Recently I have had a less-than-wonderful experience with the global postal system. Having spend a number of years sending packages, cards, letters and such from Australia to the USA and back, I know that the average time for a package the size of a shoe box to make the trip is 10-14 days.
Thinking that we had plenty on time, Abby sent a Christmas package to my parents 3 weeks before the hallowed day. The packaged finally arrive TWO MONTHS later! That's right, it took 9 weeks with no reasoning given at either end. After harassing USPS and Australia Post and getting no answer other than "it can sometime take a while, even up to ten weeks" we had all but given up on the package ever arriving.
On arrival the box had no indication of ever being delivered to the wrong address. There were airmail stickers on it so it should not have been sent via sea mail. There was a customs sticker on it that had been completed correctly (BTW the customs reference number is pretty much useless! According to the postal service, they don't track the number - unless you buy insurance of course). Ah well I guess I should just be grateful that it did arrive in the end.
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Where do you suppose that your package was all that time?
Have you met any other Aussies in the Denver area?
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I was wondering if you knew where to meet other Aussies in Denver??
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