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<p>[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 4862513, member: 46237"]Not every country is the same. They have different relationships with the US, different postal services, and different levels of heightened response to the pandemic. Some places like Hong Kong are still not allowing shipments to the US. It is not surprising that a country with very close ties to the US like Great Britain would have fewer restrictions in place for the mail currently.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given your example of shipping on June 18th and receiving it in the US on the 25th, they clearly mailed it with an international express service like EMS. That is literally the only way it would get to you in that timeframe. Air mail would take a couple <i>weeks</i> even in the best of cases without the additional customs and mail delays in place now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bulk rate/airmail packages were suspended for a long time from Germany. Some dealers that include shipping may opt to pay for EMS out of their own pocket to keep deliveries going, some may include it in the price/fees, etc. In this case, the coin was not expensive enough for that to make sense. They offered the express service option and it was declined.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 4862513, member: 46237"]Not every country is the same. They have different relationships with the US, different postal services, and different levels of heightened response to the pandemic. Some places like Hong Kong are still not allowing shipments to the US. It is not surprising that a country with very close ties to the US like Great Britain would have fewer restrictions in place for the mail currently. Given your example of shipping on June 18th and receiving it in the US on the 25th, they clearly mailed it with an international express service like EMS. That is literally the only way it would get to you in that timeframe. Air mail would take a couple [I]weeks[/I] even in the best of cases without the additional customs and mail delays in place now. Bulk rate/airmail packages were suspended for a long time from Germany. Some dealers that include shipping may opt to pay for EMS out of their own pocket to keep deliveries going, some may include it in the price/fees, etc. In this case, the coin was not expensive enough for that to make sense. They offered the express service option and it was declined.[/QUOTE]
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