question about international postage.

Hi everyone

Wonder If anyone can help me with something.

I traded with member in the USA and we posted pins last monday ive got my end of the trade
But they havent got theres yet and slighlty panicking Ive posted international many times before

Has this happened before with anyone in UK receiving there pins before US?

I've gotten pins from the UK as quickly as 2 weeks. Twice it has taken 2 months to get from the UK to me. So yes, it has happened were the UK person received there pin before the US person. I wouldn't panic yet.

It all depends. Usually it takes 5 days from the US to Belgium, 2 weeks ago, it only took something 3 days! And a while ago, it took something 3 weeks. Works the same way the other way around, usually 5 days to the US, but it can vary once in a while. I think it kind of works the same for the UK, it's not much further then Belgium.

I just did a trade to the usa, I think mine took 10 days. I wouldn't panic just yet. The last thing I sent to america before that took 19 days.

Btw I love seeing the little countdown on your signature whenever I look in a thread you've happened to post in, not long to go xxx

Thanks for the replies. Ill try not to panic but im such a worrier ><

Aww thank you Laura yes not too long to go Ive got my hospital bag packed and ready to go now. Hope your little one is ok and you too xo

I agree that it changes all the time. Sometimes to receive things in France it will take 1 week, other times more like 1 month. Don't worry just yet

I know Royal Mail say an international package can take up to 56 days. I had one recently that took about 25 days, so I wouldn't panic yet!

I wouldn't worry about it too much, there's a lot going on with the Royal Mail at the moment and it's probably just a back-log of international mail that needs to go out. Hope it gets there soon

-Charlie

I'm finding it the opposit, my pins are getting to the US usually in a week. To me it's taking about a month!

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• First-Class Package International Service

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• • International Letter

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[TD="class: date-time"] October 10, 2013 , 7:49 am
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[TD="class: date-time"] October 8, 2013 , 5:17 pm
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[TD="class: date-time"] October 8, 2013 , 10:42 am
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[TD="class: status"] Acceptance
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[TD="class: location"] MICHIGAN CITY, IN 46360 SArah,theres the latest info on mine to you and we traded on the 8th of October
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I have send pin packages to both Asia as well as Europe. The majority of these packages are delivered within 7 to 10 days.

Packages being sent into the United States generally take about the same amount of time. There have been the few exceptions that have gone as long as 21 days, but that generally involved some type of incident (Canadian mail strike, weather - Hurricane / Tornado, or natural disaster) slowing the process. While the US Mail service was not affected by the recent Government shutdown, US Customs was impacted. Now that things are beginning to be restored to normal service, any packages delayed in transit should start to arrive again.

I wouldnt worry, its taken as long as 3 weeks for me to receive a trade from the US, and likewise when I send trades to the US, it just depends...can range from 1 week to 3 in my experience, i wouldnt worry

I've found that recently my pins from the US are getting here in about a week, week in a half or two weeks max. And that my US traders are receiving the pins in a similar time frame. I wouldn't panic yet, give it another week or so!

It has taken up to 8-10 weeks for me before.

They have since received this pin