earlylace

also remember if the book is sent media mail it could take 7-10 days to get it. Be patient, now with the new feedback system we all will be able to tell if others are having the same problems, hopefully we all can work out our problems with each other in a kind way.

sharon b

The postal service can be slow at times . I don't think it has been that long to send up the warning flags :lol:

mzsooz

A friend of mine once sent me a Christmas card from the same town I lived in. It finally arrived at my house the following April!!

Ramona Byrd

"THE MAIL" is a very strange and, at times, lovely thing to get.

I had a friend some time ago who lived in Ontario, CA.
She complained for a long time about having her mail first going to Canada before some of it made it back to her house!!

And when I lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, I actually got mail that had been addressed to Albert's Turkey, and I GOT IT!!

One more aside to that, I actually had a (okay, she was honestly a hillbilly from WV) cousin, who was kinda weak (okay, so she was dumb as heck even though not a blonde) on the subject of geography, write and ask if she came to visit me in New Mexico if she would have to have a pass port!!

litacats

[quote=luvTooQuilt]Ah Yes Snail Mail, one never knows if and when it shall be received. And even worse when its shipped Media mail!!! Media mail can take 1-3 weeks..

I once had a letter deliverd 12 months to the day it was sent. it went to every town in australia starting with a W before it arrived here.
and now we have post codes and it is only a little bit better.
I often have up to 6 stamps from other post offices on it before it gets here

ckcowl

if she lives in a rural area it could easily have taken that long...my daughter lives in the country and when i lived 9 miles from her i sent something to my granddaughter one time that took 9 days to get there, i guessed the mail lady was walking....a mile a day....
it can be aggravating but when you are at the mercy of the postal system you just have to wait. and if she sends the book parcel post it can take a month to get to you. my recommendation is if you are going to order through the mail to always use delivery confirmation; that way the item in question can be tracked.

ptquilts

I had a Priority package that took 5 days to go 50 miles.

ptquilts

Also, Delivery COnfirmation is NOT tracking. SOMETIMES, it gets tracked along the way, sometimes not. The final scan only means that it arrived at the correct zip code.

earlylace

good point! I once tried to check on something and was told they could only confirm it got to its location, so if its lost they cannot do anything to help you find it!!!

Rhonda

The funny thing to me is I can send something to someone here in the states and it can take up to 10 days. I send packages to Katrine in France and it takes 4 dys to get to her!!! We have done it several times and it is always 4 days! Now Canada takes 2 weeks to get anything to anyone there. I just mail and hold my breath that it doesn't get lost!

At one point we were having some of the templates get lost and never found. Someone speculated that maybe the postal workers were hijacking them and quilting in the back room! LOL Only a joke!!