Hello Amita, Be glad you didn't send it to Italy. My experience twice there has been on the order of a month even with USPS fast delivery (about 1 week or less). The problem becomes once it leaves the US, the post office is at the mercy of the other country's mail system. Some countries are much better than others.
I feel your pain. -- Bruce Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 8:46:36 AM, you wrote: AG> I just had to ship two lenses to buyers outside the US. USPS AG> International Express Mail seemed like a good method because I would AG> get a tracking number and insurance. The problem is that my "3 to 5 AG> day" delivery time ended up being about two weeks for each recipient AG> (in the UK and France.) I ended up having to call the post office and AG> track each package over the phone to get detailed information so that AG> my buyers could get their packages. AG> DHL and FedEx seem way too expensive. I know a lot of people ship AG> things Airmail Parcel Post all the time without a problem, but doing AG> that makes me nervous with certaun items. Is there another method I AG> haven't thought of? Within the US and Canada I use FedEx Ground, which AG> works great. AG> Thanks, AG> Amita -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
