US Postal and Europe

[oliver imfeld]

just ordered an accessory from Wooden Camera to be sent to Belgium; the parcel stayed over 12 days at the custom office; i will never ever use USPS again, only the conventional ones. Better pay 50 bucks more than living such a nightmare again.

just a thought anyway, cheers

 

[Ulf Krentz]

No problems here so far. We received several shipments from the states to Germany through USPS. The parcels usually shipped within very few days to the destination custom office but than it took several days to pop up again...may be you had bad luck, we are having some trouble right now with a damage through UPS - shit happens.

Cheers, Ulf

 

[oliver imfeld]

UPS is another company on my black list, right next to DHL; best so far is FEDEX in my opinion, at least for me.
ciao, o

 

[Ketch Rossi]

NEVER will I ship anything again using USPS services, they have lost several packages of International shipping which costed me some serious Dollars in replacements!!

Its FEDEX for me.

 

[Martin Weiss]

For smaller value items I use USPS all the time and have yet to lose a package.

For more expensive gear I am using a shipping service that goes directly from the US to Norway. Much cheaper than the other agencies.

 

[Stephen Williams]

I have shipped 35mm Film cameras, Cooke 20-100 , Cooke 20-60, Ziess Superspeeds by USPS with no problems. It's important to have correct customs documentation..

 

[Paul Mortlock]

USPS have never lost anything for me - But they do seem to take ages clearing UK customs. Not sure if that is the fault of USPS or Parcel Force.

I usually budget a months worth of time.

 

[Stephen Williams]

USPS have never lost anything for me - But they do seem to take ages clearing UK customs. Not sure if that is the fault of USPS or Parcel Force.

I usually budget a months worth of time.

If you pay for EMS it's way quicker.

 

[Uli Plank]

They all f…k up from time to time. Fedex shipped our Red One from UK to China instead of Germany after the audio board exchange…

 

[Norbert Jalitsch]

i received a lot of parcels via usps. slow, but the parcels arrived.
my last parcel was on the way from u.s. to austria 3 1/2 weeks!!!

 

[Mondo Ghulam]

I currently have some Wooden Camera accs languishing in UK Customs.

Tracking the package tells me that USPS got it to the UK within 48 hours of ordering and I've no idea why it's taking so long now that it's in the UK. I'd assumed that it was nothing to do with WC or USPS.

Sorry to be so naive, but is it the case that I could have done something to expedite the customs side of things? My previous WC order zipped through in a few days and it was for a larger order.

Thanks
Mondo

 

[R. Schorman]

International shipment delivery by USPS Express Mail varies a lot and it really depends on the destination country's customs clearance process. Australia for example is usually very quick while EU countries takes longer and Italy and Greece take the longest of all. I am not sure of the exact cause but it could have to do with the actual person clearing the packages or the amount of packages received at the same time. For fastest delivery, UPS is worth the price. They give an exact date and have the most frequent updates of all carriers.