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Is it me or is that inordinately long?
Here's the kicker, the one with tracking shows this:
Did the United States Postal Service really just route my shipment from North Carolina through Puerto Rico????
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@Dave,
Hahaha.. yeah, maybe; I hadn't thought of that. Definitely a nice time of year to divert to PR for a few weeks.
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I once had a USPS package tracked from San Antonio (300 miles away) to a town about 25 miles from my house. It then went to Salt Lake City and then to Billings, Montana where tracking information ceased. The package was never delivered.
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The USPS isn't updating the tracking systems. Several of my envelopes that I sent to the USA (from Mexico) are registered with USPS as of September 2nd, October 3rd, and November 2nd. Everything is stuck at USFK and L.A. according to the tracking, but the envelopes are still circulating. For example, yesterday, after 2 months and 8 days, a buyer from Montana notified me that he had received his envelope, but the tracking system still shows the date as October 3rd. A delay of more than 2 months from Mexic to USA ins absurd and ridiculous! .
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Hey Ernie, if the package sends yo a postcard let me know!
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I had a stamp ordered from a Las Vegas address which arrived yesterday, December13th, following a Hipstamp shipment which occurred on November 20th. I regularly make purchases from Momen in Cary, North Carolina which can take 30 or more days for delivery with verification of the date postmarked. Other deliveries from the same shipper will arrive within seven days. The inconsistency is fascinating and frustrating at times. So far every order requested has arrived eventually with one exception over the past several years from all vendors.
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I received an envelope on Friday from Denmark. The tracking number showed that it was clearing customs.
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Lets be honest. "Tracking" is just a con for the customer to pay more by the postal services. High percentage of tracking never updated properly.
It is also an aid for the crook.
eg "one" buys an item for $30. The seller "buys" a tracking number from the postal service on line at say $4. Never posts the item. You wait 10days, no sign of goods you check "tracking" , it says tracking number issued, waiting to receive from customer, you contact supplier he responds "its in the post , postal service has not updated". You believe him, a couple of days later you try to contact seller, no response. Bye Bye $30
As I say tracking is no guarantee!!
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Shipments from Canada seem to have gotten much better since the end of the strike. All that I have received have arrived in 5-7 days. I hope that this keeps up. I ordered from a Canadian seller yesterday.
This year, I've failed to receive two orders. One from Canada just prior to the strike and one domestic from Wisconsin/Minnesota. I do not blame the sellers. There are definitely problems at certain U.S. facilities. It seems that most of the mail that goes through the black hole of St. Petersburg takes 5-10 days to arrive here. However, mail coming from the east coast going through Palm Beach will come in 3 days and often hits my mailbox in less than 48 hours.
USPS needs lots of improvement that could help stop the decline. For example, there is no reason they couldn't offer local mail at a reduced rate to a P.O. box and handle it locally.
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Here is an example of how useless some suppliers and Royal Mail are
Monday 15 December 2025
09:54
Due to be delivered today by
Brechin DO
Sunday 14 December 2025
06:45
Item Received
Edinburgh MC
Saturday 13 December 2025
07:08
Item Received
Jubilee MC
Thursday 27 November 2025
13:10
Sender has despatched item
It has taken 18 days to travel 200 miles.
I could have gone there and back by canoe in that length of time.
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I have just the canoe for you!
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hahaha. Nice Ari. Get in Ian. You better start paddlin'. It's gettin' late Dawg.
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The canoe above is not a proper canoe its a boat
This is a proper canoe:-
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Both shipments arrived today!
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Quick question regarding Hipstamp bidding:
I bid on about 8 stamps last night that ended around 9:30 PM. I put my best bid out there about 9:00 and went to bed. I woke up this morning to see that I was top bidder on two of them.
Is there any way to see what the ones went for that I did not win? I'm not seeing them anywhere. They are not under "watching". They're just gone.
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Ernie, I don't have a solution but I can share an observation. I occasionally add a lot or two from these Hipstamp mid-week auctions to my "Watch" list, and closer to closing go back and enter my bid. It seems quite predictable that anything I "watch" generates a reminder email that it is closing soon, and if I bid on the lot a message (over 90% of the time) that it got away, selling for $X amount. Once the lost closes they fall out of the Watch list and the offerings listing, so I have not seen any way to go back to the listings to see for what the lot sold.
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Hi Thomas,
I appreciate that. I do like those weekly no reserve auctions but they're not the most user friendly.
Ernie
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I you watch a Hipstamp auction, you should be able to see the final price by using the search box and find the Closed Auctions tab
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My experience with Momen on Hipstamp has been poor. It seems to me it takes twice as long to receive stamps from them than any other US sellers on Hipstamp. My last order never arrived and I requested a refund after waiting over two months. During that two month period of time I tried several times to communicate with them, but they did not always respond to my concerns. I have doubts about whether or not the date they put on Hipstamp as the date shipped was correct.
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So I have two pending auction shipments from Hipstamp; from two separate sellers. Both show "shipped Nov 29" one with tracking based on dollar amount. Neither has arrived.
Is it me or is that inordinately long?
Here's the kicker, the one with tracking shows this:
Did the United States Postal Service really just route my shipment from North Carolina through Puerto Rico????
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@Dave,
Hahaha.. yeah, maybe; I hadn't thought of that. Definitely a nice time of year to divert to PR for a few weeks.
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I once had a USPS package tracked from San Antonio (300 miles away) to a town about 25 miles from my house. It then went to Salt Lake City and then to Billings, Montana where tracking information ceased. The package was never delivered.
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re: Hipstamp Shipping
The USPS isn't updating the tracking systems. Several of my envelopes that I sent to the USA (from Mexico) are registered with USPS as of September 2nd, October 3rd, and November 2nd. Everything is stuck at USFK and L.A. according to the tracking, but the envelopes are still circulating. For example, yesterday, after 2 months and 8 days, a buyer from Montana notified me that he had received his envelope, but the tracking system still shows the date as October 3rd. A delay of more than 2 months from Mexic to USA ins absurd and ridiculous! .
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Hey Ernie, if the package sends yo a postcard let me know!
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I had a stamp ordered from a Las Vegas address which arrived yesterday, December13th, following a Hipstamp shipment which occurred on November 20th. I regularly make purchases from Momen in Cary, North Carolina which can take 30 or more days for delivery with verification of the date postmarked. Other deliveries from the same shipper will arrive within seven days. The inconsistency is fascinating and frustrating at times. So far every order requested has arrived eventually with one exception over the past several years from all vendors.
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I received an envelope on Friday from Denmark. The tracking number showed that it was clearing customs.
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06:04:18am
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Lets be honest. "Tracking" is just a con for the customer to pay more by the postal services. High percentage of tracking never updated properly.
It is also an aid for the crook.
eg "one" buys an item for $30. The seller "buys" a tracking number from the postal service on line at say $4. Never posts the item. You wait 10days, no sign of goods you check "tracking" , it says tracking number issued, waiting to receive from customer, you contact supplier he responds "its in the post , postal service has not updated". You believe him, a couple of days later you try to contact seller, no response. Bye Bye $30
As I say tracking is no guarantee!!
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07:40:05am
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Shipments from Canada seem to have gotten much better since the end of the strike. All that I have received have arrived in 5-7 days. I hope that this keeps up. I ordered from a Canadian seller yesterday.
This year, I've failed to receive two orders. One from Canada just prior to the strike and one domestic from Wisconsin/Minnesota. I do not blame the sellers. There are definitely problems at certain U.S. facilities. It seems that most of the mail that goes through the black hole of St. Petersburg takes 5-10 days to arrive here. However, mail coming from the east coast going through Palm Beach will come in 3 days and often hits my mailbox in less than 48 hours.
USPS needs lots of improvement that could help stop the decline. For example, there is no reason they couldn't offer local mail at a reduced rate to a P.O. box and handle it locally.
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Here is an example of how useless some suppliers and Royal Mail are
Monday 15 December 2025
09:54
Due to be delivered today by
Brechin DO
Sunday 14 December 2025
06:45
Item Received
Edinburgh MC
Saturday 13 December 2025
07:08
Item Received
Jubilee MC
Thursday 27 November 2025
13:10
Sender has despatched item
It has taken 18 days to travel 200 miles.
I could have gone there and back by canoe in that length of time.
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I have just the canoe for you!
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hahaha. Nice Ari. Get in Ian. You better start paddlin'. It's gettin' late Dawg.
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06:27:53pm
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The canoe above is not a proper canoe its a boat
This is a proper canoe:-
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Both shipments arrived today!
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Quick question regarding Hipstamp bidding:
I bid on about 8 stamps last night that ended around 9:30 PM. I put my best bid out there about 9:00 and went to bed. I woke up this morning to see that I was top bidder on two of them.
Is there any way to see what the ones went for that I did not win? I'm not seeing them anywhere. They are not under "watching". They're just gone.
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Ernie, I don't have a solution but I can share an observation. I occasionally add a lot or two from these Hipstamp mid-week auctions to my "Watch" list, and closer to closing go back and enter my bid. It seems quite predictable that anything I "watch" generates a reminder email that it is closing soon, and if I bid on the lot a message (over 90% of the time) that it got away, selling for $X amount. Once the lost closes they fall out of the Watch list and the offerings listing, so I have not seen any way to go back to the listings to see for what the lot sold.
Tom
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Hi Thomas,
I appreciate that. I do like those weekly no reserve auctions but they're not the most user friendly.
Ernie
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I you watch a Hipstamp auction, you should be able to see the final price by using the search box and find the Closed Auctions tab
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re: Hipstamp Shipping
My experience with Momen on Hipstamp has been poor. It seems to me it takes twice as long to receive stamps from them than any other US sellers on Hipstamp. My last order never arrived and I requested a refund after waiting over two months. During that two month period of time I tried several times to communicate with them, but they did not always respond to my concerns. I have doubts about whether or not the date they put on Hipstamp as the date shipped was correct.
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