Can you give me your best estimation of how long a 11 pound package will take to get to get from california to

Question

roanoke virginia.area code 540 zip 24019

Answer 1

FedEx can deliver by 10AM the next day, Airborne by 7AM the next day.   (There are some same day services, but you don't want to pay for 11 pounds for that.)

Answer 2

although each package carrier calls it a different thing, the service levels are pretty much the same......

if you send it FedEx or USPS it's going the same routing, facilities, and on the same plane anyway.....FX has the contract to fly all priority and express mail and alot of first class as well......

DHL, UPS, and the others are comparable except that they still handle their own product and fly their own planes....

next day for express shipment.....and if it takes longer than they tell you on the "delivery date/time" space on the address label, you don't have to pay....alot of people don't now that....that's why alot of businesses innundate us with large express mail packages hoping we won't get them on and they won't have to pay shipping on it...they know the priority for USPS is to ship the "mom and pop" mail first but we always get it on anyway

priority will take 3-5 business days.....1 for transport to the origin station, late night flight to the hub, 1 for sort at the hub, and one for delivery to the destinating station, then sort and delivery to you

parcel or truck takes the longest, around 10-14 days due to lower priority handling and use of trucks instead of aircraft

however, keep in mind some items considered hazmat will go truck no matter what, especially the ubiqutous ORM-D items.....

weight only affects how much you pay to send it at each level of service....

service level affects how quick it gets there......

and just btw.....anything going to 240 will get on a plane at your town, go to the memphis hub, then to my operation in greensboro, nc, then by truck to ROA.........we are the destinating distribution operation for anything going to NC,south and west VA and east TN......if you send it USPS or FX.....all UPS shipments will go through louisville KY and then on to roanoke