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KB4ARF
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"fool me once, shame on you ... fool me twice, shame on me" ... I have used USPS Priority Mail a lot, buying several items from QTH.com ... Priority Mail claims delivery in 1-3 days (best I ever got was 4 days), but in the past year it has been 7, 8, 9 or more days.  I currently am waiting on a Priority Mail delivery that was shipped from PortableZero.com, in Minnesota, on April 3, 2025 ... the folks at PortableZero asked about it, and were told it was in a shipping container still in Minnestota, and that it will be delivered late ... (roger that, Mr. Obvious) ... I read an article explaining that starting on April 1st, 2025, the USPS is undergoing major delivery changes, as well as several thousand Postal workers taking advantage of DOGE early retirement offer, and that mail service will be getting slower (10-4 on that), and another round of changes is scheduled for June 1st, 2025 ... I am currently done with using Priority Mail as it is very expensive and is Low priority at best ... so FYI, Priority Mail is a bad choice given other choices of delivery services such as UPS or DHL.


   
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KQ4ZIM
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Pirateship.com is my go to for buying postage.  Stay away from surepost.  anything handed from UPS to USPS is lost in the shuffle.


   
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KB4ARF
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@kq4zim the driving reason for me to use Priority Mail is that I pay for the Money Order with cash, and the PM envelope to mail with in cash ... as the push for cashless society grows nearer, I will investigate this pirating shipping vessel  RRRrrrrrr


   
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KQ4ZIM
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@barf 

That is respectablel.  my will to resist digital currency is not as great as yours, but it goes without saying (I hope) that there are certain items that are indeed cash only.

I know exactly where you are coming from though.  I logged into walmart and looked at my purchase history just to look up a previous online order.  I was a bit surprized to see all the beer I had bought at the community walmart show up in my history.  they - and I am not saying who they are- are definately doing everything they can to track and gather data on us.

 

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KB4ARF
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@kq4zim  ... indeed, "they" are some evil belly crawlin' scallywags  Yarrr!


   
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