TL DR Parcel Post is for people who hurt small animals. How much do you honestly expect to save over the First Class and Media prices that would be worth the much higher damage potential and month long transit? I’ll give an actual example: a video game shipped thru eBay will run 7.95 Priority, 3.89 first class (with some variables for weight), and 3.19 for media mail (provided it meets the criteria). but for the vast majority of what’s sold on eBay, the cost difference between Parcel and the other 3 choices is NOT WORTH the potential for damage and the aggravation your buyer will have waiting a month+ for their item. Aerosol cans (or other “hazardous” items that can’t go by plane), especially large or heavy items (that ARENT fragile) and need to be shipped economically, etc. Right around a week or so by my experience.īottom line: Parcel Post has its place. We provide you with the most powerful parcel tracking system for any post office. The parcel arrival time varies from service to service, as local services. In case of buying from the internet, the seller will provide you with the tracking number by sending it to your e-mail, or you will find it on the orders page of the site from which you purchased it. Tracking and label numbers are between 13 and 34 characters. USPS package tracking is easy with Ordertracker, all you have to do is to paste your tracking number in the above field to track a package or go to the track my package section. If you ship your parcel via, you will receive an email with your tracking number. Money talks, and a vast majority of buyers would rather save the money than get the item faster. Its like a 3-8 day service, and savings are significant over priority mail as of year 2022. Only thing that’s different when it’s coming FROM Hawaii, is that Media Mail for some reason is as fast as if we were in the continental US. The tracking or label number is found on your online label record, package label, mailing receipt, or sales receipt. Parcel select isnt as slow as people make it out to be. Parcel Post (1 month MINIMUM, only one of the 4 options that goes by boat) Media Mail (2-3 weeks, no insurance, strict rules on what qualifies as “media”) First Class (3-7 days, no insurance, cannot exceed 1lb and 12” in any one dimension) Priority (2-5 days, flat rate boxes available, “if it fits, it ships, up to 75lbs”, $50 free insurance, can be additionally insured for full amount) Third, here’s the order for speed of delivery TO Hawaii from the continental US: I don’t care what USPS estimates when you pay for the label, it is ALWAYS a month. If an item qualifies for First Class, the price difference is very small and the “savings” isn’t worth the MONTH long transit and potential for abuse in transit. This is why Parcel Post items are often treated like crap. USPS subs out the delivery to a third party for all but the initial acceptance and final delivery. I live in Hawaii and there’s a lot of misunderstanding in these replies about how Parcel works.įirst, I HATE Parcel Post for small items.
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