Customs

[Mak]

I wonder if anyone can answer a question for me . I am waiting for a record from the states , purchased on the 28th August , paid via paypal next day , seller states he posted it on the 1st Sept . I have been in contact with him and can only suggest that it has been sent back to him , checked with my local sorting office , no package been returned. The other option was that it is lying in the customs office , right , the question .

Is there anyway of contacting the custom office and enquiring if they hold any packages for me ?

Tony

[Pete S]

I wonder if anyone can answer a question for me . I am waiting for a record from the states , purchased on the 28th August , paid via paypal next day , seller states he posted it on the 1st Sept . I have been in contact with him and can only suggest that it has been sent back to him , checked with my local sorting office , no package been returned. The other option was that it is lying in the customs office , right , the question .

Is there anyway of contacting the custom office and enquiring if they hold any packages for me ?

Tony

The only reason customs would be holding a packet for you is if they want you to pay some excess charges on it, that sometimes adds a week on to the delivery time, but even now after 28 days, there's still time for it to arrive.

[Gaz Lees]

I wonder if anyone can answer a question for me . I am waiting for a record from the states , purchased on the 28th August , paid via paypal next day , seller states he posted it on the 1st Sept . I have been in contact with him and can only suggest that it has been sent back to him , checked with my local sorting office , no package been returned. The other option was that it is lying in the customs office , right , the question .

Is there anyway of contacting the custom office and enquiring if they hold any packages for me ?

Tony

Hi ya Tony very interesting I have the same problem and been told exactly the same just out of interest whose your seller my purchase is from 8/9/09

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Gaz

[The Tempest]

I received an album this morning from the states which I paid for around the same time , in my experience , they all take either a week or five weeks !!!! Yet I can get an album from Tokyo in four days and an album from France in three weeks !!

I don't get it either !!!

[mikeysoul]

Could it be caught up in the backlog caused by the postal strikes earlier in the month?

Mike

[Mak]

Hi ya Tony very interesting I have the same problem and been told exactly the same just out of interest whose your seller my purchase is from 8/9/09

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Gaz

Gaz . I've PM'ed you.

[Mak]

Thanks everyone , all good comments . i to have had records delivered last friday and they were paid for 8 days earlier , also a couple of albums from Japan that as said in a earlier post only took 4 days. I will give it a few more days to compensate for any postal or custom office strikes , once again thanks everyone

Tony

[Guest JJMMWGDuPree]

Was it air or surface mail? Surface mail can take up to 6 weeks in my experience.

[ALIVE'N'KICKIN]

i live in the states and i have got a few complaints about slow shipping from the U.S. which doesnt make any sense because i have been getting in packages from the U.K. in about a week and a day or two. Even shipping within the states is slow. it doesnt make sense

[Philippe]

Was it air or surface mail? Surface mail can take up to 6 weeks in my experience.

Unfortunately surface mail in the U.S.A. doesn't exist any more.

[Spook]

Hi,

From home near Stoke,

I send a 1st Class package of 45's to a London address on the 8th September, they arrived 30th September.

I also send a 2nd package of 45's 1st class recorded on the 14th September, they arrived 15th September to the same address !

Big hold ups in London without customs.

Best

David

[Mak]

Well got my answer today , a bill and a collection letter from the post office . Bugger !!