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| Thread ID: 119435 | 2011-07-23 02:43:00 | Shipping to US | nedkelly (9059) | PC World Chat |
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| 1218511 | 2011-07-23 12:56:00 | Eschew Swiss Post unless you want your parcel to suffer excruciatingly for the longest possible time, marginally falling short of eternity. For being bad, they are very, very good. Funnily enough I recently purchased some ICs from Switzerland and got them sent with Swiss Post. They were sent on the 14th of June I received them on the 5th of July, which is about 3 weeks. About average in my opinion, certainly not the worst, some stuff I bought coming out of China took 4-5 weeks... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1218512 | 2011-07-23 13:13:00 | I think they are quite expensive...They are, but you do get what you pay for - they're amazingly quick, have great tracking, and are always really good to deal with. They also seem to take better care with packages than DHL (although don't get me wrong, DHL is still good). Avoid UPS. :pf1mobmini: |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1218513 | 2011-07-23 21:22:00 | They are, but you do get what you pay for - they're amazingly quick, have great tracking, and are always really good to deal with. They also seem to take better care with packages than DHL (although don't get me wrong, DHL is still good). Avoid UPS. :pf1mobmini: I got a tennis racket from the USA with USPS for $25 and took only 1 week. Fast and cheap. |
sahilcc7 (15483) | ||
| 1218514 | 2011-07-23 22:06:00 | I got a tennis racket from the USA with USPS for $25 and took only 1 week. Fast and cheap.Cheap, yes. One week from the states isn't fast though. My experience with USPS is that speed is rare; the last thing I had shipped with them was about the size of a closed fist, very light, and finally turned up after nearly two months looking very battered. It's possible I've just had a bad run with them, but this seems to be the norm rather than the exception. Edit: Just to remove any possible confusion, I should point out that UPS and USPS are not the same company; they're completely independent organisations. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1218515 | 2011-07-23 23:27:00 | I just received a set of mini measuring spoons which shipped via USPS. Took just over a week. Standard non tracked. A week seems to be the norm for basic shipping. | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 1218516 | 2011-07-24 00:05:00 | One week is the norm for intl courier, std intl parcel might be 2 weeks (or up to 10 working days). There are faster options obviously... Mind you national std parcel might be up to 3 working days too. National courier might be overnight (working days). I've used UPS at a no. of occasions from the USA, no problems at all. FWIW. :2cents: I think my 2 or 3 day service of an envelope cost $80 :D Being in Welly a no. of the times, it may take an extra night before it gets to AKL. Likewise if you need a passport on the spot you can get a call out for someone and pay like $600 :D |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1218517 | 2011-07-24 00:32:00 | :D | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1218518 | 2011-07-24 09:20:00 | :D Holy S**T |
sahilcc7 (15483) | ||
| 1218519 | 2011-07-24 12:12:00 | That doesn't seem right.... Last time I bought something from USA that used FedEx the shop didn't even charge me for shipping.... and my EEPROM programmer before that cost only $10 for shipping. Maybe it was a slower service though... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1218520 | 2011-07-24 21:27:00 | i think they have partners, a cardboard envelope is $80 express service. Slower is cheap yeah ... Some shops also have partnerships with freight companies ..... Other thing is, the USA might be a bit faster with timezones and most flights land in the USA at daytime. Asia for example lands in the evening so after clearning out eg .. they may deliver to door next morning .... |
Nomad (952) | ||
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