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DeWayne Edgin:
I was informed from another breeder that you can ship birds on a Saturday! I didn`t know that and i thought the USPS just froze on the weekends. Well i was wrong. I toke a box of eggs to my local PO last Saturday and the lady asked me if i wanted it shipped express 2 day for $40. I said no they are just eggs. So i did the regular $12 and change. Well the eggs arrived to the Carolinas from Pa on that Monday! So it only toke 2 days anyway. But i asked the lady if packages stayed in transit on Sundays and she said yes.So i asked if dirds would be ok to ship on Saturdays and she said it was better to send them then. Well since my eggs went through so fast and i saved a great deal of money, im going to try to use Saturdays to ship. Some people probably already knew this but i thought this may be helpful to the ones that didn`t know. Like me. Lol

Susan Mouw:
That's good to know, DeWayne.  I always thought it was best to ship on Tuesday, so they wouldn't be sitting over a weekend in a PO somewhere.

Thanks for sharing!

DeWayne Edgin:
Well for the express shipping, you wouldn`t want to ship on a Thursday or Friday. The PO is closed on Sundays and they don`t deliver mail on Sundays but the airplanes and trucks still move the mail.

Don:
Thanks DeWayne for that reminder.  I have seen more and more USPS delivery trucks out on Sunday in the past months.  I don't know the specifics, but I wonder if they are being forced to try to compete with some of the other carriers now. 

DeWayne Edgin:
Maybe in some areas but they do not deliver in my area on Sundays. Maybe a few other members on here from other States know more about the USPS in their home states. I just know the transite doesn`t stop on Sundays and that can help me get into shipping since my work schedule is so rough on my hours at home.  :)

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