Outrageous Do Packages Ship On Weekends
However you can get UPS to run on Sunday.
Do packages ship on weekends. Express packages move on Saturday. All ground standard shipping orders are usually shipped within 5 business days from the order date. There are also some transits in the air network we take advantage of the weekend to move packages that would normally require a plane and instead we can drive them.
If busy with doing some of our inventory buying and running other errands items that sell on Saturday usually wont be shipped until Monday. Thats why we deliver on Saturday and Sunday. Just out of curiosity I have a few packages that are supposed to be delivered this Wednesday.
For Saturday Delivery of air and international packages you must affix a Saturday Delivery sticker to each shipment or package. Packages arent in constant movement instead they move from storage center to storage center. Yes all the behind the scenes stuff at Canada Post still operates on the weekends.
My post office closes to customers at noon but they are there in the back working until 8pm so they do process packages that are brought in on Saturday and they go out on the late Saturday truck to the distribution center where the hours are even longer and include Sunday hours. UPS is the only major integrated carrier offering Saturday package car pickup for all service types and Saturday commercial delivery. Saturdays are not business days.
Then movement of the package resumes. Aug 21st 2017 958 am. This might be why your package has a departure scan but nothing else yet.
Expedited orders placed after this cutoff are shipped the following business day. The only guaranteed delivery times the usps offers is Priority Express Regular priority has the suggested delivery days but it is in no way guaranteed and even then you have to get it. Run on Friday Most of the post offices around here are only opened 12 day on Saturdays from around 900 - Noon.