Reply 8640 of 53268, by HighTreason
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Seems to vary a lot. I suspect they have some kind of contract with the courier, possibly they wait for the OUT pile to reach a certain size or the courier picks it all up at certain intervals. If you order at the right time it might just reach the pile as the courier gets there and you get it early, otherwise, you're waiting for them to come and grab it.
It seems I can affect eBay purchases from the US when on the Pitney Bowes program as it seems they only fly certain days, if I time it right it goes right through in about a week, if i leave it a day late it takes twice as long whilst waiting for the next flight... Still haven't quite gotten it down yet and it's pointless anyway so I don't try, it was just an observation I made over time. Also depends how quickly they get the item to KY or NY where the two main handling places seem to be for shipping this way.
Fastest order ever was from Japan. I ordered two things that day, a Sega (MK-II Wondermega for anyone wondering) from Japan with middle-of-the-road shipping (Just enough that my item was insured) and a sound card (Came from my city on a nearby industrial park) - the Sega got here in three days, the sound card (1st class) took a week! I remember talking to the postman about it when I signed for the parcel, we had a good laugh at the expense of the Royal Mail (Royal Manglers) over that one, he said the boys were probably playing soccer with the sound card which turned up the Monday of the following week (Several days later than the Sega).
That's our postal service though, it isn't always very good. There are worse ones in the world I am sure, Royal Mail at least tend to get the parcel there in one piece, they just run up a bill and send it the longest way possibly most of the time - I think that sound card had been out to York before coming back to Hull (Where it started) and reaching me.