Ken Dryden Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 I've done business with Dusty Groove off and on over the years, but Chicago and/or the USPS must have mucked things up. My order shipped June 10 and it didn't make it out of the Chicago area until arriving in Nashville 20 days later. Maybe it was lost in a back corner of a distribution center... Maybe it is too dangerous to venture out in a mail truck in Chicago these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebopbob Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 I have had some slow (4+week) post order deliveries from DG, but the latecomers ultimately arrive -They always respond to email inquiries about delayed orders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 A recent bad experience in another retail area has put me off mail order of any sort. Remember when CD mail order was viewed as the enemy of the physical store? Mail order is still the enemy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 I've had that experience recently with Groove orders as well. It's not the store's fault, but Chicago's post office. A friend from my time at UC still in Chicago has told me it's very common, especially now, for delayed mail from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 No question, delays getting thru Chicago pre-date anything the pandemic may have caused. In fact, the impetus for me to post the "USPS SUCKS" thread was a DG order that spent 11 days at the distribution center in Chicago - and it was Priority, not Media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 No problems here, yet (fingers crossed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted July 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 It arrived today, but it is the Chicago USPS to blame for the slowness, not Dusty Groove. Next time I'll splurge for UPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) This is all interesting. Squidco ships using media mail, & my orders from North Carolina to New Mexico usually take 2 -3 days. I'm not complaining, but wonder how that works. They also always provide tracking numbers. Edited July 2, 2020 by jlhoots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, jlhoots said: This is all interesting. Squidco ships using media mail, & my orders from North Carolina to New Mexico usually take 2 -3 days. I'm not complaining, but wonder how that works. They also always provide tracking numbers. My pandemic orders from Squidco (media mail as noted) have taken weeks to go from NC to upstate NY. Seemingly because they get routed through the infamous Jersey City hub. Maybe it boils down to the configuration of the hub network and possible weak links therein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 Re. transatlantic shipping that became a dead loss a long time ago for reasons of cost, let alone customs delays. I just priced up a couple of CD sets on Bandcamp. $75 for 7 CDs would be a great price. But add $25+ shipping, and tax, duty and processing charges on top of that, and you are a bit over double that. Add the month or more wait and...and nothing. In what world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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