Originally Posted by
WhyFi
They're covering their butt with that estimate; they can't control how quickly the US handles the parcel. You may get them Mon, you may get them on the 17th. I don't know if things have drastically changed within the last few years, but when I was living on the east coast, I usually got pbk deliveries a little over a week after placing the order.
YUP, SOP for just about any shipper be it domestic or foreign.
Only very recently have shippers tightened up the expectation window to a specific day most of the time and not a 1-3 week range. Standard CYA.