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I received a card from the Uk for my birthday! It took 6 months to get here from the post mark on the envelope
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I'm waiting on a parcel for my birthday from Mum, mailed one month ago, usually takes a week or so, she ended up telling me everything that was in it seeing my birthday came and went
Now I want my parcel, it has sweets in as well as M&S tee shirts.
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Took 6 weeks for a UK-US envelope to turn up recently - and 2 days for a US-to-UK envelope to get there
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I had loads of problems before Christmas and just into the new year, but have had all small packets from the UK arrive in four to eight days since. Last one I got was postmarked in the UK Monday 14th March and arrived in California on Saturday 19th March. These are bubblewrap envelopes though, not parcels.
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My husband worked for the Royal Mail for 12 years. He says they've really gone down the tubes! My mother inlaw mailed us a letter airsure which was "guaranteed in 4 days" It took 10! When I mailed a package priority in the US and it got there a day later than promised they refunded the money. My mother in law tried that in the UK and they wouldn't do anything !
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My brother posted me a parcel on Saturday 26th March so I will say when it arrives! Recently had a parcel delivered via UPS that took two days to get from the UK to USA. Couldnt have been faster!
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Still waiting..............
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Finally got package posted 7th March today!
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Lucky you.
I'm still waiting on my birthday stuff.
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Same story here. My mom had sent me 2 DVDs for Christmas but mailed it after Christmas to avoid the rush. They arrived about 6 weeks later. Normally it would have taken a week to 10 days. Looks like the RM have shot themselves in the foot. This is a taster of what will happen if all inbound international freight has to be x-rayed and inspected at every location. Currently the private couriers (FedEX, UPS & DHL) don't do this although FedEx do x-ray in Memphis.
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First class stamps have risen 5p to 46p today.
Not really relevant to those abroad though!
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ive got two parcels incoming from my mum - both small - and they have already been 3 weeks or so.
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My parcel, posted on Saturday 26th March sent via Royal Mail arrived yesterday so took 9 working days. Not too bad!
Anything which comes via DHL seems to take about 3 days, they are fast and you can track every move, unlike RM`s tracking which is useless once it leaves British soil!
Anything which comes via DHL seems to take about 3 days, they are fast and you can track every move, unlike RM`s tracking which is useless once it leaves British soil!
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