I recently bought an item on eBay and the guy lives in Kansas and I live in New York City.So how does the mail go from point a to point b?
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Mostly by air mail, and then through the carriers of course. If you have a tracking number on an insured item, any Post Office can track the package on their computer.
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Once you get to the site it will have, on the left hand upper corner, a box that has home, messages,post, link, etc. Click on messages.  If you live in a small town try the largest city near you there will be a larger selection. On my yahoo mail I get an e-mail when some one post something also. You need to check the box that says you want it to go to your e-mail located at the bottom of the page on the site.
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Use US Postal Service.  It should be the same as shipping to someone in the US.
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Usually when you purchase something on-line, you have to areas to fill out at the check out. One is the billing address and the other is the shipping address. Some sites even ask if the item purchased is a gift when the shipping address is different than the billing address.
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If you deliver them to your post office EARLY the day before, then there is a fair chance it would get delivered on the desired day.\n\nOften there is a time cut-off for delivery (especially if you are using a mailbox drop, read the pickup times sticker).  In small towns you may want to add a day or two because in some cases the mail goes to another city to be sorted and returned, so if your letter gets to the other town after their next-day cut-off there will be a delay.\n\nOur sorting system may get bad press, but I read a while back about how Italians had better luck if they mailed their letters first to Switzerland because of the demands by participation in the international postal organization they belonged to.  One member of the Italian parliment asked if the head of the Italian post office could promise "same month delivery".  He couldn't.\n\nGood luck.
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well it depends.. if you go with standard mail, then up to like two weeks... but if you pay extra for shpping and handling, then it can come in like three days..
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You can mail at the post office, the UPS store, or FedEx Kinkos, depending how you want to send it. Most likely you'll want to use the post office, though.\n\nThe post office offers flat rate boxes and shipping envelopes. They're great for things that are relatively small but heavy. If you want to, and your item will fit in one, you can use those and not worry about having to calculate the shipping cost. You can get those at the post office.\n\nIf it won't fit in a flat rate box, or if you don't want to use the flat rate boxes, you need to know weight (with all the packaging), the zip code it's being sent from, and the zip code it's going to to calculate the shipping (you can look up the shipping online at http://www.usps.gov ).\n\nIf you don't have a shipping scale (and I assume you don't), you can take it to the post office. If you're ready to ship, just take it up to the window and they'll weigh it, figure the postage, and put the postage on for you. If you just want to weigh it, my post office has a scale out in the public area for people to use. I assume that's typical. They also have an automated, self-service shipping machine that does all this, too.\n\nDue to increased security, anything over a certain weight or size now has to be handed directly to a postal employee. It can't be dropped in a mailbox. The website should have details on this. (edit: OK, I looked it up: "Stamped packages should weigh less than one pound. Packages with postage printed using Click-N-Ship or another PC Postage provider may weigh more than one pound, but must fit in the collection box").
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call the post office.
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They will not mail you anything.\n\nThey need your address to verify that you are legit, also most sellers won't ship to an unconfirmed address.\n\nOnly Ebay and anyone you buy from will see your address.\n\nYou can use a P.O. Box.\n\nIf you use a fake address, then the items you buy will not get to you.\n\nYou can look all you want on Ebay without registering, just can't buy or sell.
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First, you should still have the seller's email address. You can get it by clicking on the link of what you bought in your My Summary. E-mail the seller and tell them you expect an answer ASAP.\nIf they do not email you in a day or two, contact Ebay and File an Item Not Received Claim.\nShould you fail to get the item, the only recourse you would have is to file in small claims court. You must have the seller's address as you mailed them the money order.\nHope this helps!!!
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Some mail, especially catalogs are adressed to the former resident's name OR current resident. There's not much you can do about current resident mail except thow it away.\n\nIf it is not marked current resident, it's a good idea to give your carrier a list of who lives at your residence so that the other mail can be returned or sent to the recycling center. It wouldn't hurt to call 1-800-ASK-USPS in addition so that the delivery supervisor is notified by email of your complaint. \n\nYou'd be surprised by the number of people who move and never notify the post office.  On apartment routes especially, it can be very difficult for a carrier to know who lives there and who has moved out.  I once served such a route where I had 740 deliveries and over 2000 forward orders from former residents.  It was hard to remember who lived there and who had moved, so the basic rule was, "when in doubt, take it out".
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Went to USPS website to see but it doesn't specify.  However I sell things on eBay and find that it can take anywhere between 2-9 days depending on distance.  What you should do is contact the company or check their website & see if you can find what day the DVDs were shipped.
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It could be that fewer cities are sorting mail and have to travel further to a hub.  My intown mail goes to the next city (35 miles away) and then comes back to be delivered.  My hometown used to have a sorting station and now sends it 45 miles away.  It also could be that less people are using the post office, so the post office is hiring less carriers to compensate.
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You need to get a a copy of the police report, or a copy of the complaint filed against you. \n\nIt is possible that the one committing the fraud is the person in Atlanta. If you indeed sent him the item he purchased, he may only now be saying that he received an empty envelope. In fact, he may be lying to you when he said that he filed a police report, in the hopes that you will believe him and return the money to him to avoid any problems.\n\nSo, write to this person and ask him for a copy of the police report and the complaint. Next, confirm with the police department that there is a charge of larceny and mail fraud against you.\n\nIf there is, you need to write to the police department and say that there is a big misunderstanding, that the item was lost in the mail, but that you will return the money to the buyer.\n\nThe other question is how much is the item worth? If there is indeed a charge filed against you, then yes, if you ever travel to the USA you could be arrested and incarcerated, until you appear in court for trial. If the amount isn't that great, offer to the person in Atlanta that you will return the money, after he drops the charges against you. It is a question of how much you value your peace of mind.
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Actually, in the local post office nothing moves, but in the main post office hubs that sort the mail and send it out to the local post offices continues to sent out mail on Sundays.  The drivers that deliver the mail from the main hubs to the local post offices still have to pick up and deliver.
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Depends on how far it has to travel before it gets processed.  The postmark is put on at the receiving post office -- i.e., if I mail something from Fort Lauderdale, the postmark is going to say "Fort Lauderdale."  Then it may take a day or two to get to, say, Albuquerque.
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They'll mail it to your apartment. A lot of apartments will accept "oversized" mail for you. You can always check with them.