Soul-slider Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 How long should a couple of 45s take to come from the USA, Pennsylvania (to the UK)? I paid $8 postage for 2 records on 12th Feb, seller say's he posted them 13th Feb....well it's now 1st of March and I aint had a thing... I suppose if you take out Sundays it's been 15 postal days. Is this a normal waiting time? Am I worrying too much? The thing is, one's a Chuck & Eddie on S.I.G.N that I paid $5 for and I can't wait for it to come!!!!
Ged Parker Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 Airmail post should have been here by now. If he posted surface it could take up to 7 weeks. Thats how long I waited for my Silhouettes and I paid a bit more than $5 so I did satrt to flap a bit.
Soul-slider Posted March 1, 2007 Author Posted March 1, 2007 Airmail post should have been here by now. If he posted surface it could take up to 7 weeks. Thats how long I waited for my Silhouettes and I paid a bit more than $5 so I did satrt to flap a bit. mmmm...hopefully will come in the next coupl'a days. I paid $5 but it's worth considerably more! Just hope he didn't get wind before posting!!! Surely if he posted surface he should have said and taken less $$$$ for the postage??? Bloody Yanks!
Pete S Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 There's no hard and fast rules - I've had them in 3 days, I've had them in 2 months, same postage charge, same method.
Bitchdj Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 well ive been waiting for one record since 23rd dec...and another since 23 jan cookie
Ged Parker Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 well ive been waiting for one record since 23rd dec...and another since 23 jan cookie Do you get paid on the 23rd? And what was wrong with February was there nothing you liked
Djr Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 I live in PA, and the US post office quotes 4 to 7 days to the UK for standard airmail. My experience is that perhaps 75% of the packages I've shipped have met the 7 day time frame, with the balance generally taking longer (2-3 weeks.).
Cheapsiderecords Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 US shipping has been getting worse lately. How about 12 days from Michigan to Toronto?? I can drive to the US border in 3 1/2 hours?
Guest Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 There's no hard and fast rules - I've had them in 3 days, I've had them in 2 months, same postage charge, same method. As Pete says , there are no hard and fast rules in respect of delivery from the U.S. for records . I have had similar deliveries to Pete : the quickest I had was from Oakland , California , in just four days . Malc Burton
Rupert Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 How long should a couple of 45s take to come from the USA, Pennsylvania (to the UK)? I paid $8 postage for 2 records on 12th Feb, seller say's he posted them 13th Feb....well it's now 1st of March and I aint had a thing... I suppose if you take out Sundays it's been 15 postal days. Is this a normal waiting time? Am I worrying too much? The thing is, one's a Chuck & Eddie on S.I.G.N that I paid $5 for and I can't wait for it to come!!!! ive been waiting for 5 weeks for 2 45's i bought from a guy on here.
Mark B Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 ive been waiting for 5 weeks for 2 45's i bought from a guy on here. longest for me was 5 months had given up on it and then one day it arrived. same as everyone normally ftrom a few days to a couple of weeks mark
JOE TORQUAY Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 HI, I'VE HAD RECORDS FROM THE STATES IN 2 DAYS THAN ANOTHER A WEEK FROM MOUNT PLEASANT IN LONDON, JOE.
Steve G Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 HI, I'VE HAD RECORDS FROM THE STATES IN 2 DAYS THAN ANOTHER A WEEK FROM MOUNT PLEASANT IN LONDON, JOE. Yes I am the same 2 days from California is my "record" - but that was via UPS rather than regular mail. Like Pete I think 3-5 days is what it normally takes here. Six weeks at the other end of the spectrum for me, but I know surface can take longer than that.
45cellar Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 There's no hard and fast rules - I've had them in 3 days, I've had them in 2 months, same postage charge, same method. Hi Recently happened to me, 4 days + normally. However recently a package postmarked 12-December 06, arrived a week ago, It had no evidence of Customs Activity, which was my first thought, It's anyones guess why It took so long, but at least it arrived OK.
Jo Law Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 got one this morning that i bought from delaware in october last year-------it had been stuck in BANCOCK for three months ----
Bitchdj Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 Do you get paid on the 23rd? And what was wrong with February was there nothing you liked lol yes i bought lots of things but they have turned up.....worst for taking their time has to be the UK im sorry to say...ive had records come from the USA in 3 days yet some UK peeps take up to 2 weeks to send cookie
Guest lifeandsoul Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 when i'm speaking to someone in the states or get an email , i sort of in my head think that will arrive in about a week. Usually though its only a matter of days, there are exceptions but not often these days is it more than 7 days, but we've all had bad experiences i guess.
Rich Buckley Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 Recently bought a fairly expensive item for the states and paid extra for Global Priority airmail - should have taken 3-5 days max to UK. Arrived just over 3 weeks later!!!! Other items I'd bought after that one sent normal airmail arrived within a week! The strange world of USPS Rich
Guest NASHEE Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 Recently bought a fairly expensive item for the states and paid extra for Global Priority airmail - should have taken 3-5 days max to UK. Arrived just over 3 weeks later!!!! Other items I'd bought after that one sent normal airmail arrived within a week! The strange world of USPS Rich OMG...I've just paid about £15 for global priority...fully insured...3-5 days...shit, I thought it would be here for this weekend
Rich Buckley Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 OMG...I've just paid about £15 for global priority...fully insured...3-5 days...shit, I thought it would be here for this weekend I'm sure it will be. Every now and then these packages just take ages for no apparent reason . They do usually eventually turn up however. In all the years I've only ever had one 45 that didn't show up at all. The thing was with mine, I asked for Global Express, which can be tracked. The seller then cocked up and only did global priority which can't be tracked. I'm sure yours will be fine though... Rich
Guest NASHEE Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 I'm sure it will be. Every now and then these packages just take ages for no apparent reason . They do usually eventually turn up however. In all the years I've only ever had one 45 that didn't show up at all. The thing was with mine, I asked for Global Express, which can be tracked. The seller then cocked up and only did global priority which can't be tracked. I'm sure yours will be fine though... Rich I hope so too Rich...I'm already £200 out of pocket coz of the postal pinchers....another £300 and we'd have to sell the bloody house plus its off the top of the wants list....If any theiving postal staff are watching....It's white pop shite honest
Guest Matt Male Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 There's no hard and fast rules - I've had them in 3 days, I've had them in 2 months, same postage charge, same method. That's reassured me a bit. I ordered one from Craig Moerer, who i know is totally reliable before anyone chips in, on the 16th Jan. I mailed him after a month and he reckons it might be the postal system. Maybe it's just very late. Or should i give up hope now? p.s. It wasn't expensive...
Guest Kevin J Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 yes, posting from the states apparently has been really bad lately ... this is the second time in a matter of months that i have posted things and had them not arrive to the uk within a week ... been taking exceptionally long from this part of the country anyway, and i have gotten no response from the post offices other than ... they were posted on date X. yes, i can see that because i have the receipts ... its a bit frustrating and only makes the sellers look bad really. anyhow, from those that ordered from me, if you dont receive your records within the next week, i will refund everyones money and if they arrive after that, i trust that you will do me the favor of repaypalling the money to me. kev it makes me not wanna sell records anymore.
Sweeney Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 (edited) I bought 2 records on Jan 26th. Both sent airmail. Strangely enough both came from Oregon (not the same seller however). One arrived on 2nd Feb, other one 1st March. Both postmarked 26th Jan. Go figure! Edited March 2, 2007 by sweeney
Guest NASHEE Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 That's reassured me a bit. I ordered one from Craig Moerer, who i know is totally reliable before anyone chips in, on the 16th Jan. I mailed him after a month and he reckons it might be the postal system. Maybe it's just very late. Or should i give up hope now? p.s. It wasn't expensive... Don't give up...we had a pack of records sent from New York....customs held them for 6 weeks. the post mark was on that agreed with the date the sender had quoted. but there was a sticker to say they'd been opened by HM customs...we got them 7 weeks after they'd been sent linda
Jimmy A Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 had a record come the other day took 4 days.had another come in january that was posted last november its crazy
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