USPS records delivery delays

@noromance I usually just ask the seller prior to paying if it is something I want quickly. In my experience, sellers are generally accommodating.

Sellers can be strange: there was a $300 re
cord I wanted, but told the seller I was interested if he could send it expedited (within 5 or 10 days) max, and asked him to give me an all in quote. The record is still for sale, he never got back to me. Next.
But still: it is worth asking. You know a record from Western EU to USA is going to cost 24 dollars + for fast shipping. That may deter you from buying a cheap copy that is less or equivalent to shipping price, but for high value records, it is the cost of doing business. I did this before Covid kicked in unless I wanted to wait. And now, it's wait and wait and wait. 

Everything coming USPS 1st class or otherwise takes longer the past few months. Even Amazon packages coming 90 miles from Richmond take a week and if you track the packages, they go on some bizarre tour of post offices they shouldn't be anywhere near... Fed Ex from MOFI took 2 weeks and basically sat for 3 days at every Fed Ex warehouse it could... meanwhile I can get DHL to bring me a box from Tokyo to Va Beach in 4 days on average... 

Ask your local USPS worker if they believe the mail has been worse since Louis Dejoy took over.  I've asked several in different states.

@emaillists They definitely are according to Rueters. I see the FBI are investigating him for campaign-related fraud. And he's sent over $236m to his former company. Wasn't there a rumor that he was hired by the former president to suppress voting?