I had this same problem several years ago at Christmas time. I had ordered a copy of the first edition of Mrs. Palliser as a special Christmas gift to myself from England from a used book dealer. I think at least a couple of months went by, and the seller had completed all the forms for an insurance pay-out, when the book appeared from whatever void it had been in. Needless to say, this year presents special problems, but even in an ordinary year it seems possible for packages to be swallowed up by the mail for months between England and here. Devon In a message dated 12/27/2010 1:33:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
I do hope that no-one has had the same experience that Clay and I have just had. I got a Posh bags bobbin bag for her at Southern Counties Lacemakers Fair and posted it airmail on 23rd November. It was delivered to her today. Needless to say we were both in a state of anguish over what had happened to it. I posted 4 parcels together, of which 3 were to Florida - one of those was delivered on 23rd December and the other two are still in the wind somewhere. I'd got the forms downloaded to report missing mail ready to send as soon as Royal Mail starts working again on Wednesday. Royal Mail are saying that, because of increased US security, post is being delayed by about a week as they can no longer send mail on passenger flights and are having to find space on cargo flights, as well as increased customs checks when the post finally arrives in the US. At the moment no parcels can be tracked. We've also had two small book packages returned by Royal Mail to Amazon as undeliverable - no attempt to deliver has been made. Our postie said there are thousands of Amazon parcels in the local sorting office waiting to be attended to. Reckon they decided it would be quicker to clear the backlog around the country by sending whole consignments back to Amazon. So if you've got packages already in the system bound for the US, then you need patience - a lot of it. And if you're planning to send something, it might be a good idea to wait until the end of January in the hope that they will have cleared the backlog and things will move a bit quicker. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected] - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
