Here are the shipping deadlines for the 24th:
Standard Post Service: Dec 15
First-Class Mail: Dec 19
Priority Mail Service: Dec 21
Priority Mail Express Service: Dec 23
PSA: If it doesn't arrive by 12/24 and it was supposed to ship before 12/21 your vendor is fucking up.
Here are the shipping deadlines for the 24th:
Standard Post Service: Dec 15
First-Class Mail: Dec 19
Priority Mail Service: Dec 21
Priority Mail Express Service: Dec 23
[4 Points] lindenbrock:
[4 Points] markmurph15:
PSA to all vendors: We're a bunch of fiends please get our packs out ;)
[3 Points] SorryToBreakItToU:
OP you idiot, you don't even understand how the postal system works.
[2 Points] lobali-is-kimble:
Better title: I want my drugs and until I receive them, I will show everyone how I would rather have them via a misleading thread. Vendors are my enemy, and liars, up until I get my pack and then they should forget anything else I said.
[1 Points] dandydaniels:
So they stopped the priority envelopes on the fuckin 21st? Holy shit the time I have wasted the last 2 days watching the mailman like a hawk.
[1 Points] g0ne2:
FALSE
Former Vendor speaking, current clearnet business operator: The postal system is broken every year from after Halloween until (roughly) Chinese New Year. With Mid-End December being the absolute worst.
Last year, Multiple of my priority packages took over one week.
[1 Points] turny122:
Yeah sometimes vendor mark it but ship later. I thought it was holidays but he actually shipped two days after he marked it.
Whats that? Im not 100% certain, but it looks like... it is! Fine print!
"Send your precious packages by these dates for expected delivery by December 24th
Expected delivery dates depend on origin, destination, Post Office™ acceptance time and other conditions. Priority Mail Express® Money-Back Guarantee is adjusted for shipments mailed December 22nd–25th."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/expected "To look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of:" Wow, thats almost like its not guaranteed. There could be any number of problems that happen while your package is in transit. Half the postal workers in one of the package's stops could of gotten sick, the PO might of been attacked/robbed and is now being investigated, or someone decided to "accidentally" open your package and then report it to a superior. They could tell the police, who decide to let the package go, then conveniently roll up to your house/drop as you receive the package. Who knows?
Vendors shouldnt promise delivery by xmas though, that just causes issues when someone gets mad that it arrived the day after because their local post office had issues out of the vendor's control.