topic How long to receive Discover It? in Credit Cards

How long to receive Discover It?

barthooper — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 02:26:58 GMT

Hi all. I apped for the Discover It Thursday the 1st and received an email about my card being on the way the morning of Sunday the 4th "You should have your card in 3-5 days".

It has still not arrived, and even if it was mailed the Monday after the email went out, it has already been 5 days. In everyone else's experience, is Discover's 3-5 day estimate pretty accurate? I was expecting it to arrive yesterday or today. I wouldn't be concerned if they had told me a more typical 7-10 days, but since they said 3 to 5 and it hasn't come I am wondering if others had the same experience? Thanks.

Re: How long to receive Discover It?

waxingmoon — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 03:40:19 GMT

Mine took about week. I was approved on a sunday, and recieved it the following saturday.

Re: How long to receive Discover It?

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 03:42:47 GMT

It comes in a gigantic box--box within a box. First you'll think it's metal, but it's fully plastic. Call them and they'll probably report the card missing and send you a new card with a new account number.

Re: How long to receive Discover It?

barthooper — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 03:49:11 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
It comes in a gigantic box--box within a box. First you'll think it's metal, but it's fully plastic. Call them and they'll probably report the card missing and send you a new card with a new account number.

Good advice. I'll probably call on Tuesday if I don't receive it Monday. I notice they ship from Utah and I am in the very northeast, so maybe it just needed some extra time.

Re: How long to receive Discover It?

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 03:50:35 GMT

With a box that huge I wonder if it has a tracking number. It's delivered by USPS. Probably not.

Re: How long to receive Discover It?

SunriseEarth — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:53:25 GMT

It seems like I got mine in 3 days. It took me longer to get a replacement card (a week) when I had a fraud issue. However, my first card wasn't chipped. The chipped cards might just take a bit longer.

Re: How long to receive Discover It?

Wovenyarn — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:08:21 GMT

You probably won't get on Monday as it's a holiday. I think mines took over a week to come.

Re: How long to receive Discover It?

kdm31091 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:15:10 GMT

Yeah you definitely won't recieve it today because of the holiday but hopefully tomorrow.

Re: How long to receive Discover It?

injustifiiable — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:20:05 GMT

I must've been a lucky one. They sent mine Priority Mail 2nd Day lol

Re: How long to receive Discover It?

takeshi74 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:52:00 GMT

Being excited is certainly understandable but delivery times can and do vary -- especially considering Sundays and holidays. No need to worry until you're over a week or so.

Re: How long to receive Discover It?

barthooper — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:06:50 GMT

Yeah I forgot about today being a holiday for the post office. Didn't come across my radar because I don't get it off.

Like I said, I wouldn't ordinarily be concerned at all, but just because they said "3 to 5 days" I was starting to wonder if this matched others' experiences. Thanks.

Re: How long to receive Discover It?

barthooper — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:25:30 GMT

Well, for what it's worth, they do have tracking numbers on the cards/welcome kits. I chatted online with a rep and she told me to call the Customer Service number to find out the status which I did. It got to my town on the 9th and is listed as forwarded to another address.

Pretty sure this has to do with the post office. A couple of weeks ago we got a thing in the mailbox asking us to list who should receive mail here because i kept writing that the people we were getting letters for didn't live here anymore, because they were former tenants. My neighbor accidentally threw it out/misplaced it so either the post office is holding lots of our mail or just returning it as undeliverable? Either way another welcome kit was sent, which I can call and cancel if it turns out they are holding my mail.

A package from Amazon was forwarded as undeliverable last week, but I just chalked that up to a fluke with the shipping label. There has been occasional mail but the volume is much lighter than usual.

Re: How long to receive Discover It?

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 04:12:24 GMT

You can always get a free NHL chip card Go Kings Go Mine came really fast!