@CNJ Jim posted:Isn't the "day shipped" asked for so they can state the expected day of delivery?
Don't know. I thought when you do this you are simply requesting a quote for how much it costs to ship a package weighing X lbs. to XYZ zip code. When you enter the info a number of options come up, e.g. Standard Ground, Priority Mail, etc. And in each case it will say "3-5 business days" or whatever. So that would tell you the expected day of delivery. And when you go to the post office clerk and pay, he or she says "package should arrive Monday" or whatever.
As far as what time it is shipped, I guess to be sure that you are putting it someplace where it will get picked up that day.
Oh, so that only has relevance if they're picking up from you? Okay. I always enter this information with the assumption that I'm dropping off the package at the post office. I'm not requesting that they pick up. It would be nice if you had the option to skip that step if you don't require pickup, but I suppose that's nitpicking.
I don't think it has anything to do with pricing.
Could be. Maybe I was looking at it the wrong way.
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