No Drugs here in Germany, but the shipping was outsourced from the german postal service to DHL effectively doubling procedures/time. Shipping times vary greatly as well. Surface is 6-8 weeks to the US air two to three weeks. I´ve noticed that larger boxes tend to go faster than the small stuff, since they fill the transport containers faster, my guess. I remember someone asking why the list doesn´t start a mail service. That might help. Maybe as a NPO?
kim "lost letter dept." Klakow Berlin, where we cross our sevens, Germany
> Well......................Here in Holland...............The Drug policies
> of
> the Dutch
> has a lot to do with arrival of packages arriving to a U.S address. We
> only
> learned of this after
> putting a few Dutch postal workers through the ''GRINDER!''. Well
> they have this attitude ''WELL THAT'S THE WAY IT IS!''......''HEY I'M NOT
> DUTCH
> AND I WANT SOME ANSWERS AS TO WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG
> FOR PACAKAGES TO ARRIVEE TO THEIR FINAL U.S DESTINATIONS!
> Your book states 8 to 12 days for a package that was posted with
> ''Standard
> mail!''
> And now your telling me the avarage is 16 days!................But I'm
> told
> by the majority
> of my U.S customers that they are seeing their packages in 3 to 4 weeks.
> So
> who's
> telling a ''BIG LIE!''..................You bunch of cup cakes, we're
> dropping well
> over 40K a year with shipping and this is the best you can tell me, we'll
> that's not going to do.
> They got on the horn with the U.S Postal service! Answer, Do to the Dutch
> policies on
> DRUGS! All packages arriving into the U.S with DUTCH orgins are seeing
> some
> very
> Heavy U.S customs controls, no spot checks but ''ALL!'' packages are being
> checked.
> And I think Holland being the worlds # 1 producer and world supplier of
> the
> Drug ''EXTESSY!'''
> has a lot to do with these delays as well. In the past the U.S has
> approached Holland
> about helping to stem the flow of this drug.........Not much help there!
> But then again some packages are arriving in good time.
>
> Also, Holland is the only other country other than that of Canada that
> does
> have a fully operational office of the U.S customs.
>
> My 2 cents.
>
> BC
> Baron C...................And the gang!!
> Eindhoven Holland............................Where we have big problems
> with
> DOG POOP!
> Another story for another day!
> >
> > I wonder how much of the recent problem has to do with greater scrutiny
> of
> > packages arriving in the US from overseas. If that is a factor I also
> > wonder if packages from certain countries are scrutinized more, and/or
> if
> > the manner of packaging and the completeness of identification by the
> > shipper might play a role.
> >
> > rgds,
> > Dave Baseley, back into the single digit temperatures in Berks County PA
> >
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