Thread: postage time from US

My power draw bar for my Tormach has finally landed in Sydney, it was sent on the 23rd of July,left the US on the 30th of August and arrived in Sydney on the 3rd of September, now Customs have it and are going to charge me nearly fifty bucks for the privilege of filling out their form and then they are also going to charge me GST!
I thought as a taxpayer that I paid their wages, not sure why I have to pay for the form?
Although if I got someone else to do it it would probably cost 150 as it took me nearly half an hour to do the form and look up the item numbers, which were as close as I could find, a lady from customs rang me today to query me, I used the number for "self closing dies" I thing a lot of their stuff is dated, dividing heads are on there and I know they are still quite common but a lot of other more modern stuff isn't on there.
At least there is no duty on it!
Will

Movement... Be here this week then I guess.

Originally Posted by woodbe

Customs clearance processing complete, September 10, 2011, AUSTRALIA
Customs Clearance, September 10, 2011, AUSTRALIA
Processed Through Sort Facility, September 10, 2011, AUSTRALIA

Processed Through Sort Facility, September 03, 2011, ISC SAN FRANCISCO (USPS)
Arrived at Sort Facility, September 03, 2011, ISC SAN FRANCISCO (USPS)
Processed through Sort Facility, August 31, 2011, DENVER, CO

Weird that some shipments have Aussie movements recorded and others don't.

woodbe

Originally Posted by Jekyll and Hyde

I love how he's (deservedly) managed to turn himself into the scapegoat for high pricing and postal delays... What else can we pin on him, bad traffic, that hole in my shoe? Maybe the ATO should recruit him for some campaigns? His popularity could sure use a boost!

LOL
He would never read this, he is to busy flying around in his private jet.
Dave

Originally Posted by wbleeker

My power draw bar for my Tormach has finally landed in Sydney, it was sent on the 23rd of July,left the US on the 30th of August and arrived in Sydney on the 3rd of September, now Customs have it and are going to charge me nearly fifty bucks for the privilege of filling out their form and then they are also going to charge me GST!
I thought as a taxpayer that I paid their wages, not sure why I have to pay for the form?
Although if I got someone else to do it it would probably cost 150 as it took me nearly half an hour to do the form and look up the item numbers, which were as close as I could find, a lady from customs rang me today to query me, I used the number for "self closing dies" I thing a lot of their stuff is dated, dividing heads are on there and I know they are still quite common but a lot of other more modern stuff isn't on there.
At least there is no duty on it!
Will

Did it come to over $1000 au ?

Dave

12 days from hong kong

21 days from US

Been a busy couple of days here.
7 days from HK
8 days from USA
9 days from Israel
12 days from UK(from order, not sure when it was posted)

Did it come to over $1000 au ?
Yes Dave it was over the thousand, looks like it has been released and I will get it tomorrow finally! I ordered a Tormach Toolsetter last week with UPS freight and it looks like it will be here tomorrow or Friday.
Will

Originally Posted by .RC.

12 days from hong kong

21 days from US

That sounds about right as I understand that a lot of US-AUS freight goes via HK.

If customs choose to inspect a parcel that can add a week to shipping times.

Happened to me; the tracking data I could access had no info on that but the shipper could get it.

I got my Protram from USA today and it was posted on 29th Aug and also an envelope that was posted on 9th september so things can't be all that bad.

My stuff arrived today, from what I can gather we are over the slow period, till the Christmas rush!
Will

My mortice chisel arrived from the UK today. It was posted on 1/9/11. Makes it about two weeks by my reckoning. Not too bad at all.

Regards
Paul

I was just talking to my parcel post postie and saying good by because he is leaving before the Christmas rush (he is an old bloke) and he said the delays where also because of the weather as planes couldn't fly out up to a week at times.
He took on the job to help a guy out, but he is run off his feet because people would rather shop at home for Australian gear or buy overseas. He is finishing at 5:30 these days and predicts he would be finishing around 7:30 coming up to Christmas like last year.
Sad to see him go as he is a great guy and always helpful.

Dave

Delivered, September 13, 2011, AUSTRALIA

Customs clearance processing complete, September 10, 2011, AUSTRALIA
Customs Clearance, September 10, 2011, AUSTRALIA
Processed Through Sort Facility, September 10, 2011, AUSTRALIA

Processed Through Sort Facility, September 03, 2011, ISC SAN FRANCISCO (USPS)
Arrived at Sort Facility, September 03, 2011, ISC SAN FRANCISCO (USPS)
Processed through Sort Facility, August 31, 2011, DENVER, CO