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Originally Posted by citivolus
I have some not nice things to say about UPS right about now. I paid the customs clearance fee at noon on Friday, at which time UPS assured me it would make a Monday delivery. I hang around at home all day today eagerly awaiting the arrival, get impatient, check the UPS tracking site and see that it sat in Sydney all weekend, only to depart there at 5am this morning with a rescheduled delivery date of the 21st.
Arg! Oh well, I'll live (barely.)
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Yep, that happens all the time. The Australian "express delivery" companies don't work on the weekends unless you PAY MORE.
Whenever I get stuff sent from OS I make sure it leaves over there on Thurs or Fri of the given week. Then it travels over the weekend & usually arrives at my place on the following Tues.
If it leaves there on a Monday, then it will usually arrive in Sydney (all internation couriers arrive in Syd first & then dispatched to the relevant city) on Friday & sit in Syd until the following Mon & you don'yt get it until Tues or Wed.
So Thurs to Tues, Or Mon to Tues.