Originally Posted by candi
Siki, aren't you the intentional guru! Do we know why packages are taking this long? I haven't mailed international for a while, but the last time I mailed to Australia, a few months back, it took less than 10 days to get there. What did your research show?
And thank you or working so hard on this. :P
The official answer is that there is no known delay.
The unofficial answer to do with tightened package securities surrounding a September date. :?:
We are NOT the only Country to have tightened security.
No one is specifically saying this--just tidbits of information that sort of point to this conclusion. So, no quoting on that one please.
Australia was delayed here first for over 10 days--no reason given.
Wendy's to the Netherlands, left the US and went to Canada, when I started my claim, they sent it to New Jersey. The package went thru Customs in Canada and the US, then they finally decided to send it to The Netherlands. It had to go thru customs again once it got there.
Some of the packages are going right thru, some aren't.
I did talk to a friend in Germany that mail orders and she was having similar shipping issues. Some 14 days, some 8 weeks.
I sent one package (not a swap package) to Canada and it took 4 weeks. Guess I should have drove that one next door, huh? That was a few weeks after their strike ended.
The delays started around mid-June and I am paying attention to September. I don't have all the answers, but I have figured out how to communicate with them and get some action. So, maybe we will be in good shape in our current swap. :thumbup: I'm optimistic!