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Hey guys.

Baught something from America on the 26/2/09 - A suit :banana: 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

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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...

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.

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.

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.

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