Yeah they tried telling me usps is behind on delivering packages yet I order from another seed company in Michigan roughly the same distance and I got my order in 2 days ordered a T-shirt online from
West coast got here in like
4 days
Honestly, the mail is not the responsibility of the seedbank. Orders are shipped on the day they are paid if it is early enough, so if USPS picks up the package the day you pay, the Seed Cellar has done their job. No movement for days on tracking sometimes. Had weeks where my order from another novelty store sat in NY, so long that I thought it would show up with green tape. But it didn't. So, yes, the postal service really just is that slow right now, since certain areas have many employees not coming to work.
Really, it just depends on the places it has to go through on its way to you. Some places have very few postal workers showing up, and some have very few who are absent. So if package A goes from San Francisco to Fargo, let's say, it may pass through rural post offices with most employees still working. But if package B is sent to Fargo from Rapid City, which is only a state away, it might pass through Aberdeen and they may have every employee out sick. Distance is not the way to estimate your delivery anymore. Now, there is no way to guess, unless you know what cities it will pass through and how many employees are working there at any given moment. Sucks, but it is the new normal.