Fast shipping

[triber]

My husband mailed a package for me at 12.45 p.m. today, It was to a location about 80 miles away, and was delivered at 3.15 p.m. The buyer cannot complain at that!

[recped]

Delivered or scanned as delivered accidentally?

[ricarmic]

I wish everything went that fast!

In 10? years when everything's delivered by "drones"* we'll probably think this was slow!

(*Ever the optimist I am)

[i.am.vivian]

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@triber wrote:

My husband mailed a package for me at 12.45 p.m. today, It was to a location about 80 miles away, and was delivered at 3.15 p.m. The buyer cannot complain at that!

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That's the fastest I ever heard of for the postal system.  You can't usually get same day service even in the same city.  The quickest I have had was sending something mid afternoon and it arrives in another city (same province, BC) the next morning.  Less than 24 hours, but not same day.  

2 1/2 hours.  I'm impressed.  (Unless it's like that guy in Winnipeg who scans them "Delivered" as he puts them on the truck, even though they have not been delivered at all yet).  

[esclyons]

i bought and paid for 4 items from a seller in edmonton, on Monday morning..he had them in the mail at 3.40 the same day.. they were at my house Tuesday morning at 10.30.. they were sent registered mail.. that has to be a record to get to me.. that is quicker than me buying something in the same province..

[dinomitesales]

I'm almost wondering if it accidentally got scanned as "Delivered" somewhere along the way.

This doesn't seem possible - if it was dropped at a Post Office it wouldn't even get picked up from the driver until like 5 pm (possibly different times depending on your location), then it's supposed to go to the depot, get sorted, and go out the next day.

But who knows.

[rose-dee · Accepted solution]

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@ricarmic wrote:
In 10? years when everything's delivered by "drones"* we'll probably think this was slow!
(*Ever the optimist I am)

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No kidding -- although isn't the A-River already pretty close to making this a regular service in some areas?  I thought I saw this touted recently on television. 

Eventually (when we all have ID chips embedded in our forearms*) the drones will know exactly who and where we are, and will just follow us around until they can place the parcel in our hands.  

(*not unrealistic either)