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Hi, Any here had experience of international shipping through USPS? Why are they so shit? In the tracking of my order (for an Elektron Machinedrum from the US, it's a pretty expensive package) they say they attempted to deliver it yesterday at 2pm (this could be 10pm due to time zone difference). WTF's going on? Attempted Delivery Abroad, August 06, 2007, 2:00 pm, GREAT BRITAIN Out of Foreign Customs, August 05, 2007, 11:07 pm, GREAT BRITAIN Into Foreign Customs, August 02, 2007, 7:00 pm, GREAT BRITAIN Arrived Abroad, August 02, 2007, 6:58 pm, GREAT BRITAIN International Dispatch, August 01, 2007, 10:46 am, KENNEDY AMC Enroute, August 01, 2007, 10:45 am, JAMAICA, NY 11499 Acceptance, July 31, 2007, 4:45 pm, WEST BRIDGEWATER, MA 02379 Electronic Shipping Info Received, July 31, 2007 I'm waiting for a Royal Mail van today, we haven't been affected by the strike so far.... |
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U can thank god you passed customs with no troubles! |
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hmm were you HOME yesterday at 2pm? |
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Yes, I was home pretty much all day yesterday. I popped out very early in the morning to do some posting of my own, but I was only gone for about 5 minutes and it was hours before 2pm... |
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That probably just means you have to go to your local post office to pick it up. They'll leave a note for you some day, but if you have the number for it, you can probably go right now. |
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I bought one of from the USA last week, delivered to Australia in 6 days, as promised. The tracking service worked fine for me, but the US component of the journey was reported about two days late. The times in Australia were in local time, so I assume it would be the same in the UK. They were +/- 30min on the exact delivery time. |
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Yeah I'm gonna go down there tonight once my mum gets back from work. I've tracked it on the Parcel Farce site and they say they're waiting for customs charges, so I'll phone them up after lunch and ask them WTFs going on and even if they decline me I'm still going tonight lol. I've been waiting for weeks for a $100 "3 Day International Delivery" service. |
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That's how UPS usually works, they say that they attempt to delivery at X time but I know they didn't, with USPS I never had any trouble tracking. |
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We've got the answer anyways now and I'll be picking it up from a Parcel Farce depot soon, as well as paying £125 more in fucking customs charges. Why the fuck I payed £50+ for the postage in the first place I don't know, it's been shite. BTW if Boston Guitar's reading this, thanks a lot for the drum machine, it's the postage I'm criticising, bloody USPS.... |
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The customs charges have nothing to do with USPS, it's the European law. To avoid taxes, it should have been marked as "Gift" and the value of the goods should not have been the real value but instead some low number like $15 otherwise the fuckers will tax the % in full because it's a non EU commercial package. Also the delivery gets postponed because the retards at the customs are checking out what you bought and calculating the fee for you to pay. |
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Yeah I guess. |
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you mustve sold a lot of drugs to get one of those |
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Hehe I had to sell my Korg ES-1, I never used it anyway though. Got it last night and it fucking rocks, going to update the OS today. |
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