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<\/a>The part of Club Eternia that I’m least fond of is the shipping time. I live in the Midwest and nothing I order from Digital River will get here in less than a week. That said, I ordered the Weapons Rack 11 days ago. I normally don’t track shipments, but with the two week mark approaching, I figured I should look it up. <\/p>\nAs I said in the opening, I accept that my MOTUC fix is just going to take awhile to get here. In theory, UPS Ground can cover the distance from Los Angeles to Missouri in 4 days. But, for something to get here in 4 days, it would have to ship on a Monday. Even though an inordinate amount of Matty order days fall on a Monday, I’ve yet to have something ship on a Monday. So, the shipping is always over a weekend. So, it’s a six day minimum. I accept it. <\/p>\n
In February, Mattel, in order to keep their? our? costs down has switched to a different freight company. I had my first experience with them this month when we ordered the two Weapons Racks. That was 11 days ago, so I thought I’d better check in and see exactly where they were. Here’s what I found:<\/p>\n
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<\/center><\/p>\nI tried to keep it simple, but the path of the shipping makes that graphic a bit cluttered. Here’s the path it’s taken so far:<\/p>\n
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- 4\/15 12:05 pm – Order Placed<\/li>\n
- 4\/19 01:26 am – Pickup Notification Ontario, CA. Time Elapsed<\/strong>: 3 Days, 13.5 Hours<\/li>\n
- 4\/20 01:16 pm – Arrives at Facility in Sparks, NV. Time Elapsed<\/strong>: 1 Day, 12 Hours<\/li>\n
- 4\/20 18:03 pm – Package Scanned At Sparks, NV. Time Elapsed<\/strong>: 7 Hours<\/li>\n
- 4\/20 19:40 pm – Package Scanned At Sparks, NV. Time Elapsed<\/strong>: 1.5 Hours<\/li>\n
- 4\/20 22:02 pm – Package Scanned At Sparks, NV. Time Elapsed<\/strong>: 2.5 Hours<\/li>\n
- 4\/21 04:06 am – Package Scanned At Sacramento, CA. Time Elapsed<\/strong>: 6 Hours<\/li>\n
- *They’re heading back West… Sigh.*<\/strong><\/li>\n
- 4\/21 11:44 am – Package Scanned At Sparks, NV. Time Elapsed<\/strong>: 7.5 Hours<\/li>\n
- *Six Days After I ordered it, the Racks now begin their trek eastward*<\/strong><\/li>\n
- 4\/21 16:41 pm – Package Scanned At Carlin, NV. Time Elapsed<\/strong>: 5 Hours<\/li>\n
- 4\/22 01:18 am – Package Scanned At Salt Lake City, UT. Time Elapsed<\/strong>: 8.5 Hours<\/li>\n
- 4\/22 10:30 am – Package Scanned At Henderson, CO. Time Elapsed<\/strong>: 9 Hours<\/li>\n
- 4\/23 05:25 am – Package Scanned At Edwardsville, KS. Time Elapsed<\/strong>: 19 Hours<\/li>\n
- 4\/25 07:00 am – Package Transferred to USPS at Kansas City, KS. Time Elapsed<\/strong>: 2 Days, 1.5 Hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Today is Day 11. While the length of time itself is irritating, the path makes you want to pull your hair out. Despite it being ordered on a Friday, it doesn’t reach the shipping company until the following Wednesday. And on Wednesday? It leaves Nevada to go back to California and then returns back to Nevada on Thursday morning. After that, the path is to be expected. It drags its way across the the country, spending a few hours in each state. Presumably, the Weapons Racks are in a post office somewhere in Kansas City. That means they’re still at least two, maybe three more USPS sorting facilities before they show up here. <\/p>\n
The real question for me is “why make this change?” Is it keeping shipping costs down for us? We only ordered 2 Weapons Racks and that cost $10.55. Are we too assume that shipping the Racks UPS would have cost more? We paid $11.75 to ship 4 Guards 2pk in January, $16.60 to ship 12 figures in February, $13.45 for 8 figures in March, and $16.60 for 4 figures and 4 cats this month. I don’t know how much those weapons racks are going to weigh, but they better be really heavy…<\/p>\n
Anyway, what Mattycollector shipping horror stories do you have? Does everything come to your house lickety-split? Have you seen longer than expected shipping times with thew new frient companies? Leave a comment below and let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- 4\/20 01:16 pm – Arrives at Facility in Sparks, NV. Time Elapsed<\/strong>: 1 Day, 12 Hours<\/li>\n