Missing Diamond Disc

[melvind]

I have stopped to receive any international mail from the US because it's so bad now. The last package was dispatched from California by mid-March. It went from LA to Honolulu, then to Tokyo, then to Frankfurt where it collected dust for another 10 days at our beloved customs. Even before the pandemic, our customs were known to be so slow they couldn't even catch a cold. Two days longer it would have been 7 weeks.

On the other hand, DHL has canceled their commodity mail shipping method, so instead of about $10 I would now have to charge $60 to ship the same item to the US, not worth the hassle.

Well for similar reasons, but mostly because of the cost, I no longer buy records or anything else out of the UK. There was a time a few years ago I could get things cheaply and quickly from the UK. Things aren't too slow now, but it costs twice the value of most records to ship them. It is really changing things. I just stick to the US now.

Back to the original topic though, I get records vial media mail as fast as they come by priority mail. And, I have not had any delayed shipments for quite a long time. I did have one of those it went all over the place packages, but it was a couple of years ago but I got it.

[Valecnik]

I have stopped to receive any international mail from the US because it's so bad now. The last package was dispatched from California by mid-March. It went from LA to Honolulu, then to Tokyo, then to Frankfurt where it collected dust for another 10 days at our beloved customs. Even before the pandemic, our customs were known to be so slow they couldn't even catch a cold. Two days longer it would have been 7 weeks.

On the other hand, DHL has canceled their commodity mail shipping method, so instead of about $10 I would now have to charge $60 to ship the same item to the US, not worth the hassle.

Transatlantic shipping is terrible right now. Even within Europe it's pretty bad.

I recently mailed a small package from Prague to Madrid. It arrived safely after 17 days.

Same day I mailed a package from Prague to Florida. The package has not left Europe yet. Czech post says expect at least 30 days for shipments to the US.

My mother mailed me a small package from Minnesota over two months ago now. It has yet to arrive.

[edisonplayer]

I called the post office where the package with the Diamond Disc is.I gave them my phone number so they could call me. I hope that this problem will be resolved soon. I'll let everyone know. edisonplayer

[JerryVan]

Right now I have 7 records "on the way", all of them way overdo. One was mailed on May 5. They'll get here eventually, and I'm sure yours will too. Just how things are going right now.

[edisonplayer]

Yesterday I called the Post office in Oxford. My package was found on a table. It was sent down to Binghamton, then sent to Syracuse. I'll be getting it soon.edisonplayer.

[edisonplayer]

Got the record yesterday. Hallelujah! edisonplayer

[barnettrp21122]

That record's gotten around a lot more than most of us lately!
I'm glad you finally got it!
Bob

[soundgen]

I posted a soundbox to Arizona on the 19th May and it was delivered on the 28th by USPS and that is a record for USPS !

[soundgen]

Another soundbox posted on the 26th May to Maryland arrived yesterday ! Even better ! USPS are doing something right !