I have been checking tracking all day just to see where your packages are going and how long on average it has been taking USPS to get these shipments from my door to yours. Here are some really weird routes the packages are going:
-From Homestead Florida > Albany, NY > Texas (why????)
-From Homestead, Florida > Macon Georgia > Hawthorne, Fl (why take it all the way out of Florida just to turn around and bring it back?!)
On average it seems to be taking my sorting facility in Opa Locka, Fl an extra 3-4 days to even get the package on its way to its final destination, no matter what the shipping speed. Two express mail packages that should have taken one day to arrive took five. This annoys me to no end, because it makes me look like I was just sitting on orders doing nothing, rather than working on 4 hours of sleep a night for 2 weeks straight wrapping soap, printing labels, and packing orders. I went to bed at 12, woke up at 4, and packed and wrapped will it was time to go to bed again. I was shipping on average 200 orders a day. And gosh darn it, I think I did a remarkable job all by myself. It was grueling work, but I was/am grateful, because some are not as fortunate as I am to have all of this.
I know the good people at the post office are working as fast as they can, I can't even stay mad at them for long (although I am pretty sure my postmaster does not like me for some reason, she gives me a hard time every time I show up with packages. Once she told me I could not ship something because the date on the label was from the day before. What?! "So why are we allowed to schedule a pick up for tomorrow for packages we printed and packed today?" I asked. No answer….Some people love making up their own rules.)
Looks like next year the deadline for Christmas shipping will have to be pushed even earlier, since I suspect that next year there will be even more job cuts with USPS (they cut 28,000 jobs this year,) and times in transit will be even longer.
Some packages are taking longer than others to arrive. If you ordered after the 10th, your order may not arrive in time for Christmas. I had this notice posted for weeks before the holiday season started. Even on Amazon it stated that the last day to order for holiday shipping was December 13th, and that was if the buyer picked expedited shipping.
Yes, I do feel bad that some packages have still not arrived. I sympathize with you. But I cannot control times in transit. I have no control over whether USPS decided to hold onto a package for 4 extra days before moving it toward its destination. This is just as frustrating for me as it is for those who have not received their order. But please be patient. Judging by tracking, at least 95% of my order have already arrived at their final destination. Some remarkably fast, some so slowly it seems their package was tied to the back of a turtle. But your package is in transit, and about all I can do at this point is watch tracking with you and hope for the best.
