US Customs

I sent a balsa kit to a friend in the UK awhile back. It was lost for a month before it showed back up with French customs stamps all over it. I retried and he got it within a week. Go figure. Have them try again.

After reading the recent replies to my whining about customs I decided to track the package again. A few days after my original post it was back in New Zealand but has yet to be delivered because the company is closed for another two weeks. I guess this sort of thing happens and it may be interesting to see how it turns out.

Yup PJ, I always have trouble with the Florida mailing system. A far cry from Ohio's wich is where I am from originally.

That's my fear dealing with foreign shipping. You will eventually get it.

About 2 months ago I mailed a box to Virginia from Florida. The USPS sent it via Seattle!!  Took about 4 days to get to it's destination after the USPS screwed up and that was mailing to the lower 48.

Don't worry, its not just your side of the pond. last year I bought a kit from Poland which was duly posted and a tracking number set. Over the next couple of weeks I kept checking and it was still showing as in Poland. then I got a message from the guys saying it had been returned with a not saying my address was wrong. He included a photo of the address he had used which was perfectly fine. when I checked the tracking number, it seems it had been sat at customs at heathrow for 2 weeks and then sent back.

The guy re posted it using the same address and I got it within the week. Go figure the mystery's of the postal system.