international post delays

nncoolg · Post by **nncoolg** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:15 pm

Anyone else experiencing delays due to the influx of everone bar Gerry Harvey taking advantage of favourable exchange rates from Overseas? Its doing my head in

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:34 pm

not sure if it is delay or the slower snail version. USPS flat rate boxes come in via Aussie Express with tracking. I hit up their tracking on a customs number that says it is not trackable. Try sending something the other way and they slug you $9 extra for customs checks on anything over 500 grams!

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:40 pm

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Silverbullet · Post by **Silverbullet** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:51 pm

I am but I don't think it's congestion in my case...

I recently bought some batteries from Hong Kong (Lithiums for my R/C planes) and they went via, wait for it, Zurich!

Because lithium batteries can be dangerous (HK post even had some fires in their mail sorting rooms apparently

) HK post banned them outright, and now the place I buy the batts has to send them by Swiss post, via Zurich...took a month to get here

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:52 am

Not that I've noticed with stuff from the US, but a set of seats I'm waiting on from brisbane are taking their sweet arse time - due to the seller moving house/being busy

They said they'd get them on the truck today but I haven't heard anything yet...

Cheers

Bennie

bobbyjimmy · Post by **bobbyjimmy** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:32 am

I got some tools from L.A via DHL in 2 days - cost $140 to send 2 boxes, combined weight of nearly 10kg's in decent size boxes.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:27 am

my tracking USPS stopped 4th Aug at international Chicago? and still waiting. Note some stuff says 2 to 3 weks for USPS to be delivered to Aus.

Got yours yet Nev?

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:03 am

3 weeks now since hit internatinal status - nothn'. Did get comment from sender that they were experienceing delays in Oz destination stuff getting through.

Is it a government plot to deter OS online shopping?

nncoolg · Post by **nncoolg** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:05 am

Finally got the parts I was waiting on this week - 3 weeks from NZ!, 6 weeks from U.S.

happy now though.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:19 am

six weeks! I am nearly on paypals door now at three!! To ask about a refund. NZ a good source of L Series or Vortex stuff eh??? Good thinkn'

nncoolg · Post by **nncoolg** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:56 am

haha yeah, its apparently all to do with the massive influx of importing, everything over 1lb being examined and aussie customs cracking down on under-declared items, fun.

NZ- yeah, sometimes. Trademe is lame though (in my opinion), requiring you to have 10bucks in your account to send sellers a question, and they have some personal issue with paypal, which makes it difficult.

Venom · Post by **Venom** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:24 am

I lost some things coming from the US which i was a bit pissed off about, that was using USPS or UPS. I've been paying $10 or so more to use DHL express which is tracked and insured and i haven't had a problem since. My last package went form California to Ballarat in 3 or 4 days.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:49 pm

USPS have been good to me. And after five weeks since ordering and paying a card has arrived to say present self at PO with ID coz a parcel from OS has arrived . Yee Haa