This is a fun thread.
I am waiting for a jug of Levi Rappee and a tub of Walnut pipe baccy.
:D

I am waiting for Blender's package he supposedly sent me three weeks ago of Swisher products.

The UPS man just dropped off a 2 pound tub of Stoker's plain today.
Interestingly enough here's an email I got just now, too bad it was minutes after seeing the ups guy or I'd have given him a copy.

The UPS man.. One Monday morning the UPS man is driving the
neighborhood on his usual route. As he approaches one of the
homes he noticed that both cars were still in the driveway. His
wonder was cut short by Bob, the homeowner, coming out with a load of
empty beer and liquor bottles. 'Wow Bob, looks like you guys
had one hell of a party last night,' the UPS man comments. Bob,
in obvious pain, replies 'Actually we had it Saturday night. This is the
first I have felt like moving since 4:00 am Sunday morning. We had about
fifteen couples from around the neighborhood over for some weekend fun
and it got a bit wild. We all got so drunk around midnight that we started
playing WHO AM I.' The UPS man thinks a moment and says, 'How
do you play WHO AM I?' 'Well, all the guys go in the bedroom
and we come out one at a time with a sheet covering us, with only our
'privates' showing through a hole in the sheet. Then the women try to
guess who it is.' The UPS man laughs and says, 'Sounds like
fun. I'm sorry I missed that.' 'Probably a good thing you did,'
Bob responded.. 'Your name came up seven times.......'

Even allowing for TheLong living on an Alaskan island, I still would have thought it would have arrived by now.
I don't know who is more frustrated by the irregularities of our postal system, me or my customers. I suspect it might have something to do with having a customs declaration stating that the contents are tobacco and the fact that we have to put our name and address on the front of the packet, stating that we are a tobacco company. I’m sure other companies don’t suffer such high numbers of deliveries going missing.
At least the customer benefits in the long run as we always hugely increase the repeat delivery to make up for the wait.

Well, speak of the devil. They showed up today. Woot. I'm pretty excited to give them a try.

or just deliver in person...write off the cost of the trip as a business expense

@Onefortheroad -- Damn! that's what's taking so long.... Nope mars ships usps, My mail carrier is an elderly woman, she sit in the driveway and honks if she need me to sign for something. They did open a new bingo parlor though...

Roderick,

I'd say the US Mail. A package I sent to deficiency in Indiana took about 12 days and it was sent Priority Mail and should have been there in 5 max. I sent TS a package at least 2 weeks ago regular mail that hasn't arrived yet. Lots of snow and bad weather this time of year, though. I'm sure that holds everything up.

You might have something there Poo-Diddy. Every time I ship to Chicago, Boston or New York it arrives in approximately 5 days. The only spanner in this theory is it always gets to Troutstroker really quickly and don’t you live in a remote area Troutstroker ?

I just heard something on the AM radio yesterday saying that Chicago was one of, if not, the worst cities in the US for USPS delivery times. The report went on to say that, in the past couple of years, USPS has made the most improvements here. I only have problems with delivery times when customs gets involved. Even then it's usually not too bad.

The only problem with getting a sample of taxi red is that, if you're like me, you'll really enjoy it and then not be able to order more from mars.

The us. post is pretty erratic sometimes. I was haveing tons of problems with my mail taking forever and other problems for a while I have a new guy on the route now and it seems packages get here a lot faster. Also since I've got the new post man I've not been getting mail for other people.

Yep, the mail is pretty erratic at times. In my case it's both a product of location as well as weather. Everything has to go way up here in the first place and then it has to land in Anchorage and then head to the smaller islands and other places is AK. Given the process you have multiple aircraft landings in multiple airports which frequently experience feet of snow and below 0 temps. Like I said before, my island is only accessible by air and by sea. We have no road off the island. I don't think I've gotten anything sooner than 8 days after it was sent.

Mail from the UK is always arriving fast to Sweden for me so there's no problem with that. It usually takes two days.

lofat, funny you mention SKOR bar. Thats a connection I made in my review of Toque Toffee. But the connection to me is in the scent you get in your nose as you are chewing the candy bar. I think I must have reached your subconscious mind & used power of suggestion on you! LOL