I have my experience with US Postal Service that is contrary to that! In the last 2 months, they have lost 2 checks I mailed to pay bills. There is no reason that mail from wherever the Pagoda World is sent out to Ohio takes longer than to an overseas destination. The poor USPS service is the talk on a national level. All kinds of excuses are made...
If you know of any other service that will deliver our magazine from Raleigh to you, for a few dollars, please let us know.If you would like to pay, we'll be happy to ship it Fedex or UPS. Contact us for the additional cost.
Every mailing is around 1,200 copies, more than 600 in the USA, twice a year. We've had our eyes wide open and ears to the ground for years optimizing the best way of moving the merchandise. What we are doing now is the best we've found. We do get some undeliverables and 90% of the time it's because the member doesn't provide a proper address, and most of those are not USA since we can correct and verify USA addresses.
As for your comment about Ohio vs. overseas, first class mail in the USA goes mostly by truck and through a number of sorting centers. So our members in the major markets of UK and certain major destinations of Europe generally will get Pagoda World at least as quick, or quicker than many USA destinations since it goes by air to London and other major markets. When the stars align for them it can be a few days to London and surrounding area.
