Mostly everything has been fine. I also have a package that said shipped on Dec 5 then nothing. Today it has been updated that it made it from Colorado to Texas. I suspect the shipping label was created then it just sat. It should make it on time so I'm good!

My sliced agate took 6 weeks to arrive from China. Typical. I ordered 2 more. I currently have the following arriving today: Sunglasses and a pump for the hydronic radiant heat system. No problems so far. The pump was sent Fedex, it arrived. The Oakley sunglasses show "in transit" Dec 17, then nothing.

i shopped early and all of my packages were delivered a couple of months ago. i've been a bit tense about my dog food deliveries but so far, they've been right on the mark every week. it comes frozen and packed in insulated boxes with dry ice added, via fedex. i worry about a possible shortage of dry ice due to the covid vaccine shipments and if that will effect deliveries but the company tells me they are prepared and don't expect any interruptions in shipments.

I only sent one package this year, to our son and DIL in Alaska. Surprisingly, it got there in 4 days!

Only had very early package mailings, so ok there. But, the PO in this town

is by dog sled with no snow to speed it. They are terrible at any time, but

this year it is unbelievable. My DD lives less than a mile from me, and we

sent a test card. She got it 4 days later. I received a card from the State

next to us...it took 6 days. I should have driven to pick it up, I guess.

Last Thursday (December 10th) I mailed identical packages via USPS Priority mail from here in Oregon to my two sons; one in Denver and the other in Minneapolis. My Minneapolis son received his on Monday, the 14th. However, according to USPS tracking the other package has been languishing in the Denver post office since the 15th. 😕

No problems at all here. I was pleasantly surprised with delivery speed for everything.

Done surprisingly well, (high fives to the employees working hard) with the exception of the To Alaska package I mentioned in another thread where I had visions of it being lost in the Alaskan wilderness, only to be found years from now by a dog sled team. It finally arrived, and apparently intact (no mention of anything mangled). Took two weeks, sent Priority Mail. I'm sure this year's mail/package systems are overburdened and understaffed. I have to imagine that staff, regardless of which system are exhausted and stressed.

I sent a package to DS via UPS and tracking noted that they had misdirected it and might be late. It arrived the next day, thankfully!

I'm currently waiting for 3 different packages, which were all supposed to arrive yesterday. However I'm in the Northeast and we had that "little" storm which is still messing with delivery dates.

None of my 3 packages appear to be anywhere near me yet either though, and I'm not sure we can blame all of that on a storm when they were all shipped days before the storm hit.

As long as they show up within the next few days, I'm very satisfied. Volume is way up this year anyway and that snow storm was a beast - and up until now I haven't had any major snafus.

Everything I sent by UPS arrived safely and on time. All of my Amazon packages have arrived safely. I'm awaiting some eBay items that were sent USPS. One item's tracking hasn't been updated since 12/12. One was supposed to arrive yesterday, but didn't. Others have delivery dates over the next few days so we will see how those do. None of them are Christmas related so delays are acceptable, but I hope nothing gets lost or damaged.

Still waiting on an Amazon order from October.

I ordered 3 of those 9 piece puzzles from Amazon on Dec 8. They were the same brand name just different pictures. One came on Tuesday, another came Wednesday, and the third today! Really surprised it was so quick. I am not a Prime customer.

Mine are doing strange things. One of mine was just cancelled after it was shipped because there was a "problem". Stuff to my stepdaughter in New Mexico has been strange. FedEx supposedly had a problem with delivery during the time the cafe was open. Tried again the next day after it was closed and package was returned. However there was a notation on FedEx's site that it was handed off to the post office for delivery. Second package was the opposite. First attempt after closed. Second attempt at a time the cafe would be open. She has a marked box for after hour deliveries with notes on all of the doors where it is located. Not certain exactly what she received because she is not planning on opening until later. I did notice that the FedEx packages do not have a return address on the label you must use a scanner to find where they are from. For her it is a double whammy because her birthday is Christmas Eve so I like to give two gifts.

The first box that may or may not have been delivered was refunded the same evening that FedEx notated their file it was returned. Not certain what happened with the "handed off to the post office". Will see after Christmas.

Everything came double boxed, not that it mattered to me. All ours arrived to their destination safe and sound and today I got home to a huge box on my step. All packages are now accounted for and we are ready to CELEBRATE!!

My beer delivery came by special courier just fine. Some of my packages from Etsy--not so hot. My Hanukkah presents never made it. Here's hoping for the Xmas folks.

I ordered a 23 and Me DNA test. I forget when it was mailed, but on the 7th of December, it was in Houston, and I thought any day now. Well, nothing, and now it is in Richmond, Virginia. I am steamed!!!

Sent two boxes to daughter in Chicago (from Dayton, OH) on the same day. One of them made it in four days. The other appears to be in Cincinnati (and it took six days to get there). No idea if it will ever get delivered. I am thankful she got one of them though. This is her first Christmas away from home and will spend it all alone. It would break my heart if she had nothing to open. We plan to open gifts and have dinner together over FaceTime.

I've sent 16 via USPS Priority mail since December 7th to destinations all over the US. One is still in limbo. Most delivered on time. A couple took a little longer. I call it a success.

Editing to add that a couple took "tours around the US" to get to their destination, but continued to track at every stop. It's frustrating to watch, but the ones that worry me are those that don't get updated at all.

I thought I was doing really well on both things received and shipped. But I happened to check the tracking number on a 6x9" padded envelope I'd mailed first class to North Carolina on the 12th. It was suggested delivery would take place today, 18th.

Today - it's in Kent WA. Less than two hours from where it was mailed. ;0( I'm a little confused, but only mildly annoyed. There's still a chance it will make it to NC before Christmas. If not, the child its going to is old enough to be happy the day after Christmas, or even day after that. ( fingers are crossed though)

Day 3 of waiting on fedex to deliver 2 packages. The last two days they were marked as "no delivery attempt made,rescheduled for tommorow." I know they are busy are and dealing with new drivers who are not in a rhythm yet, so I will be patient. I dont really have a lot of trouble with fedex in general but I really hate their customer service. They truly suck. So I am just going to patiently wait..

I've been to the post office 4 times this month picking up items the trash mail troll won't deliver, although the extra help they hired did deliver a couple of my packages today that the troll would not have. They arrived at the post office in a timely manner,so no real complaints about their efficiency, just the one troll that won't get back under its bridge and stay there.

Always a pleasant experience with UPS and our driver,Bud.

A few things won't arrive until after christmas, but none are for kids expecting Santa to put em under the tree. Just stuff for SO and me. So no biggie.

I mailed 2 christmas cards with money yesterday, one to Wisconsin and one to Colorado. I hope they make it before Christmas because those ARE for kids. We shall see....

I mailed cookies to our east coast son last week and the week before. It took two extra days. Gifts sent to us via Amazon seemed to arrive just fine.

I was concerned about the volume of mail, so I mailed three identical packages on the 7th, Winter Springs, FL, Bartlesville, OK and Beverly Hills, CA. All arrived on the day stated by the post office.

I have a couple more incoming things and I don't think any are late at this time.

I just got notified today from UPS that a package that was supposed to come this weekend is actually coming Monday. Other than that everything has shown up on time. I do have one late arrival coming Christmas Eve, PJs for Christmas morning. I got one today, two more supposed to come tomorrow. Tradition in our house for everyone to wear Christmas pjs after opening them Christmas Eve.

Going to spend tonight wrapping/bagging gifts. Exchange students coming Monday night and I have so much to do. We spent all day shopping for Christmas dinner and just other grocery shopping/tire shopping too.

On Dec 10th I sent a package with Xmas gifts, via priority mail, from outside Erie, Pa to my son's family in Rochester Ny. It arrived at the Rochester distribution center on Dec 11th and hasn't moved since. I really hope it isn't lost.

Patience with FedEx lost.

Now on the third day after my package was supposed to be delivered it says "recipient location security delay" which to me, after 3 days of waiting, is another way to say "I don't feel like delivering this today either. Good luck tommorow sucka."

I'm seeing at least a one day delay from the time an item says out for delivery on the USPS site and when it actually arrives. I still have a package in NJ that hasn't moved in a week. Others from eBay sellers who printed mailing labels, but haven't taken the items to the post office. Again, none are for Christmas, so as long as they arrive in the next two weeks, I'll be fine with it.

Between Amazon and Poshmark and eBay snd RealReal and my wife’s company store, we get so many deliveries we’ve apparently grown bored of opening them. Should probably do that, sort facial cleansers from Christmas presents and dog food and figure out if we’re missing anything.

Not packages, but just regular old mail! The mail is taking a really long time to deliver. People in Ohio are reporting not getting any mail for 2 weeks. We went 5 days with not one stitch of mail. I finally got my birthday card after taking 12 days to get to me. I found an article about usps and them not delivering mail. I guess there is a shortage of employees and backlog of mail. Mostly the article talked about this one woman's issues with not getting any mail at all for 2 weeks in Cleveland.

Arkansas girl - that is happening here in N.Y. too. Mail only actually gets delivered here maybe every other day. Last year around Christmas I went many days in a row with no delivery. They said they were "busy." You can't even pick up your mail at the post office when that happens. They told us the mail was on the trucks, but that when the carrier got tired they quit for the day.

You'd think they would then pick up where they left off, but no. They started at the front of the route again. So people at the front get delivery every day, and those of us toward the end just get to wonder if/when our mail will show up.

I used to love the USPS. They're an embarrassment at this point. Not necessarily blaming front line employees (notwithstanding Amy's troll!), but as an organization they're horrible now.

Just about every word that Patriceny said goes for us here. And, yet, our

mail carrier has the time (between passing mailboxes by) to stop and chat

with people along the way. I don't blame the individual carriers as a rule,

but this one....uh...get busy!!!!!

I only ordered gifts from Amazon, as I did not want to do any shipping myself. The last one will be delivered tomorrow (Sunday, Dec 20), and so it should be fine. The present from my sister is scheduled to be delivered on Monday, which is good because previously she told me it was going to be on Dec 28, which was the day we were going to go back to L.A., but we've now changed our travel date to Dec 29, with a brief stop in O.C., but we are flexible with dates, since Kevin has that entire week off, although he has to remain on call for email or phone messages.

Update! The package I thought was lost because it hadn't tracked since it hit our main sorting station on 12/8 is out for delivery across the country. I'm sure those shoes will have a story to tell!

The Hanukkah gift FINALLY arrived. Only one day late.

Terribly. Lost mail and one lost UPS package. I tried to trace the package but first it said it could not be traced, then later it told me I had an invalid number. It was supposed to go to Calif from SC. A friend in VA wrote me a letter that wound up in a completely different address. Way too few Xmas cards have arrived this year. I know it is not all Covid related. I think the cards are probably stuck somewhere and will probably arrive on Valentine's Day. ;-( Waiting for a packet from England still, also.

December 9 I priority mailed a package from a Chicago suburb to Central Illinois. An update was posted five days later assuring me it was in transit but will arrive late. ( sadly I hope it will be lost because it was a hastily selected gift and I would like to select something else) A Chritmas card I mailed with fabric folded inside and extra postage took 2 weeks to arrive in a town 81 miles away. Monday I plan to mail 4 Birthday cards that need to arrive various places around the USA the last week of December.

My Amazon packages are doing okay but I ordered medication for my mother from OptumRX . Says it was shipped 12/9 and it’s still not here. I sent something priority on Saturday morning so we’ll see how it does.

Definitely appropriate, Marilyn! What a variety of experiences in this thread--and I'm amazed (not in a good way) at the delays/absences reported by Patriceny and others. I can't imagine mail carriers being too "busy" to deliver the mail!

I'm cautiously happy to report that my package that languished in Delaware since December 5 has now arrived in Jersey City, NJ. I hope it will find its way to PA quickly.

Best of luck, everyone!

PS: Two gifts that were shipped from CT on Dec. 11 finally found their way to PA. I'm guessing they'll arrive tomorrow. The other package still appears to be enjoying Jersey City.

Most of our orders have been problem free. The one that seemed most difficult was the personalized Christmas cards I ordered on Dec 6. The company upgraded shipping for me to Priority mail, which was nice of them, and they were prepared and shipped on Dec 7. The tracking showed them arriving at a postal facility in Cincinnati the next day, where it sat for 3 days before arriving in Louisville and spending a couple of days. Then it finally moved to another postal facility in Birmingham, AL (the one which now handles all our mail when the USPS decided to shut down the one in our large city a couple of years ago). It sat there 5 days. I finally received them last Friday, Dec 18, and managed to get most of them mailed on Saturday.

Amazon keeps changing the date when they will deliver a toy to my 1-year-old great nephew in Houston. It now is ‘between Dec 23 and Dec 30‘. Oh well, he is so young it might be best to space out all those toys.

I have no issue with our local, rural postal carriers. They work hard and although a few mistakes are made now and then with mis-delivered mail (mostly catalogs and such which are sorted at the facility, not by them), they do a decent job with a smile.

Unfortunately the box I sent to my son is still in limbo (aka been sitting at the Rochester distribution center since Dec 11).

Isn't this fun? NOT! I did get my two CT packages, but the one that arrived in Jersey City on the 20th is still hang out there.

Amazon has been the most reliable. Purchases made directly to companies are a mixed bag - mostly good, but definitely slower than usual.

The biggest issue is a gourmet dinner order I placed through Mackenzie Foods, to go to our best friends at their new home. It was supposed to be shipped out 12/15 Tues, but so far nothing.....

I finally emailed them on Monday afternoon 12/21 to ask what happened. They did get back to me promptly, saying they apologized but the order was still being packed at their warehouse due to a bigger than usual influx of orders.

I let our friends know; they were fine with it so everything is cool. No "received by" date was ever given by the company, as they explained clearly (in catalog and on website) that they could not guarantee exact date of receipt due to the chaotic conditions this year.

My only concern was that the order was sitting around somewhere and spoiling! The company does pack very well with a big slab of dry ice inside, but they make the assumption that 7 days is the max transit time (non-holiday, most orders are received within 3-4 days).

With the focus being on vaccines given priority, I figured some delay was inevitable.

Amazon orders to my home have been fine, although unimportant. I mailed a small package from NC to Florida on Tuesday last week. Initially it said delivery on Saturday, ha. Tracking looks like it might get there today. It was a favor for someone, and I don't think it's terribly critical if she doesn't get it by Christmas.

I wanted to send it UPS, but the closest store is 30 minutes away. The local places only take pre-labeled, pre-paid dropoffs.

Our family Christmas was effectively cancelled by the government on Saturday. DD sent our presents via Fedex on Monday. They got here today, Tuesday. I mailed her presents at the post office on Sunday. She hasn't got them yet. A huge food parcel arrived from the Italian family yesterday but I don't know when they sent it. Our parcel to them took two days. The deliverers are working like crazy. We’re getting letters arriving at ten at night and parcel vans in the street all day.

I haven't mailed anything, but several folks on my neighborhood facebook page have posted that they have packages either marked "delivered" - days to weeks ago - that weren't, or have "disappeared" having been handed off to USPS from FedEx or whoever.

The USPS won't help with the missing packages that were marked delivered, because, well, they were delivered. Supposedly.

I'm actually receiving a UPS package one day before the projected delivery date and it came from NYC to So Cal!

Oh, Rose, one of mine are sitting in Rochester too. I had one very important one for my grandson living it up is Las Vegas for two weeks. Some of my grandson's other gifts do not make sense without this one. The others are accessories. I contacted the ebay seller yesterday and he was able to open a ticket for missing package at UPS. That got things moving and now the package is in Baltimore. So now at least in the same state. Oh my gosh, as I was typing this post, I received a text about the package in Baltimore. Ironically, it said it would be arriving late. That is hysterical. Late as compared to what? So when?

Overall my experience has not been bad at all considering. The packages I mailed or had sent to my daughter in NC arrived in a timely manner.

My orders from Amazon - no problem. Nordstrom - typical one week delivery

Shop Runner 2 day for J.Jill and Bloomingdales is taking 7-14 days and there is no tracking info for several orders. Four very important packages from various sources have not been delivered yet, but a couple of those are projected to be delivered by 9:00 PM Christmas Eve. I might be wrapping them when the recipient is here. As cutely stated above, it is in the hands of God. Have faith.

2 more slips in my mailbox for packages that the troll won't deliver today. Grrrrrr.

Fed Ex finally delivered my stuff, after almost a week. but at least they delivered it. I had reached the end of my rope after I called them, after they said my address was wrong and that they couldn't deliver. They told me that I COULD NOT VERIFY MY OWN ADDRESS, that the shipper had to do it. And that I could not pick it up myself, at the shippers instructions. So the shipper (JEGs) got an email and even though we agreed that the FedEx driver was likely just overwhelmed and stalling, especially as my address is an actual address, despite what FedEx says, they called me and then called FedEx while I was on the line and pitched a fit, and it was finally delivered today, although violently. Good thing it wasn't fragile. I thought it was SO stupid that I could not go pick it up, especially if these drivers are so overwhelmed. Its not like I don't have to pick up half my mail at the post office myself anyway, might as well make a stop at FedEx too right?

UPS, as always, delivering as expected.

When I pick up those 2 packages from the post office tomorrow, I do not expect anything else to show up until after Christmas. Most of those things are things for me, so that's fine.

I haven't heard anything about the cards/cash I sent, so I do not know if they will get there in time or not. I never hear anything, that is, I usually do not get any sort of acknowledgment, unless I text their mothers and ask if they got it or not.