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| | | Author: | cosmicray  | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2023 07:03 | | Subject: | Ground Advantage non-continental | | Viewed: | 97 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| While buying a GA label this morning, I noticed the estimated objective delivery
times. For domestic (CONUS 48 states) they were quoting what I expected, but
for non-continental (AK, HI, PR, etc,) it said up to 26 days. This is
a significant difference from FCPS. For people in the non-continental locations,
they should expect extended delays in GA packages arriving (even if the price
looks the same as what it used to be with FCPS).
Nita Rae
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| | | | | Author: | ManyMiniBricks | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2023 08:12 | | Subject: | Re: Ground Advantage non-continental | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| Good to know. Reading through the Ground Advantage prior to it's implementation,
everything I read said 2-5 days delivery which is what I reflected in new shipping
terms. I've had to change it to 2-7 days as some estimated delivery dates
from Maryland to California were 7 days. Again, another departure from FCPS.
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2023 11:02 | | Subject: | Re: Ground Advantage non-continental | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, cosmicray writes:
| | While buying a GA label this morning, I noticed the estimated objective delivery
times. For domestic (CONUS 48 states) they were quoting what I expected, but
for non-continental (AK, HI, PR, etc,) it said up to 26 days. This is
a significant difference from FCPS. For people in the non-continental locations,
they should expect extended delays in GA packages arriving (even if the price
looks the same as what it used to be with FCPS).
Nita Rae
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Well, it does say “ground.” Travelling on the bottom of the ocean takes time:
there’s no roads!
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| | | | | Author: | stukman | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2023 13:40 | | Subject: | Re: Ground Advantage non-continental | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, cosmicray writes:
| | While buying a GA label this morning, I noticed the estimated objective delivery
times. For domestic (CONUS 48 states) they were quoting what I expected, but
for non-continental (AK, HI, PR, etc,) it said up to 26 days. This is
a significant difference from FCPS. For people in the non-continental locations,
they should expect extended delays in GA packages arriving (even if the price
looks the same as what it used to be with FCPS).
Nita Rae
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I shipped a GA pkg last Saturday the 12th from Colorado and it was delivered
to Guam AFB on the 16th with no problems.
Scott
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| | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2023 14:19 | | Subject: | Re: Ground Advantage non-continental | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, cosmicray writes:
| | While buying a GA label this morning, I noticed the estimated objective delivery
times. For domestic (CONUS 48 states) they were quoting what I expected, but
for non-continental (AK, HI, PR, etc,) it said up to 26 days. This is
a significant difference from FCPS. For people in the non-continental locations,
they should expect extended delays in GA packages arriving (even if the price
looks the same as what it used to be with FCPS).
Nita Rae
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I was told by my local postmaster that the 26 days is done to make the PO statistics
look better and that it is basically a name change without many back end changes.
In this same conversation, she basically said "Amazon takes priority, since
when you invest 4+ billion in USPS, you are basically a partner, not a customer."
I've tried to find Amazon's contract with the USPS, but many people
have file FOIA requests that have been denied. I think we need to pressure the
release of this information to see how much small shippers, like many here, are
subsidizing Amazon's shipping.
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| | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2023 15:57 | | Subject: | Re: Ground Advantage non-continental | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, cosmicray writes:
| | While buying a GA label this morning, I noticed the estimated objective delivery
times. For domestic (CONUS 48 states) they were quoting what I expected, but
for non-continental (AK, HI, PR, etc,) it said up to 26 days. This is
a significant difference from FCPS. For people in the non-continental locations,
they should expect extended delays in GA packages arriving (even if the price
looks the same as what it used to be with FCPS).
Nita Rae
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I thought Guam was GU, not GA. Georgia is GA.
Or maybe you're talking about the Republic of Georgia?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)
But that's GE, not GA, and that's not part of the continental U.S.
Oh, wait… you're talking about Ground Advantage.
Anyway, no delays here on Long Island. 
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| | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2023 16:33 | | Subject: | Re: Ground Advantage non-continental | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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Anyway, no delays here on Long Island.
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short island on the other hand...
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2023 16:52 | | Subject: | Re: Ground Advantage non-continental | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Nubs_Select writes:
| | short island on the other hand...
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Yeah, they've got pretty slow mail service:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Island
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USA, Florida
France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Canada, Ontario