:52 EDT 2015
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Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 00:01:58 +0000

If you routinely see postal deliveries on your commute, and particularly if those letter carriers are also cyclists, you can apparently get mail delivered with an address like this:
BRENT,
ON A RECUMBENT,
c. 1015 hrs on ANNANDALE RD
USPS ROUTE 42/28
22042
Postman Dave flagged me down this morning to deliver a ( Read more... )