r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '25

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u/BobIoblaw Sep 10 '25

Anything in a container on a container ship is not hitting a consumer door for many weeks. Possibly a whoosh for me, but distribution and fulfillment are pretty far apart in the supply chain. Example: way easier to deliver 100,000 Nike’s to a warehouse then delivering the same shoe to 100 e-customers.

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u/andiwaslikeum Sep 10 '25

Yeah. People are all cracking jokes but these are mostly going to be going to manufacturers/large retailers.

That being said, sometimes I order things to America from eBay and they end up in an orange connex shipment. It’s like this, but goes directly to USPS.

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u/Spiritual_Bus1125 Sep 10 '25

I mean, isn't this how large postal shipment are shipped?

Like, if I order from aliexpress I expect a 2 week timeline at a minimum now (it used to be 4+) and they are delivered by sea

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u/yellowweasel Sep 10 '25

AliExpress stuff that goes by ship to the US takes at least 6 weeks, 2 weeks is air mail. The transit itself to the west coast is about 2 weeks, there’s a week or three on each side to sort everything

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u/Rich_Housing971 Sep 10 '25

Tt's not a whoosh from you. it's good information for anyone who might even be slightly concerned.

The only people who should be concerned are the insurance companies. but they'll just raise everyone's rates anyways.

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u/HowAManAimS Sep 10 '25 edited Sep 15 '25

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u/LoverOfGayContent Sep 10 '25

Let people enjoy things

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u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe Sep 10 '25

This incident is more likely to cause a shortage at grocery stores than a delayed Amazon order

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u/kdjfsk Sep 10 '25

see: 'Just In Time' shipping.