The reason I ask is I have a shipment(first class international letter) with about $200 of a schedule II substance which has made the following movements.
- Shipped out of Canada last Tuesday.
- Arrived at an USPS international shipping center/sorting facility on Wednesday night.
- Arrived at what looks like a USPS post office/shipping hub located at/right next to an international airport Thursday evening
- Departed from that same USPS air post office around 11PM on Thursday.
There have been no updates since Thursday night. Honestly I expected it to be delivered Friday or Saturday, the airport it departed from is only about an hour and a half flight away from me (500 miles or so). There is no estimated delivery date on the USPS website but the vendor quoted 2-4 days shipping (making the expected delivery yesterday I think if you factor in Veteran's day). Looking at the tracking info on Canada Post's website, the estimated delivery is 11/19 though so maybe I'm over thinking this.
Should I be worried there were no tracking updates Friday or Saturday? Does that fact that it "departed" the international shipping center mean it cleared customs? I am starting to get worried at this point mostly because I feel is what the tracking info would look like had it gotten seized.
I feel like it is possible I am making a mountain out of a molehill at the same time though. I know USPS int'l shipping and even mail tracking is notoriously unreliable and shitty, this international shipping center particularly so. I've found some posts of people having their (legitimate) packages stuck in it for 7-10 days or tracking info not being updated until the package is delivered. I was just hoping to get some advice about this from someone more traveled than myself in these matters. Should I lock shit down, clean my house, etc. just in case or am I over thinking this?
If the package were intercepted would I get a love letter and maybe a visit from a postal inspector or would $200 possible enough to warrant more?
What did you order if you feel comfortable saying it here? Recently read a post where the guy actually predicted both of the CD's that happened to him by looking and questioning his shipping just like this. One of his orders being international and having delayed shipping update just like this. Again you never know. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.