National Day of Mourning is January 9th.
President Carter just passed away yesterday. As these events are not very often, few people know about the National Day of Mourning . Its a typical government holiday and the stock market is closed, as well as government offices and the post office.
Please plan accordingly, as there will be no mail pickup or delivery on that day.
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Seller_nRFmxiQg4EGrw
Are you sure about USPS not working? I know that they shut down for Bush, but I'm seeing various places stating that, so far, DeJoy has not stated that they will follow tradition, as it's apparently not a legal nor contractual requirement. If you've seen an announcement, please share where.
Seller_oEw5wUNHgJxxP
The Sellers Ask Sellers Forum, has a long inclusive thread on this.
Seller_uuiUJi7rf0fpY
@KJ_AmazonIs Amazon setting this National Day of Morning on 1/9/25 up as a USPS Holiday so that Delivery Promises and Buy Shipping are estimating shipping days accurately? I don't see it as a Holiday in Shipping Settings yet.
Seller_Sram36TnVt73c
please remind us again on January 8 ;)
Seller_05t7VUReqOOB1
We need to know if Amazon is treating like a federal holiday? Do we need to go into vacation mode in order to avoid late shipments. UPS will probably be operating.
Seller_2ocdeVST6pSqj
I asked at usps today and no mail service at all on the 9th, the system here doesn't recognize it, of course...this is going to be trouble with a boat load of late shipments. So now what amazon? All of this is just getting too complicated and difficult, then of course the seller is at fault. We should all not have to shut down our business and go on vacation mode and turn off sales just because of the ridiculous stressful rules and grading about when you can ship and can't. Can't ship early, get in trouble for that too!
Seller_1T2lQGbwtB8x9
hot take: who cares? just use ups or fedex if amazon is going to be it's typical malevolent tyrant self.
Seller_2ocdeVST6pSqj
absolutely not!!! those cost more, your putting extra cost on the seller we cant do that nor can others here. Those two are double what usps is in most cases.
Seller_1T2lQGbwtB8x9
maybe for you but ups and fedex are regularly faster and cheaper for me.
I'm not saying it doesnt suck and it's definitely wrong on amazons part but it's one day and people are running around with hair on fire for something insignificant.
if a couple of late shipments would nuke your account i don't know what to tell you, maybe sell more. and if you can't eat a small loss or break even on a sale then your business model is wack.
Seller_uuiUJi7rf0fpY
Sorry, this is significant because our metrics will be affected if the day isn't flagged as a holiday and we ship by USPS, our products are not feasible to send by UPS or FedEx. So, these will be considered shipped late in Amazon's metrics. And, we all know your metrics affect the buy box algorithm. So, it's great it's not an issue for you, but to not recognize it is a problem for other sellers is not productive on the seller forums, as this is for all sellers that have issues.
Seller_jVx8I10uQUaYw
*couple of late shipments* LOL.
500+ USPS orders on deck to go out today.
If you are getting cheaper FedEx/UPS rates than USPS rates, sounds like we need to move our warehouse to where you are.
Seller_Ggt6s7zXEwLbA
No mail on Thursday - every business in the country has figured this out except for Amazon.
Seller_Q9StymtVTylfC
I assume everyone got this email from Amazon below as well.
The only issue, however, is that we already have some orders that are showing that they need to be shipped by tomorrow. Picture below.
Typically, Amazon will process on their side to make the "Ship by date" the following day after a holiday. Anybody else seeing this? Are we to assume that the 1 day extension will just happen internally or has Amazon not made these adjustments in their system to reflect this yet for the "Ship by date?" Any thoughts? Maybe we need to wait a little longer and Amazon will make these adjustments or if they already have, the adjustments are not yet reflected to sellers..
Seller_2srXkS44rN39i
Where are you getting those amazing deals? USPS tends to cost me $4.50 to $9, and rarely will Fedex/UPS even touch a package for less than $9.
KJ_Amazon
Thank you for your questions about this Thursday's Day of Remembrance/Observance and the associated USPS closure. I shared this and related threads with our partner teams and will follow up with any additional information. Please note that other non-USPS shipping services will be available for shipping as usual.
USPS closing Thursday Jan 9th 2025 for the National Day of Observance
Seller_aEzr9PjpfpuxN
There absolutely no reason for government agencies to shut down. No one at USPS or social security offices is going to be thinking about Carter. I understand if congress shuts down for the day but there no need to shut USPS down. next they shut everything down when Pelosi dies
