An Post parcel issue

Arcadeheroes

Hi everyone , apologies if this is not the right place to make a thread but , I sent an early christmas gift to a friend from Japan , and never countered a problem like this before. I sent the Parcel via An post November 2nd and it ended up in London, Heathrow Transit Hub on the 6th of November .

My problem is when I check on the track number on An Post website , it says its still in heathrow transit hub for the past 11 days ? should it really be taking this long ?

Spocker

Arcadeheroes wrote: »

Hi everyone , apologies if this is not the right place to make a thread but , I sent an early christmas gift to a friend from Japan , and never countered a problem like this before. I sent the Parcel via An post November 2nd and it ended up in London, Heathrow Transit Hub on the 6th of November .

My problem is when I check on the track number on An Post website , it says its still in heathrow transit hub for the past 11 days ? should it really be taking this long ?

Which service did you choose for delivery? When I try to price a 1Kg parcel to Japan on the An Post website, both of their parcel delivery services don't give the option for a timed delivery, only tracked

Arcadeheroes

Spocker wrote: »

Which service did you choose for delivery? When I try to price a 1Kg parcel to Japan on the An Post website, both of their parcel delivery services don't give the option for a timed delivery, only tracked

I think at the time I choose only standard post . I am hoping its the case the tracker code doesnt work in asian countries . though I am getting kinda worried

Garlinge

It may well be 'paused' in its journey to allow for covid measures to be adhered to. I have heard that post into Australia is stashed in a warehouse for a couple of weeks.

Hallaz

I was told that Japan cannot post things to Ireland due to current guidelines in their country so perhaps they cannot accept goods at the moment either.

silver2020

Arcadeheroes wrote: »

Hi everyone , apologies if this is not the right place to make a thread but , I sent an early christmas gift to a friend from Japan , and never countered a problem like this before. I sent the Parcel via An post November 2nd and it ended up in London, Heathrow Transit Hub on the 6th of November .

My problem is when I check on the track number on An Post website , it says its still in heathrow transit hub for the past 11 days ? should it really be taking this long ?

Miniscule number of flights means freight capacity is dramatically reduced and parcels simply go into a queue. So its normal in the current covid situation.