Re:Postcard stamped in 1920 delivered 100 years later
by windyaskew on Thursday September 10, 2020 @04:37PM
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It would be fun down the line to hear "Wait, Amazon used to sell physical things like this??"
Re:Postcard stamped in 1920 delivered 100 years later
by starpilot on Thursday September 10, 2020 @04:40PM
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I had a small package in customs in Chicago for three months recently. Seems to be the norm in these times.
Re:Postcard stamped in 1920 delivered 100 years later
by mindcrime on Thursday September 10, 2020 @05:00PM
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Yeah, I mean, I could understand something coming through customs. But this particular package was something manufactured and shipped in Texas.
I did recently have a rather long wait for a book that was shipped from, aaah... I think it was either Germany or England. I think it took about a month and a half to arrive.
Of course I understand that COVID has had a major impact, but the one from Texas still annoys me. I mean, c'mon... over two months from TX to NC? Give me a break. :-(
Yet strangely enough, the postal service tracking system updated the status about a month ago, from "In Transit" to "In Transit - Arriving Late". Derp, derp.
Anyway, I've pretty much given up on them at this point, but I wonder if like 100 years from now, or at some other arbitrary point in time down the line, somebody who lives here after me is going to find a package of plastic worms in the mailbox...