[Default] On Fri, 19 May 2006 21:40:37 +0200, Bob Hairgrove
climbed to the top of the minaret and sang out:

On Fri, 19 May 2006 11:57:26 -0500, "Dale Hallmark"
dalehall"AT"cableone.net 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


Books are usually the slowest, and it took about that long for me to
get a book from the USA sent in a bulk mail bag at book rate to
Zurich.

I just received two coins in the mail here in Switzerland today. One
was sent on May 8 priority mail from Belgium, and the other from the
USA on May 16 by Global Priority Mail.

Go figure...

I ordered some coins from Switzerland on ebay and it took about a week
to get them.
On the other hand, a few years ago I ordered a CD Rom from Dubai and
it took 4 months to arrive.
International mail is very unpredictable.