Post by Skywalker Racing on Nov 16, 2018 10:56:06 GMT -7
Just a way too early warning about shipping for racers wishing to proxy at December finals. I do a lot more business shipping now, and I'm noticing significant delays and very weird postal routing.
After doing a little digging, I learned that during busy shipping times, USPS doesn't always follow usual routes. To save money, they will load a truck to the brim with whatever will fit regardless of where a package is destined. I've heard stories of packages crossing the entire country (twice!) before arriving at its final destination only hours from its origin.
I recently had cars shipped from Utah routed through Puerto Rico to get to me in Louisiana. My latest box from Joel went to a distribution center in a city much farther away than my normal distribution center in Baton Rouge, minutes from my house.
In addition, they are getting lazy or too busy to scan packages properly. I've noticed many of my mailings are missing their normal scan points along the way. So tracking is unreliable.
This will likely get worse the closer we get to Christmas, so just wanted to make all you proxy racers aware. May want to plan your builds accordingly to ship your cars earlier than usual.
After doing a little digging, I learned that during busy shipping times, USPS doesn't always follow usual routes. To save money, they will load a truck to the brim with whatever will fit regardless of where a package is destined. I've heard stories of packages crossing the entire country (twice!) before arriving at its final destination only hours from its origin.
I recently had cars shipped from Utah routed through Puerto Rico to get to me in Louisiana. My latest box from Joel went to a distribution center in a city much farther away than my normal distribution center in Baton Rouge, minutes from my house.
In addition, they are getting lazy or too busy to scan packages properly. I've noticed many of my mailings are missing their normal scan points along the way. So tracking is unreliable.
This will likely get worse the closer we get to Christmas, so just wanted to make all you proxy racers aware. May want to plan your builds accordingly to ship your cars earlier than usual.
Going to have to switch back to USPS. They damaged my outer box a few months in a row, but at least they arrived quickly.
