Relatively inexpensive, the correios are commonly seen as very trustworthy, and have been in business since 1822 in one form or another - The post network in Brazil is wide, and they strive to make sure that even the farthest place will be reached in a timely manner.

Furthermore, after the 2009 modernization the Brazilian post has been striving to deliver a service of ever increasing quality and speed, offering even overnight deliveries to some places in Brazil, through the SEDEX 10 service, that promises to deliver the package before 10AM on the next day, and SEDEX hoje, that is able to deliver on the same day as long as some conditions are observed.