meshwill

Hi,
We arrived in CT late Aug, air freight arrived 2 weeks later, shipping crate docked in New York on 6th Sept, anyone know roughly how long it might take to get through customs etc, and when I might finally see my stuff again!!

budleigh

Ours took a week but we are on the West Coast.

meauxna

So really, you don't want to know the average for every/anywhere, but how long YOURS will take.. lol!
It's a coin flip. We have stuff held in Customs frequently and some of them sail through in a day or two and some take weeks. Very annoying.

Your kitty avatar.... we've trained our kitty to do that to beg for catnip when we tell her "Be cute!".

meshwill

very spooky!! posted this question this morning and this afternoon got a call to say shipping container had cleared customs and is being delivered Monday!! yippee!!

Of course I mean mine!! I want my stuff not anyone elses!! lol !!

The kitty avatar is my (16yrs old) cat stretching!! no training needed!! lazy bones she is!!

meauxna

It always seems to work that way.. get het up enough to post about it and bam! Result.

meshwill

Is it really sad that I'm excited about my shipping crate coming!! we all discussed what we missed the most, my daughter missed her roller blades and bike, my son missed his bike and bed and my husband and I miss our sofa!! - it has recliners on either end so we can put our feet up in the evening!! - we look like darby & joan in the evening!! (by the way I'm just this side of 40!!)

Brat1

Lucky you!! When we arrived here in February, we didn't see our crate for 13 weeks!!! And it took over 2 weeks to clear customs with a bill of over $400 to get it released. Glad you didn't have to wait long and welcome to Connecticut

TimNiceBut

My container got through customs within a couple of days after arrival - IIRC my customs agents told me it had arrived the Thursday it was supposed to arrive and had cleared customs on the following Tuesday.

Nutmegger

Glad you'll get your container on Monday -- have fun rediscovering all your stuff!

meshwill

Thank you all for the replies and welcome wishes etc, currently clearing rental furniture away for collection and then ready to fill rooms on Monday!

FAA

You'll have so much fun rediscovering everything, it really helps you to feel more at home! Nothing like having your own stuff around you!

Hubcaps

We arrived 9th of July and our shipping is being delivered tomorrow, so 10 weeks for us. I want my shoes and books, kids want their toys and my husband wants none of it as he's had to take a day off work to help sort it all.

MadRad

You're lucky, we've been here six months so far and as we haven't yet sold our house in the UK, our stuff is all still there! I think we're highly unlikely to see any of our stuff before Christmas.