Topps put out a baseball card set that was exclusive to the Topps UK website. It was a 200 card version of the US series one and two. It sold out within ten hours, though I'd guess that a majority of the buyers were American collectors.
There are ten Cubs in the set, and I bought them from a US seller on December 8. The long, long ride began.
The Pennsylvania-based dealer got the package to the post office on December 9. It then sat in Philadelphia. And sat. And sat so more. Eight days later it finally started moving and got to Grand Rapids, the hub that would be my service hub, that same day.
When a package get to the Grand Rapids hub, it them goes to Kalamazoo and then my local Sturgis post office within 24 hours.
Not this time.
For reasons known only by the USPS, it went to Indianapolis. Then back to Grand Rapids. And then it sat for another eight days
When it finally started moving again, instead of heading to Kalamazoo next, it went to Des Moines. Twice now it has gone from Grand Rapids to the wrong place.
It didn't swing back to Grand Rapids, but instead headed to Detroit. And then Kalamazoo. But then, not Kalamazoo to Sturgis, but back to Grand Rapids.
Then finally, it went to Kalamazoo and after a 23 day journey, to Sturgis and to me.
I could have ordered this from a seller in the UK and gotten it quicker!
How crazy is that!
And all that waiting for....
... another card of Robel Garcia! Noooooo!
Sure, there were nine other Cubs, but in a set that is limited to just 200 players, why include Robel Garcia!
Indianapolis seems to be a common theme for my delayed packages as well. Usually things go through Hazelwood (Missouri) for me and they do so rather quickly, but lately Indianapolis has been added to the stops and it's really slowing things down. I have heard the USPS has been having issues and I hope things get better for them soon.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what 2021 will bring, but I'm pretty sure it will be less cards of Robel Garcia. And I think we're both okay with that!
No Robel in 2021!
DeleteThe post office was a massive failure this holiday season. Someone shipped a package to me on 12/12, and it went TWO STATES in the other direction, tben SAT IN THE SAME FACILITY FOR 8 DAYS before going on the move again. I still haven't received it.
ReplyDeleteThey are quick to blame everything from holiday rush, covid-19, and understaffing to excuse their poor performance. But I orded 2 items online on 12/16, one from Amazon and one elsewhere. The Amazon item arrived in 4 days. The USPS-shipped item took 12 days, including an 8-day holdover in Brooklyn.
Covid-19? Bah! That didn't stop Amazon and their little gray delivery vans. With a 100-year headstart on package delivery, the USPS is much worse than Amazon in efficent delivery.
The post office was a massive failure this holiday season. Someone shipped a package to me on 12/12, and it went TWO STATES in the other direction, tben SAT IN THE SAME FACILITY FOR 8 DAYS before going on the move again. I still haven't received it.
ReplyDeleteThey are quick to blame everything from holiday rush, covid-19, and understaffing to excuse their poor performance. But I orded 2 items online on 12/16, one from Amazon and one elsewhere. The Amazon item arrived in 4 days. The USPS-shipped item took 12 days, including an 8-day holdover in Brooklyn.
Covid-19? Bah! That didn't stop Amazon and their little gray delivery vans. With a 100-year headstart on package delivery, the USPS is much worse than Amazon in efficent delivery.
The Pandemic Strikes Again
ReplyDeleteI didn't know about these cards. Glad you got them.
ReplyDeleteIt's not the pandemic. It's Trump appointing Louis DeJoy to destroy the Postal Service. The Republican Party is determined to make sure the government never does anything to help the average American.
ReplyDeleteNice try, but it's the postal service not doing their jobs.
DeleteI had a package that sat in one hub for 8 days. When they finally decided to get off their ass, it was shipped 250 miles (and 2 additional hubs (all on 1 day.
I have noticed over time that you tend to be an apologist.
Nice try, but it's the postal service not doing their jobs.
DeleteI had a package that sat in one hub for 8 days. When they finally decided to get off their ass, it was shipped 250 miles (and 2 additional hubs (all on 1 day.
I have noticed over time that you tend to be an apologist.
Those UK cards of yours sure have a lot of miles behind them.
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