Thread: USPS to Australia - 5-7 Days or 5-7 Weeks?

Believe it. Any time it doesn't make the plane (or ship) it has to wait for the next container to be full before it's sent. "Priority" is supposed to mean something more, but in practice it's a crap shoot and things do pointless laps of the system all the time. I had some computer parts in transit for three months one time. Got very tired of the run around but in the end I got everything through undamaged.

Originally Posted by MickRussell

Believe it. Any time it doesn't make the plane (or ship) it has to wait for the next container to be full before it's sent. "Priority" is supposed to mean something more, but in practice it's a crap shoot and things do pointless laps of the system all the time. I had some computer parts in transit for three months one time. Got very tired of the run around but in the end I got everything through undamaged.

Thats news to me. Knowing and hearing stories about US logistics, it is a nightmare. one of my friends even said, just be grateful it arrives undamaged.

Well my own recent experience with USPS has been a good one. I ordered a tin of Gawith Hoggath tobacco on the 25th of August and it arrived in todays mail. I didn't expect it for another day or two.


Mick

It's weird, isn't it? I got a razor from Sweden that was posted on the 30th and it arrived on the 6th! As the 'other' Mick alluded, it's just the luck of the draw...Now I wonder how long it takes for my La Toja cream to get here, I think that's coming from Portugal!!

Im still waiting on my feather dx that was shipped on the 19/8.

update: looks like my parcel is lost. the seller will be putting in an insurance claim soon.

19/8 isnt that long. If its from the US i wouldn't expect it until at least the 23rd of September if not longer.

I wouldn't be surprised if it still comes!

but a few of my mates parcel shipped around the same time from the usa, using priority international have already received theirs, also their parcel was slightly bigger/heavier than mine.

your at 28 days now, the longest i have waited and it has turned up is over 45 days.

It will come! I'm 99% sure.

If it gets to 40-44 days i escalate the transaction on paypal and for the description i put something like this...

Item not recieved although im happy to wait for another week or two, Lodged case as paypal only has a 45 day limit to lodge the case

That way i have the case with paypal and it buys some more time

noted on the above post. will continue to wait then and see how i go.