topic Shipping times. in Buying

Shipping times.

harpyjan2009 — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 03:58:28 GMT

I recently purchased a figurine, which the seller and I have named "The slowest tango in history". Posted from the U.K on October 2, it finally arrived on Dec 21st!

Be warned that modern international SURFACE mail is slower than in the days of sailing ships!!!

Sellers please always include an 'Airmail' option for postage.

Many thanks to the seller for her patience and helpfulness.

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***super_nova*** — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 05:17:27 GMT

Actually, that was pretty fast, surface mail can take 3 months. Glad it arrived in good order 🙂

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davewil1964 — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:16:59 GMT

The seller is foolish, at best.

The average buyer would have opened an INR case way before now and been refunded. The seller would then be relying on the honesty of the buyer to repay.

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putney32 — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 10:00:05 GMT

in the days of sailing ships there were several ships leaving the UK every week for australia, today, you items get put into containers, and then wait and wait and wait until a ship leaves bound for Aust. (not many cargo vessels do... ) ... so 3, 4 or more months for seamail is not unusual

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lyndal1838 — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:26:52 GMT

I very much doubt that anyone here would even consider using surface post...you have no paypal protection at all.

And the time your item took is excellent for surface....it is usually much longer

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thesoulyearns — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:31:37 GMT

The seller is foolish, at best.

The average buyer would have opened an INR case way before now and been refunded. The seller would then be relying on the honesty of the buyer to repay.

Maybe... but also the buyer should have known that surface mail can take much longer, possibly falling out of the PayPal dispute timeframe. It's a tough one to answer, really. Good that it worked out.

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davewil1964 — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:25:56 GMT

Maybe... but also the buyer should have known that surface mail can take much longer, possibly falling out of the PayPal dispute timeframe. It's a tough one to answer, really. Good that it worked out.

Easy answer. If the seller is foolish enough to offer seamail, the seller gets an INR and relies on the buyer to repay them when they receive it.

Not a business model I subscribe to. Mind you I only sell to Australia, for good reason.

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zanadoo_56 — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:24:26 GMT

That's not too bad. I had a seller underquote on postage so she decided not to contact me first but send my purchase by sea instead. I was amazed when it turned up - it had been so long I'd forgotten all about it. 🙂

Plus....I remember in the 1960s when I used to buy a comic from the UK - 6 months or more was the norm between when it was published in the UK and when it arrived in Oz. 😮