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Its friday, and I used 3day select, and its going to take them till next thursday...
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Before I continue, if I remember correctly, 3day select gets shipped the same way as a 'standard' or 'economy' level package. The only difference is that if it does take longer than three days you should be able to get your money back.
There's a hint here:
If you're going to be shipping UPS, unless you're sending it express dont bother with anything other than economy level service.
Okay back to the issue at hand, while it certainly may take as long as thursday to get to your place, I would bet on it taking less.
Okay, here's what I figure is/did/will happen.... if it shipped friday, it got to the local UPS hub the same day and then that same evening got loaded into the truck/trailer (called 'feeders' in UPS lingo) heading out to the hub closest to you. UPS allways sends out the trucks at the end of the week. (vs during the week where they'll wait 1 more day if the trailer isnt full and it isnt a high-volume route).
Another tip:
For some high-volume, medium distance routes like Toronto-Montreal, all packages get treated the same with the exception of the early AM packages which get loaded at the very back of the feeder (for fast unloading).
Assuming the system is working the way it should, Your package will arrive at your local HUB over the weekend or perhaps monday and then be unloaded at the first shift. (Each hub has its own shift schedual so I can't estimate when it will be unloaded for certain). From there it'll be sorted out to the delivery truck lines for delivery as early as tuesday or wednesday (best guess)
All that being said.... this is all based on the assumption that nothing ****s up in the system, which can be known to happen -> although usally to a relatively low percentage given the volume the bigger hubs deal with.
Hope my input was insightfull
-ymboc