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With December fully upon us, we are officially in the home stretch of the online holiday shopping season. As we move further into the month, you\u2019ll have less and less time to ensure that your purchases make it to your door in time for the holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, it\u2019s time to get planning. To help you out, we\u2019re laying out our entire holiday shipping cutoff schedule below. Some things to know about these cutoffs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. These cutoffs reflect the worst-case times based on the furthest normal points of delivery from our OWC Woodstock main warehouse location.<\/li>
  2. You can count on macsales.com to give you an accurate delivery ETA to your zip code while checking out. So if you receive a delivery ETA that is a bit earlier than what the cutoffs below suggest, trust the estimate\u2014especially if you are closer to our warehouse! UPS Ground, for example, can normally take as long as 5 days to the furthest of the 48 Contiguous state destinations, but will be faster the closer you are to us. <\/li>
  3. Speaking of UPS, we highly recommend them as they have been the most consistently on time\/reliable not just throughout this year, but throughout the holiday season thus far. <\/li>
  4. Ground delivery\u2014via FedEx or UPS Ground\u2014is faster the closer you are to OWC main warehouse in Woodstock, Ill. Our system will quote the safe days, so please note that other than Air options, these are the longest periods ground shipping should take. Having said that – holiday volumes, weather, and other factors are things that can impact transit time… earlier always the safer. <\/li>
  5. UPS also now delivers Ground and Air to much of the USA on Saturday, even if Saturday isn’t selected. This is not a guarantee<\/strong>\u2014but could be a benefit. <\/li>
  6. One more thing: shipping to UPS pickup\/locker centers can be a convenient way to ensure your package is there and avoid a missed delivery or an overloaded driver that doesn’t get to your house. Even though it is rare for a driver not to deliver due to an overloaded truck, the locker locations don’t get missed, period.<\/li>
  7. WIth all of the above being said, it\u2019s always<\/em> better to have a little buffer built in. Things happen\u2014like weather, which none of us can control. The more extra time you give, the less likely probability of something then causing your package arriving after Christmas rather than before. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    US Domestic Cutoffs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Friday, December 1<\/strong>5th<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 Last Day for FedEx Home Delivery and FedEx Ground to arrive before Christmas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 Last Day for USPS First Class Mail *NO Live Tracking*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Monday, December 18th<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

     <\/strong>\u2022 Last Day for USPS Priority<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Last Day for UPS Ground.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Tuesday, December 19th <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Last Day for UPS 3-Day Select Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Last Day for FedEx International Economy to Canada and Mexico
      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Wednesday, December 2<\/strong>0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Last day for 2nd-day air by Christmas<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Last Day for UPS 2nd Day Air<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Last Day for FedEx 2nd Day Air<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Last Day for USPS Express<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Thursday, December 2<\/strong>1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Last day for Overnight by Christmas<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Last Day for UPS Next Day Saver and UPS Next Day Air<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Last Day for FedEx Standard and Priority Overnight (All FedEx Next Day services)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Last Day for USPS Express Mail<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Friday, Dec. 2<\/strong>2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Last day for Saturday Overnight by Christmas<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Last Day for UPS Next Day Saturday (UPS Saturday deliveries shipped on 12\/21 and 12\/22 will be delivered on 12\/23)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Last Day for FedEx Saturday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n\n\n\n

      US to Canada and Mexico Cutoffs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      December 1<\/strong>5<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Last Day for UPS Standard to arrive by Christmas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022<\/strong> Last Day for FedEx International Ground  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Dec<\/strong>ember 19<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Last Day for UPS Worldwide Expedited  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Last Day for FedEx International Economy  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Dec<\/strong>ember 20<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022Last Day for UPS Worldwide Express  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u2022 Last Day for FedEx International Priority<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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