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My Magic Bands traveled 1200 miles in 2 days, it's now going to take 4 days to go 120 miles?
Just because I had nothing better to do, I just looked up the tracking number Disney gave me for my Magic Bands. According to the USPS, my bands are in Springfield MA - about 120 miles/2 hours away. My estimated delivery date? Friday the 18th. They left Memphis Tennessee (why did the come from there?) on the 10th at approx. 4:30 pm and arrived in Springfield yesterday on the 12th at approximately 5:30 pm - so roughly a total of 49 hours for 1200 miles. Why is it going to take another 132 hours to get from Springfield to my mail box?? The box supposedly departed Springfield at 4:30 this morning and I don't get my mail until almost 5 at night - that's how I got 132 hours. And some people wonder why others don't like the USPS. If I'm lucky I might actually get my package before we leave - especially considering somewhere I read my bands were shipped parcel post and I really think the local post office holds onto those and then forgets about them until I show up telling them I was expecting a package - then I usually get it the next day (long story short, Lenny's sister use to send us packages Parcel Post and I never got them until the day after I showed up at the post office wanting to know where it was - and usually Patricia would send me an email or call us 2 weeks or so AFTER she sent the package wanting to know what Abby thought of or whatever it was she sent. She has since stopped using Parcel Post and whatever she sends, Abby now gets in 2 or 3 days).
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That should be an ESTIMATED delivery date....hopefully you will get them in a day or two.
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I know it' an estimated delivery, but what I don't get is why it's such a long estimate. Especially taking into account how far it's travelled and how close it is already.
I think they estimate it before it goes anywhere to begin with and never bother to revise the estimate as the item travels. And they over-estimate so that they get it delivered on time or early....makes them look good when they can say - Oh, we deliver early 75% of the time.
Hope you get them soon, that will make your trip so much more real!! Have a wonderful time!
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Jennifer / Eeyore is my favorite!! OMG - He's sooooo grown up!!!! And an EAGLE SCOUT!! I can still remember my cute little Tiger Cub! 2016 Reading Goal - 75 books
Sadly, sometimes the est. time is a lot more accurate than I'd like where we live.
On stuff that we order which is shipped UPS and then transferred to the post office (never have figured out how all that additional handling is cheaper than sending it UPS to our door!), it arrives at a UPS distribution center about 35 miles from us. Takes a day to get from that center to our PO. Then, it often takes a full day for them to sort it to our mail carrier who likely won't bring it to us until the next day.
Three days after it arrives in the city area is when we'll likely get it. Crazy!
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I am surprised they were shipped Parcel Post since ours were sent Priority Mail. I never tracked the package, so I didn't notice where it was shipped from or what the return address was on the box. And I do not understand how ours came so quickly and yours are so delayed. I sincerely hope you have a good experience using them. We've had no complaints using ours on our previous 2 trips, but I am apprehensive about how they will work for our large group of 14.
Darlene, my bands came today and I got my notice of shipment the day after you. I noticed the bands come from TN and I was given a estimated date of the 19th. I live in NC and that sounded ridiculous. They must buffer the date for unexpected delays. I hope you see your bands within the next couple of days.
FedEx is based in Memphis, where Darlene's came from, but I also believe that I recall that a Disney warehouse is somewhere in Memphis as well. It's not something I hear about often, but think I read about it in the paper when some new warehouses were being occupied.
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Jennifer / Eeyore is my favorite!! OMG - He's sooooo grown up!!!! And an EAGLE SCOUT!! I can still remember my cute little Tiger Cub! 2016 Reading Goal - 75 books
It's all about where the transportation hubs are. Lots of warehouses are near Memphis, which has cheap non-union labor and an airport fitted to take big cargo planes. The delivery dates are estimates; items that I order online and track usually come on or before the designated day. Part of it will depend upon who the carriers are. If they are transferring things to the PO for final delivery, then it might take an extra day on your route if your carrier only delivers packages on certain days.
They did not use parcel post for our bands; I can't remember if they came UPS or Priority Mail, but it definitely wasn't parcel post. Our MBs arrived much quicker than I thought they would, so hopefully yours will be there soon.
Regarding the bands shipping from TN, it's common for items to be shipped from a distribution center that is nowhere near the actually company initiating the shipment. I work for a company headquartered in Columbus OH, and we ship from a 3rd party warehouse is Statesville NC.
Does anyone know if the magic bands would ship in two different boxes? I got a tracking number also shipping from TN but when I checked on my magic bands in mydisneyexperience it showed three out of our 4 in my account (?)
We figured it out, My husbands showed up on his account..
We had 2 different reservation numbers with 7 guests listed on each. Our MBs arrived in 2 packages, one to my home and one to my daughter's home. Inside the packages were 2 MB boxes, 5 in one and 2 in the other one. Not sure if this answers your question.
We had 2 different reservation numbers with 7 guests listed on each. Our MBs arrived in 2 packages, one to my home and one to my daughter's home. Inside the packages were 2 MB boxes, 5 in one and 2 in the other one. Not sure if this answers your question.
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