Personally, I like it when I get stuff UPS, because the Post Office here in Bloomington and on campus is slower than hell, and regular mail and USPS Priority Mail doesn't come to five in the afternoon!

Another thing I've learned is that for reasons totally beyond my comprehension, the package doesn't actually sit for three days before being sent out for delivery ... "arrival" at the terminal end is for some crazy reason or another, entered in ANTICIPATION of the package arriving ... but it is physically scanned upon actual arrival ...

I had some perfectly HORRID arguments with UPS over that until I learned what they were doing and just gave up complaining ...

I've ALWAYS felt that whatever their flaws, UPS was superior to the post office, but given the changes that have come about at both institutions in recent years, I'm starting to re-think my position ...

knof7393, if I might make a direct reply to your original question, yes, I have a similar experience with UPS on a regular basis. Cbid ships to me on Thursday night from Pennsylvania at about 6:00PM. The tracking info shows that the package arrives in Chicago late Friday night or Saturday morning.

For some reason the package always goes to the Jefferson terminal. I don't know exactly where Jefferson is but I'm only 15 miles from the center of the city so it can't be too far. It's not until Monday evening that the package is transferred to Northbrook , a near North suburban hub. Then it's delivered to me on Tuesday.

Now the curious thing is that I had a package shipped from Albany, New York which was sent directly to Northbrook so the whole trip was only two days with two fewer handling scans. It takes longer to ship from Chicago to a Chicago suburb than from Albany to the same suburb.

I don't have a problem with them.CBID ships on thursday I get them friday,regular priorty mail I get them on monday or tuesday.