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Totally Tunsie

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54. Cards and packages I sent out on 12/15 are just now being received 15 days later.

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 12:27 AM

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Sent out 2 small packages on 12/15 from South Carolina to New England. One that went through Greensboro, NC, was delivered on 12/22. The second is currently still in Olathe, KANSAS (!!), this after being untrackable (not scanned anywhere) for more than a week. Yeah..."unreliable" sounds about right.

Two other large packages with multiple gifts enclosed were sent by UPS and arrived in two days.

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