Selling Toys - Horror Stories & "Happy" Customers

"Hi, is this available? What is the size of the figure in inches please"

I'm gonna hope it's just some casual parent.
 
Anyone else seeing shipping taking longer and longer?

Ordered a few things I shouldn't have from Mercari and it. is. soooooo. sloooooooowww.

UPS just didn't move a package for four days - the delivery date was already eight days away from the drop-off date (which took forever) and ended up getting delivered two days after that date. Now, USPS is just "moving through facilities" two other boxes - one of which was supposed to be delivered today and is now tomorrow.

WTF is going on? This is all US domestic shipping.

But the good news is sales have picked up again. Some really random, low-dollar items - two of which basically cost me money to sell. But at least they are out of my house! Sucks when shipping goes insane but the listings have been up so long the prices reflect last year's reality and I didn't notice.
 
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Schizm said:
Anyone else seeing shipping taking longer and longer?
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You're not kidding. I got a shipping notice today from Gamestop... shipped today (4/23) from Texas to Iowa via FedEx and FedEx already has possession, but is expected to arrive May 6? Huh? It's less than 700 miles but needs two weeks? I didn't realize that we'd reverted back to the Pony Express method.
 
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Most of the shipping companies routinely beat the initial delivery date estimate by a day or two for me, still.
 
It’s the opposite for me, Fed Ex is constantly over estimating themselves and it usually takes a few days longer than their original estimate, which they don’t bother updating until after the date passes despite it being clear something on the other side of the county isn’t making it here by the end of the day.
 
USPS is the quickest for me, they always estimate things for like a week out and then I get them in three or four days.
 
Schizm said:
Anyone else seeing shipping taking longer and longer?

Ordered a few things I shouldn't have from Mercari and it. is. soooooo. sloooooooowww.

UPS just didn't move a package for four days - the delivery date was already eight days away from the drop-off date (which took forever) and ended up getting delivered two days after that date. Now, USPS is just "moving through facilities" two other boxes - one of which was supposed to be delivered today and is now tomorrow.

WTF is going on? This is all US domestic shipping.

But the good news is sales have picked up again. Some really random, low-dollar items - two of which basically cost me money to sell. But at least they are out of my house! Sucks when shipping goes insane but the listings have been up so long the prices reflect last year's reality and I didn't notice.
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My Kitty set came from Pulse.

They "shipped it" April 9. Hasbro Left the Building mail. For international, they use DHL, not the fastest, but...

It hadn't moved until yesterday. GA to NJ. Usually it's from IL or NJ, so GA is new to me from Pulse. End goal is Toronto.

Says May 6th. That's obscene any way I cut it.
 
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