Tracking a parcel from the US - HELP!

[wolfracer]

Parcel left USPS los angeles on 1st oct. I assume by air.
How long should i expect to wait for it to drop on my door mat?
There is no further tracking info a/v on the USPS web site after this date.

[jimb0]

Probably waiting for Parcelforce to think up a ludicrous handling charge + VAT + import duty.

[EssexHSV]

Call UPS and ask them where there system shows it to be.

Edited by EssexHSV on Wednesday 8th October 14:24

[Island boy HSV]

You will loose the shipping once it leaves the US with USPS. Parcel force should get in touch in 1-3 weeks and present you with a bill for VAT+Duty+handling charge before they will deliver.

[rickf_uk]

Chances are if you get back intouch with your supplier they'll be able tio raise a tracking number for you which should be able to give reasonable detail of where your stuff is until it gets to UK customs thens its anyones guess. Expect to pay around 10 to 12 pounds on top of tax for the privilage of having customs unpack your goods and then wrap it up again. Bless 'em.

[stevemj]

I had some stuff from Korea: £30 for bank to pay them another £30 for Post office to handle the import and pay HMC&E. Original product cost was only about £120 IIRC - about £200+ to get them in my mitt. I also had a delay of a about 1 week to 10 days after landing in the UK as well.

Steve

[Boosted LS1]

If by boat it'll take ages, well 3 weeks on the boat and 6 weeks at parcelforce. If by air it could be 7-8 weeks. The slow people are parcelforce or whoever picks it up at this end.

[stevieturbo]

As Above...USPS ends up with Parcelforce at this end.

Allow roughly 2-3x whatever delivery time they claim, and be prepared for extortionate handling charges for the privilege.


Taken from another forum...

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Taken from: http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=213...
this was taken from lancer forum.
http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=213...
I found this and found it quite interesting indeed, as we know, large purchases from Rexspeed incur a charge by Pacelforce....well....I may have found a way around it....read on...

Firstly the package was labeled correctly as its legal to import for person use and customs didnt put up an arguement they simply held the package for a couple of days and then slapped the duty and VAT charges £23 something.
As the package was imported using the thai national postal service it gets handed over the Parcel force which is now a privatly owned devision of the royal mail.
Parcel force pay the customs charge on your behalf then slap £13.50 on for the priviledge of doing so.
When my mate went to collect his pack from the depo they refused to hand it over unless he payed the charge including £13.5. and storage on top of that.
My mate then quoted that it was illegal to complete a service (paying customs) and charge the customer wthout offering them the chance to pay it themself or having a proir agrement on the price.
Then he demanded that they hand the package over with an invoice as it was a criminal offence under the (criminal law act section 104 sub section 2d) to hold a postal package in "virtue of lien". This means holding a package for ransom of payment... This is just like saying....
"you cant have your package unless you pay us £13.50 cause we paid your customs bill,,,,, when you didnt even ask us to."
Also holding a package illegaly as a non government owned postal service (Royal mail and Parcel force are privatly owned now) is against the postal service act 83,84 and carries a sentense of up to 6 months.
He spoke to the manager who didnt give him the package and my mate then rang the police who after an hour or so of argueing with him told the boss he either released the package or they would arrest him.
He got the package. Parcel force paid the bill and as they didnt inform my mate they were going to pay the customs charge on his behalf they didnt have a leg to stand on so in the end he paid nothing.
Royal mail and Parcel force make millions every year doing this and its against the law so f**k them and next time you get a bill check to see if you legaly have to pay it.
Im telling you this now cause I just went to pick up my new set of golf clubs and they slapped a bill on for over £90. I walked in and stated the criminal law act 104 subsection 2d and the postal act 2000, 83,84 and they just gave me my clubs.
Sounds like they shouldn't be doing what there doing...
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[wolfracer]

Thanks for the replies guys.
So in essence I have to wait for the 'Force to deliver it or will they send me a note to say collect it from local depot? ( where i assume i will have to pay these fees or quote all that stuff sub section B of Part A etc....
And what is the point of a tracking number if i cannnot track it outside the US?
Surely UPS is global???
All I want is my package!!

[stevieturbo]

wolfracer said:

Thanks for the replies guys.
So in essence I have to wait for the 'Force to deliver it or will they send me a note to say collect it from local depot? ( where i assume i will have to pay these fees or quote all that stuff sub section B of Part A etc....
And what is the point of a tracking number if i cannnot track it outside the US?
Surely UPS is global???
All I want is my package!!

UPS is global...


Read carefully though. USPS is the United States Postal Service.

[wolfracer]

stevieturbo said:

wolfracer said:

Thanks for the replies guys.
So in essence I have to wait for the 'Force to deliver it or will they send me a note to say collect it from local depot? ( where i assume i will have to pay these fees or quote all that stuff sub section B of Part A etc....
And what is the point of a tracking number if i cannnot track it outside the US?
Surely UPS is global???
All I want is my package!!

UPS is global...


Read carefully though. USPS is the United States Postal Service.

To quote my receipt:

Shipping Method UPS/USPS
your order has shipped USPS Priority or USPS International (Express)


I can track it on USPS but not UPS. If it hasn't "landed" ie gone thru the system at this end would it not show on th "UPS" system
Also how sure is everyone that it goews thru P'force at this end. If it states UPS wouldn't they end up delivering it like any other parcel company?

[Boosted LS1]

^
"your order has shipped USPS Priority or USPS International (Express)" means it's been shipped slowly and at the cheapest cost.

If UPS shipped it you would have received it within a week or 10 days.

[wolfracer]

Boosted LS1 said:

^
"your order has shipped USPS Priority or USPS International (Express)" means it's been shipped slowly and at the cheapest cost.

If UPS shipped it you would have received it within a week or 10 days.

Great.
probably still floating across the pond then?

[neildockrell]

From my experience with small items from the usa I can make the following statement


USPS ----------------------- American Cocks !!

Parcelforce ------------------- Total Cocks !!

I feel its good to be fair and un - biased

[broadslide]

My experience is don't use the state postal services either side of the pond. DHL or UPS all the way. Might cost a bit more to send but you probably will get delivery quicker and not have to pay the 'extras' on smaller value goods.

[Boosted LS1]

wolfracer said:

Boosted LS1 said:

^
"your order has shipped USPS Priority or USPS International (Express)" means it's been shipped slowly and at the cheapest cost.

If UPS shipped it you would have received it within a week or 10 days.

Great.
probably still floating across the pond then?

Most likely. UPS used to get stuff to me in 3-5 days. Once I'm sure something arrived in 2 days which was pretty astounding. Downside is UPS are expensive so I don't use them any more for my imports.

[stevieturbo]

neildockrell said:

From my experience with small items from the usa I can make the following statement


USPS ----------------------- American Cocks !!

Parcelforce ------------------- Total Cocks !!

I feel its good to be fair and un - biased

I'd say the same about UPS too.

Although a lot of the problems occur, as they use different people in different countries.

i'd prefer DHL or Fedex every time


Strange they would state UPS/USPS in the same sentence. That must be a misprint, as they are two totally different companies.

[V-Car]

USPS works well for items to Australia, and it comes through Australia Post.
Recieved my goods yesterday, worth approx. US$1000, no duty or GST, we have a FTA with the US.
This is what my USPS tracking details looked like.

Shipment Activity Location Date & Time
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Delivered Abroad AUSTRALIA 10/09/08 3:59pm

At Foreign Delivery Unit AUSTRALIA 10/09/08 7:12am

Out of Foreign Customs AUSTRALIA 10/07/08 8:02pm

Into Foreign Customs AUSTRALIA 10/07/08 5:43pm

Arrived Abroad AUSTRALIA 10/07/08 5:43pm

International Dispatch UNITED STATES 10/05/08 4:38pm

Electronic Shipping Info Received VALENCIA CA 91355
10/04/08 2:40am
Electronic Shipping

Edited by V-Car on Friday 10th October 00:55

[wolfracer]

V-Car
My shipping info stopped at LA - nothing more.
BUT....
Got home tonight to find a parcel in my porch (not even signed for!!!!) for my goodies, not repackaged or anything and no fees to pay.
Might be because delivery note had all info clearly displayed on it - ie what was in it etc... or maybe i was lucky!
Anyway, fitted the HOEN bulbs - both 65W mains and 80W dipped and the difference is tremendous - remember i did the the main to dipped conversion aswell before, so the difference from dipped to Hoen would be quite alot.
Very blue bulbs but the light is daylight white, just need to adjust the throw tomorrow and will report back.
Makes the Candle powered spots look feeble. - already updated the sidelights to superbright LED's, so just need some crisper lights for the fogs (yes i know yellow is a better colour for fogs but how often do we get fog in the midlands??) I believe they are H9's aswell - anyonoe know any white light H9's i can get in the uk?
Pics don't do it justice - i did try! In broad daylight original was yellow and Hoen's white and bright.