(08-30-2012, 02:27 PM)bgt masters of tikid Wrote: No one is hijacking my thread, it was made for anyone to post on. I disagree with a few things. Waiting two weeks?? Packages rarely take that long to show up unless you are sending outside the USA or you're sending first for some reason. Rarely as in I have had it happen once I believe in 15 years and we're talking ten's of thousands of packages sent.
In my experience if you're sending in a bubble mailer it will get there 3-5 business days. I think you should be able to ship within 2-3 days of your agreement, any later than that and you should be contacting the trader ahead of time. You should only have to contact a mod if you feel you are at risk of getting ripped off. Sure I could have easily messaged the trader like I have done to many others but the response would be either none at all, oops my bad, or some lame excuse. I agree you should always use DC. Of course it started getting pricey for me so I stopped doing low end trading years ago.
I could only imagine how some people would deal with how the boards used to be. No PM system, no trade system, alls you had was your word and reputation. How times have changed.
Some post offices will allow you to send cards as media mail, which I have seen take several weeks to cross the country. I have also had a cards sent to my correct address in Michigan be postmarked as undeliverable in 3 cities in New York before they woke up and delivered it to me 2 weeks after the first delivery attempt in New York.
Sometimes things happen, not often, but there may some oddball reason for a delay that seems impossible.
Nathan