USPS - Holiday Slowdowns in Full Force Already?

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Over the past week and a half, every one of my eBay purchases seems to be moving along at a crawl, averaging 7-9 days getting from Point A to Point B. If it has to go for authentication, that’s 7-9 days to get there, usually ends up near a weekend so sits there for another 4-5 days and then another week or more to get to me. By the time that’s all done, not much less than a month door to door. From past experience, the entire process usually averages about 9-10 days for me. Imagine when we actually get closer to Christmas. Not good, but the shipping prices still keep going up every couple of months. How do they justify the price increase? Oh, I forgot, the mail sorters/carriers are in short supply because of COVID, right? That’s how every other price increase started across the entire world economy, correct?