General Forum

 Im aware some people have had lengthy wait times with usps...but I've gotten cards in as little as 3 days.(purchasing and trading) So the question is how long do you wait before you question where cards are? If everything is straight up the person you're trading with cant do anything about it, Even with tracking you would only get last known location? (I sent an item with tracking which was supposed to take 4 days and it took 8) or is it the "cost" of trading online? Sometimes you may never get the item at all?

Question was generated from weird exp on ebay. A Canadian seller msgd me "demanding" positive feedback from 4 weeks ago, told him I haven't gotten the cards, and he insisted that was impossible. Within 30 min he told me they had been returned as undeliverable and would resend (seems like he forgot to send...why not just say that?)

Maybe he didn't put enough postage on it or sent it as something that wouldn't pass the border with the postage that was on it. I've had an issue with that once before and I just resent it slightly different in the same envelope and it made it there fine the 2nd time. This was also a US/Canada transaction, so it fits your situation. Definitely don't leave feedback until you get the cards!

In the US alone, I mailed a package from NC to MN the Monday before Christmas. It was Priority Mail that should have taken 3-4 days. He finally got the package on January 4th, exactly 2 weeks for a Priority Mail package to be delivered. Don't forget that Canada and the northern third of the US usually gets lots of snow this time of year and that slows down the mail.

I was wondering same thing. I have two orders that were mailed just after Thanksgiving and one on 27th of December. I have received everything else I've ordered. How long should I wait. I have ordered another card to replace the card in still waiting on and it'll be here today.

It seems to be a little all over the place. I have trades I'm waiting on still from early December but 1 trade 27-DEC and one from first week of Jan have already made it here. All are coming US to Canada. I would be concerned but earlier this week I finally received cards from trade that were sent 12-DEC. So.....it seems like it takes alot of time. If the people you are dealing with are trustworthy I would say just be patient. I have never not received my side of a deal yet...hoping that never happens.

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I pretty much summed it all up here.  If people can't be patient and understanding of the difficulties the post office (on both sides of the border) are having as they too have employees and outlets / sorting facilities ravaged by the pandemic, then don't order or send anything in the mail till it is all over.