Delivery lead times?

[Packrat]

Newyu says his times are all over the place, As I mentioned earlier I have Informed delivery, it also tells me the time the package was delivered , recently I have had packages delivered as late at 10:45 PM, a couple closer to 8m and a number after 7m
I really think this is dangerous as when my dog starts barking at 10:00 pm my first thought is to grab the shotgun, would hate to shoot a postal employee doing his job.
Gives new meaning to Gloom of night

 

[Tuna]

I’m south of St Louis MO by 60 miles. UPS does a great job, USPS fairly decent. FedEx is horrendous, many times will show on the truck out for delivery for a week straight! After calling customer service at the corporate level, package will miraculously show up in a couple days.

 

[rickystl]

I've recently read that the USA is currently short some 80,000 over the road truck drivers. That can't help either.

 

[user 31296]

G. Day from Australia. I recently purchased from TOTW and it only took five days to be sent from the US to here in Australia sent by FedX can't say that wasn't quick. Have a nice day. Cheers all.

 

[gunnyr]

Thanks for all the replies! I also live in a small town, in SW Missouri. I will update when the orders ship. Nothing critical in the orders, just some project materials. Also have a cap maker on the way, that has already shipped.

DW

You will love that cap maker , how ever there is a learning curve. After a 100 or so you'll be able to make them
in your sleep. May seem funny but I find it relaxing and fun to do. Had mine 2 years made around 500 and no
misfires. Bought mine to not so much to save money but to be able to have caps when none are available.
It is now in storage just waiting to be called to active duty.
gunny

 

[Howard Pippin]

Living in the middle of Montana, the nearest distribution point for USPS is roughly 220 miles away. In order to get their it first travels 100 miles in the wrong direction To a stock pile point, gets on an airplane and flies 220 miles to the distribution center. Packages that arrived at the distribution center for USPS are transferred to a truck and hauled To that stockpile point. Then small carriers, starting about 5 o'clock in the morning deliver those to the small towns and cities in the area. The Postal Service stopped the local postmasters from sorting mail, everything now has to be sent to a big place to be sorted and returned. Yet we support USPS religiously because if we would lose our post office then you would drive 30 miles to mail a letter or buy a stamp and UPS does not have mail service here as they do in some places. Of course it helps to know the UPS and FedEx drivers personally, they are hard-working people that do their best in our area. There's a lot of headaches with those jobs and I don't pick on them. Most of the time, packages arrive in 5 to 7 days and that isn't too bad. You just have to keep track of what you're doing an order far enough ahead that it's not any inconvenience to wait. Those packages, That are delivered by UPS or FedEx, come by truck 200 miles From an airport where they are first dropped, to a drop point where they are then loaded on pickups and vans and hauled out to the people that ordered them. Sometimes those drivers have to drive anywhere from three blocks to over 50 miles farther to deliver the package that arrived at the distribution center. We thank God There's not a bunch of people driving around following the trucks picking up packages either. Perhaps smaller communities are more understanding, I think most consider ourselves lucky to have a post office from 830 to 3, 5 days a week. Beats the heck out of A 60 mile round-trip To mail a letter.
Squint

 

[smoothshooter]

I order from both with alarming regularity and have been seeing anywhere from 2-5 days "processing" from both plus whatever transit time the shipper of choice requires. The processing time has been fairly consistent from both sellers, but the carriers have been giving me fits! I've had numerous packages just wander around all over the country before finally arriving, go missing from tracking for several days, etc. USPS is by far the worst and FedEX is something of a trash fire, based on my recent experience. UPS seems to still be mostly dressed and sober...

One of our local Fed-Ex drivers has been in bad humor since early last week.
Said the six guys that load packages at the dock door he uses came to work as usual on Monday morning, and loaded his truck. At noon all six walked up to the front office, told the H.R. guy they were all quitting as of that minute, and said they were going to go work for McDonalds for $21 an hour ( loading their trucks, I presume ).
The driver said they cannot get people hired to replace the guys that quit, and so are trying to get by having to borrow guys from some of the other docks when they can get them.

 

[Dark Wolf]

Thought I should give an update. Both orders (DGW and TOTW) arrived within 7 days of order. So pretty pleased with that.

The #11 cap maker, I didnt get a shipping confirmation. I waited until about day 7 days or so (Saturday morning) and sent an email requesting an estimated ship time. First thing this morning I got a reply saying that they just got parts back from heat treat, and should be shipped by two weeks. I have enough caps to last a bit, so all is good.

Thanks to all that responded. Based on the replies, it sounds like the first two manufacturers are maintaining appreciated standards. As for the reloaded, this is my second order from them. First was a total of 5 days (if I remember right) from order to delivery. But again, am perfectly fine with the reply I received.

DW