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disco_thrasher
18th February 2010, 03:39 PM
How Long should a parcel from North caralina USA take to be posted to oz in normal mail 2kg box?

I know it sounds like a very open varying question but my parcel left Rovertyme on the 27th Jan and i still dont have it ,is this time frame usuall should it be arriving soon or is it lost.?

cheers Kelvin
isuzurover
18th February 2010, 03:43 PM
Depends what you mean by "normal" mail. Sea/surface mail or economy air?

I have posted quite a few parcels via economy air from Germany-AU (no sea/surface option). They are supposed to only take 11-15 days, however have taken up to 3 months on a few occasions!!! I suspect they have gone sea mail by accident.
Ausfree
18th February 2010, 03:48 PM
I guess this is obvious, but do you have any sort of reference number that you can track it with, or get onto the supplier.!!!:):)
ScottW
18th February 2010, 03:52 PM
Air mail, 7-14 days.
Sea mail, 3 months.

I was lucky enough to have a part sent from the US via surface. Someone at the post office wrote in the wrong country code, so it took over 6 months via england... Lucky I didn't need it in a hurry.
nice1guv
18th February 2010, 04:20 PM
In my experience, air mail parcels from the US are usually the slowest (and most expensive) compared to the UK or Europe.

Most things I have got from the US take 3-4 weeks to get to Perth.

I start asking questions after 4 weeks.
robzilla
18th February 2010, 04:30 PM
i ordered a box of Urethane bushes from somewhere in California on Sunday the 7th Feb. they were delivered Friday 12th.
less than a week to travel half the world, can't complain :D
Blknight.aus
18th February 2010, 07:14 PM
it depends on your luck.

if all the shipping lines up you can get things in as little as 6 days.

if it doesnt then you can expect out to 3 months.
disco_thrasher
18th February 2010, 07:54 PM
well it sounds like i am in a for the long haul
justinc
18th February 2010, 08:49 PM
The Better half not long ago bought and sold heaps of stuff ex USA on Ebay, USPS was a farce. Some US states have worse postal services than a russian satellite state during the cold war:mad:
I would panic just yet sounds typical to me...:(


JC
abaddonxi
18th February 2010, 09:08 PM
The Better half not long ago bought and sold heaps of stuff ex USA on Ebay, USPS was a farce. Some US states have worse postal services than a russian satellite state during the cold war:mad:
I would panic just yet sounds typical to me...:(


JC

Never had a problem with mail from US states that border on the sea. Anywhere inland doesn't have that visual proof that places other than the US exist.