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ladyarcher726
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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

I'm getting sick with worry, I had a package shipped 3 weeks ago today from France and it's not here yet. I did pay for insurance and tracking and all that stuff, cuz I bought 5 htf G2 babies and I wanted to make sure I didn't lose any money. I trust the seller as I've bought from her several times in the past, and I am not upset with her in any way... I'm just so ticked that in this day and age it takes so long to get a package! It was a bigger box shipping express... she mailed another package in a bubble mailer a week after shipping the first one, and I got that bubble packed one the middle of last week.

Oh, I was told by my postmaster that now when you ship an ebay package internationally that you need to bring your transaction sheet to put with your customs form as proof of value.

Put my mind at ease please, how long have you waited before recieving a package?

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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: Re: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

Oh..I am so sorry for you. I know this. I am still waiting for a package from the US. It was shipped on the 7th January and it´s still not here.
I´ve paid for insurance too because it´s a rare one and I´ve made so many bad experiences in the past without insurance.

Last year a package from Canada took 6 weeks.

I know that the customs sometimes take them for a while before sending it to the new owner.

Anyway I HATE it to wait so long for a package. This makes me always nervous.

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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: Re: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

i had a package from gremany last year
i bought it in june and it arrived 3 months later
of course i had given up on it ever arriveing and bought the same pony form someone in england so now i have two....
i dunno why it took sooo long i meen germany to england?
thats hardly far....

but iv also had things ship from japan faster than things from england
it generaly take thing form the US 2 to 3 weeks to get to me....
iv had packages from taunton in somerset go missing in the post
and thats only an hours drive from me!!

the whole postage system sucks

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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: Re: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

I had to wait 6 weeks for a package from the US once. I don't know why it took so long. I think it depends a lot on how pissy customs is. Right now in Canada they are apparently doing a lot more random checks than usual.

Hopefully your ponies will arrive soon.

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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: Re: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

I think the longest I had to wait was 2 weeks from Canada. It is hard waiting sometimes. I really hope it gets there soon for you.

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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: Re: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

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I think it depends a lot on how pissy customs is

That´s it in most cases! Huh
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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: Re: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

I've had to wait ages from ponies from Canada too. I think the longest was six weeks for a MOC Posey sent airmail ¬¬ Its ridiculous!


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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: Re: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

I've had parcels take an extremely long time to come from overseas before, and when they have arrived they've been shipped surface mail by mistake, even though they have a big airmail sticker on the front! Huh

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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: Re: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

lightning_caz wrote:
I've had parcels take an extremely long time to come from overseas before, and when they have arrived they've been shipped surface mail by mistake, even though they have a big airmail sticker on the front! Huh

Ditto! And what sucks worse is that you paid for the airmail shipping. If you want cheap shipping, then you know you will be waiting forever. But when you pay for speed.......

Speed. Does that worst even exist in the postal system?
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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: Re: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

Hmmmm my longest was 2 months for England to the US when i first started trading Poke Tounge I had forgotten about them until they arrived with the bubble mailer all beat up :o

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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: Re: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

Befor Christmas I send a package to my brother in New York. I send it the 4 december and the package was home the 22 january !!!

I'm sure your pony will made the trip, just give them the time, I'm crossing finger for you.

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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: Re: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

I've waited 4-6 weeks for a package to arrive from the UK. I think customs holds things up. You'll get the ponies, don't worry.

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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: Re: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

thanks for all the replies... it helps, but as you know, you've been there, I won't be totally at ease til I'm holding those babies in my hands for real. Well, as I've been saying daily.... "maybe tomorrow..."

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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: Re: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

Yeah, I ve waited a month sometimes almost 2 months for packages from the USA. It always had something to do with customs holding it up. I hope you get your ponies soon.

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PostPosted: 0    Post subject: Re: international shipping, how long do you have to wait?

I had this happen as a seller. I had shipped to MOC G3 ponies to Brazil from the US. It took nearly 4 months to get to my buyer. Luckily my buyer was willing to work with me and we kept in constant communication. I was about ready to do a partial refund for the ponies when the ponies finally arrived to their destination. All we can figure is that they got caught in some customs loop and took forever.

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