posted on June 25, 2001 09:48:40 AM new
Any help is appreciated with this.
I shipped a 4+ pound package to Canada (Delaware to Ontario) eight days ago via Parcel Air. The buyer is questioning why he hasn't received it yet.
I distinctly remember telling the clerk parcel air.It was the only package I mailed that trip. There's only $1 difference from land but a huge time difference. The receipt is no where to be found.
Does anyone have any idea how long this should take to get there??? I know what the USPS site says.
I'm sending the buyer the link to this thread.
Thanks!
[ edited by jensmome on Jun 25, 2001 09:49 AM ]
posted on June 25, 2001 10:17:54 AM new
Customs can delay things, especially if they are adding on Taxes....they shouldn't start to sweat for 30 days, even though USPS has an estimated 4-7 days
posted on June 25, 2001 10:51:17 AM new
Hi Ontario buyer,
I used to live in Toronto and was always amazed at time it took items to reach me from the U.S. As a rule of thumb, north/south is faster than east/west i.e. items from Florida would reach me faster than items from California.
My guess is that the item will take two to three weeks to reach you.
I live in Calgary now. A couple of years ago, a seller on the U.S. east coast shipped me 4 identical sized boxes on the same day at the same time (he e-mailed me when he mailed them). The U.S. post office told the seller that the shipment would reach me in 7 days. The first box actually arrived in exactly 3 weeks (on a Wednesday). The second and third box arrived two days later and the fourth box arrived the following Tuesday (4 weeks minus 1 day after being shipped).
posted on June 25, 2001 04:38:16 PM new
Don't pay any attention to the 4-7 day crap on USPS's website, average from Florida to Canada seems to be 2 to 3 weeks even by "Air". You would think Canada was on another Planet.
Heck, we got a man from Florida to the Moon is less time.
