8 days...Attitude shipment just "hanging" around the Royal Mail
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tryingtogrow89
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Im just happy to have these in dirt before x-mas like i intended.
Brick Top
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If you are in the U.S. do you think that next day shipping will put them on a SST or something and then once in the U.S. bypass Customs so you can actually get them next day? Do you think that next day shipping will mean that an airport that is closed or has massive delays due to bad weather will open up for your next day shipment to be flown out, or if bad weather exists in the U.S. or whatever country the order is going to that it will not cause the slight to be re-routed and therefore delayed?
From Royal Mail's website about international shipping:
This is what happens after your mail has been put in the Postbox®:
Your mail is brought to a local mail centre.The Mail Centre streams Airmail from Surface and sorts into Letters/Flats/Packets.
Mail is then forwarded to HWDC – Heathrow Worldwide Distribution Centre – where it is sorted to the mail exchange point(s) within the destination country, based on the item’s address/postcode.
Your mail enters one of three sorting machines: a letter sorting machine, a flat sorting machine or a Packet sorting machine.
Mail that is not machinable or rejected by the machines is sorted manually.
The mail is then conveyed either by road or air to the relevant overseas office of exchange.
If surface/economy is selected then it is most likely to travel by boat for most non-European countries.
Once in the destination country, the domestic postal authority takes responsibility for your mail. It will forward your mail to regional mail centres for delivery by their post people.
That means that once in the U.S., or whatever nation the package is shipped to, it will go to the Customs Department and if it clears it will then be turned over to the USPS, or whatever mail service the country has. That won't be speedy.
I mentioned how a local postal worker told me that this year's holiday shipping rush began earlier than normal and is heavier/busier than normal. Fewer people are traveling due to economic reasons and they are shipping packages instead. All delivery services are swamped, overwhelmed, by the amount of packages they are handling this year.
To use FedEx for an example, in a news article yesterday it said how the number of packages FedEx received yesterday to ship is up 13% over the busiest day last year, they had 16 million packages come in yesterday alone, that is roughly 2 million more packages than came in on the busiest day last year. The number of packages they have had to handle since the holiday shipping season began, which began earlier this year, is way up.
Royal Mail and the U.S. Customs Department (or whatever nation's Customs Department) and the USPS is equally or more swamped. Add severe weather conditions in some areas and it is no wonder that shipments have been delayed. People might be lucky if their orders arrive in 30 work/business days from when they were placed.
Just sit back, smoke a bowl, sip a little egg nog that's a little heavy on the 'nog' part and watch "It's a Wonderful Life" or some porn or something and chill.
The system is swamped, it is overwhelmed, it can only process so many packages in a day and all the bitching, pissing and moaning that people are doing will not help anyone in any way.
DVXSteverino
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Man, just checked tracking....
"Your item was processed through and left our JAMAICA, NY 11430 facility on December 14, 2010. The item is currently in transit to the destination"
WOOOOHOOOO... bout freakin time...should have them by thursday or so...Funny, I ordered from Nirvana last week, and they came today...They are outta Holland though...At least the label says so..
quartergoat
Member
LMFAO
my tracking info:
"Tyrone put his boots on, stepped outside for a smoke and your fat harry T-shirt is on a snow bank on December 14,2010."
PistilPimp
Active Member
My order placed on December 4th, shipped on December 6th, has now officially arrived. This was the one I was really hoping would make it. Contains Cali Connection's Larry OG and TGA's Agent Orange. Also had the 5 free seeds from Dutch Passion, 4 freebies from Kanabia, and 1 Kandy Kush from Reserva Privada.
However, still waiting on my order from November 24th, which still has the generic tracking message with both mailing companies.
However, still waiting on my order from November 24th, which still has the generic tracking message with both mailing companies.
tryingtogrow89
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Welcome to the club... Sure is weird how we all updated in the last 3 days... Looks like the postal service decided to get off there asses after a month of doing nothing!
tryingtogrow89
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You just got it today?
bostoner
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Brick Top save it. The person I just sent a present would be the one sending it. He would be using FedEx or something that does have next day air not stupid royal mail. It may not make it magically bypass customs But at least it will be tracked better. This person pistil just got his and he ordered way after me. I do think my future plan to cut out royalmail would do me some good. Maybe my packages wouldn't get lost bc It's tracked better.... I use next day air for everything illegal a dog can smell..... your dumb if you don't. Next day air even in swamped times like this is guaranteed in two days with fed ex. So it will go through customs and yes once it gets through it will be there next day you weirdo..... bc its Fedex NEXT DAY air. jeez you wrote a paper for nothing LOL. I hate its a wonderfull life and EggNogs for fat people.
Im the only one left with no word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im the only one left with no word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tryingtogrow89
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Except tweexican he still has no updates too...
Schmarmpit
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Dispatched from the Attitdue on Dec 4th.
USPS status:
We have received notice that the originating post is preparing to dispatch this mail piece.
I'm still with ya, Dude! Maybe we can coddle each other and say "it'll be all right."
tryingtogrow89
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11/23 and royal mail says waiting to send abroad, which is the first message they give you.
PistilPimp
Active Member
Yeah my order from December 6th. Order from November 24th is still in limbo, however.
tryingtogrow89
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damn dec 6th that came quick!
bostoner
Active Member
You'd figure the new mail would push the old mail through.
PistilPimp
Active Member
I think you were right about the whole container being lost. Seems like it could definitely be a possibility. I'm sure when I contact them after the 21 business they will either be able to update me on where the package is, or resend it. I;ve never been done dirty by them before, so I don't think it will start now.
Derrickb16
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in my case even though it hasn't been that many days id say about 3 day excluding sunday since it was dispatched on saturday and arrived in the us on sunday but still no word from usps has any one ever got there package in that amount of days? what the fastest you got your stuff?