I recently purchased several discus from a source in Texas and used USPS Priority Mail and now it is day 6 without receiving shipment. Not happy with the feedback I've been getting from the carrier it seems that there has been no progress since last Tuesday but all of a sudden today I had an update where it was scanned at my regional facility in Jacksonville so I guess I can expect at least another day in transit. This is not my first online delivery, probably had around a half-dozen previous with most being successful either overnight or Priority Mail. I had a hard time contacting a live person or getting any real information as to location or label information but yesterday was able to contact my local post office and got some action.
I was drawn to this forum due to questions I had related to the survivability the fish I ordered. I have done all I can to push this shipment through and of course would be quite disappointed if they're all deceased. I found that USPS only guarantees Priority Mail Express and not priority mail although the shipping 1 2 3 days is similar. I also try to file a claim due to damage but it kept coming back as an error in the system and also waited over an hour for an agent and got no response.
Perhaps I should have gone with overnight but funny that these costs vary greatly for some reason and the norm is around 30 bucks and anything over that is in my opinion is profit-taking. It is too bad that the local pet shops in my area have very little interesting selections or can be quite expensive, i e hundred and twenty-nine for a 3 to 4 inch Discus?
I was drawn to this forum due to questions I had related to the survivability the fish I ordered. I have done all I can to push this shipment through and of course would be quite disappointed if they're all deceased. I found that USPS only guarantees Priority Mail Express and not priority mail although the shipping 1 2 3 days is similar. I also try to file a claim due to damage but it kept coming back as an error in the system and also waited over an hour for an agent and got no response.
Perhaps I should have gone with overnight but funny that these costs vary greatly for some reason and the norm is around 30 bucks and anything over that is in my opinion is profit-taking. It is too bad that the local pet shops in my area have very little interesting selections or can be quite expensive, i e hundred and twenty-nine for a 3 to 4 inch Discus?