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economy mail from overseas
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 |
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"Dale Hallmark" dalehall"AT"cableone.net wrote in message ... 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 Beats my record. 33 days is the longest I've had from overseas. |
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"Brian Blackwell" wrote in message news "Dale Hallmark" dalehall"AT"cableone.net wrote in message ... 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 Beats my record. 33 days is the longest I've had from overseas. Once it took a first class package almost that long to make its way from Texas to Virginia. I had ordered some Washington quarters from a guy in Texas. And then got busy and forgot about it. About a month later, I remembered that I hadn't received the quarters yet and was about to write the guy a letter when the package showed up in my mailbox. It had been postmarked about 2 days after I sent the order with a check. So the guy had actually sent me the quarters without waiting for the check to clear (I had ordered from him before). But it did take a month or so for the package to reach me. And it had been sent first class. |
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"Richard L. Hall" wrote in message . .. "Brian Blackwell" wrote in message news "Dale Hallmark" dalehall"AT"cableone.net wrote in message ... 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 Beats my record. 33 days is the longest I've had from overseas. Once it took a first class package almost that long to make its way from Texas to Virginia. I had ordered some Washington quarters from a guy in Texas. And then got busy and forgot about it. About a month later, I remembered that I hadn't received the quarters yet and was about to write the guy a letter when the package showed up in my mailbox. It had been postmarked about 2 days after I sent the order with a check. So the guy had actually sent me the quarters without waiting for the check to clear (I had ordered from him before). But it did take a month or so for the package to reach me. And it had been sent first class. Just before Christmas one year, I sent a car payment by mail. US address to US address. After Christmas the finance people called and said where is my money and they were not nice about it either. I told them to wait a little as I sent it a couple weeks ago. They of course didn't believe me and were quite rude. Rude enough that I got mad. They said I needed to stop payment on the check and send another. I said no that would cost me $25 to stop the check. I no longer do business with that bank btw. They said they would file a bad credit report, and I said do your damnedest. Anyway it rolled around and I made the next payment. They got it three days after I sent it. I noticed at the end of that month that the first check cleared after the second cleared. They never apologized for their rudeness and never acknowledged that it wasn't all my fault. I am not a violent person but if that person would have been in front of me and talked like that to me in person there would have been a serious altercation :-) I see that rudeness occasionally on Usenet, bet they wouldn't do it in person, not for long anyway ;-) Dale |
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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... -- Bob Hairgrove |
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[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. |
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Hello Dale
I have a friend in France that I trade coins with Last lot of coins were held in customs for 14 days so they say, it took 3 weeks for the package to arrive Maybe your parcel was also held in customs. Best regards Andrew "Dale Hallmark" dalehall"AT"cableone.net wrote in message ... 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 |
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On Fri, 19 May 2006 11:57:26 -0500, "Dale Hallmark"
dalehall"AT"cableone.net wrote: Well it arrived today!!! 47 days after it was shipped!!! I feel like celebrating. :-) I once shipped a package from the USA to Australia. It was a freebie I was sending to an acquaintance and figured since there was no rush I'd save a few bucks. I forget what it was called, but the postal clerk told me the package would never leave the surface (truck, train, ship) and would take UP TO 4 weeks for delivery. The package wasn't delivered for two months! The recipient and I had long since decided the package had been lost and I had sent a replacement ... before the original arrived. I have to think it was forgotten on a shelf somewhere in the world for at least a 4 or 5 weeks. ------------------------- www.peacepond.com |
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Vector wrote: .... The package wasn't delivered for two months! The recipient and I had long since decided the package had been lost and I had sent a replacement ... before the original arrived. .... Australia and New Zealand are about the worst. I ship art glass to NZ sometimes, usually using economy (understandable, since glass is heavy). The packages take 1-2 months to reach the buyer. It would be nice to ship Airmail, but the postage to Australia and NZ are about the worst in the world. Buyers usually opt for economy. One buyer wrote me that sometimes it takes 3+ months to reach him in NZ. I don't buy from Australia and NZ because it is too expensive. Postage certainly does hurt their internet trade. Anita |
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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 |
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