How long does it take for first class to arrive at your house?

[Brian_Clouser]

Just curious I wish it was faster ., I can't see paying for priority which is about the same cost as a triton tank.

My last order was placed on a Sunday and shipped the next day Monday. It arrived at my house 7 days later on Monday.

I live in a suburb of Chicago.




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[spaceballsrules]

I live in NC, and it always takes 3 business days once I get a shipping notification. It usually takes Halo 1 day to get it shipped.

 

[petermatra]

They are on top of their shipping priority should be fast. I get mine in 2-3 days. Packages are sometimes slow in that USPS hub.

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[wheezal]

from Halo? if i order on Monday afternoon, i'll get the mail by Friday. Last week, with the holiday, it took a couple of days longer.

USPS's tracking website is terribad tho.

 

[Supergrover]

3 days for me, which I find funny because I live 15 minutes from there facility in NJ.
I need to stop at the tobacco depot one day soon to check there prices.

 

[boxcarmike]

First class mail from Halo to Las Vegas takes 3 business days
Priority mail from Halo to Las Vegas takes 3 business days
Everything always goes by air from Halo to Las Vegas so I only get priority when it's free from Halo.
Tracking is not as reliable as the delivery, but, hey in my case USPS is fastest unless you use UPS or FedEx overnight service

 

[SnowDog]

Just curious I wish it was faster ., I can't see paying for priority which is about the same cost as a triton tank.

My last order was placed on a Sunday and shipped the next day Monday. It arrived at my house 7 days later on Monday.

I live in a suburb of Chicago.




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I live a little farther downstate in Springfield. I chose First Class mail the first time I ordered from Halo and my experience was exactly the same. Shipped Monday, arrived the following Monday.

The tracking drove me crazy. Had me all stressed out. I checked my mailbox everyday for three days because the tracking implied that I should be getting it. That's the part that drove me crazy. Misleading tracking information. The scheduled delivery date kept getting moved up a day. If it would have said Monday in the first place I wouldn't have even worried about it because I wouldn't have expected it sooner.

I choose Priority Mail with each order now and I get my packages 2-3 days after they ship. 2 days in most cases. Definitely worth the extra few dollars for me.

 

[JohnnyDill]

3 business days every time I have ordered from Halo.

 

[Seapup]

2 days 1st Class or Priority for me. But I'm not very far from Halo Central.

 

[DaveOno]

Class has yet to arrive at my house.

As Tom Petty says, "The Waiting is the hardest part..."

(Don't forget Monday was a postal holiday)

Amazing the commonality from peeps on this thread. I'll bet the majority started on Blu, but upgraded within 2 weeks. And we all have the patience of a dog near dinnertime (DINNER!!!!) when it comes to our vapemail.

This was posted in some other thread, but it is apropos to the discussion...

Vapin' Mailman Blues

 

[SnowDog]

Looks like I'm having Crow for supper.

I had an item (not vaping related) that shipped First Class on Tuesday. The tracking indicated that I would get it tomorrow (Friday). I thought "yeah right, I'll be lucky to get it by Monday". This time the tracking updated in my favor. It changed to today and it was in my mailbox when I got home.

So for whatever it's worth, I have to give USPS credit for their great service on this one.

 

[Brian_Clouser]

I live a little farther downstate in Springfield. I chose First Class mail the first time I ordered from Halo and my experience was exactly the same. Shipped Monday, arrived the following Monday.

The tracking drove me crazy. Had me all stressed out. I checked my mailbox everyday for three days because the tracking implied that I should be getting it. That's the part that drove me crazy. Misleading tracking information. The scheduled delivery date kept getting moved up a day. If it would have said Monday in the first place I wouldn't have even worried about it because I wouldn't have expected it sooner.

I choose Priority Mail with each order now and I get my packages 2-3 days after they ship. 2 days in most cases. Definitely worth the extra few dollars for me.

Yeah the tracking from halo first class sucks . It will update after the package is delivered. I know it's usps fault.



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[James C]

Something I think you should know, priority and first class ship in the same fashion. One doesn't move faster than the other. It all gets handled the same in the post office. How do I know this you ask? I know someone who actually works in the post office. Not the local post office or the mailman, but someone who works in the actually facility where they sort out the mail. Save some money guys! Lol

 

[James C]

This should be obvious, but just to be clear, I'm talking about general priority and first class. Not priority one or two day, which is usually pretty expensive. That will move faster, cause you pay for it to.

 

[BigBen2k]

Agreed. The cheapest option, for me, is one day quicker than the next one up.

 

[SnowDog]

Something I think you should know, priority and first class ship in the same fashion. One doesn't move faster than the other. It all gets handled the same in the post office. How do I know this you ask? I know someone who actually works in the post office. Not the local post office or the mailman, but someone who works in the actually facility where they sort out the mail. Save some money guys! Lol

This should be obvious, but just to be clear, I'm talking about general priority and first class. Not priority one or two day, which is usually pretty expensive. That will move faster, cause you pay for it to.

When I choose Priority Mail it sometimes states 2 Day on the vendor's website. Sometimes it simply states Priority Mail. It depends on which vendor I'm purchasing from. I have never seen a website that offers lower priced Priority Mail. The cheapest option below that is always First Class Mail.

I have in fact purchased from a few vendors (some vaping related, some not) who's packages arrive at the same time intervals regardless of which option I choose but in most cases when I choose Priority Mail I do get my packages sooner than if I had chosen First Class Mail. In my case, Halo is a perfect example.

I didn't know there was a cheaper Priority Mail option but it sounds like even if it were offered, it would take just as long as First Class.

Please tell me how I can save money and still get my packages faster than First Class Mail.

 

[James C]

Well snowdog, you're asking for something that doesn't exist. If you can't wait the standard shipping times of first class or standard priority, then you'll have to pay for expedited delivery. Sorry, I know of no such loopholes or think they even exist.

 

[AngiBe]

Halo usually gets to me (live in a northern suburb of Indy) 3-4 business days. Quick, easy, painless and the tracker is usually worthless unless its finally updated by USPS and I see that the package is in the Indianapolis sorting facility.

And thx for the info James C! I also found out, the hard way, when I shipped some juices in a swap thru USPS, they asked if I wanted to pay extra for a tracking number, which I did several times. Then a person I had swapped with told me that there's a glitch in USPS' system (go figure) and the tracking number is actually on the receipt but they don't tell you this.

The next swap I mailed, I checked out the receipt without paying extra and sure enough, there it was.. Lesson learned

 

[SnowDog]

Well snowdog, you're asking for something that doesn't exist. If you can't wait the standard shipping times of first class or standard priority, then you'll have to pay for expedited delivery. Sorry, I know of no such loopholes or think they even exist.

The point I was trying to make is that in your previous posts you suggest that buyers use First Class instead of this "standard priority" option in order to save some money. You imply that buyers are wasting their money paying for the higher priced "standard priority" because the shipping times for that option are the same as First Class.

What I'm getting at is that "standard priority" is not offered on the websites that I purchase from. It's either First Class or the slightly more expensive Priority Mail which does in fact, arrive sooner than First Class in most cases.

"standard priority" might be an option if you take a package to the Post Office and ship it but I've never seen it offered on websites when making purchases.

When making online purchases we are not wasting money paying for "standard priority" because it isn't offered in the first place.

 

[DocTonyNYC]

I have had ongoing battles with the USPS in Puerto Rico (which, for those who don't know, is part of the U.S. and uses the USPS) for the last few months. The so-called "2-3 Priority" inevitably takes 4-5 days. This wouldn't even bother me so much except that on the tracking information, the "scheduled date" (which is NOT guaranteed) is always the 3rd day after a package was sent. USPS will then change the scheduled date on the tracking information to make it appear that they are delivering things in a timely manner. To make matters even more irritating, First Class to Puerto Rico takes exactly the same amount of time as Priority--an expensive lesson I've learned in an effort to get my packages a little faster. I recently wrote to USPS and told them that even offering 2-3 Day Priority to Puerto Rico is ethically suspect if they don't even make any attempt to get Priority packages to people faster. (Okay, I'm done venting. . . I needed that!)

Needless to say, I'm no longer upgrading to Priority Shipping.

Added later: It occurred to me that I didn't say anything about the fact that I know Priority is a bit faster--not necessarily a lot faster, though--at least in the contiguous 48. I suspect Hawaii, Alaska, and the other U.S. protectorates also have problems.