What we had was simply a failure to communicate :-)

Dale



"Dale Hallmark" dalehall"AT"cableone.net wrote in message
m...
I am familiar with trading overseas and if he had said he sent it ground or
economy I wouldn't have gotten worried until after 8 weeks.
We talked about that before I bid and he said it was the 7-10 day mail
service. It didn't really matter to me, I was in no hurry
but when it didn't show up weeks after the promised delivery date, I began
to worry and eventually gave up.
We talked several times and he was surprised I hadn't already gotten it
and he filed a complaint with the post after 30 days.

The postage on the package is 8.48 euros and I paid $13 US. That is close
enough because the container cost too.
It is clearly marked economy.

Alls well that ends well and I left positive feedback.

Dale



"Ian" wrote in message
. uk...
airmail can take anywhere between 3 -22 days (usually just 4 from UK)

surface mail can take between 6 - 12 weeks (usually just 6 from UK)

Ian

Dale Hallmark wrote:
I won a reference book from a French seller on eBay and I paid $13 for
shipping.
I was emailed when the item was sent and told that it would arrive in
7-10 days.

I gave up on ever getting that item a LONG time ago but believed the
seller really did send it so I left no feedback
good or bad. That depresses me as near $40 purchases are not something
I can easily lose and feel good about
or forget.

Well it arrived today!!! 47 days after it was shipped!!!
I feel like celebrating. :-)

Dale