So on Friday I dropped off four packages, and this time they were all USPS. (Sometimes I use US economy, whatever's cheapest unless it's an expensive item and I want to pay for faster or better services).
All four were tendered to USPS yesterday afternoon, and three of them showed the first scan in Rochester last night (with departures from Rochester this morning), some have actually made it to the next facility by now.
The one package was a Japan coin set from 2023 in a small 6x4x4 box (to keep it from getting broken if something huge landed on it, it's in a plastic case). It was going to Hawaii by USPS Ground Advantage. It's showing tendered to USPS on May 31, but no further scans after, as if it didn't make it across the border, or got set aside by Stallion for examination. I'm wondering if a coin set in a small box might make them decide to look and see what it is because a small almost square box is not a usually package for a set of coins (it's a small set, fits neatly at the bottom of the box with lots of bubble wrap).
This is the first time I've had one package not make it over when the rest have. Sometimes the whole batch has been delayed, but I was open from May 26 til now with everything going across the border in one business day. Prior to that I was on time away, but open before May 10, and things were sometimes taking 2-3 days to cross, but it was my whole batch, not one random package out of the batch.
I realize that they might have just missed a scan and it's on it's way... I'm just trying to find out if anyone knows the odds of it being pulled out of the pile for one reason or another causing it to be delayed by Stallion or CBP, rather than just missing a USPS scan. Before this bedlam at the border I would have assumed it missed a scan and waited a few days for it to resurface, but now I'm wondering if something else might have happened to it.
I thought maybe those who use the cross border couriers have some experience on what's going on with packages there and can shed some light on to what's become of my missing package. It was a somewhat expensive coin set, so I wouldn't want it to be lost in the mail.
C.
