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Common Poster Subjects => Packaging & Shipping => Topic started by: Juli on April 01, 2011, 05:41:28 PM
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I bought a poster from the UK and the seller told me that "it could take a while to arrive" to the US. He told me he sent it out on March 1st. He sent it the standard airmail which is the cheaper shipping method out of the UK to the US. I am still waiting for it to arrive.
My question is have you ever waited a month or more for a poster to arrive from the UK to the US using that standard shipping? If so how long do they usually take to get to you? I am just wondering if I have a lot more waiting to do or if it should be here any day now. I have never purchased a poster from the UK or any other country except Canada where strangely enough it took exactly a month to get to me even though it was sent using faster shipping. It was stuck in customs for three weeks is what I found out. Is it that posters just generally sit in customs a lot longer or something?
~ Juli
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I was about to make a thread just like this.
Every poster I buy from the UK takes six weeks, almost every single time. I bought two posters on the same day (March 11th) - one from the UK and one from Thailand. The Thai package came yesterday. But I don't expect the UK package to come until late April.
Edit: I just checked my e-mail for reference. The three packages I ordered from the UK took 30 days, 32 days, and 41 days to arrive.
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Yes, Juli...Anthony's got his numbers right.
Mr.Boyle (where's he been, lately?) sent me a poster and it took about 5 weeks.
Unbelievably slow for the 21st century, eh? wynk
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The last poster I bought out of the UK got lost - the first and only time this is happened (knock on wood!)
But I don't think a month is all that uncommon...for some reason Royal Mail is royally f'd lately - just ask our intrepid Brits about it
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I ordered posters from one seller in the uk, then from another seller a week later in the uk. The second purchase arrived in 2 weeks. The first purchase, ordered before the second and shipped before the second, arrived 6 weeks later. Go figure. The Royal Mail sucks.
The only thing worse, now, is the privatized mail in the Netherlands. I sent some stuff to someone there recently, and they lied about receiving it, claiming the wrong address was used, then lied about returning it though they never did, and they kept kicking the tube back to customs again and again. After about 2 months or so, the poster tube was finally delivered. They were the worst ever.
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Without a lot of Bad language I don't know how to describe the Royal Mail. They really are very poor indeed. ;)
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Its strange because every parcel i have ever recieved internally from Royal Mail has been pristine,but for some reason when ever i have sent outside of the UK there always seems to be damage to them by the time they reach the other side.
I have wondered wether most of the damage occurs at the airport(s),by careless baggage handlers..
One of the other reasons i think most of them arrive damaged is because all the recipients specifically asked for bog standard airmail.What this means is that the buyer is willing to take the risk that the poster will take a maximum of 6 weeks to arrive,because the huge price difference to send it next day or same week is roughly ten times standard airmail.£4.00 standard, £36 Parcelforce..
So you get what you pay for i suppose..
Stew
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Hi, Folks!
When we send packages from UK to USA we always use International Signed For Airmail and packages arrive within 7 to 14 days.
Despite the fact that Royal Mail say the packages are only trackable until they leave the UK, we have found that by using the same tracking reference numbers on the USPS website we can check progress of the package right through to its destination.
Don't want to tempt fate, but we generally have had very few problems using that service.
Best wishes,
Terry - www.quadbod.co.uk
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I just had Adam (bondposters) send me a package. Standard international signed. We'll mark the calendar and we'll see when it shows up!
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I once waited for two months for a poster from the US to arrive here in Germany.
Paid for airmail but the seller most likely used surface mail (cheap bastard) that's why it took so long.
Armin
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Thanks so much for the replies. I heard a lot of that waiting time has to do with the parcel sitting in customs. And customs says it can hold a parcel for as long as it needs. I heard that even if you get the quicker shipping, customs doesn't go any faster, just everything else is faster (which appears to be only a matter of one or two days).
~ Juli
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We sent a New Years card to friends in London January 3rd. We got it back three days ago, the envelope stated "January 6th- address incomplete" (which it wasn't btw). So it took a mere 3 months to get back!
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We sent a New Years card to friends in London January 3rd. We got it back three days ago, the envelope stated "January 6th- address incomplete" (which it wasn't btw). So it took a mere 3 months to get back!
Any damage? ;D
Stew
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They only damage items coming to my house... ;)
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They only damage items coming to my house... ;)
just before the postie attempts a delivery to your gaff he whacks it off his knee.....unlucky, ;D
Stew
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Hi, Folks!
When we send packages from UK to USA we always use International Signed For Airmail and packages arrive within 7 to 14 days.
Despite the fact that Royal Mail say the packages are only trackable until they leave the UK, we have found that by using the same tracking reference numbers on the USPS website we can check progress of the package right through to its destination.
Don't want to tempt fate, but we generally have had very few problems using that service.
Best wishes,
Terry - www.quadbod.co.uk
Did I say I don't want to tempt fate? No sooner do I sing the praises of UK to USA shipping than our latest package en route to the USA goes missing! It's like the curse of the commentator when you're watching football on TV - as soon as they praise someone for their skill, they put the ball over the net! Only a couple of weeks ago, packages were taking less than 10 days ... now it sounds like there will be indefinite hold-ups in US customs - which, to be fair, are outside the control of Royal Mail.
Fingers crossed!
Terry - www.quadbod.co.uk
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Did I say I don't want to tempt fate? No sooner do I sing the praises of UK to USA shipping than our latest package en route to the USA goes missing! It's like the curse of the commentator when you're watching football on TV - as soon as they praise someone for their skill, they put the ball over the net! Only a couple of weeks ago, packages were taking less than 10 days ... now it sounds like there will be indefinite hold-ups in US customs - which, to be fair, are outside the control of Royal Mail.
Fingers crossed!
Terry - www.quadbod.co.uk
That's not what I want to hear... I have a $200 package on its way to me. :(
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That's not what I want to hear... I have a $200 package on its way to me. :(
I'll keep 'em crossed for you too, then.
T
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Also worth noting I am still waiting on a package I ordered March 11th.
And in regards to the $200 package I'm waiting on, I check the Royal Mail tracking website and they seem to think it was shipped in February. Either my tracking number is wrong or the mail in the UK is ludicrously out of order.
EDIT: It has come to my attention that I am a miserable American. Disregard this post, I failed to acknowledge the obvious format differences between countries.
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Or maybe you have the dates the wrong way, Anthony laugh1
You Americans ... You should read the date the British way - you always have to be different lol!
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Quite right. It makes no sense putting the month first.... It should be day,month,year, gets bigger as it goes. It's like putting 10,s, 1000's, and then 100's....
It's just not Cricket. ;D
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Hey, come on now, I don't knock you guys!
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Hey, come on now, I don't knock you guys!
Yeah you Brits leave him alone....what is Cricket?
;)
Stew
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Hey, come on now, I don't knock you guys!
But you can't knock us anyway, because if it wasn't for us Brits you wouldn't be here laugh1
Ohh, that's far too political for this place!
Our way is always the right way! HA HA! ;)
Yeah you Brits leave him alone....what is Cricket?
;)
Stew
Good to play, but hard to watch :P
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Stew your a Brit... you may not be English, but you are a Brit. ;) Hoots Mon...
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Stew your a Brit... you may not be English, but you are a Brit. ;) Hoots Mon...
he he...im sure there is a politics thread somewhere abouts,, :D Top hole old chap.. ;)
Stew
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But you can't knock us anyway, because if it wasn't for us Brits you wouldn't be here laugh1
Ohh, that's far too political for this place!
Our way is always the right way! HA HA! ;)
I was never going to argue that either of our ways were right or wrong. A lot of Americans don't like America anymore anyway. But I would argue that Russell Brand is ALL YOUR FAULT. If this is you guyses way of getting even for all that tea-tax nonsense I APOLOGIZE and please recall your monster from wreaking devastation on our already pathetic media.
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I bet Arthur is way better than the old one...modern=better
Stew
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Hi Folks!
Just my thoughts on the date format ... I agree that the US system can be misleading for us in the UK - for example 4/6/11 means the 6th April in the USA but it means the 4th June in the UK ... but when we allocate dates to file names on images, etc we use the UK system, but in reverse order - year+month+day - ie 6th April becomes 20110406 - if you use that format, then lists of date dates will sort automatically in chronological order.
Time for my nap.
T
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Hi Folks!
Just my thoughts on the date format ... I agree that the US system can be misleading for us in the UK - for example 4/6/11 means the 6th April in the USA but it means the 4th June in the UK ... but when we allocate dates to file names on images, etc we use the UK system, but in reverse order - year+month+day - ie 6th April becomes 20110406 - if you use that format, then lists of date dates will sort automatically in chronological order.
Time for my nap.
T
For dating purposes, that is a very good system, Terry! sm1
So Anthony - I see you LOVE Russell Brand then! laugh1
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So Anthony - I see you LOVE Russell Brand then! laugh1
I would rather hang myself than listen to Russell Brand say one sentence.
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I would rather hang myself than listen to Russell Brand say one sentence.
+1
Russell Brand makes me...
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/GIFS/81460.gif)
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Ahh.... "Brand" one of our best exports.......and you can keep him. ;D Oh, and don't send him or any of his films back over here, or we'll get the Royal Mail to handle all of your posters... wynk
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I think Stewart was being sarcastic.
If not. well, lets say, ummm...
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It been about six weeks now and no sign of my poster, hmm.
~ Juli
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Did I say I don't want to tempt fate? No sooner do I sing the praises of UK to USA shipping than our latest package en route to the USA goes missing! It's like the curse of the commentator when you're watching football on TV - as soon as they praise someone for their skill, they put the ball over the net! Only a couple of weeks ago, packages were taking less than 10 days ... now it sounds like there will be indefinite hold-ups in US customs - which, to be fair, are outside the control of Royal Mail.
Fingers crossed!
Terry - www.quadbod.co.uk
Our irregularity had a happy ending - despite the partial inaccuracy of online tracking information which had initially caused us concern, the package actually arrived on time! From Birmingham UK to Illinois USA by International Signed For Airmail in 10 days which seems about par for the course.
I hope your consignment arrives eventually, Juli.
Best wishes,
Terry - www.quadbod.co.uk
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I hope your consignment arrives eventually, Juli.
I got it today. I am thrilled. Looks like six weeks is the norm for posters coming from the UK to US. Strange thing is other items always took about two weeks to get to me. I wonder why posters take so much longer.
~ Juli
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I got it today. I am thrilled. Looks like six weeks is the norm for posters coming from the UK to US. Strange thing is other items always took about two weeks to get to me. I wonder why posters take so much longer.
~ Juli
Juli,
What was the poster you ordered? And was it packaged well? No mysterious open ends, rips or tears? ;)
Jeff
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Juli,
What was the poster you ordered? And was it packaged well? No mysterious open ends, rips or tears? ;)
Jeff
I bought The King's Speech UK Quad (Version 1) and it arrived perfectly, and the packaging was excellent. There were no signs as to why it took so long.
~ Juli
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I got it today. I am thrilled. Looks like six weeks is the norm for posters coming from the UK to US. Strange thing is other items always took about two weeks to get to me. I wonder why posters take so much longer.
~ Juli
Hi,
It strange that none of the dealers posted explanation yet. Poster takes longer because of the weight of the tube, size and shape of the tube.
here is what I am sending to all my customers since december 2010:
Normally, before December 2010 our shippings were delivered to customers in USA in about 10 days.
But in December 2010 US TSA (transportation Security Agency) introduced new security checks for all mail arriving to USA which weights over 1 pound.
so since december 2010 our shippings arrive to customers in USA in 10-25 days.
When tube arrives to USA you will see information on www.usps.com : "We have received notice that the originating post is preparing to dispatch this mail piece "
and will remain unchanged until actual delivery or delivery attempt. It is highly
misleading and useless for tracking.. unfortunately.
You can read more about these security check on few pages in English:
Royal mail: http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?catId=400033&mediaId=3800088#1600085
ebay Uk http://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/201011.shtml#2010-11-26095602
usps.com http://www.usps.com/international/serviceupdates.htm
So - if you buy something that is small, weight is below 1 pound - then it should arrive faster.
Our shippings takes now 2-3 weeks to be delivered to USA but we use postal service account and we send as registered business which means senders is know and verified. and even with this it takes longer than before December 2010.
hope that this helps.
Krzysztof
http://www.polishposter.com (http://www.polishposter.com)
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Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense.
~ Juli
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I ordered posters from one seller in the uk, then from another seller a week later in the uk. The second purchase arrived in 2 weeks. The first purchase, ordered before the second and shipped before the second, arrived 6 weeks later. Go figure. The Royal Mail sucks.
The only thing worse, now, is the privatized mail in the Netherlands. I sent some stuff to someone there recently, and they lied about receiving it, claiming the wrong address was used, then lied about returning it though they never did, and they kept kicking the tube back to customs again and again. After about 2 months or so, the poster tube was finally delivered. They were the worst ever.
I had a similar experience sending a parcel to Norway last December (it was a box measuring approx 24" long x 14" wide x 4" deep). It weighed just over 4 pounds. I had taken the box to the post office to get the various costs depending on the shipping method the recipient wanted me to use. The most expensive was International Priority Express, which would take 4-6 business days. And with this size/weight box would cost over $60.00 USD to send.
The recipient wanted me to use this service. So I mailed the box on Dec 6th and emailed him the tracking number.
To make a long story short, the did not receive the box until January 7th! The tracking stopped showing any movement around Dec. 15th, and then was updated around Jan 6th. Seems the box did NOT leave LAX when it had indicated, back in early Dec, and basically sat here for a couple weeks. Then with the customs clearance in Norway, in early Jan.
Before the online update, I assumed the box was lost. I called the USPS around Dec 22, and they indicated that it had departed to Norway back earlier in the month (it hadnt). So I opened a claim.
When I asked about the fact that the recipient had paid for International EXPRESS service, the USPS rep told me that Norway was not one of the countries for which the 4-6 day service was guaranteed! Say wha?? hitself It would have been nice to have been told this PRIOR to paying. So that meant there would be not even a partial refund of that shipping fee that was paid. I couldn't believe it.
All ended well and the box wasnt manhandled or opened in customs. But that shipping time frame, especially when paying for that kind of expedited service, seemed like a total rip off. :-\