How in the World did USPS Manage to do THIS?

[@cyosh3533]

I live in Hawaii and am a reseller. I have a lot of my items, especially small to medium boxes delivered between 3 to 5 days. Larger boxes over 15" take forever to get delivered, normally 2 to 3 weeks. Lover your channel. I have learned a lot from you guys. You guys compliment each other very well... ALOHA!

[@jessicatucker1440]

lol I see resale rabbit on your computer there, love his videos, too

[@miksstudio]

I went straight over and checked out listing for the fan, looks good and great idea to photograph it as you did, you can see exactly how big the fan is, good job.

[@CGB999]

I just spent a week in Kona Hawaii last month, beautiful there. I regularly ship packages from mid-missouri the are going to the West coast that make it there and delivered in 2 days with ground advantage. My packages are usually routed to St Louis where it appears they usually just stick it on a plane instead. Customers love it. If my packages get routed to Kansas City though, they usually get put on a truck and make the long drive.

[@ericenloe8967]

I shipped an international sale to the postal Hub in Illinois only 4.5 hours from my house on Monday. On Tuesday it arrives in Chicago (10 min. from the hub). On Wednesday it goes to Sioux Falls, SD and on Thursday arrives in St. Paul, MN. Then back to Chicago and to Carol Stream, Il. and finally on Friday makes it to the hub. No wonder USPS has to raise postal rates all the time.

[@stephenpuliafico8812]

Good job on the perfect pronunciation of Schenectady!

[@backoftitaniumgaming]

I love that Tori Amos poster on the door. I was a huge fan of hers back in the late 90s!

[@stevewright8544]

I shipped a set of Kona Brewing Co bottle openers to Hawaii via USPS Ground advantage about 4 weeks ago and had the same experience, it got there so fast it shocked me. So your experience seems to be the standard.

[@fibersflowersandfinds]

Had a Ground Advantage package make it from NY to HI in 60 hours a few months ago. That same month, orders to GA and TX were taking 9 and 11 days, respectively. My orders to the West Coast almost always move faster than the ones going South.

[@EFCasual]

The slower shipping choices always have a chance of filling out an air cargo container.

[@spinecollector9931]

To check metals y’all could try reaching out to local welding or fabrication shops. I used to work in an industrial based industry and sometimes when we needed an “expert” opinion in something we’d reach out to other local shops and those guys usually will have someone who knows a little bit about everything.

[@trueheart1372]

Also scrap yards can have something that checks what's in it but not sure if it damages it

[@bubblewrappedmemories]

Brass and Bronze both have copper as their main components. Brass has the addition of zinc, bronze has tin added. Both also may have additional elements added to strengthen the item or make it more malleable. You might just have a good brass nut cracker there...sorry Lonnie!

[@Ga_thrift_flipper]

On that nutcracker it looks like copper from the tarnish. Because that’s the way copper tarnishes

[@stonycreekpicker1385]

Great vid guys! I pick up copper pieces (bowls, trays, pitchers, etc.) whenever I can. They sell fairly quick for good money.

[@YandJTreasures]

Here's a USPS head scratcher. We sent an item from NJ to Tampa, Florida via Priority Mail. Normally, that would be delivered in 3 days. This item ended up in St. Paul Minnesota, bounced around 3 different distribution hubs in that state, left Minnesota, finally making it's way to Florida, where it bounced around a couple of distribution centers there and finally was delivered 9 days later. Thankfully, our customer was patient.

[@carlthornton2478]

Love the upside down elf on your shelf.

[@Helgol]

Thanks for the Zoro information. Was able to find a coupon for 25% off $100 order and it also works with free shipping so I put in a large box order. Some sizes such as the 8x6x4 are still cheaper to get from the boxery on eBay but for many sizes it's a deal I couldn't pass up.

[@markblanchard5045]

Copper can be very hard. It's made in different hardnesses depending on its intended use. It could also be copper over nickel ... Bronze would probably be softer than straight copper, also

[@Panzer-xi5uj]

The Nutcracker Dig Us Very Cool 😊👍. Have A Great Weekend 😊

[@brianhenry2385]

Speaking of packages to Hawaii (and AK & PR) eBay is saying by Q3 they are adding those 3 areas to the eBay International Shipping program. Not sure how that is going to work out, since my packages to Hawaii would go east to the eBay hub, from Seattle, then back west to be delivered.

[@kathybarnett1905]

I think solid 😮 copper is too soft. Nice going on those pans🎉 thanks for your time and video

[@seanalvarez8229]

As a long-time reseller in Hawaii, I can confirm that 98% of my shipments from Hawaii to the US Mainland that ship via Ground Advantage arrive within a week of shipment. I have confirmed with multiple USPS employees that ground advantage normally gets "upgraded" and ships via air freight. On some rare occasions (due to high volume), the shipment may take up to 4 weeks for delivery as some mail gets shipped via boat. Additionally, media mail to and from Hawaii has a high chance of it being shipped via boat and can take weeks to get delivered.

[@TedKehl-iw8lv]

Usps delivery dates are such a crap shoot! It's a pretty regular occurrence where I'll have a media Mail package get delivered to the East Coast, before a priority package can make it to the next state. 🙃

[@maxhatty]

There's also no way that "ground" advantage is being shipped ground. I live in CA and had an order delivered to VA in 2 days.

[@bigredhogs]

My opinion ground advantage is just as good as priority mail. I sent priority packages and took longer than ground advantage. its hit and miss with usps.

[@cathw61]

Had a t shirt arrive in 2 days, before something else that went just a couple of states! Guy was blown away!

[@longboardluv2]

It's okay Lonnie my wife and I have been married almost 18 years and I still teach her new words too

[@cliffbone3430]

I am terrible for moving stuff around and not listing it lols I am also trying to list all my stuff I have in stock trouble is I keep buying stuff each weekend great video as always

[@worpig]

I noticed that eBay started adding options for individual items to be marked as hazardous. So my guess is USPS made changes to their logistics to fit Ground Advantage items onto air cargo for faster shipping speed for places like Hawaii and Alaska. I've had a couple Hawaiian orders and they get there in 3-4 days nows which is funny enough faster than shipping to California from here in Ohio.

[@hifiguy77]

Lol... I mentioned Resale Rabbit a few videos ago thinking Lonnie and Candice wouldn't know who he was; then I spot Lonnie watching one of his videos at 29:45!

[@1955Chevy]

Shipments to Hawaii don't go via boats. USPS isn't like UPS, DHL, and FedEx in having its own fleet of aircraft. USPS contracts with various commercial airlines such as Hawaiian Airlines, Delta Air, United Airlines, Southwest Air, etc. to transport their mail. If a particular flight is emptier than usual, the airlines will accept USPS loads for transport. I used to work for Hawaiian Airlines in Honolulu and handled cargo manifest paperwork to log and report container weight for the flight crew (for balanced aircraft take-off / landing management). We'd always have USPS containers arriving / departing HNL airport daily.

[@hodgepodgefinds]

“No banana for scale” 😂

[@FS-qw8fl]

I laughed at the same thing....lol

[@susanweeres7915]

How do you determine when to add Best Offer to your listings? Do you let them sit for a minute first?

[@PdiddytTube]

I still have a book that is still out about week and half going to Hawaii .. that was crazy quick for you .. mine is going media mail though

[@christinaclanin791]

I know usps sometimes puts mail on a commercial flights. Which could have happened

[@joepiseski3692]

Lonnie, the links for Zoro boxes don’t seem to be working for me (“Access Denied”).

[@thomaswinchester9730]

It's Red Brass.

[@adrenalog]

Love The Cure shirt that Candice is wearing. Did you get to see them on the tour? I was there in MD. Amazing.

[@shedflips]

Yes, we saw them at the first stop in New Orleans.

[@ibuywny]

The dog may be red bronze. Basically a brass-like alloy with more copper content.

[@ibuywny]

Haha, commented before finishing the video - you got there too.

[@brianhenry2385]

Low Profit Buys, like the electronics: sometimes I opt to add such items to my next Auction Consignment, once I check the comps. Wipe them down, put them in a box, drop them at the auction house and move on. 😉

[@wolfmansgoodies]

Awesome video

[@spinecollector9931]

Wondering what camera y’all use to film vlogs? I see y’all have an iMac and been trying to find something compatible with my macbook

[@shedflips]

Film the vlogs with gopro hero 9

[@junk-man1525]

Scrap yard have a category called red brass. Might be that.

[@ibuywny]

For the calculators, maybe everyone bought them during the pandemic when students were home, and now the market is flooded because kids are back in school where they can use the class sets.

[@garettanderson6772]

Red brass is brass and copper melted together. I think.

[@garettanderson6772]

That looks pretty copper though. I know red brass is a thing in pluming.

[@karengrube8512]

Doing a little research and I’m wondering if you could use the term copper alloy? Kinda like you mentioned with bronze, ‘alloy’ seems to be copper mixed with other metals? As you mentioned pure copper is soft. So, it would stand to reason its a mix but the primary metal could be copper. I also saw gun metal/red brass but apparently those would be at least slightly magnetic. So you already ruled that out. Only some thoughts…anyway great content as always!

[@Kackers-ni9by]

Just had a shipment take 10 days from Pennsylvania to Kansas via USPS ground. The buyer left negative feedback and eBay removed it within one hour!!!!

[@bigredhogs]

yeah like its your fault usps took so long .

[@lyndi9082]

My first experience with AmBubbleBoy took TEN days to get to my door as fedex delivered to wrong house. Eventually, some nice person did the right thing and dropped on my porch. Fedex kept insisting it was delivered!! Yeah.. to the wrong address! Miserable experience, no fault of ABB, but crap like this does affect their business.

[@LindaSmith-sg3iy]

Slick Rick isn't a bad dude

[@shedflips]

Maybe he isn't but he did time for attempted murder, that's what i was referring to. I don't know the particulars of the case.

[@NickelNationCoinsMore]

👍

[@ArletteMorales-e5n]

Why when you list an item do people ask you to send pics to their email?

[@ebizzychris1780]

The patina on the dog😢

[@siteseeing7150]

the dog could be rose brass

[@RylianWright]

I be got a question for y’all about how to sell on eBay because I put some items up for sale a couple of days ago and none of my items have any views😢

[@JimT55]

Dog is brass OR bronze. (I am a metallurgist.)

[@tambou5022]

Candace, you are so pretty.

[@alanreilly73]

It is red brass, not copper. Yes there is red brass and there's also yellow brass what you have is red brass

[@princeofdorne3415]

Slick Rick: Lotty dotty,,,,,,,,Lotty Dotty ,,,, Lotty,,,,,,,,,,,, dotty,,,,,,, Lottie dottie we likes to Potty (Party) we dont botha no body! Candice is southern amish!

[@davidbowshell5538]

That dog could be gun metal

[@williampeterson4416]

I don’t think anywhere in the continental UNITED STATES does ground advantage go by boat. Puerto Rico, etcetera yes but the 50 states I don’t think so,

[@pamseclecticplace709]

Your dog may be bronze. Bronze is a non-magnetic metal. Copper is a soft metal.

[@TheCrabbyCrabcakes]

usually i ship something USPS monday and its either lost or arrives 8 days later....USPS is a joke

[@martinrudolph2002]

why not just put the fan in the local auction?

[@AliceGoesNomad]

🔶 🔶🔶 Sad Sad Sad... I wish you hadn't polished the DOG NUTCRACKER, that removed it's lovely original old patina which I prefer. Also, CONSIDER this: If buyers want it polished they may do so themselves BUT if a buyer wants it with the original patina it's now seen as damaged because it cannot be restored, thus you've reduced your buyer pool and may not get top dollar. Plus leaving it as is saves you time... Oh well.

[@shedflips]

Do you actually have proof of this though? I haven't noticed where tarnished things command higher dollar. Maybe I'm wrong.

[@ToooSweet1]

Bronze dog?

[@mrmanager34]

Did you guys really have to refund that multi-order?

[@2020525142152]

That’s extra shipping cost refunded

[@mrmanager34]

@@2020525142152 Ah, ok thanks... because I would have been pissed.