@dodge_132 wrote:
Thank You to all for the advice. I have full confidence in the seller as I have bought many items from them before with no issues in their prompt service. I do feel sorry for the difficult time that sellers find them selves in and the time frame for feed back should be extended. I thought I recall the time being longer.
You're welcome mate. That sounds good that you have a good history with that seller. Makes it easier when items are delayed. Let's hope that eBay will look at restoring the FB time back to 90 days. More and more people are talking about this and recent threads prove it. I too had a slow issue with a seller who I have a long history with. Parcel finally arrived either 2 days before or 2 or 3 after the 60 day cut off. Can't remember now. Anyway it was last year.
@dodge_132 wrote:The items I purchase were also an advanced order pre-production release. The items are now being recieved by other sellers so it is just time before the seller I used gets their stock. Thank you again for all your advice.
In the situation of pre-production, extra time for FB is an absolute must. Also pre-orders on limited edition items can mean extra extra time needed as the seller doesn't have the item in stock yet.
With economy postage from the US which is less than half the cost of USPS (which is cheaper than GSP) I have so far been lucky and had stuff in a reasonable time. One parcel came in 3 weeks.. Quite a few sellers are offering it now. But Economy is slower even when it goes on the plane. Even though I had one parcel in 3 weeks and from memory 6 for another, it may take over 2 months. Also the tracking on it is more or less just basic. I had another item from the US come via economy and the tracking only said that it had left the US and there was nothing until after it arrived, Even on the day it arrived, the tracking just showed it had left the US. Cheap postage yes. But best to have Economy with someone you have a history with or a well-rated seller.
Yeah for whatever shipping method from overseas, definitely more time is needed.
BTW: With buying vintage 1970s and 1980s hi-fi, an item may have been sitting idle for years before it was bought by the seller. The seller will give it a once or twice over and check all inputs, outputs etc.. "Hmmm, sounds good. OK, I'll list it". Winning bidder or buyer wins , buys item and then waits 
for it to arrive in the mail. Package is opened and in a day or two the hi-fi component / system is pumping out some great music. 
Then in a month there is only {{{distortion}}} coming from the left channel. 
Or the pre-amp section no longer works. 
. With older electronic items, the components are age sensitive. They can go at any time.
With the above scenario, time is required to negotiate with the seller and also the item may have to be posted back. 2 months is not enough time.
