Shipping time from Canada

I sent two large boxes to the UK via priority post from Orleans/ Ontario . The boxes where 60X60X45 cm. in other words big boxes. The guy in the UK got them in three days. The contents set/ dried butterflies. The cost was horrendous $500 Can$. But, it only took 3 days.
John

 

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It's pretty crazy how much variation there is in shipping in and out of Canada. I would think clearing a box would take more time at customs than clearing a single coin. How tricky can it be to xray an envelope and say, "Yup, that's a coin in there"?

 

Yes, but if the envelope is sent as a reg. registered letter, it does get stopped at customs. Hence all coins sent as "neutral" letters get to destination faster/ and no hassles. Only FEDEX causes problems with customs, since they require export documents/ invoices. Also sending coins "incognito" prevents coins MIA=theft.

 

Not a coin issue, but typical of shipments from Canada to the US........several months back, a friend (without checking with me first !) shipped a 19th century commemorative knife worth $300 to an address in the US, complete with documentation. Seized by US Customs/Homeland Security and "vanished". They considered it was a national security risk, b ordering on terrorist activity.

 

I've ordered from Canada several times and in my experience it seems that mail coming from the Western provinces takes a bit longer to reach me. I've waited almost 3 weeks for a single coin coming from BC

 

My Canadian family is in BC. I am in northern NJ.

Mail with contents other than a letter will take between a week ten days to reach me. I can also say that mail with contents such as coins coming from Portugal, Spain, or Japan will take just as long.

U.S. Customs has become strict.

Be sure to ask that the sender uses tracking numbers for your packages. Often I find that having a tracking label may expedite delivery. In many cases, the tracking will let you know if it has reached U.S. Customs not.

 

It's too late this time, but I won't make the same mistake again.

 

I ordered a book from a dealer in Toronto and paid $8.00 for express delivery to South Carolina. It arrived 20 days later, but at least it was well packaged and arrived undamaged and unopened ~ D.

 

Certain parts of the USA can be incredibly slow. At the moment, I have a coin coming from Illinois. In four days it has crawled from Park Ridge to Chicago. Those places are both in Cook County.

 

The coin arrived today, so it was a 13-day journey for First Class from Canada.

 

That's about average, maybe a little slower. Under two weeks isn't even time to start worrying. There's almost nothing a buyer or seller can do to speed something through customs except to pay for faster shipping with a shipper that can expedite customs clearance. FedEx for instance can move things through very fast but it is more expensive than first class mail. Remember too that some ancient coins have import restrictions so it's not impossible they'll open your package to take a look. I've had a couple opened during transit which arrived with the dreaded green tape(used by US customs) on them. Thankfully never any seizures or any action required by me to get them, just waiting.

 

Correction: after looking at the labels on the envelope, the coin took 10 days to get here, not 13.

The seller lied about when he shipped the coin. He said he shipped it on the 5th, when he really shipped it three days later on the 8th. He also lied about handling time. His listing said one business day, and he didn't ship it for exactly one week after he received payment.

Needless to say, he'll never see another dime from me. This is why I wish VCoins had a feedback system.