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| Hi All, Can some of you more experienced international shoppers tell me about how long it usually takes for your packages to make the trip from England to the US? I'm waiting for one that was sent around mid-August. My payment made it there in about (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| It depends on how it was shipped: surface or air mail. Surface mail could take 4 ~ 6 weeks from Europe. Air mail shouldn't take more than a few weeks although that can vary as well. I've been waiting since mid-late July for 2 shipments from Germany. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) Well, that depends on the method of shipment, I'd say-- I've bought a couple of things from the UK, and had them shipped airmail, which took about a week. However, airmail costs a good deal more than surface mail. Surface mail, on the other (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) How much more? I paid $30 to ship two Technic Super Cars with no boxes. Would you guess that to be airmail or surface mail? (...) I have a friend with relatives in England, and he says it's never taken more than a week for any package to (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) Never mind. If USPS.com is any indication, $30 is just enough to send a package that big to the UK via SURFACE mail. So I guess I've got some more waiting to do. -Adam 8^) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) Offhand, I really don't know how much exactly, only that it's rather significant. For shipping two separate 200-400 piece sets with no boxes from the UK, I seem to remember it being roughly $20 for each via airmail, vs. something like $10? for (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) from (...) Surface mail with ParcelForce Economy should be 28-30 days. ((URL) with RoyalMail should be 4-8 days. ((URL) sites also have price calculators. Chris (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) They jest, surely. Surface mail from the UK to Canada consistently takes about 6 weeks (all my relatives are there so I get a fair number of packages). Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Air Market: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) Hi All, Thanks for all the advice, the sets arrived today! It *was* surface mail after all. One 8880 and one 8865, both appear to be in MINT condition with instructions. If all the parts are there, this will be quite a nice purchase (US$100 + (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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