Lethargic postal services...

[bob1179]

Just had call from my mum in the UK today to thank me for the birthday card she just recieved.

Than same card that I had sent from here (Russia) at the end of March (her birthday is in April).

So a mere six months to get from outside Moscow to the north of England, normal travel time being about ten hours door to door.

I'm sure some of you can beat this time and have had mail take longer...

I suppose that really is the true meaning of 'snail mail'.

[anonymous-user]

I dont know the time it took, but we recieved some post sent from a UK address to our UK address.
On the evelope it had been stamped that it had gone via Dehli (or a similar far away place) by accident.

Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 4th September 10:22

[davido140]

at the other end of the spectrum, I received a small parcel from the US, postage paid was a grand total of $1.44, and it arrived in 3 days!

I thought that was pretty damn good, especially as sending a medium sized jiffy bag in the UK first class is probably more expensive!!