Delay on post from the UK?

eth0_

I ordered Christmas presents off play.com and a UK ebay seller two weeks ago and they still haven't shown up. I realise play can be slow but this guy said be posted the item from England on the 9th and it still hasn't shown up.

Anyone heard of any delays in An Post?

joebhoy1916

I got stuff sent from England on Wednesday got it today!

Noelie

I'm waiting on stuff sent from Kildare this day last week to arrive, it may have arrived today but haven't checked the post. also have things from cdwow shipped on 11th and 3 moviestar dvd sipped 12th & 14th, that still haven't arrived. I think An Post aren't up to it anymore.

Oryx

Ive had some parcels come in 5 days, one took two months. An post is a gamble. Unless you have tracking its anyones guess when youll get them.

Ruu_Old

Just regular airmail was it? Post from the UK has never been very consistent for me.

byte

Ruu wrote:

Just regular airmail was it? Post from the UK has never been very consistent for me.

Yeah, ditto. If you're lucky it'll be a few days. But sometimes it can take weeks for reasons unknown. Neither An Post or Royal Mail are known for their efficiency!

mwrf

It really is a gamble with post from the UK, I have often received stuff from hong kong before the UK when bought at the same time.

Paul Tergat

I order off ebay a good bit and from UK it can take anything between 4 days to 4 weeks!

A Dub in Glasgo

I often send stuff to Dublin and the average time taken is 5 days. I sent a parcel by Royal Mail International signed for yesterday and today the tracking is showing that the parcel is in the hands of An Post, lets see how long it takes to get delivered.

morgana

My latest experience with something ordered from the UK is that the package has arrived back at the sender's with just a crytic mark "AS" on it after about a week! Go figure, the local postie knows me well :-) so if it had gotten near him I would have received it ...

jor el

The last order I put into play.com was in November and four DVDs were posted on the same day. The first one arrived a week later, which is the usual for me, the other three arrived one at a time over the following two weeks.

How four items posted from the same place at the same time and destined for the same place can get so separated like that is beyond me. I guess some stuff just goes in an overflow box and gets forgotten about.

neacy69

i ordered DVD's from ebay in china which were posted from sanghai on the 15th. They cleared customs in coventry this morning they are being delivered to my Northern address so wont be looked after by an Post so hopefully all goes well....otherwise my brother will be dissapointed on christmas

2funki4wheelz

I order from QVC in the UK a lot and the times things takes vary hugely.
They show a dispatch date on the site and you cannot even chase things until 28 days elapse.

I'm waiting on something from 3rd Dec, I'm hoping it's because it's a large package and the Xmas rush. I have got small items from the UK, Jersey and the US in between!

Our man in Havana

The customs are screening mail in major sorting offices so that is what is possibly delaying things.

eth0_

Bond-007 wrote:

The customs are screening mail in major sorting offices so that is what is possibly delaying things.

The package i'm waiting on is coming from the UK so that rules out being stopped by customs.

There is a tracking number on it, but the c*nt seller won't give it to me! In fact he wouldn't reply to me until I opened a paypal case against him the other day, when he admitted the package had been lost and the replacement would be with me Thursday (tomorrow). I asked him for the tracking number and he said he'd get back to me that evening with it, but no sign.

So p*ssed off that he would treat me like this when he knows it's a Christmas present. Negative feedback awaits.

A Dub in Glasgo

The package I sent on Monday arrived in Dublin on Thursday.

Royal Mail wrote:

Your item, posted on 18/12/06 with reference RI82821165GB was delivered in EIRE on 21/12/06.

Thank you for using this service.

philologos

Ordered 2 things from the UK (Shrewsbury, Manchester) first came on Monday, second came yesterday.

old boy

sent a postal order to dublin 2 weeks yesterday got a fone here on boards, no sign of it yet.

j4vier

i ordered somethin from the uk which was posted on the 6th ,
got in dub on the 20th..

Oryx

I had a cheque sent to me by a UK ebay buyer on the 1.11.06. Got it yesterday! :rolleyes:

Alter-Ego

Ordered stuff from play.com 3 weeks ago, still haven't arrived and they were xmas presents. Thank you An Post :rolleyes:

old boy

i ordered a book on amazon on the night of 14th, it was it was posted airmail on the 15th, and arrived today.

vinks

im expecting a package that was sent from the UK on the 14th I think (international standard signed parcels they call it) and its past the late posting service for the christmas rush. and i still havent gotten the package, i suspect there is probably a back log with all the post after the whole mess across the UK last week with flights. im pretty pissed since it was present i bought for someone.

LordSutch

I ordered a pair of running shoes from a store in England on the 18th/ December and they posted them to me on the 19th, its now the 29th ....

Still waiting!

hiscan

i bought a cd on ebay and the seller told me he posted it the last week in november from austria and i still havent got it should i report him to ebay or wait another week it being christmas?

2funki4wheelz

My QVC parcel arrived, despite saying dispatched on the 3rd Dec, it came via Parcel Force and only dispatched 20th Dec as per the stickers on it. So slow delivery but not really An Post or QVC's fault! I remember Parcel Force taking a regular bashing on Watchdog on BBC years ago.

Did email An Post re checking for the item and they came back and asked for a tracking number or else they couldn't help. If I'd had a tracking number I could've checked it myself!

parsi

2funki4wheelz wrote:

Did email An Post re checking for the item and they came back and asked for a tracking number or else they couldn't help. If I'd had a tracking number I could've checked it myself!

And how were they supposed to track it ? They can't ring around all their depots asking if there's a package for 2funki4wheelz !

Sully

I ordered a good few stuff in the last few weeks from eBay UK and received it within 2 working days. Small packages tho.