Post time between the UK and USA these days

[ErikB]

Hi Folks,

I have made three orders of those fantastic minis from Empress and they are taking a long, long, long time to arrive.  This is not Empress's fault.  They sent the minis quite quickly.

However, the post seems to be especially slow between the US and UK.

The post within the US seems to be pretty quick.  My Eureka orders arrived in about a week.  Same for orders from Footsore/SASM within the US.

What are your experiences with wait-time ordering to the USA from the UK?  And do packages from Empress seem to take a little longer?  Just on account of their choice of carrier and level of postage?

I am just trying to figure this all out.  No criticism of Empress is implied.

[Andrew Rae]

It's just taking a while at the moment. Some packages will arrive in the usual time, some won't. Personally, I haven't seen any increase in missing packages however, just delays.

The Royal Mail International Incidents page includes all the updates for the US since the pandemic started. https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5317/~/international-incident-bulletin

[Dags]

I've posted one this morning so will let you know when it arrives

(the last one was about 3 weeks)

[OSHIROmodels]

Seems to be three to four weeks for parcels I've sent recently.

[Codsticker]

It does seem to be hit and miss; minis from a LAF'er took about 2 weeks and my order from Element Games took about 6.

[has.been]

I've had two recent  orders FROM the USA to UK.
First one got here within 2 weeks, but cost a lot (US postal system, HM Gov. & UK Post Office)'
meanwhile the second is at 4 weeks & still counting.

[Elbows]

I've seen an increase within the US by around 1-2 days, and my latest two UK packages arrived within 7-10 days of shipping.  Russia is on full stop, everything is backed up in St. Petersburg for...near on two months right now.  I have friends who say Germany isn't shipping to the US still (not confirmed personally).

In general...shipping just sucks right now.  People are shopping more online now than ever before....while simultaneously limiting postal services for health concerns.  Basically a perfect storm of fuckery.

[Condottiere]

My May 24th order from Perry Miniatures arrived around June 24, but it's only about a week's difference with pre-pandemic speeds, though I haven't ordered anything from the mainland - usually a longer wait time. 

[BaronVonJ]

My order from Perrys also took exactly a month. I sent a package from US to UK in April. It’s still sitting in Chicago. I filed two inqueries and no answers why thet are sitting there.

[Poiter50]

An Ebay seller tells me he has sent an item but the Ebay advice hasn't changed nor has the USPS advice. (To Oz).

[syrinx0]

For ebay, if the USPS has it it should have scanned it and tracking transitioned to "in transit".

My package from CA to IL took months to arrive - obviously it was parked in some lot or rail yard in between.  From MI to IL was 7 days.  My current UK package is was 28 days and counting while my previous UK package was 21.  Definitely varies greatly. 

Edit:  My warlord dredd package arrived right after I posted this.

[Inkpaduta]

Things I ordered took quite a while. At least a month.
That is why I intend, for now, to simply buy from US companies.

[Dags]

I've posted one this morning so will let you know when it arrives

Left the UK this morning

[Dags]

Delivered yesterday, so 11 days, door-to-door..... can't complain at that

[RSDean]

I live on the east coast of the US, and ordered a bunch of Prince August molds on 25 April.  PA split the order into 4 shipments.  Three of them arrived by mid-May, which is pretty ordinary.  The 4th box showed up on 16 July, 82 days after placing the order.