Shipping is indeed sporadic.
I just received a shipment of tubes from Russia that took 2 ½ weeks from shipment to arrival at my door. The package had a lot of stamps on it (about 20). I was expecting a much longer wait. These entered through New York customs direct to Minneapolis. Sometimes I see long delays (many weeks!) when things enter in Chicago. This was not bad for an eBay purchase! Here is what the tracking looked like: DELIVERED May-11-16, 14:14 PM, EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55344 ARRIVAL AT UNIT May-10-16, 04:26 AM, EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55344 DEPART USPS FACILITY May-10-16, 01:57 AM, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401 DEPART USPS FACILITY May-10-16, 01:36 AM, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401 PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY May-09-16, 17:53 PM, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401 PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY May-07-16, 16:31 PM, WHITE PLAINS, NY 10610 Processed Through Facility May-04-16, 05:24 AM, ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS) Processed Through Facility May-01-16, 06:58 AM Origin Post is Preparing Shipment Apr-26-16, 06:58 AM Jeff From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of A.J. Franzman Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 1:32 AM To: neonixie-l Subject: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: US Customs Service - Delays On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 11:11:59 PM UTC-7, jf...@my-deja.com wrote: They finally arrived after 12 weeks. Based on the tracking information, it took about 11 weeks to get to New Jersey, and another week for the USPS to get it to California. The package was marked "Air Mail" and covered with stamps, but it looks like both countries treated it as surface mail. Your phrase "covered with stamps" raises suspicions... anything out of the ordinary regarding postage tends to ring alarm bells and get a package lots of extra scrutiny; e.g. too much postage, or postage applied by a large quantity of low-face-value stamps. Even disregarding the possibility of extra attention from postal inspectors, it's possible the "Air Mail" marking was lost among the clutter of excess stamps. Also, if the postage applied was enough for surface mail but insufficient for air mail, it may have been sent that way rather than being delivered postage due or returned to the sender. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f533ce05-2bb4-4f14-b1f5-84812183f702%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f533ce05-2bb4-4f14-b1f5-84812183f702%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/5735823d.4186240a.52f7e.1ea5%40mx.google.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
