Shipping delays
I'm a buyer, and I've bought from sellers in several countries in the past few months (on Hipstamp, as well as other marketplaces). Out of curiosity, I've been tracking the time each shipment takes to arrive.
This is what I've experienced so far. Green have been delivered and red are still on the way.
I'm not trying to criticize any sellers or postal authorities - just presenting the data for the sake of curiosity. No doubt it mirrors what the rest of you are seeing.
(I've excluded my most recent orders.)
This is what I've experienced so far. Green have been delivered and red are still on the way.
I'm not trying to criticize any sellers or postal authorities - just presenting the data for the sake of curiosity. No doubt it mirrors what the rest of you are seeing.
(I've excluded my most recent orders.)
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"Today, there are dozens of nations that still have no flights int. Be advice not to sell or buy stamps on those nations.
Here's a list of those nations listed by the United States Postal (USPS):
International Mail Service Suspensions
Updated: July 17, 2020
The Postal Service™ is temporarily suspending international mail acceptance for certain destinations due to service impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Suspension Due to Foreign Postal Operator Service Suspension.
Bolivia
Ecuador
Madagascar
Peru
Chad
Honduras
Malawi
Rwanda
Cuba
Iraq
Nepal
South Africa
Dominican Republic
Libya
Panama
Turkmenistan
__________________________________________________________
Suspension Due to Unavailability of Transportation
Angola
Dominica
Mauritania
Tajikistan
Argentina
Fiji
Mauritius
Tanzania
Azerbaijan
French Guiana
Mongolia
Timor-Leste
Bermuda
French Polynesia
Myanmar
Tonga
Botswana
Gambia
New Caledonia
Turks & Caicos
Brunei
Guatemala
Papua New Guinea
Uganda
Cambodia
Guyana
Paraguay
Uruguay
Cameroon
Haiti
Republic of Congo
Uzbekistan
Cayman Islands
Ivory Coast
Samoa
Vanuatu
Chile
Jordan
Seychelles
Venezuela
Colombia
Kiribati
Sierra Leone
Yemen
Cook Islands
Kosovo
Sint Maarten
Zimbabwe
Costa Rica
Kyrgyzstan
Solomon Islands
Cuba
Laos
South Sudan
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Liberia
Sudan
Customers: please refrain from mailing items addressed to the countries listed here, until further notice.
These service disruptions affect Priority Mail Express International® (PMEI), Priority Mail International® (PMI), First-Class Mail International® (FCMI), First-Class Package International Service® (FCPIS®), International Priority Airmail® (IPA®), International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®), and M-Bag® items".
18 days.
I mailed a packet with tracking a week or so ago that took 3 days just to get out of the station I mailed it from in Fort Worth.
. . .but a Large Flat I mailed last Friday in Los Angeles was delivered in Eastern PA the following Monday! 3 days! Over a weekend!!
I received an order today, Aug 7, an order from Israel, mailed May 29 - 10 weeks.
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What do the readers of this post think is really going on?
Trump has admitted he is withholding funding to try to prevent mail-in voting, and the new Postmaster General is a big Trump donor who has been taking automated sorting machines offline, removing blue dropboxes from the streets, cutting all mail carrier overtime and telling them to leave undelivered mail for the next day rather than going out to finish the job.
That's what's really going on.
because 25 days after I don’t have nothing. I don’t know what to do. I receive with some seller at regular post service, my stamps order in 2 weeks.
Sorry but don’t put all on Covid 19.
Did the seller leave you a tracking #? You can check to see when the order was mailed and if it has left the US. Also, contact your seller and let him know, politely, you have not received your order. I'm sure he will be willing to work with you.
All sellers are doing their best, so everyone PLEASE exhibit some patience during these troubling times.
The lesson I learned from this sale is to discourage future buyers from Canada from requesting priority mail service as it appears to be a waste of money as a previous order sent to the same buyer via Shipping Easy standard mail arrived in the same amount of time which the buyer told me was unacceptable and I needed to do better which prompted him to request priority service on this order.
I ordered a packet of stamps from Armenia (this was on eBay) in late May and just received it today, August 31. The envelope is plainly postmarked 26 May.