Shipping from Hawaii help?

1-10 days is normal within the continental US. What happens when things are shipped from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and outside the continental US is that the shipper (UPS) has to have enough cargo on a ship or plane to make the freight cargo 'worth the time and money' to ship (in bulk).

Reasoning here is this: They pay for freight by the weight AND size (volume). If they have 100 tiny packages, they will burn basically the same fuel to fly or ship it as they would 15 big boxes and 150 smaller ones. Not filling the cargo holds is 'wasted space', and will result in less economy & wasted money. This is just the way it is when coming across an ocean... but, also long distance in the USA. The advantage to ordering in the states is there are hundreds of flights and trucks daily transporting packages. Export from Hawaii just isn't as quick, cheap, or easy.

UPS has a very good record of delivery. While it sucks to wait a bit longer for your package, be patient, it will get here. Their date is the one I would rely on. THEY know when to anticipate their own cargo to be sent. Corporate rules prevent them from sending 'light' loads unless it's close to Christmas, and a promised delivery by Christmas is on such packages. This is why they have deadline dates to send your packages. It takes time and effort to move it from point a to point b... with stops in between for distribution centers to particular regions and states/cities.

"economy shipping" means parcel post or media mail. It can take a week to three weeks. November 2nd is probably closer to reality. It's an estimate, not set in stone.