USPS Shipping in time for Christmas 2011!
Dec 9th 2011, 4:44 pm
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Re: USPS Shipping in time for Christmas 2011!
I thought regular airmail but looking at the receipt it says Priority on it. Would that be because I used one of their flat rate boxes do you think? All the cards etc I am sending seem to be arriving in about a week. Mailed a friend a card with a fridge magnet in it, as she wanted one from Canada when I went there last month, on Thursday last week and it arrived today too.
Normal 1st class usually takes about a week to go (to and from), parcels can be a bit more variable in my experience.
Dec 10th 2011, 2:32 pm
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Re: USPS Shipping in time for Christmas 2011!
I mailed my big box of stuff off to the family yesterday, thinking it was the deadline. The post office lady said that they've extended the deadline till today (the 10th) in case anyone needs to know.
Dec 10th 2011, 3:28 pm
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Re: USPS Shipping in time for Christmas 2011!
Not only have they put the prices up but the flat rate boxes are smaller. I have one I received a couple of years ago and its huge by comparison to the large size boxes now.
Just sent a 17x17 box to the grandudes ... $58 :\ Dread to think what the smaller parcels to the UK are going to cost. The guy at the post office said if I get them off by the end of this week they should be there in time for Christmas ... should ... hmmmzz
Just sent a 17x17 box to the grandudes ... $58 :\ Dread to think what the smaller parcels to the UK are going to cost. The guy at the post office said if I get them off by the end of this week they should be there in time for Christmas ... should ... hmmmzz
Dec 11th 2011, 1:57 am
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Re: USPS Shipping in time for Christmas 2011!
Dec 13th 2011, 10:24 pm
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Re: USPS Shipping in time for Christmas 2011!
I just sent a box, not sure it will get there before xmas, I doubt it.
They have completely changed the way things are sent since last year, a lot more forms to fill out
Also yesterday I got one from England that took 8 days, and that was guaranteed in 10, so that's nice.
They have completely changed the way things are sent since last year, a lot more forms to fill out
Also yesterday I got one from England that took 8 days, and that was guaranteed in 10, so that's nice.
Jan 3rd 2012, 11:23 pm
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Re: USPS Shipping in time for Christmas 2011!
Anyone has any issues?
I mailed an item on the 10th of December via First Class Airmail, it's still not there. Will be 4 weeks on Saturday.
My Christmas Cards took almost 3 weeks to get there also.
I mailed an item on the 10th of December via First Class Airmail, it's still not there. Will be 4 weeks on Saturday.
My Christmas Cards took almost 3 weeks to get there also.
Jan 3rd 2012, 11:49 pm
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Re: USPS Shipping in time for Christmas 2011!
My mother still hasn't gotten her package yet either, but then only sent it a week before Christmas, but it was meant more in time for New Years, as she isn't big into Christmas.
Jan 4th 2012, 12:32 am
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Re: USPS Shipping in time for Christmas 2011!
I mailed some things to my parents, in-laws and brother on Dec 6 by 1st Class Airmail and it is still not there. Pissed off about it as they can't easily be replaced! 
Hopefully they will all turn up soon. 
Hopefully they will all turn up soon.
Jan 4th 2012, 12:41 am
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Re: USPS Shipping in time for Christmas 2011!
Yeah, we'd be a bit pissed off as well as everything we sent was hand made, the missus even spun the yarn for a scarf as well as some footprint butterfly pics we made with the girls.
Jan 4th 2012, 3:30 am
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Re: USPS Shipping in time for Christmas 2011!
Not quite as bad as yours, I mailed my box of presents on the 8th and it didn't get to my mum's house until the 28th. It cleared customs on the 23rd but didn't make it to Belfast on time for the last post, it would seem.
Jan 4th 2012, 2:33 pm
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All mine got there on time.
Jan 4th 2012, 2:35 pm
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Jan 4th 2012, 2:43 pm
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Jan 5th 2012, 12:15 am
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Re: USPS Shipping in time for Christmas 2011!
I sent various packages to both London and NI on the Monday before Xmas. London ones got there on Xmas eve so I was well impressed. The others got them on the first delivery after Xmas so not too bad. The only thing I didn't like was that my brother is being charged Import tax.
I looked it up and thought that if no gift was over 40GBP for one person then it was allowable.
Turning out to be an expensive gift! Just as well the gifts are worth more than the 20GBP plus I think my brother is looking forward to getting the denim jacket embroidered with Yoda and "Strong with the Force I Am" on the back for his 1 yr old!!
I looked it up and thought that if no gift was over 40GBP for one person then it was allowable.
Turning out to be an expensive gift! Just as well the gifts are worth more than the 20GBP plus I think my brother is looking forward to getting the denim jacket embroidered with Yoda and "Strong with the Force I Am" on the back for his 1 yr old!!