Buying From The U.s

[wilorichie]

Hey guys.

Baught something from America on the 26/2/09 - A suit It's 1500AU and this american store sells them for 500AU including postage.

Getting frisky about it - So I'm keen to know if anyone here in QLD has baught anything from the U.S and how long did it take?

It's coming as USPS - Priority air mail

[andy65b]

US to sydney usually is within 2 weeks.

Cheers

Andy

[sneakey pete]

Yeah, about two week is what i'd expect to, from talking to guys in the industry.

Sea mail would be longer, express would only be a few days.

[wilorichie]

Yep, two weeks sounds like the most common number.

If thats the case - hopefully I receive my suit before the end of this week! Can't wait hehe.

It's just a tad worrying when you don't get a receipt number or tracking number (usps prio air mail doesn't offer it).

I would be happy if I just knew that USPS received the package and are doing their thing...

[Col-GTSX]

UPS is between 8-12 working days to major citys in Aus

[wilorichie]

UPS is between 8-12 working days to major citys in Aus

UPS and USPS are actaully different - Confusing aye... haha

[Chris Rogers]

you have sent it US POST. that may vary between 2-3 weeks depending on weight. if it was air mail then 8-10 days is the norm- where was it coming from?

also make sure you dont get nailed by customs on it. that $1000 saving could turn out costly. I'm still battling that side of things with a package Ex japan right now.

[wilorichie]

The package is coming from Florida as USPS (The equiv to our auspost).

It is coming as Priority Airmail (Which is their standard airmail) and its been 9 working days now. Ordered on 26th Feb.

Customs says anything that cost you under 1000$AU is basically a free pass in here - Unless they have all the dirty tricks up their sleaves still.

I didn't do too much research into this besides a quick scan of the customs rules.

[Chris Rogers]

ok that should take 12-14 days. most of the stuff I get from New York takes that long.

[sneakey pete]

Yeah, that's pretty much spot on. for those who are interseted:

It'll be posted in Florida. that night it'll probably be sorted, send off to an airport. 1 day. They usually let stuff sit for a few days. 3-4 days. After that, it'll probably be flown to a major parcel facility in the US, 4-5 days, where it'll be put with other Australian bound stuff, and put on the next plane with room. 6-8 days. Once it gets here, customs will have a look at it, that's a few more days, 9-11 days. Then it'll be flown to Brisbane's parcel facility, 10-12 days, then put with the rest of the local parcels and delivered, 12-14 days.

[LOWESTR32]

took about a week for me air mail

[wilorichie]

Cheers for the info guys.

Hopefully it comes by the end of next week then (Thursday next week = 15 business days)