I tried my luck another time with USPS Express mail international, and it was surprisingly quick. 5 days as prescribed on the site.

priority international is a whole different story tho.

The only time i've ever had anything go missing was auspost.

my mate had a couple of watch case backs (for rolex) sent from germany taking 3 weeks. I find the asian countries tend to be quite reliable even with their standard air mail service.

and yes, i agree that usps site sucks majorly. like previously mentioned, i will continue to wait it out, and once it gets to about 40/45 days on paypal, i will put in a claim then, and have things go from there.