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USPS to UK massive delay? Or lost parcel?
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USPS to UK massive delay? Or lost parcel?
Hi all,
I’ve read quite a few posts on here re similar issues and I am looking for someone to put my mind at rest!
I have a parcel on the way from a friend in Ohio. However, they’ve apparently been in Heathrow since July 6 according to USPS tracking. Royal mail tracking says waiting for international dispatch 29th June with no update since with the same tracking number.
Is my parcel in Heathrow? Still in the States? Lost? RM tell me on twitter help that the parcel should be considered lost and to contact USPS. USPS tell me it’s now arrived in Heathrow so no longer their responsibility.
Will this parcel turn up months down the line? Should I sit tight?
Here is my tracking info (note it was sent to Copenhagen by mistake?!) so must actually have made it’s way to Heathrow?
Thanks in advance.
July 6, 2021, 7:45 am
Departed
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Your item departed a transfer airport in HEATHROW, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM on July 6, 2021 at 7:45 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination.
July 6, 2021, 6:17 am
Departed
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
July 5, 2021, 10:00 am
Arrived
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
July 1, 2021, 8:18 pm
Arrived
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
June 30, 2021, 10:38 pm
Departed
CHICAGO, UNITED STATES
June 30, 2021, 12:21 pm
Arrived
CHICAGO, UNITED STATES
June 29, 2021, 9:47 am
Processed Through Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 27, 2021
In Transit to Next Facility
June 23, 2021, 7:55 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 23, 2021, 7:55 am
Arrived at Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 20, 2021, 12:26 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 20, 2021, 4:21 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
AKRON OH DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 19, 2021, 12:04 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
AKRON OH DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 18, 2021, 3:21 pm
USPS in possession of item
NORTH RIDGEVILLE, OH 44039
I’ve read quite a few posts on here re similar issues and I am looking for someone to put my mind at rest!
I have a parcel on the way from a friend in Ohio. However, they’ve apparently been in Heathrow since July 6 according to USPS tracking. Royal mail tracking says waiting for international dispatch 29th June with no update since with the same tracking number.
Is my parcel in Heathrow? Still in the States? Lost? RM tell me on twitter help that the parcel should be considered lost and to contact USPS. USPS tell me it’s now arrived in Heathrow so no longer their responsibility.
Will this parcel turn up months down the line? Should I sit tight?
Here is my tracking info (note it was sent to Copenhagen by mistake?!) so must actually have made it’s way to Heathrow?
Thanks in advance.
July 6, 2021, 7:45 am
Departed
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Your item departed a transfer airport in HEATHROW, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM on July 6, 2021 at 7:45 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination.
July 6, 2021, 6:17 am
Departed
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
July 5, 2021, 10:00 am
Arrived
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
July 1, 2021, 8:18 pm
Arrived
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
June 30, 2021, 10:38 pm
Departed
CHICAGO, UNITED STATES
June 30, 2021, 12:21 pm
Arrived
CHICAGO, UNITED STATES
June 29, 2021, 9:47 am
Processed Through Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 27, 2021
In Transit to Next Facility
June 23, 2021, 7:55 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 23, 2021, 7:55 am
Arrived at Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 20, 2021, 12:26 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 20, 2021, 4:21 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
AKRON OH DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 19, 2021, 12:04 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
AKRON OH DISTRIBUTION CENTER
June 18, 2021, 3:21 pm
USPS in possession of item
NORTH RIDGEVILLE, OH 44039
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Re: USPS to UK massive delay? Or lost parcel?
It has gone into UK customs but not yet emerged. 20 days there is a little above average but not that unusual. There is no 'typical' clearance time because, as far as we know, items get selected at random for different levels of checking. Clearance times are relatively long at the moment due to a combination of Brexit and Covid (hard to know how much of each). There is no need to get particularly concerned yet, unless your friend sent something that is not allowed in (e.g. tobacco).
The routing via Denmark is almost certainly an error: someone put it on the wrong plane. You do see that happen from time to time.
If USPS's rules are like RM's rules then your friend should be able to claim for loss by know, due to the length of time it has taken. Bit hard for us to give you a proper option on that though, your friend would need to enquire at their end.
The routing via Denmark is almost certainly an error: someone put it on the wrong plane. You do see that happen from time to time.
If USPS's rules are like RM's rules then your friend should be able to claim for loss by know, due to the length of time it has taken. Bit hard for us to give you a proper option on that though, your friend would need to enquire at their end.
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Re: USPS to UK massive delay? Or lost parcel?
I agree 100% with Snaggletooth
this is the scan that typically USPS process before they hand it over to Customs - they are the only firm that do this.Departed
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Your item departed a transfer airport in HEATHROW, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM on July 6, 2021 at 7:45 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination.
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Re: USPS to UK massive delay? Or lost parcel?
Thanks both.
It is stressing me out a little. I’m not going to lie! My friend has posted me some caps! Said company don’t post to the UK so he has posted them for me. He’s done it before and everything has been fine.
So as far as you are concerned it is stuck in customs? So I can relax and sit tight. Wait it out!
It is stressing me out a little. I’m not going to lie! My friend has posted me some caps! Said company don’t post to the UK so he has posted them for me. He’s done it before and everything has been fine.
So as far as you are concerned it is stuck in customs? So I can relax and sit tight. Wait it out!
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Re: USPS to UK massive delay? Or lost parcel?
Caps as in hats or as in cap guns? Pretty massive difference between those two.
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Re: USPS to UK massive delay? Or lost parcel?
Hats! Haha. Nothing to do with guns. I collect ‘47 brand fitted hats, can’t buy them in the UK. Sadly!
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Re: USPS to UK massive delay? Or lost parcel?
Caps for cap guns are not allowed in the mail, because they contain gunpowder. Caps for your head are fine. If the customs declaration just says “caps” you can imagine this causing the package to go for extra checks, although it would clear eventually.
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Re: USPS to UK massive delay? Or lost parcel?
I’ve had an update after 22 days of silence! But what does it mean? Hope?!
Depart From Transit Office of Exchange. Your item was processed at the enroute center at 10:57 am on July 28, 2021.
Depart From Transit Office of Exchange. Your item was processed at the enroute center at 10:57 am on July 28, 2021.
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Re: USPS to UK massive delay? Or lost parcel?
However, my previous updates abour Heathrow have disappeared? So now just this…
July 28, 2021, 10:57 am
Depart From Transit Office of Exchange
Your item was processed at the enroute center at 10:57 am on July 28, 2021.
July 6, 2021, 7:45 am
Departed
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
July 28, 2021, 10:57 am
Depart From Transit Office of Exchange
Your item was processed at the enroute center at 10:57 am on July 28, 2021.
July 6, 2021, 7:45 am
Departed
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
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Re: USPS to UK massive delay? Or lost parcel?
USPS's tracking system has some strange descriptions for tracking points. Could you try the tracking number on Royal Mail's tracker, and tell us what it says?
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Re: USPS to UK massive delay? Or lost parcel?
Sadly, RM says it’s in transit departing the originating country. More info when it arrives in the UK. This last updated on June 29!
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