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timatkn
01/09/2022 11:46PM
 
andym: "I’ll have to look for my issue. I may also have forgotten to renew.



We’ve been pretty lucky with the USPS this year. We probably shipped 40 packages and, including 7 internationally, only one had a problem. I need to check if it got thorough.



My problem was an order coming by UPS. The tracking said it was in my area and would be delivered the next day. I live near San Francisco. A couple of days later it was scanned in Baltimore. And then the trail went dead. Fortunately for me, the manufacturer sent me a new unit. "



I am glad your experience is better than mine. FedEx often farms out the final delivery to the USPS and it always adds at least a week to delivery…IF I actually get the package. It’s bad enough I switch any FedEx delivery to me picking it up at a facility instead and that is really inconvenient.


T
 
timatkn
01/10/2022 05:54PM
 
airmorse: "Has anyone tried to contact them?"


Typically the BWJ is a gradual release. The first issues were probably sent out around 12/21. I am not sure when they totally finish sending issues out but I seem to remember up to a month after the first issues went out.


With COVID cases higher causing unprecedented numbers of people to call in sick it has made the USPS slower than even usual. I don’t think it is weird people haven’t gotten theirs yet. I wouldn’t worry until February IMHO.


Easy for me to say I got mine 2 weeks ago :) But I have also been on the last to be sent out and it has taken close to a month later compared to others.


T
 
LittoralZone
01/09/2022 02:31PM
 
airmorse: "I was wondering the same."
+1
 
Jackfish
01/10/2022 08:10PM
 
airmorse: "Has anyone tried to contact them?"
I emailed them this morning, but have not received a reply as yet.
 
Blatz
01/09/2022 04:58PM
 
Let my subscription run out this year and I'm a BWJ OG.
 
tumblehome
01/14/2022 06:47PM
 
Got mine today.
 
airmorse
01/14/2022 07:07PM
 
Got it in today's mail.
 
mike13
01/15/2022 07:53AM
 
Got mine in the mail yesterday. Very excited to try this new technique...
 
ducks
01/06/2022 06:19AM
 
Nope. I was wondering if my prescription had run out because it’s never been this late.
 
Spartan1
01/18/2022 01:35PM
 
The BWJ arrived today in South central Michigan.
 
mgraber
01/06/2022 12:04AM
 
Nope.
 
Loony_canoe
01/06/2022 08:08AM
 
No,


I have not gotten mine yet. :(
 
TomT
01/06/2022 08:59AM
 
A friend who writes for the BWJ said Stu told him they were shipped before Christmas.
 
tumblehome
01/06/2022 09:46AM
 
Friend sent me a package USPS priority mail from Minneapolis to Duluth. It went to Phoenix and sat there for three weeks. Then it went back to Minneapolis and then to Duluth.


My BWJ might be there now too. Who knows.
Anyone have some whacky USPS stories?
 
PuffinGin
01/06/2022 10:12AM
 
tumblehome: "Friend sent me a package USPS priority mail from Minneapolis to Duluth. It went to Phoenix and sat there for three weeks. Then it went back to Minneapolis and then to Duluth. ...."


Crazy! I hope your package enjoyed it's vacation in warmer climate. Must be the new USPS "Snowbird special."
 
JATFOMike
01/18/2022 02:05PM
 
Got mine today!


Mike
 
DeanL
01/05/2022 08:03PM
 
Has anyone seen their winter issue of the BWJ ?
 
airmorse
01/05/2022 10:08PM
 
I was wondering the same.
 
tumblehome
01/05/2022 08:36PM
 
Not me. The USPS is not what it used to be.
Tom
 
davidsos
01/14/2022 08:54AM
 
Still a no in Denver. Emailed last week, no response yet.

 
ducks
01/16/2022 11:11AM
 
Mine arrived yesterday.
 
boonie
01/15/2022 07:46PM
 
Received mine today.

 
TrailZen
01/15/2022 12:55PM
 
mike13: "Got mine in the mail yesterday. Very excited to try this new technique... "


We (in western NC) got our Winter 2021 BWJ in today's mail. Wow, the cover shot and first few photos make me cold! We've used the 'gnarly slog' technique in a few Quetico streams--try it!


TZ
 
andym
01/09/2022 04:19PM
 
I’ll have to look for my issue. I may also have forgotten to renew.


We’ve been pretty lucky with the USPS this year. We probably shipped 40 packages and, including 7 internationally, only one had a problem. I need to check if it got thorough.


My problem was an order coming by UPS. The tracking said it was in my area and would be delivered the next day. I live near San Francisco. A couple of days later it was scanned in Baltimore. And then the trail went dead. Fortunately for me, the manufacturer sent me a new unit.
 
preacherdave
01/09/2022 04:44PM
 
Haven’t received mine yet but I was in a book store in Terre Haute and found one there. Thought it was odd it was there before I got mine. I was surprised to open it to the content page and see it contained an article I had written.
Pleasant surprise
 
airmorse
01/10/2022 10:21AM
 
Has anyone tried to contact them?
 
HowardSprague
01/15/2022 07:57AM
 
Got mine yesterday, 1/14!
 
unshavenman
01/14/2022 09:19PM
 
Got mine today as well.
 
tumblehome
01/15/2022 04:23PM
 
mike13: "Got mine in the mail yesterday. Very excited to try this new technique... "
You know it’s winter when people are excited for this sort of stuff! :)
 
Pinetree
01/09/2022 07:47PM
 
andym: "I’ll have to look for my issue. I may also have forgotten to renew.



We’ve been pretty lucky with the USPS this year. We probably shipped 40 packages and, including 7 internationally, only one had a problem. I need to check if it got thorough.



My problem was an order coming by UPS. The tracking said it was in my area and would be delivered the next day. I live near San Francisco. A couple of days later it was scanned in Baltimore. And then the trail went dead. Fortunately for me, the manufacturer sent me a new unit. "



My opinion and speed of USPS is at least a 9. Very reliable-fast and much cheaper than UPS on packages.
 
alpinebrule
01/13/2022 08:50PM
 
Mine just arrived in the Twin Cities, MN. USPS must be using dog sleds.
 
Pinetree
01/14/2022 06:49PM
 
It showed up in the Brainerd stores today.
 
dustytrail
01/14/2022 05:22PM
 
Came today
 
airmorse
01/14/2022 09:09AM
 
Still a no here as well. My sister tells me that her mail delivery is down to 3 times per week. But this is Indiana where everything sucks and because we live in Indiana the suck factor is multiplied by 11x.

 
preacherdave
01/14/2022 11:02AM
 
Called them yesterday. Post office problem it seems. Sent to the wrong one or sat in an office for several weeks. Think they are moving again
 
Mocha
01/14/2022 12:08PM
 
got mine at the grocery store. i dont' have a subscription.


it is a great issue this quarter!!!
 
smoke11
01/14/2022 10:40AM
 
No in Western NC for me anyway.
 
PJ
01/14/2022 03:13PM
 
Got mine yesterday.
 
bfurlow
01/14/2022 05:28PM
 
I just got mine today.
 
davidsos
01/25/2022 05:33PM
 
Finally arrived in Denver today. Maybe USPS used the old Pony Express route.
 
egknuti
01/06/2022 07:49AM
 
DeanL: "Has anyone seen their winter issue of the BWJ ? "
Crickets from BWJ.