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TCB => Trader & Shipping Support => Topic started by: Snapdragon on January 28, 2019, 11:14:10 PM
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My question is in the topic! I did a swap on November 24th with a friend in Canada, and while my partner received her package a couple of weeks later, I'm still waiting for a sign or a sniff of mine on January 28, two months later. I know there was a huge strike during this time period, so I figure that explains the delay; but does anyone know anything about how long packages might sit in limbo? When should my friend or I start to worry it's been lost?
This post is also partly to jinx myself; any time I've posted publicly about waiting for mail, it inevitably shows up the next day! ;) Cross your fingers for me!
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Fingers duly crossed!
Post Merge: January 29, 2019, 12:52:34 AM
If it makes you feel any better: I have been waiting for a package that was posted in America on 27 August. I have just gone online to see that it arrived at my post office yesterday. So: five months of waiting...
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Ugh I am still waiting on books from third-party Amazon sellers...
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I just got my christmas card from my American former flatmate today.
She lives in Arlington, VA.
And I did have a pony come to the UK from the US via Dubai and Bangladesh at one point as well.
Also from VA.
And that's dealing with 2 postal system that weren't on strike over the holidays.
So basically, I think anything is possible. Keep fingers crossed :D
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Wow, that's a long wait Taffeta!! :O I'm glad your items showed up at last!
No sign of the package yet, but thank you all for your comfort! I feel less frantic now, less like she might have fallen off of a barge into the ocean somewhere! ;)
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Canada Post shipped some things BACK to the USPS when the backlog got too crazy for them... so it might be in transit limbo. that's where my books are...
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OMG, what a mess! Well, at least my pony will have something nice to read, if they're stuck together in shipping limbo? ;) I hope your package arrives for you soon!
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Oh noes!! waiting for items shipped during the holiday season is bad enough without adding postal strikes into it :( :yikes:
It's stressful but delays like that aren't too unusual, so I think your pony will arrive eventually Snapdragon. I'd have thought maybe 6-8 weeks but with what LBS said, you might be looking at up to 12 weeks or maybe even a bit more if the pony was sent back to the US first. I had a pony take about 3 months once. I'm hoping your pony arrives soon *hugs* :hug: