Ya Gotta Love the Post Office: Ya Gotta Love the Post Office for they work in mysterious ways. I bought an item on eBay. Tracking says it will arrive tomorrow by 8 pm. It shipped on...

BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

Ya Gotta Love the Post Office for they work in mysterious ways.
I bought an item on eBay. Tracking says it will arrive tomorrow by 8 pm.
It shipped on the 7th from Spokane, WA. I wonder when it will arrive.
Bear in mind that I live 4 miles south of LAX.
The USPS Regional Facility, Los Angeles, CA is 14 miles from me.
Here is its path so far:
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Tracking History
April 7, 2020, 12:37 pm
USPS in possession of item
SPOKANE, WA 99224
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April 7, 2020, 5:13 pm
Departed Post Office
SPOKANE, WA 99224
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April 7, 2020, 6:29 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
SPOKANE WA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
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April 8, 2020, 4:16 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
SPOKANE WA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
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April 9, 2020, 4:54 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
SANTA CLARITA CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
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April 9, 2020, 8:55 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
LOS ANGELES CA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
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April 9, 2020, 12:24 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
WASHINGTON DC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
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April 9, 2020, 8:51 pm
Departed USPS Regional Facility
WASHINGTON DC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Your item departed our USPS facility in WASHINGTON DC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER on April 9, 2020 at 8:51 pm.
The item is currently in transit to the destination.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Obviously the Washington DC entries are errors since it's impossible for mail to go from the West coast to the east coast in such a short time. Let us know when the package is delivered.

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

16-19 hours is plenty of time.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

LWW wrote:

16-19 hours is plenty of time.

I'm not sure what time frame you are referring to but the time between the item being reported in California and then in Washington DC was around 3 and a half hours; 8:55 am to 12:24 pm on the same day.

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

rmorrison1116 wrote:

I'm not sure what time frame you are referring to but the time between the item being reported in California and then in Washington DC was around 3 and a half hours; 8:55 am to 12:24 pm on the same day.

Doing math at 4:39 AM.

I stand corrected.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Neither rain, sleet, hail, nor snow.. add SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia can stop the US Mail.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

LWW wrote:

16-19 hours is plenty of time.

I get about 3 hours, 20 minutes.
(Then what about the time zone change...)

April 9, 2020, 8:55 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
LOS ANGELES CA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER
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April 9, 2020, 12:24 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
WASHINGTON DC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

MrBossHK Loc: The West Valley of Phoenix metro area

rmorrison1116 wrote:

I'm not sure what time frame you are referring to but the time between the item being reported in California and then in Washington DC was around 3 and a half hours; 8:55 am to 12:24 pm on the same day.

You neglected to account for the fact that 0855 am in Los Angeles is the same as 1155 am in Washington, DC. So that would make the time of travel for the mail piece to be roughly 29 minutes. Maybe USPS has brought the Space Shuttles out of mothballs?

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

MrBossHK wrote:

You neglected to account for the fact that 0855 am in Los Angeles is the same as 1155 am in Washington, DC. So that would make the time of travel for the mail piece to be roughly 29 minutes. Maybe USPS has brought the Space Shuttles out of mothballs?

Good point. I was originally thinking that maybe the USPS was using a SR71C, the little talked about cargo version of the world's fastest series of aircraft.

MrBossHK Loc: The West Valley of Phoenix metro area

rmorrison1116 wrote:

Good point. I was originally thinking that maybe the USPS was using a SR71C, the little talked about cargo version of the world's fastest series of aircraft.

In my opinion, the SR71C would out perform the Shuttle. The Habu is an awesome machine.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

MrBossHK wrote:

In my opinion, the SR71C would out perform the Shuttle. The Habu is an awesome machine.

Haha.
The shuttle is basically a flying brick.

MrBossHK Loc: The West Valley of Phoenix metro area

Longshadow wrote:

Haha.
The shuttle is basically a flying brick.

But possibly the fastest flying brick ever made?

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

MrBossHK wrote:

But possibly the fastest flying brick ever made?

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

We have a great mail person here. Accept I get mail thats for two doors up.

DAN Phillips Loc: Graysville, GA

I would love to see Fed-Ex, UPS or DSL shut down the USPS for good. I am not a friend of USPS!